Malaki Branham
2026-27 projection
Built from his last three seasons, age and role. It is replaced by real stats after the first game.
FG 45.1% · FT 82.3% · TOV 0.8
- 2025-26 (28 GP), 2024-25 (47 GP), 2023-24 (75 GP) — weighted 3/2/1.
- Rates regressed 300 min toward the F average.
- Age 23 at season start → +2.5% production.
- 2025-26 (28 GP) treated as a one-off injury season — counted at the availability of the other seasons (74%).
Season at a glance
2025-26 · every team game, coloured by FP. Hatched squares are games he missed (54).
Floor & ceiling
28 games · every dot is one game. Shaded: where the middle half of F players average.
Boom games (≥ 1.25× his average): 25.0% · Bust games (≤ 0.75×): 53.6%
Role & minutes
No sustained change of role this season. Played games only; hover to read a game in both panels.
Situations
Fantasy points per game versus his own average. Bars show the middle half of games; faded rows have fewer than 4 games.
Season average: ±0.0
Playing style
2025-26 · how he plays versus other Fs with 20+ games. P-values are approximate percentiles; neither end is better or worse, it is style.
Career arc
Production and availability by season. Click a season to open it above.
Fantasy points per game
Games played
When Malaki sits
Teammates' fantasy points per game when Malaki Branham is out versus in. Only teammates with 5+ games each way; the small number is games without him.
Similar players
Closest style in 2025-26: per-36 scoring, rebounding, playmaking, defence, threes and turnovers, plus shooting percentages. 100% would be an identical profile.
- Kobe Sanders79%
LAC · SG · 13.8 FP/G
- Josh Green79%
UTA · SF · 9.1 FP/G · alike in FT% and playmaking
- Will Riley79%
WAS · SG · 18.1 FP/G
ORL · SG · 19.5 FP/G · alike in FT%
DEN · SF · 12.3 FP/G
- Drake Powell70%
BKN · SG · 12.2 FP/G · alike in FT%
2026-27 market
ESPN drafts him around pick 140.0, 268 spots higher than his #408 finish in 2025-26: the board is paying for more than he delivered.