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Fantasy basketball keeper values 2026-27
A keeper is worth it when the round he costs comes after the round he is worth. Below is that round for every player in the top 175 of a 12-team draft, in points and 9-cat leagues, and the round next season's projection puts him in. Jeremiah Fears climbs the most, from round 11 to round 6 in 2027-28. Rounds are our board's order, not ADP.
Keeper calculator
Add each player you could keep and the round he would cost you. They are ranked by rounds gained, best keep first.
Keepers rising and fading next season
Rising for 2027-28
- Jeremiah Fears, 20: round 11 this season, round 6 in 2027-28
- Ace Bailey, 20: round 12 this season, round 7 in 2027-28
- Dylan Harper, 20: round 13 this season, round 9 in 2027-28
- Derik Queen, 21: round 9 this season, round 6 in 2027-28
- Cooper Flagg, 19: round 3 this season, round 1 in 2027-28
- Jalen Duren, 22: round 4 this season, round 2 in 2027-28
- Keyonte George, 22: round 4 this season, round 2 in 2027-28
- VJ Edgecombe, 21: round 6 this season, round 4 in 2027-28
Fading by 2027-28
- LeBron James, 41: round 2 this season, round 4 in 2027-28
- Derrick White, 32: round 4 this season, round 6 in 2027-28
- Paul George, 36: round 5 this season, round 7 in 2027-28
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The round every player is worth
| Player | Age | Points round | 9-cat round | 2027-28 round | FP/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nikola Jokić CDEN | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62.1 |
 Luka Dončić PGLALDTD | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 57.7 |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53.4 | |
| 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50.4 | |
| 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 49.1 | |
 Tyrese Maxey PGPHI | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48.6 |
 Cade Cunningham PGDET | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 48.6 |
 Jalen Johnson PFATLDTD | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 48.3 |
 Kawhi Leonard SFTOR | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45.7 |
 Jaylen Brown SFPHIDTD | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 45.2 |
 Joel Embiid CPHIDTD | 32 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 44.5 |
 Donovan Mitchell SGCLE | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44.3 |
 Anthony Davis CWASDTD | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 44.0 |
 Anthony Edwards SGMIN | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 43.9 |
 Alperen Şengün CHOUDTD | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 43.9 |
 Jamal Murray PGDEN | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 42.9 |
 Deni Avdija PFPOR | 25 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 42.9 |
 James Harden PGCLE | 37 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 42.4 |
 Scottie Barnes PFTOR | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 42.0 |
 Kevin Durant SFHOUDTD | 38 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 41.6 |
 Josh Giddey PGCHI | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 41.6 |
 LeBron James PFPHIDTD | 41 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 41.4 |
 Lauri Markkanen PFUTA | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 41.2 |
 Bam Adebayo CMIADTD | 29 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 40.8 |
 Paolo Banchero PFORL | 23 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 40.8 |
 Jalen Brunson PGNYKDTD | 30 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 40.5 |
 Karl-Anthony Towns CNYKDTD | 30 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 40.5 |
 Pascal Siakam PFIND | 32 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 39.9 |
 Evan Mobley CCLE | 25 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 39.9 |
 Kevin Porter PGMILDTD | 26 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 39.9 |
 Devin Booker SGPHXDTD | 29 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 39.9 |
 Cooper Flagg SGDALDTD | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 39.8 |
 Stephen Curry PGGSW | 38 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 39.7 |
 Amen Thompson SGHOU | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 39.5 |
 Michael Porter SFBKN | 28 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 38.8 |
 Austin Reaves SGLAL | 28 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 38.7 |
 Jalen Duren CDET | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 38.2 |
 Keyonte George PGUTA | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 38.2 |
 LaMelo Ball PGMIN | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 38.1 |
 Julius Randle PFBKN | 31 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 37.9 |
 Trey Murphy SGNOP | 26 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 37.8 |
 Jimmy Butler SFGSWOUT | 37 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 37.4 |
 Chet Holmgren COKCDTD | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 36.3 |
 Alex Sarr CWAS | 21 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 35.9 |
 Ja Morant PGPOR | 27 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 35.8 |
 Brandon Ingram SFLACOUT | 29 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 35.7 |
 Derrick White SGBOS | 32 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 35.3 |
 Stephon Castle SGSAS | 21 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 35.2 |
 Zion Williamson PFNOP | 26 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 35.2 |
 Donovan Clingan CPOR | 22 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 34.7 |
 De'Aaron Fox PGSAS | 28 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 34.5 |
 Jaren Jackson CUTA | 27 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 34.5 |
 Dyson Daniels SGATLDTD | 23 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 34.3 |
 Ryan Rollins PGMILDTD | 24 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 34.2 |
| 28 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 33.9 | |
 Franz Wagner SFORL | 25 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 33.9 |
 Onyeka Okongwu CATLDTD | 25 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 33.8 |
 Desmond Bane SGORL | 28 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 33.7 |
 Tyler Herro SGMILDTD | 26 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 33.7 |
 Paul George SFBOS | 36 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 33.7 |
 Brandon Miller SFCHA | 23 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 33.6 |
 Jusuf Nurkić CUTAOUT | 32 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 33.5 |
 Jalen Williams PFOKC | 25 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 33.3 |
 VJ Edgecombe SGPHI | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 33.1 |
 Rudy Gobert CMIN | 34 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 33.0 |
 Immanuel Quickley PGTOR | 27 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 32.9 |
 Nikola Vučević CORLDTD | 35 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 32.6 |
 Andrew Nembhard PGINDDTD | 26 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 32.5 |
 Jarrett Allen CCLE | 28 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 32.4 |
 Darius Garland PGLAC | 26 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 32.2 |
 RJ Barrett SFTOR | 26 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 32.0 |
 Ivica Zubac CIND | 29 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 31.9 |
 Norman Powell SFCHI | 33 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 31.8 |
 Shaedon Sharpe SGPOROUT | 23 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 31.6 |
 Jrue Holiday PGPOR | 36 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 31.6 |
 Jalen Suggs PGORL | 25 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 31.6 |
 OG Anunoby PFNYKDTD | 29 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31.2 |
 Matas Buzelis PFCHI | 22 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 30.9 |
 DeMar DeRozan SFDENDTD | 37 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30.9 |
 Kon Knueppel SGCHADTD | 21 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 30.8 |
 Payton Pritchard PGBOS | 28 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 30.7 |
 Kyshawn George SFWAS | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 30.7 |
 Kristaps Porziņģis CGSWDTD | 31 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 30.7 |
 CJ McCollum PGATLDTD | 35 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 30.6 |
 Miles Bridges PFPHXDTD | 28 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 30.6 |
 Jabari Smith PFHOU | 23 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30.4 |
 Saddiq Bey SFNOP | 27 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30.3 |
 Josh Hart SGNYKDTD | 31 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30.3 |
 Andrew Wiggins SFMIA | 31 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30.1 |
 Keegan Murray PFSAC | 26 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30.0 |
 Santi Aldama PFDALDTD | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 29.9 |
 P.J. Washington PFDAL | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 29.7 |
 Mikal Bridges SFNYKDTD | 30 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29.7 |
 Nic Claxton CCHIDTD | 27 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 29.5 |
| 28 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 29.4 | |
 Anthony Black SGORLDTD | 22 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 29.4 |
 Jaime Jaquez PFMILDTD | 25 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 29.3 |
 Derik Queen CNOP | 21 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 29.2 |
 Grayson Allen SFCHADTD | 31 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 29.1 |
 Dillon Brooks SFPHXDTD | 30 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 29.0 |
 Ausar Thompson SGDET | 23 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 28.8 |
 Naz Reid CCHA | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 28.7 |
 Aaron Gordon PFDEN | 31 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 28.7 |
 Bennedict Mathurin SFNOP | 24 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 28.6 |
 Jaden McDaniels SFMIN | 26 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 28.6 |
 Tre Jones SGCHI | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 28.5 |
 Neemias Queta CBOS | 27 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 28.1 |
 Jalen Green SGPHXDTD | 24 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 28.1 |
 Peyton Watson SFCLE | 24 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 28.0 |
 Jerami Grant PFMEM | 32 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 28.0 |
 Naji Marshall SFDAL | 28 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 27.7 |
 Kel'el Ware CMIL | 22 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 27.7 |
 Brandin Podziemski PGGSW | 23 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 27.7 |
 Isaiah Collier PGUTA | 22 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 27.3 |
 Collin Gillespie PGPHXDTD | 27 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 27.3 |
 Mark Williams CPHXOUT | 24 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 27.1 |
 Reed Sheppard PGHOU | 22 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 27.0 |
 Zach LaVine SGSACDTD | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 27.0 |
 Deandre Ayton CWAS | 28 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 26.7 |
 Kelly Oubre PFIND | 30 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 26.7 |
 Coby White PGCHADTD | 26 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 26.7 |
 Kyle Filipowski CUTADTD | 22 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 26.6 |
 Wendell Carter CORL | 27 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 26.6 |
 Donte DiVincenzo SGMINOUT | 29 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 26.4 |
 Cedric Coward SGMEM | 23 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 26.3 |
 Bilal Coulibaly SFWAS | 22 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 26.3 |
 Myles Turner CMILDTD | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 26.3 |
 Ajay Mitchell PGOKCDTD | 24 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 26.3 |
 Ayo Dosunmu SGMIN | 26 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 26.3 |
 Jeremiah Fears PGNOP | 20 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 26.2 |
 Toumani Camara SFPOR | 26 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 26.2 |
 Tobias Harris PFSASDTD | 34 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 26.2 |
 Jakob Poeltl CTOR | 31 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 25.6 |
 Moussa Diabaté CCHA | 24 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 25.5 |
 Maxime Raynaud CSACOUT | 23 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 25.4 |
 Devin Vassell SFSAS | 26 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 25.2 |
 Draymond Green PFGSWDTD | 36 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 25.2 |
 Bobby Portis CMIA | 31 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 25.1 |
 Jaylon Tyson SFCLE | 23 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 24.9 |
 John Collins PFDET | 29 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 24.9 |
 Collin Sexton SGLALDTD | 27 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 24.8 |
 Ace Bailey SFUTA | 20 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 24.6 |
 Quentin Grimes SGLAL | 26 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 24.6 |
 Daniel Gafford CDALDTD | 28 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 24.3 |
 Scoot Henderson PGPOR | 22 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 24.2 |
 Brandon Williams PGGSW | 26 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 24.1 |
 Davion Mitchell PGMIA | 28 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 24.1 |
 Precious Achiuwa PFSACDTD | 27 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 24.1 |
 De'Anthony Melton SGGSW | 28 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 24.1 |
 Kyle Kuzma PFMILDTD | 31 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 23.9 |
 Tari Eason SGHOU | 25 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 23.9 |
 Cam Spencer SGMEM | 26 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 23.8 |
 Christian Braun SGDEN | 25 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 23.7 |
 Dylan Harper SGSAS | 20 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 23.6 |
 Aaron Nesmith SFINDDTD | 27 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 23.5 |
 Jarace Walker PFINDDTD | 23 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 23.3 |
 Julian Champagnie SFSASDTD | 25 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 23.2 |
| 28 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 23.1 | |
| 27 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 23.0 | |
 Cameron Johnson SFDEN | 30 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 23.0 |
 Jay Huff CIND | 29 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 22.7 |
 Royce O'Neale PFCHA | 33 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 22.7 |
 Al Horford CGSWDTD | 40 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 22.4 |
 Dylan Cardwell CSACOUT | 24 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 22.3 |
 Moses Moody SFGSWOUT | 24 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 22.2 |
 Cason Wallace SGOKC | 22 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 22.2 |
 Robert Williams CPOR | 29 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 22.1 |
 Jordan Goodwin SGPHX | 27 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 22.0 |
 Derrick Jones PFLAC | 29 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 21.2 |
 Justin Champagnie PFWAS | 25 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 20.9 |
 Sam Merrill SGCLEDTD | 30 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 20.9 |
 Kris Dunn SGLACDTD | 32 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 20.6 |
 Luke Kornet CSASDTD | 31 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 20.5 |
 Ryan Kalkbrenner CCHA | 24 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 20.2 |
 Matisse Thybulle SFLAL | 29 | 23 | 11 | 23 | 16.2 |
A round past 13 means the board has him outside a 12-team, 13-round draft in that format. Next season's round ranks the dynasty board's 2027-28 projection.
Common questions
How do I know if a fantasy basketball keeper is worth it?
Compare the round he costs with the round his value goes in. If he costs a round 8 pick and our board has him as a round 4 player, keeping him gains you four rounds. The table gives the round for every player in the top 175 of a 12-team draft, for points and 9-cat leagues.
Which keepers gain value next season?
Jeremiah Fears moves from a round 11 value this season to round 6 in 2027-28 on our projection, the biggest climb in the pool. Next season's round comes from the dynasty board's age curve.
Is the keeper round based on ADP?
No. It is where our board's own order lands in a 12-team draft. No free ADP feed lets us republish its numbers. If your room drafts a player earlier than his round here, he is worth more to keep than the table says.
By the Parlae deskBoard updated Oct 14, 2026 at 10:51 PM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number