2021-22 Top 155 Roto Projections I Fantasy Basketball I Razzball

After watching a lot of unnecessary tape of prospects for the draft, patiently waiting for all the free agency and trade dominoes to fall, reflecting upon the performance review of last year’s projections and meditating exactly 14.5 minutes per day while sitting on the crane pose from the original Karate Kid, I am honored and ready to present you my top 155 projections for roto for the 2021-22 season!

As always (it’s the fifth straight year doing these projections from Son’s ~~dungeon~~ grace), note that each player’s value presented is their per-game value, so some players will be higher than the position I would draft them. Injury risk, games played and personal preference are not included so use them as a baseline for your drafting but do rearrange them based on your preferences and willingness to risk. If you are interested in finding out the method used to calculate the player values check this previous article of mine. Without further ado, let’s check the projections before a mention of some notable players.

#	Name	Val	pts	3pt	reb	ast	stl	blk	fg%	fga	ft%	fta	tos
1	Nikola Jokic	0.76	24.5	1.2	10.5	8	1.3	0.7	55	17.2	85	5.2	3
2	James Harden	0.65	24.2	2.7	7.3	10.6	1.3	0.8	47	16.5	86	7	3.8
3	Stephen Curry	0.65	29.9	5.2	5.3	6	1.1	0.1	48	20.4	92	5.6	3.3
4	Karl-Anthony Towns	0.59	25.4	2.7	10.7	4.7	0.9	1.2	49	17.7	85	6.3	3.2
5	Jimmy Butler	0.58	21.4	0.5	6.5	6.1	1.9	0.4	49	14	86	8.4	1.9
6	Kyrie Irving	0.57	26.1	2.8	4.5	5.8	1.4	0.5	49	19.9	91	4.2	2.3
7	Damian Lillard	0.51	29.3	4	4.2	7.9	0.9	0.3	45	20.5	90	7.6	3.1
8	Joel Embiid	0.49	27.4	1.1	10	2.9	0.9	1.3	51	17.3	84	10.3	3.1
9	Anthony Davis	0.48	23.5	0.9	8.4	3.2	1.3	1.8	50	17.5	79	6.5	2.3
10	Kevin Durant	0.46	25.3	2.2	6.8	4.7	0.7	1.1	53	16.5	88	6.4	3.1
11	Jayson Tatum	0.44	27.0	3	7.2	4.5	1.3	0.6	45	21.2	87	5.6	2.8
12	Giannis Antetokounmpo	0.42	28.4	1.3	11.5	6	1.2	1.1	56	18.5	69	9.2	3.5
13	Bradley Beal	0.40	31.2	2.7	5.1	5.6	1.2	0.4	46	23.3	87	8.1	3.3
14	Nikola Vucevic	0.37	21.0	2.2	11.6	3	0.8	0.8	48	18.2	82	1.6	1.6
15	Domantas Sabonis	0.34	20.5	0.9	11.9	6.5	1.3	0.5	54	14.6	73	5.2	3.2
16	Kristaps Porzingis	0.32	20.0	2.4	9	1.7	0.6	1.6	46	16	84	3.4	1.4
17	Paul George	0.31	25.0	3.5	7	5.5	1.3	0.4	44	19.4	86	5.1	3.5
18	Bam Adebayo	0.29	18.7	0	9.3	4.4	1.2	1.1	57	12.7	76	5.6	2.4
19	Michael Porter	0.28	21.7	3.3	7.1	1.4	0.7	0.8	52	15.7	82	2.5	1.7
20	Jrue Holiday	0.28	18.2	2	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.6	50	14.4	76	2.4	2.2
21	Luka Doncic	0.28	28.8	3.2	8.2	8.8	1	0.5	48	20.9	74	7.5	4.2
22	Clint Capela	0.26	14.7	0	14	1	0.8	1.8	60	10.6	57	3.4	1.2
23	Chris Paul	0.25	15.6	1.4	4.2	8.5	1.3	0.2	50	12.1	92	2.3	2
24	Fred VanVleet	0.25	21.2	3.6	4	7.4	1.6	0.4	38	18.5	86	4.1	2.5
25	Rudy Gobert	0.24	14.3	0	13.3	1.4	0.6	2.4	67	8.2	63	5.2	1.8
26	Myles Turner	0.24	12.5	1.4	6.6	1.1	0.8	2.9	47	9.4	77	2.9	1.5
27	Brandon Ingram	0.23	24.7	2.5	5.4	5.5	0.8	0.6	47	18.4	86	5.7	2.7
28	Deandre Ayton	0.22	15.5	0.1	10.8	1.5	0.7	1.3	62	10.8	76	2.7	1.7
29	Mikal Bridges	0.22	13.8	2	4.4	2.1	1.3	0.8	53	9.6	84	1.9	0.9
30	Shai Gilgeous	0.22	22.9	2.1	5	6.2	1	0.7	50	15.8	80	6.3	2.8
31	John Collins	0.21	18.7	1.4	7.8	1.4	0.6	1.1	56	12.9	82	3.5	1.5
32	Christian Wood	0.20	20.8	2.1	10.1	1.5	0.8	1.3	53	14.8	66	4.6	1.9
33	Richaun Holmes	0.20	14.6	0	8.6	1.6	0.7	1.4	63	9.8	79	2.9	1.3
34	Trae Young	0.20	26.2	2.4	4	9.7	0.9	0.1	44	18.3	88	8.8	4
35	Zach LaVine	0.19	25.2	3.2	4.4	3.9	0.9	0.5	51	17.8	84	4.6	3.2
36	O.G.Anunoby	0.18	17.8	2.6	5.4	2.6	1.5	0.7	47	13.8	76	2.9	1.9
37	Jaren Jackson Jr	0.17	17.2	2.2	5	1.3	1	1.8	46	12.8	80	4	1.6
38	Tobias Harris	0.17	19.5	1.5	7	3.3	0.8	0.6	50	15.3	87	3.1	1.6
39	Khris Middleton	0.17	20.4	2.3	6.1	5	1	0.1	48	15.5	90	3.6	2.4
40	Pascal Siakam	0.17	22.1	1.5	7.4	5	1.1	0.8	45	17.9	81	5.6	2.5
41	Julius Randle	0.17	22.4	2.1	10.1	4.6	0.9	0.4	47	16.9	79	5.6	2.8
42	Mitchell Robinson	0.15	9.2	0	8.6	0.7	1.3	1.7	67	6.1	52	1.9	0.9
43	Donovan Mitchell	0.15	26.1	3.3	4.4	5	1	0.3	44	20.4	85	5.7	2.7
44	Dejounte Murray	0.15	18.0	1.1	7.4	6.3	1.5	0.2	45	16.6	80	2.5	2.1
45	Jaylen Brown	0.14	25.5	3	6.2	3.8	1.2	0.5	48	19.9	74	4.6	3
46	Lonzo Ball	0.14	13.9	2.9	4.5	7.3	1.5	0.6	42	12.1	73	1.1	2.5
47	Tyrese Halibutron	0.13	14.0	2.3	3.4	4.9	1.4	0.5	47	11.4	85	1.2	1.5
48	Jusuf Nurkic	0.13	14.0	0.5	10.2	3.9	1.1	1.3	51	10.7	70	3.7	2.2
49	De’Aaron Fox	0.12	26.4	1.9	3.8	7.4	1.6	0.5	48	19.9	72	7.5	3.2
50	Zion Williamson	0.12	28.9	0.4	7.7	4.8	1	0.6	60	18.5	69	9.1	3.2
51	LeBron James	0.11	23.9	2.3	6.9	6.8	1.1	0.5	51	17.5	69	5.4	3.4
52	Robert Covington	0.11	9.0	2	6.6	1.5	1.3	1.3	41	7.5	80	1	1
53	Chris Boucher	0.10	14.3	1.7	7	1.3	0.6	1.6	50	9.9	78	3.5	1.1
54	Jonas Valanciunas	0.10	15.2	0.5	11.6	1.5	0.4	1	57	10.9	77	3	1.4
55	Gordon Hayward	0.10	20.6	1.8	5.6	4.4	1	0.3	48	15.7	85	4.4	2.2
56	LaMelo Ball	0.10	17.5	2	6.3	7.2	1.5	0.4	44	14.6	75	3.5	2.9
57	Robert Williams	0.09	10.4	0	7.6	1.6	0.8	1.6	71	6.6	63	1.7	1.2
58	Malcolm Brogdon	0.09	21.7	2.4	5.1	6.4	0.8	0.2	45	18.2	88	3.3	2.2
59	CJ McCollum	0.08	23.5	3.3	4	4.5	0.8	0.4	45	19.7	81	3	1.7
60	Terry Rozier	0.08	20.5	3.3	4.4	4.4	1.1	0.3	44	16.7	83	3	2.1
61	Kemba Walker	0.07	20.6	3.2	4	5.3	1	0.3	42	16.4	88	4.1	2.3
62	Devin Booker	0.07	26.2	2	4.2	4.5	0.8	0.3	48	19.4	88	6.3	3.2
63	Caris LeVert	0.06	20.5	1.6	4.4	5.1	1.5	0.5	44	17.7	79	4.2	2.2
64	Bogdan Bogdanovic	0.05	15.8	3.1	3.4	3.2	1.1	0.2	47	12.4	85	1.2	1.1
65	Kyle Lowry	0.05	15.8	2.6	4.7	6.2	1.1	0.3	44	11.9	87	3.1	2.5
66	Cade Cunningham	0.05	15.7	2.1	5.2	3.7	1.2	0.5	43	12.8	80	3.3	1.2
67	Draymond Green	0.04	7.5	0.6	6.8	8.2	1.5	0.8	44	6.4	78	1.6	2.8
68	Derrick White	0.04	17.4	2.5	3.5	4.2	0.8	1	43	13.8	85	3.6	1.6
69	PJ Washington	0.04	14.0	2	6.9	2.8	1.2	1.1	45	11.4	73	2.4	2.1
70	Marcus Smart	0.03	14.3	2.1	3.7	6.5	1.6	0.5	39	11.8	80	3.7	2.2
71	Jerami Grant	0.02	21.6	2.2	4.4	2.1	0.7	1	45	16.2	83	5.8	1.7
72	Norman Powell	0.00	18.3	2.1	3.5	2	1.2	0.4	46	13.8	86	4.1	1.7
73	Ben Simmons	-0.01	15.5	0.1	7.5	7.3	1.7	0.6	57	10.8	61	5.1	3.2
74	Kelly Olynyk	-0.01	14.4	1.9	6.5	2.2	1	0.5	47	11.2	84	2.4	1.6
75	Anthony Edwards	-0.01	21.1	2.6	5	3.4	1.2	0.5	44	17.3	79	4.1	2.5
76	Collin Sexton	-0.02	24.2	1.6	3.1	4	1.1	0.1	49	18	83	6	2.6
77	Jarrett Allen	-0.02	13.9	0.1	10.1	1.8	0.5	1.4	62	8.5	69	4.7	1.6
78	Jonathan Isaac	-0.03	10.1	1	6.1	1.3	1.2	1.5	43	8.8	77	2	1.3
79	Mike Conley	-0.03	15.2	2.4	3.2	5.6	1.2	0.2	43	12.3	84	2.6	1.8
80	Buddy Hield	-0.03	17.9	3.9	4.8	3.3	0.9	0.3	42	15	85	1.7	2
81	Malik Beasley	-0.06	18.3	3.2	4.2	3	0.8	0.2	45	15	84	1.9	1.5
82	Isaiah Stewart	-0.06	10.4	0.4	8.2	1.3	0.7	1.5	53	8.3	72	1.7	1.4
83	TJ Warren	-0.06	17.0	1.2	3.7	1.4	1.1	0.5	51	13.4	80	2.7	1.2
84	D’Angelo Russell	-0.06	21.2	3.2	3.5	6.2	1.1	0.3	43	17.2	78	4.1	3
85	Darius Garland	-0.07	18.7	2.1	2.6	5.5	1.3	0.1	46	15.6	86	2.6	2.7
86	Andrew Wiggins	-0.07	17.7	2	4.8	2.6	0.9	1	47	14.4	71	3.1	1.7
87	Chuma Okeke	-0.07	11.4	1.2	4.3	2.6	1.3	0.7	44	10.6	83	1.1	1
88	DeMar DeRozan	-0.07	18.9	0.2	4	4.2	0.9	0.2	50	13.7	86	5.8	1.8
89	T.J.McConnell	-0.08	8.1	0.2	3.5	6.4	1.6	0.2	54	6.9	75	0.6	1.8
90	Brook Lopez	-0.08	11.5	1.5	4.8	1	0.6	1.4	48	8.8	84	1.9	0.9
91	Kyle Anderson	-0.08	10.6	1.2	5.2	3.1	1.1	0.7	47	8.1	76	2.4	1.1
92	Larry Nance	-0.08	8.8	1	6.9	2.2	1.4	0.4	50	7.1	64	1.1	1.3
93	Jakob Poeltl	-0.09	9.6	0	8.4	2.1	0.7	1.7	62	6.9	50	2	1.4
94	Devonte’ Graham	-0.09	16.3	3.3	3	6.3	1	0.2	38	13.6	83	3.2	1.9
95	Brandon Clarke	-0.10	11.0	0.4	5.8	1.5	1	0.8	54	8.5	72	2	0.8
96	Evan Fournier	-0.10	16.3	2.6	2.7	2.8	1.1	0.3	46	12.3	80	3	1.6
97	Donte DiVincenzo	-0.11	11.1	2.1	5.8	3.4	1.2	0.3	43	9.4	72	1.3	1.5
98	Miles Bridges	-0.11	12.0	1.6	6.2	2.2	0.7	0.8	48	9.2	85	1.9	1.6
99	Harrison Barnes	-0.12	15.4	1.6	6.1	2.7	0.7	0.2	48	11	83	3.9	1.4
100	Nerlens Noel	-0.12	4.7	0	5.4	0.5	1	1.8	60	3.3	72	1	0.9
101	Saddiq Bey	-0.13	14.8	3	5.2	1.9	0.9	0.3	40	12.1	83	2.5	1.2
102	Matisse Thybulle	-0.13	5.0	0.9	2.1	1.1	1.7	1.2	42	4.5	55	0.5	0.7
103	De’Anthony Melton	-0.14	10.2	1.9	3.9	3.1	1.3	0.5	42	8.5	79	1.5	1.5
104	Keldon Johnson	-0.15	16.7	1.3	6.4	2.2	0.8	0.4	48	13.4	76	3.3	1.4
105	Jeremy Lamb	-0.15	11.3	1.5	3.9	1.8	1	0.5	44	8.8	89	2.3	0.9
106	Facundo Campazzo	-0.15	8.2	1.4	3	4.7	1.3	0.2	41	6.2	90	1.9	1.3
107	Russell Westbrook	-0.15	20.3	1.2	8.7	8.1	1.3	0.4	45	17.1	68	5.5	4.2
108	Kelly Oubre Jr	-0.15	15.1	1.6	5.3	1.3	1.1	0.8	44	12.8	75	3	1.5
109	Gary Trent Jr	-0.16	17.5	2.9	3.8	1.6	1.1	0.3	40	16.2	80	2	1
110	Mason Plumlee	-0.16	9.7	0	8.7	2.5	0.8	1	61	6.5	62	2.8	1.5
111	Al Horford	-0.16	10.8	1.1	5.7	3	0.6	0.7	49	9.1	82	0.9	1
112	Jordan Clarkson	-0.16	18.2	3	3.8	2.7	0.8	0.2	43	15.4	87	2.3	1.8
113	Lauri Markkanen	-0.17	14.5	2.5	5.7	1.2	0.6	0.4	46	11.1	83	2.2	1.3
114	Duncan Robinson	-0.17	13.2	3.6	3.4	1.4	0.6	0.3	45	9.8	85	0.9	0.9
115	Ja Morant	-0.17	20.9	1.4	4.4	7.8	0.9	0.3	46	16.1	75	6.2	3
116	Wendell Carter Jr	-0.17	11.0	0.2	8.5	1.6	0.8	0.8	50	8.8	73	2.8	1.2
117	Josh Hart	-0.18	8.9	1.5	7.4	2.1	1	0.3	43	7	76	1.8	1.1
118	Jae Crowder	-0.18	10.7	2.7	5.1	2.3	0.9	0.4	40	8.5	77	1.5	1.1
119	Serge Ibaka	-0.18	12.4	1.1	6.4	1.6	0.3	1.2	51	9.9	78	1.5	1.3
120	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	-0.18	15.8	2.5	3.8	3.3	1.2	0.4	42	14.1	74	2	2
121	Joe Harris	-0.19	13.6	3	3.7	1.7	0.6	0.2	49	10	78	1	1
122	De’Andre Hunter	-0.19	13.8	1.4	4.5	1.7	0.8	0.5	46	10.4	84	3.4	1.2
123	Patrick Williams	-0.19	10.3	1.2	5.4	1.5	1.1	0.6	49	7.7	76	2	1.5
124	Joe Ingles	-0.20	10.9	2.5	3.7	5	0.8	0.2	46	8	82	1.3	1.9
125	Nicolas Batum	-0.20	8.1	1.5	4.6	2.5	0.9	0.5	45	6.4	85	1	0.9
126	Jalen Suggs	-0.21	13.5	1.2	4.4	4.1	1.4	0.3	46	11.1	74	2.8	2.4
127	Dennis Schroder	-0.21	16.1	1.6	3.6	5.4	1	0.2	44	12.9	84	3.8	2.6
128	Kevin Huerter	-0.21	11.2	1.8	3.5	3.1	1	0.3	44	9.9	80	0.8	1
129	Bojan Bogdanovic	-0.21	18.1	2.8	4	2	0.6	0.1	44	13.4	89	3.9	2
130	Mo Bamba	-0.21	9.3	1	7.2	1.1	0.4	1.5	47	7.7	68	1.6	1
131	Will Barton	-0.21	13.7	1.9	4.5	3.8	1	0.4	43	11.8	78	2.1	1.9
132	Danny Green	-0.21	8.7	2.3	3.5	1.5	1.1	0.6	41	7.4	75	0.5	1
133	Jae’Sean Tate	-0.21	11.0	0.8	4.8	2.2	1.1	0.5	51	8.7	70	1.9	1.3
134	Bobby Portis	-0.22	11.6	1.2	6.8	1.2	0.7	0.4	50	9.4	76	1.3	1.1
135	Royce O’Neale	-0.23	6.6	1.4	6.5	2.5	0.8	0.5	44	5.3	82	0.7	1.1
136	Dorian Finney-Smith	-0.23	9.6	1.8	5.2	1.6	0.8	0.4	47	7.6	74	0.9	0.9
137	Reggie Jackson	-0.23	14.0	2.3	3.8	4.5	0.7	0.1	44	11.7	82	1.7	1.5
138	Tim Hardaway Jr	-0.23	17.1	3.2	3.5	2	0.5	0.1	44	13.3	82	2.7	1.1
139	Klay Thompson	-0.23	16.6	2.7	3.3	2.1	0.6	0.4	45	14.2	80	1.4	1.3
140	Derrick Rose	-0.24	13.5	0.9	2.4	3.5	0.9	0.3	48	11	87	2.3	1.3
141	Derrick Favors	-0.24	8.3	0	7.8	1.1	0.5	0.8	60	6.2	69	1.3	0.8
142	R.J.Barrett	-0.24	17.2	1.9	5.6	2.8	0.8	0.3	45	14.1	75	3.5	1.9
143	Marcus Morris	-0.25	15.0	2.6	4.6	1.2	0.6	0.3	45	11.9	82	2.1	1.3
144	Spencer Dinwiddie	-0.25	19.2	1.9	4	7.2	0.7	0.3	42	15.5	80	5.3	2.9
145	Terance Mann	-0.25	11.1	1	5.1	2.4	0.7	0.4	48	8.5	83	2.3	1.1
146	Cameron Johnson	-0.25	11.8	2.5	4.2	1.7	0.7	0.3	43	9.6	84	1.3	1
147	Nicolas Claxton	-0.26	7.7	0	6.3	1.1	0.8	1.5	63	5.2	50	2.3	0.9
148	Danilo Galinari	-0.26	12.0	1.8	3.7	1.3	0.6	0.2	44	8.6	91	2.9	0.7
149	Rui Hachimura	-0.26	14.3	0.9	5.8	1.6	0.8	0.2	48	11.6	79	2.9	1.2
150	Thomas Bryant	-0.26	12.3	0.8	5.8	1.3	0.4	0.7	59	8.6	66	2.1	1
151	Devin Vassell	-0.27	9.4	1.3	4.4	1.5	1	0.4	42	8.2	85	1.4	0.8
152	Seth Curry	-0.27	12.4	2.3	2.3	2.9	0.7	0.1	47	9.5	87	1.4	1.1
153	Daniel Gafford	-0.27	7.9	0	4.9	0.7	0.6	1.6	66	4.8	66	2.3	1.1
154	Terrence Ross	-0.27	13.3	1.7	3.3	1.7	1.1	0.3	41	11.6	86	2.4	1.3
155	Tyler Herro	-0.27	15.0	2.2	4.7	2.7	0.6	0.2	45	12.4	84	2	1.7

Notable Players

Nikola Jokic: What a season he had, both in real life and in fantasy. It would take a top 2 pick to get him this year and I wouldn’t hesitate one bit to grab him there.

Jimmy Butler: While ranking him fifth seems like a reach, he also finished the season fifth in per-game value last year. I wouldn’t draft him at this position because he has a tendency to miss 25-30 games per season but his per-game value is elite.

Domantas Sabonis: Am I an idiot for believing so much in him? Maybe, but I think Carlisle has the acumen to further unlock his offensive game.

Kawhi Leonard, Jamal Murray: Both will miss a huge portion (if not all of) the season so I didn’t include them in the projections.

Michael Porter Jr: I tend to stay pessimistic on most “hype trains” but I have to make an exception here. He was excellent once Murray went down and has a very fantasy-friendly game that will translate into value this season.

Luka Doncic: I know most people rank him way higher, but the value algorithm can’t get past his turnovers and ft% woes.

Jusuf Nurkic: I really like Nurkic as a sleeper pick this season, after a down year and with Portland going all in for a championship run.

DeMar DeRozan: A favorite target of mine in drafts throughout the years, for his unique blend of points with good percentages, DeRozan takes a hit this year with all the other offensive weapons on Chicago’s roster.

Russell Westbrook: Westbrook falls outside my top 100 and before his many fans burn me on a stick for my heresy, I would like to point out that he ranked 77^th last season and is moving to a team that features LeBron as the primary ball-handler.

John Wall: Last year, I took the bold step of not including Wall in my top 155 projections, as I anticipated that his first year in Houston after the injuries would not be successful fantasy-wise, contrary to popular belief. The risk paid off as he indeed finished the season 169^th in per-game value and I think this will continue, barring a trade.

Thanks to everyone who commented with kind words on the previous articles and I sincerely hope the projections help you conquer your fantasy leagues this year. Happy drafting and do drop a comment below to discuss the projections and all other fantasy offseason questions!