Jaden McDaniels

Minnesota Timberwolves#3SF / PF6'9"185 lb26 years old

Fantasy outlook · 26-27 season

Balanced, efficient forward with no glaring weakness

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Rank 68 in both 2025‑26 and 2026‑27 says trust the floor; his FT% dip over eight games should rebound.

Latest news · 2 d agoMcDaniels finished with 23 points (8-19 FG, 2-7 3Pt, 5-5 FT), six rebounds, five assists, one steal and two blocks over 40 minutes in Friday's 115-109 win over the Pelicans.

Pros: Nothing stands out
Cons: Nothing stands out
Rank: #4820 from #68 in 25-26Only 10 games

Headline, verdict and take by AI from these stats and recent news · Nov 8

Latest news

2 d ago
McDaniels finished with 23 points (8-19 FG, 2-7 3Pt, 5-5 FT), six rebounds, five assists, one steal and two blocks over 40 minutes in Friday's 115-109 win over the Pelicans.
McDaniels snapped a three-game swat-less streak during Friday's win, and he got some triples to drop after going 0-for-7 from beyond the arc in his previous outing. The 26-year-old vet is off to his best start yet, averaging 17.1 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.4 triples, and 1.7 stocks per contest, which has him flirting with top-50 value on the year.
3 d ago
McDaniels finished Wednesday's 117-107 victory over Houston with 14 points (7-14 FG, 0-6 3Pt), eight rebounds, four assists and two steals over 37 minutes.
McDaniels remains a reliable presence on the wing for Minnesota, having collected at least 13 points and six boards in eight of his first nine appearances. He's averaged 16.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 0.9 steals in 33.2 minutes per game this season.
5 d ago
McDaniels provided 13 points (5-14 FG, 2-4 3Pt, 1-3 FT), six rebounds and three assists across 29 minutes during Monday's 112-100 victory over the Bucks.
McDaniels struggled with his efficiency, converting just five of his 14 field-goal attempts while failing to record a steal or block. He also played fewer than 30 minutes for the first time since the season opener. Despite the relatively quiet showing, McDaniels has scored in double figures in all eight appearances this season and remains a useful contributor across multiple categories.
Oct 31
McDaniels recorded 23 points (11-15 FG, 1-2 3Pt), six rebounds, seven assists, one block and one steal over 33 minutes during Friday's 127-101 win over the Clippers.
McDaniels made the most of his expanded offensive role Friday, delivering his best scoring output of the season and his first game with at least 20 points while also contributing in other areas. McDaniels is enjoying an excellent start to the season and has embraced a more prominent role on offense early. He's scored at least 14 points in each of his six appearances and is averaging 17.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists and a combined 1.7 steals-plus-blocks thus far.
Oct 29
McDaniels contributed 19 points (8-18 FG, 1-8 3Pt, 2-3 FT), seven rebounds and four assists across 35 minutes in Wednesday's 119-114 loss to the Warriors.
McDaniels attempted 18 shots, reflecting increased offensive involvement with Anthony Edwards (knee) unavailable. However, McDaniels connected on just one of eight three-point attempts and recorded no steals or blocks, limiting his overall fantasy production. His seven rebounds and four assists were encouraging, and the additional scoring opportunities could boost his value as Minnesota adjusts to Edwards' absence. McDaniels hasn't recorded a steal in four games and has just five blocks in five contests. Still, he's averaging 15.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists per contest.

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24-25 season

Rank#76

Value-0.04

Games82

Minutes31.9

Points12.2

Rebounds5.7

Assists2.0

FG% · FT%.477 · .813

Category z-scores · rank 76 of 569

FG%

-0.02

FT%

0.05

3PM

-0.57

PTS

-0.75

REB

-0.07

AST

-0.88

STL

0.67

BLK

0.38

0.87

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	+/-	Value
Apr 13	vs UTA	W 116-105	25	8	2	0	3	2	4	4-7	0-1	0-2	-1	-0.62
Apr 11	vs BKN	W 117-91	28	11	3	2	0	1	2	5-12	0-3	1-1	+11	-0.84
Apr 10	@ MEM	W 141-125	30	10	5	1	1	0	2	4-7	2-4	0-0	+10	-0.37
Apr 8	@ MIL	L 103-110	30	13	5	3	0	1	1	6-12	0-3	1-1	-3	-0.38
Apr 5	@ PHI	W 114-109	26	2	3	1	0	1	1	0-6	0-2	2-2	-18	-1.19
Apr 3	@ BKN	W 105-90	33	8	4	2	1	2	1	3-6	0-2	2-2	+8	-0.01
Apr 1	@ DEN	W 140-139	44	12	6	0	0	0	2	5-17	0-4	2-2	-6	-1.31
Mar 30	vs DET	W 123-104	30	2	9	3	1	2	0	1-6	0-2	0-2	+15	-0.73
Mar 28	vs PHX	W 124-109	31	16	3	1	1	1	0	6-10	2-3	2-3	+13	0.06
Mar 24	@ IND	L 103-119	22	6	1	1	0	1	1	3-7	0-0	0-0	-7	-0.95
Mar 21	vs NOP	W 134-93	21	17	5	0	1	0	1	7-10	2-2	1-1	+15	0.14
Mar 19	vs NOP	L 115-119	24	5	0	4	0	2	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-13	-0.33
Mar 17	vs IND	L 130-132	33	13	7	4	1	1	3	6-14	1-6	0-0	-6	-0.31
Mar 16	vs UTA	W 128-102	27	20	12	2	1	2	0	8-13	2-3	2-2	+31	1.16
Mar 14	vs ORL	W 118-111	32	11	8	2	3	2	2	4-6	2-3	1-2	+16	0.69
Mar 12	@ DEN	W 115-95	32	16	8	1	1	1	0	7-13	2-4	0-0	+15	0.35
Mar 9	vs SAS	W 141-124	30	16	4	7	2	0	1	7-12	2-3	0-0	+6	0.52
Mar 7	@ MIA	W 106-104	35	13	6	4	0	0	0	6-12	1-4	0-0	+9	-0.32
Mar 5	@ CHA	W 125-110	38	29	10	4	2	0	1	13-21	3-9	0-0	+12	1.23
Mar 4	vs PHI	W 126-112	37	17	3	2	2	4	1	7-10	1-2	2-2	+16	1.25
Mar 2	@ PHX	W 116-98	33	13	7	4	3	0	1	5-9	2-4	1-1	+25	0.71
Feb 28	@ UTA	L 116-117	35	20	10	5	2	0	2	9-16	2-6	0-0	-14	0.63
Feb 27	@ LAL	L 102-111	37	15	8	1	2	0	0	6-18	1-5	2-3	-13	-0.36
Feb 24	@ OKC	W 131-128	42	27	10	4	2	0	1	9-16	0-0	9-9	-3	1.24
Feb 23	vs OKC	L 123-130	40	17	13	1	0	1	2	5-15	1-6	6-6	-16	-0.12
Feb 21	@ HOU	L 115-121	42	21	6	3	2	1	2	7-15	1-7	6-7	+3	0.37
Feb 13	vs OKC	W 116-101	37	21	6	5	0	0	0	9-18	1-6	2-3	+12	-0.25
Feb 12	vs MIL	L 101-103	39	10	8	2	0	3	3	4-11	2-4	0-0	-4	-0.28
Feb 10	@ CLE	L 107-128	32	10	3	1	4	0	1	4-8	2-4	0-0	-12	0.46
Feb 8	vs POR	W 114-98	37	30	10	4	1	0	1	12-17	0-1	6-7	+14	0.91
Feb 6	vs HOU	W 127-114	31	12	8	4	0	1	3	6-15	0-4	0-0	+22	-0.76
Feb 5	vs CHI	W 127-108	37	12	8	2	0	1	1	5-10	2-3	0-0	+15	-0.17
Feb 3	vs SAC	L 114-116	36	22	7	2	1	3	3	8-17	2-7	4-4	-4	0.64
Feb 1	vs WAS	L 103-105	40	23	12	4	4	1	1	8-16	3-5	4-5	+4	1.60
Jan 30	@ UTA	W 138-113	31	4	4	1	0	0	2	1-4	0-2	2-2	+13	-1.14
Jan 29	@ PHX	W 121-113	37	14	6	3	2	0	1	4-7	2-3	4-4	+5	0.54
Jan 27	vs ATL	W 100-92	33	10	8	2	4	1	2	3-7	2-4	2-2	0	0.88
Jan 25	vs DEN	W 133-104	32	13	8	4	1	1	0	6-8	1-1	0-0	+25	0.57
Jan 22	@ DAL	W 115-114	40	27	8	0	4	3	2	10-18	1-5	6-8	+5	1.37
Jan 20	@ MEM	L 106-108	42	11	12	1	2	2	2	5-12	1-6	0-0	-18	0.33
Jan 18	vs CLE	L 117-124	38	13	5	2	0	1	0	6-9	1-2	0-0	+14	-0.04
Jan 17	@ NYK	W 116-99	34	10	8	2	2	0	0	4-11	2-6	0-0	+12	0.06
Jan 15	vs GSW	L 115-116	36	14	4	4	1	2	0	6-9	2-3	0-1	-8	0.37
Jan 13	@ WAS	W 120-106	30	8	8	0	0	1	2	3-8	0-3	2-2	+7	-0.72
Jan 11	vs MEM	L 125-127	30	21	6	1	3	2	1	9-12	3-4	0-0	+1	1.51
Jan 9	@ ORL	W 104-89	32	7	8	1	0	1	0	1-4	0-2	5-5	+12	-0.24
Jan 7	@ NOP	W 104-97	31	5	3	0	2	1	0	2-9	1-6	0-0	0	-0.42
Jan 6	vs LAC	W 108-106	33	11	2	2	2	1	0	4-5	3-3	0-0	+8	0.58
Jan 4	@ DET	L 105-119	29	8	5	0	3	0	1	3-6	1-2	1-1	-2	0.12
Jan 2	vs BOS	L 115-118	35	19	8	2	0	0	3	6-12	4-8	3-3	-6	-0.08
Dec 31	@ OKC	L 105-113	28	7	6	0	0	0	3	3-8	1-5	0-0	0	-1.20
Dec 29	vs SAS	W 112-110	32	12	10	1	1	1	2	6-12	0-4	0-0	-4	-0.19
Dec 27	@ HOU	W 113-112	20	2	5	1	3	0	2	1-6	0-2	0-0	-5	-0.55
Dec 25	@ DAL	W 105-99	35	5	6	2	2	1	0	2-7	1-2	0-0	+4	-0.03
Dec 23	@ ATL	L 104-117	20	6	2	0	1	1	0	3-6	0-1	0-0	-16	-0.46
Dec 21	vs GSW	L 103-113	35	10	7	2	1	0	1	4-12	1-4	1-2	-12	-0.80
Dec 19	vs NYK	L 107-133	24	8	6	3	0	2	0	3-8	2-6	0-0	-18	-0.10
Dec 15	@ SAS	W 106-92	28	12	11	1	4	0	1	4-10	2-2	2-2	+6	0.84
Dec 13	vs LAL	W 97-87	37	18	9	0	5	2	2	7-11	2-5	2-3	+20	1.50
Dec 8	@ GSW	L 106-114	36	9	4	3	2	0	0	4-9	1-3	0-0	0	-0.04
Dec 6	@ GSW	W 107-90	30	10	3	2	1	0	0	4-11	2-5	0-0	+5	-0.45
Dec 4	@ LAC	W 108-80	24	11	5	0	0	0	1	5-9	1-2	0-0	+13	-0.68
Dec 2	vs LAL	W 109-80	23	3	2	0	1	1	2	1-3	1-2	0-0	+5	-0.75
Nov 29	vs LAC	W 93-92	25	11	3	5	0	2	2	4-6	1-3	2-2	-2	0.00
Nov 27	vs SAC	L 104-115	24	0	2	2	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+2	-1.21
Nov 26	vs HOU	L 111-117	40	9	5	2	1	0	0	4-16	1-8	0-0	-19	-0.86
Nov 24	@ BOS	L 105-107	32	10	5	1	0	0	1	4-13	2-6	0-0	-12	-0.98
Nov 21	@ TOR	L 105-110	42	22	7	3	2	0	1	8-15	2-6	4-4	+5	0.75
Nov 17	vs PHX	W 120-117	26	11	3	2	3	1	0	4-7	2-3	1-4	-6	-0.11
Nov 15	@ SAC	W 130-126	37	14	6	3	3	1	3	5-13	3-8	1-2	+4	0.12
Nov 13	@ POR	L 98-106	34	7	6	2	4	0	1	3-9	0-3	1-2	+3	-0.06
Nov 12	@ POR	L 108-122	36	17	6	2	2	2	4	8-10	1-3	0-0	+2	0.59
Nov 10	vs MIA	L 94-95	33	9	6	1	1	1	0	4-9	0-3	1-2	+5	-0.46
Nov 8	vs POR	W 127-102	27	5	3	2	2	0	0	2-8	1-2	0-0	+7	-0.45
Nov 7	@ CHI	W 135-119	33	19	2	0	0	1	1	6-7	3-3	4-4	+12	0.35
Nov 4	vs CHA	W 114-93	22	9	3	0	0	2	0	3-10	1-5	2-4	0	-1.05
Nov 2	@ SAS	L 103-113	30	7	3	1	1	1	0	3-9	1-6	0-0	-8	-0.46
Nov 1	vs DEN	W 119-116	26	10	0	1	1	2	3	4-7	2-4	0-0	-29	-0.30
Oct 29	vs DAL	L 114-120	35	13	4	4	0	0	1	6-11	1-3	0-0	-6	-0.46
Oct 26	vs TOR	W 112-101	33	9	3	2	1	2	1	4-5	1-1	0-0	+11	0.16
Oct 24	@ SAC	W 117-115	27	6	2	3	0	1	2	2-9	0-4	2-2	-7	-1.09
Oct 22	@ LAL	L 103-110	16	6	2	1	1	0	1	3-8	0-3	0-0	-8	-0.90

By season

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	FT%	3PM
26-27	MIN	10	34.0	17.1	6.2	3.7	0.9	0.8	1.8	.511	.765	1.4
25-26	MIN	73	31.7	14.8	4.3	2.7	1.1	1.0	1.8	.515	.835	1.4
24-25	MIN	82	31.9	12.2	5.7	2.0	1.3	0.9	1.2	.477	.813	1.2
23-24	MIN	72	29.2	10.5	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	.489	.722	1.2
22-23	MIN	79	30.6	12.1	3.9	1.9	0.9	1.0	1.4	.517	.736	1.4
21-22	MIN	70	25.7	9.2	4.2	1.1	0.7	0.8	1.1	.460	.803	1.1
20-21	MIN	63	24.0	6.8	3.7	1.1	0.6	0.9	0.8	.447	.600	1.1
Career		449	29.2	11.2	4.2	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.3	.490	.774	1.3