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 · 11 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

11 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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24-25 season

Rank#202

Value-0.41

Games68

Minutes25.9

Points9.1

Rebounds7.2

Assists2.0

FG% · FT%.460 · .737

Category z-scores · rank 202 of 569

FG%

-0.17

FT%

-0.53

3PM

-1.24

PTS

-1.26

REB

0.52

AST

-0.89

STL

-0.85

BLK

-0.19

0.90

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	+/-	Value
Apr 13	@ ATL	L 105-117	17	4	3	2	1	0	0	1-7	0-2	2-3	-14	-1.09
Apr 9	vs BOS	W 96-76	22	8	3	1	1	0	3	4-7	0-2	0-0	0	-0.84
Apr 8	vs ATL	W 119-112	37	17	9	2	6	3	4	6-9	1-3	4-6	+12	1.58
Apr 3	@ WAS	W 109-97	30	10	7	2	0	0	0	5-9	0-2	0-0	-4	-0.48
Apr 1	@ SAS	W 116-105	18	8	5	2	0	1	0	3-4	1-1	1-1	+3	-0.15
Mar 31	vs LAC	L 87-96	31	9	4	1	3	2	0	4-11	0-3	1-2	+3	0.10
Mar 29	vs SAC	W 121-91	17	12	4	0	0	0	0	3-4	3-3	3-4	+19	-0.36
Mar 27	vs DAL	L 92-101	28	12	5	1	0	2	2	5-10	1-4	1-1	-11	-0.32
Mar 25	@ CHA	W 111-104	26	5	11	2	0	2	3	2-5	1-4	0-0	-1	-0.42
Mar 24	vs LAL	W 118-106	32	12	8	0	0	0	0	4-10	1-3	3-4	+8	-0.70
Mar 21	@ WAS	W 120-105	29	16	12	1	0	2	1	7-13	2-4	0-0	+32	0.32
Mar 19	vs HOU	L 108-116	19	4	6	0	0	1	0	1-4	0-2	2-2	-4	-0.64
Mar 16	@ CLE	W 108-103	35	16	14	1	0	0	1	6-13	2-4	2-3	+5	-0.31
Mar 14	@ MIN	L 111-118	31	4	2	2	0	1	2	2-5	0-2	0-0	-8	-1.02
Mar 13	@ NOP	W 113-93	27	8	4	2	0	1	1	3-7	0-2	2-2	+5	-0.59
Mar 10	@ HOU	L 84-97	30	8	12	1	0	1	0	2-8	1-4	3-3	-14	-0.21
Mar 8	@ MIL	W 111-109	31	7	4	0	0	0	2	3-7	0-3	1-1	+6	-1.12
Mar 6	vs CHI	L 123-125	26	17	5	2	1	1	0	5-9	2-3	5-6	+6	0.35
Mar 4	vs TOR	L 113-114	24	2	6	3	1	0	1	1-5	0-2	0-0	-6	-0.78
Mar 2	vs TOR	L 102-104	32	14	9	5	0	1	3	3-6	1-3	7-8	0	-0.11
Feb 27	vs GSW	L 115-121	27	9	14	4	1	0	4	4-8	1-2	0-0	-6	-0.28
Feb 25	vs CLE	L 82-122	26	9	6	1	1	1	1	4-10	0-1	1-1	-22	-0.38
Feb 23	vs WAS	W 110-90	20	11	9	2	1	1	3	5-7	1-1	0-1	+5	-0.28
Feb 21	vs MEM	L 104-105	29	10	11	0	2	0	3	5-12	0-2	0-0	+1	-0.44
Feb 20	@ ATL	W 114-108	32	9	15	0	0	1	0	4-8	0-2	1-2	0	-0.33
Feb 12	vs CHA	W 102-86	28	11	11	0	0	0	2	4-8	0-1	3-4	+27	-0.80
Feb 10	vs ATL	L 106-112	18	4	2	1	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-2	-6	-1.49
Feb 8	vs SAS	W 112-111	11	7	2	3	0	0	1	2-7	0-2	3-4	-1	-1.22
Feb 6	@ DEN	L 90-112	26	19	4	0	1	0	2	7-9	1-3	4-5	-25	-0.11
Feb 5	@ SAC	W 130-111	20	8	8	3	2	0	0	3-4	2-2	0-0	+15	0.44
Feb 3	@ GSW	L 99-104	28	6	9	7	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	+14	-0.26
Feb 1	@ UTA	L 99-113	24	6	5	1	0	0	0	3-10	0-3	0-0	-10	-1.08
Jan 30	@ POR	L 90-119	25	12	7	1	1	0	1	3-7	0-1	6-6	-3	-0.08
Jan 27	@ MIA	L 119-125	36	14	7	5	1	0	2	5-7	1-2	3-3	-25	0.25
Jan 25	vs DET	W 121-113	32	11	11	3	1	0	2	4-7	0-2	3-3	+1	0.00
Jan 23	vs POR	L 79-101	23	3	6	2	1	2	3	0-4	0-1	3-4	-13	-0.80
Jan 21	@ TOR	L 93-109	30	10	10	3	0	0	3	4-11	0-3	2-2	-1	-0.85
Jan 19	vs DEN	L 100-113	34	16	13	5	3	1	0	6-15	1-5	3-4	-7	0.88
Jan 17	@ BOS	L 94-121	32	15	9	3	0	0	1	4-9	1-5	6-10	-24	-1.12
Jan 15	@ MIL	L 93-122	33	12	10	1	2	0	0	3-12	2-4	4-5	-11	-0.10
Jan 12	vs PHI	W 104-99	25	4	4	1	1	1	2	1-4	0-3	2-3	-6	-0.92
Jan 10	vs MIL	L 106-109	25	2	5	3	1	1	0	0-4	0-1	2-4	-9	-0.98
Jan 9	vs MIN	L 89-104	18	8	6	1	0	0	0	3-10	0-3	2-5	-6	-1.69
Jan 6	@ NYK	W 103-94	26	19	2	4	1	0	1	8-11	3-3	0-0	+5	0.38
Jan 5	vs UTA	L 92-105	19	15	6	2	2	0	3	6-10	1-3	2-2	-1	0.09
Jan 3	@ TOR	W 106-97	18	6	9	1	1	1	1	2-7	0-3	2-2	+3	-0.32
Jan 1	@ DET	L 96-105	34	15	8	1	2	1	1	7-15	0-4	1-2	-11	-0.08
Dec 29	vs BKN	W 102-101	27	13	6	1	0	0	2	6-9	0-1	1-4	-2	-1.39
Dec 27	vs NYK	L 85-108	17	2	3	1	0	0	0	1-6	0-1	0-0	-12	-1.25
Dec 26	vs MIA	L 88-89	15	5	6	1	0	1	1	1-6	0-2	3-4	-7	-1.05
Dec 23	vs BOS	W 108-104	27	11	7	4	0	2	0	5-8	1-1	0-0	+7	0.25
Dec 21	vs MIA	W 121-114	13	5	1	1	0	1	0	2-5	1-2	0-0	-8	-0.73
Dec 19	vs OKC	L 99-105	30	10	13	4	0	1	0	2-6	0-2	6-9	-1	-0.56
Dec 15	vs NYK	L 91-100	27	2	5	1	1	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-9	-0.72
Dec 10	@ MIL	L 109-114	34	8	11	5	1	1	2	2-5	0-2	4-4	+14	0.17
Dec 8	vs PHX	W 115-110	21	6	5	0	1	0	1	2-4	0-1	2-2	+13	-0.54
Dec 6	@ PHI	L 94-102	26	8	9	3	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	3-4	+14	-0.35
Dec 4	@ PHI	W 106-102	32	2	6	2	0	1	0	1-4	0-1	0-2	-7	-1.26
Dec 3	@ NYK	L 106-121	20	2	7	3	1	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-22	-0.45
Dec 1	@ BKN	W 100-92	28	14	7	1	1	2	3	5-5	1-1	3-4	+11	0.20
Nov 29	@ BKN	W 123-100	26	12	7	4	0	1	3	4-5	1-1	3-4	+27	-0.33
Nov 27	vs CHI	W 133-119	18	4	4	2	1	1	1	2-5	0-3	0-0	+10	-0.51
Nov 3	@ DAL	L 85-108	9	6	1	2	2	0	0	2-5	0-2	2-2	+1	-0.26
Oct 30	@ CHI	L 99-102	28	14	7	2	1	1	0	5-10	0-4	4-4	-4	0.29
Oct 28	vs IND	W 119-115	32	11	10	1	1	0	0	3-5	0-2	5-6	+11	-0.04
Oct 26	@ MEM	L 111-124	31	3	10	2	0	1	2	1-6	0-3	1-2	-13	-1.13
Oct 25	vs BKN	W 116-101	31	8	11	4	2	0	0	3-5	1-3	1-2	+11	0.23
Oct 23	@ MIA	W 116-97	27	8	14	2	2	0	1	3-7	1-2	1-2	+32	-0.02

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