Wendell Carter Jr.

Orlando Magic#34C6'10"262 lb27 years old

Fantasy outlook · 26-27 season

Rebounds and efficient shooting from a stretch center

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His 61% shooting over seven games far outpaces 2025‑26's 51%, so expect regression, but the extra minutes and boards look real.

Latest news · 12 h agoCarter registered 19 points (6-12 FG, 3-3 3Pt, 4-9 FT), 11 rebounds and two blocks across 40 minutes in Saturday's 126-119 overtime loss to the Warriors.

Pros: REB +1.6FG% +1.5
Cons: AST -1.3
Fits: Punt AST → #28
Rank: #5465 from #119 in 25-26Only 9 games

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

Latest news

12 h ago
Carter registered 19 points (6-12 FG, 3-3 3Pt, 4-9 FT), 11 rebounds and two blocks across 40 minutes in Saturday's 126-119 overtime loss to the Warriors.
Carter delivered a strong fantasy performance, posting his second consecutive double-double while also tying season-high marks in both made three-pointers and blocks. Carter has found a way to get it done on both ends of the floor this season, and he's recorded either double-digit points or double-digit rebounds in all but one of his nine outings in 2026-27. He's averaging 14.8 points and 9.6 boards per contest and is emerging as a reliable middle-tier option at center.
3 d ago
Carter finished with 27 points (10-12 FG, 2-2 3Pt, 5-6 FT), 13 rebounds, two assists and one steal in 34 minutes during Thursday's 117-104 loss to Phoenix.
Carter pieced together a stellar shooting performance, resulting in a team-high 27 points. This marks his best scoring night of the 2026-27 campaign, and it's the fourth time he's reached the 20-point threshold through eight appearances. Carter also turned in his first double-double of the year, though he's secured double-digit rebounds on four separate occasions.
5 d ago
Carter recorded six points (2-3 FG, 2-2 FT), nine rebounds and one steal in 34 minutes during Monday's 103-94 loss to Washington.
Carter was largely uninvolved offensively despite Orlando playing without Paolo Banchero (ankle), attempting just three shots while finishing one rebound shy of double figures. His 34 minutes were encouraging, but Nikola Vucevic continues to provide competition in the frontcourt. Carter should remain a reliable source of rebounds, though his scoring production could fluctuate significantly.
Oct 31
Carter finished with 20 points (6-11 FG, 1-3 3Pt, 7-8 FT), seven rebounds, one assist and two steals in 39 minutes during Friday's 121-114 win over the Raptors.
Carter has yet to record his first double-double of the season, and he ended just three boards shy of doing so Friday. He took a step forward offensively, though, as he hit the 20-point mark after scoring a combined 12 points (4-10 FG) in his previous two contests. Carter has reached the 20-point mark in three of his five appearances this season, and he should continue to benefit from an expanded offensive role due to the absences of Paolo Banchero (ankle) and Jalen Suggs (knee).
Oct 26
Carter chipped in nine points (3-6 FG, 0-1 3Pt, 3-4 FT), 10 rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal in 33 minutes during Sunday's 111-102 victory over the Knicks.
Carter cooled off a bit Sunday after dropping at least 20 points in two prior appearances, but he came down with a season-high 10 boards. The big man should continue to play a key role at center for the Magic, but fantasy managers should anticipate some regression coming at some point for Carter.

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21-22 season

Rank#85

Value-0.10

Games62

Minutes29.9

Points15.0

Rebounds10.4

Assists2.8

FG% · FT%.525 · .691

Category z-scores · rank 85 of 605

FG%

0.79

FT%

-1.25

3PM

-0.53

PTS

-0.17

REB

1.80

AST

-0.39

STL

-1.17

BLK

0.04

-0.05

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	+/-	Value
Mar 28	@ CLE	L 101-107	27	15	12	6	1	0	2	7-14	0-4	1-6	+4	-1.38
Mar 22	vs GSW	W 94-90	33	19	8	0	0	0	2	7-12	1-4	4-5	-1	-0.37
Mar 20	vs OKC	W 90-85	31	30	16	2	2	1	5	12-15	2-3	4-7	+13	0.79
Mar 15	vs BKN	L 108-150	26	18	8	4	0	1	1	6-11	1-1	5-5	-20	0.45
Mar 13	vs PHI	L 114-116	39	23	12	2	0	3	2	10-19	2-5	1-2	-13	0.49
Mar 11	vs MIN	W 118-110	35	20	10	5	0	0	2	7-15	2-4	4-5	+11	-0.12
Mar 9	@ NOP	W 108-102	29	13	8	5	0	0	1	6-11	0-1	1-2	+6	-0.54
Mar 8	vs PHX	L 99-102	32	20	12	0	0	1	1	8-14	1-3	3-4	-4	0.10
Mar 2	vs IND	L 114-122	41	13	18	5	1	1	6	5-12	0-2	3-5	+7	-0.55
Feb 28	vs IND	W 119-103	28	21	12	1	0	0	3	8-10	1-1	4-6	+17	-0.23
Feb 25	vs HOU	W 119-111	35	24	12	2	0	0	3	9-11	1-2	5-7	+1	0.03
Feb 16	vs ATL	L 109-130	27	10	10	6	0	1	2	4-7	2-3	0-0	-18	0.09
Feb 14	@ DEN	L 111-121	34	25	12	4	2	1	2	12-22	1-5	0-0	-7	0.96
Feb 12	@ PHX	L 105-132	26	14	11	2	0	0	1	6-12	0-4	2-3	-11	-0.53
Feb 11	@ UTA	L 99-114	34	22	9	2	0	1	4	9-17	1-5	3-6	-11	-0.92
Feb 8	@ POR	W 113-95	30	18	8	5	0	3	1	7-10	2-3	2-2	+13	1.06
Feb 6	vs BOS	L 83-116	28	14	8	2	0	1	3	6-8	0-0	2-3	-13	-0.38
Feb 5	vs MEM	L 115-135	23	12	10	2	0	0	2	4-10	0-5	4-6	-14	-1.04
Feb 2	@ IND	W 119-118	34	19	18	2	1	1	3	7-13	0-2	5-5	-3	0.76
Feb 1	@ CHI	L 115-126	34	24	8	6	0	0	3	11-15	1-5	1-1	-1	0.37
Jan 30	vs DAL	W 110-108	33	14	14	1	1	0	1	5-10	2-3	2-4	-1	-0.25
Jan 28	vs DET	W 119-103	29	9	11	3	1	0	0	2-10	0-1	5-5	+12	-0.10
Jan 26	vs LAC	L 102-111	31	11	9	2	0	0	3	4-10	0-2	3-5	-1	-1.30
Jan 23	vs CHI	W 114-95	28	19	7	1	0	3	3	8-12	2-3	1-4	+9	-0.37
Jan 21	vs LAL	L 105-116	19	19	5	1	1	1	1	6-10	2-4	5-8	+18	-0.24
Jan 5	vs PHI	L 106-116	23	12	10	3	0	0	3	3-4	0-1	6-10	-2	-1.28
Jan 3	@ CHI	L 98-102	35	21	10	4	1	0	3	8-15	1-4	4-5	+7	0.06
Jan 2	@ BOS	L 111-116	41	15	16	7	1	1	2	5-16	1-4	4-5	-12	0.17
Dec 30	vs MIL	L 118-136	33	14	10	5	1	1	1	5-11	1-4	3-5	-4	-0.10
Dec 28	vs MIL	L 110-127	33	19	10	1	3	0	2	6-14	2-7	5-6	+12	0.54
Dec 26	@ MIA	L 83-93	25	8	14	2	0	0	6	3-7	1-3	1-2	-15	-1.17
Dec 23	vs NOP	L 104-110	30	17	12	3	2	3	0	5-12	1-3	6-6	+11	1.57
Dec 17	vs MIA	L 105-115	11	4	4	1	0	1	0	2-6	0-1	0-0	+1	-0.75
Dec 15	vs ATL	L 99-111	30	9	15	3	1	0	1	4-10	1-4	0-0	-15	-0.01
Dec 12	@ LAL	L 94-106	33	16	8	3	0	1	2	6-12	2-6	2-2	-10	0.06
Dec 11	@ LAC	L 104-106	33	2	14	7	0	0	3	1-5	0-1	0-0	0	-0.73
Dec 8	@ SAC	L 130-142	36	19	10	6	0	1	4	7-14	1-3	4-6	-6	-0.44
Dec 6	@ GSW	L 95-126	30	14	12	3	1	0	1	4-8	2-4	4-5	-24	0.21
Dec 3	@ HOU	L 116-118	33	10	16	2	0	2	2	4-9	0-3	2-2	+8	0.16
Dec 1	vs DEN	W 108-103	33	18	8	0	0	0	1	8-11	1-3	1-1	+1	0.03
Nov 29	@ PHI	L 96-101	34	8	12	2	1	0	0	4-11	0-6	0-0	+6	-0.27
Nov 27	@ CLE	L 92-105	32	19	11	1	2	0	0	8-13	1-4	2-2	-21	0.86
Nov 26	vs CHI	L 88-123	30	26	10	2	0	2	0	8-15	2-6	8-10	-2	0.69
Nov 24	vs CHA	L 99-106	32	14	11	2	2	0	0	6-9	1-4	1-1	+9	0.73
Nov 22	@ MIL	L 92-123	28	8	10	3	0	1	2	3-6	0-3	2-2	-34	-0.25
Nov 20	@ MIL	L 108-117	14	8	2	2	0	0	0	3-6	2-3	0-1	-18	-0.87
Nov 19	@ BKN	L 113-115	27	1	9	3	0	1	3	0-5	0-4	1-2	-13	-1.31
Nov 17	@ NYK	W 104-98	25	11	8	2	1	0	1	5-11	1-4	0-2	+7	-0.85
Nov 15	@ ATL	L 111-129	34	15	9	2	1	1	3	6-8	3-3	0-0	-14	0.46
Nov 13	vs WAS	L 92-104	32	17	7	2	3	0	2	6-11	4-6	1-2	+10	0.56
Nov 10	vs BKN	L 90-123	18	9	5	1	0	0	0	3-7	1-2	2-4	-6	-1.10
Nov 7	vs UTA	W 107-100	32	22	15	6	0	1	1	9-14	4-7	0-0	+21	1.12
Nov 5	vs SAS	L 89-102	29	13	10	1	0	1	0	6-16	1-5	0-0	-6	-0.33
Nov 3	vs BOS	L 79-92	35	13	13	4	2	0	4	5-12	2-5	1-2	-6	-0.14
Nov 1	@ MIN	W 115-97	36	15	14	3	0	0	2	5-8	2-3	3-5	+3	-0.32
Oct 30	@ DET	L 103-110	17	8	6	2	0	1	3	3-9	1-1	1-2	-4	-1.08
Oct 29	@ TOR	L 109-110	33	17	12	3	0	0	2	8-12	1-4	0-1	+12	-0.24
Oct 27	vs CHA	L 111-120	33	20	10	2	1	0	1	8-15	2-5	2-2	-12	0.44
Oct 25	@ MIA	L 90-107	28	9	9	1	0	1	2	3-7	1-5	2-2	-2	-0.34
Oct 24	@ NYK	W 110-104	31	11	9	1	1	4	2	5-8	1-3	0-0	-4	0.76
Oct 22	vs NYK	L 96-121	30	10	11	4	1	1	1	3-7	1-4	3-4	-12	0.10
Oct 20	@ SAS	L 97-123	19	13	8	1	1	0	0	5-10	1-1	2-2	+3	0.09

By season

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	FT%	3PM
26-27	ORL	9	33.4	14.8	9.6	1.0	1.1	0.7	1.9	.630	.732	1.2
25-26	ORL	78	29.4	11.8	7.4	2.0	0.8	0.6	1.3	.512	.792	0.9
24-25	ORL	68	25.9	9.1	7.2	2.0	0.8	0.6	1.1	.460	.737	0.5
23-24	ORL	55	25.6	11.0	6.9	1.7	0.6	0.5	1.2	.525	.694	1.2
22-23	ORL	57	29.6	15.2	8.7	2.3	0.5	0.6	1.9	.525	.738	1.4
21-22	ORL	62	29.9	15.0	10.4	2.8	0.6	0.7	1.9	.525	.691	1.1
20-21	CHI, ORL	54	25.5	11.2	8.2	1.9	0.7	0.8	1.4	.503	.732	0.3
19-20	CHI	43	29.2	11.3	9.4	1.2	0.8	0.8	1.7	.534	.737	0.1
18-19	CHI	44	25.3	10.3	7.0	1.8	0.6	1.3	1.5	.485	.795	0.1
Career		470	27.8	12.0	8.2	2.0	0.7	0.7	1.5	.512	.740	0.8