Research cutoff: July 18, 2026. Team: Cleveland Cavaliers.
2026-27 projection
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 29.0 | .655 | .700 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 9.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
Allen's 2025-26 baseline was 56 games and 27.1 minutes with .638/.709 percentages, 15.4 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.0 steal, 0.8 blocks, and 1.3 turnovers. The model adds availability/minutes but regresses scoring slightly as Harden, Mitchell, and Mobley absorb touches. 2025-26 Cavaliers statistics
Fantasy profile
- 9-cat: major FG% support, REB, low TO, and roughly two combined stocks; no threes and negative FT% volume. Draft range: pick 70-110, strongly dependent on roster build.
- Points leagues: top-65-to-100 range. Scoring and double-double bonuses help; low assists/3s cap ceiling.
- Dynasty: Hashtag Basketball ranked Allen 107th in dynasty and 94th in keeper. At center, he is a stable middle-tier producer rather than a premium long-term asset. Hashtag dynasty rankings
Floor, base, ceiling
- Floor: outside top 120 if Cleveland consistently closes with Mobley at center and Allen sits near 25 minutes.
- Base: top 70-105 in punt-FT or percentage-stable builds; about 14/9 with elite FG%.
- Ceiling: top 45-60 if he reaches 31 minutes, 10-plus rebounds, and 1.3-plus blocks.
Health and role uncertainty
Allen missed 10 games after severe right-knee tendinitis in March and had fractured his left ring finger in October. He returned during the postseason; no current restriction was announced, but the history supports a 67-game rather than 75-game projection. NBA.com return report · NBA.com finger report
His upside is also tied to structure. More Allen/Mobley overlap protects FG% and rebounds but caps both centers' spacing; more Mobley-at-five lineups push Allen toward 26-28 minutes. Thomas Bryant is the direct backup and does not threaten Allen's minutes in Cleveland.
Transaction risk is the largest variable here
Allen is the most-reported large salary on Cleveland's books and the likeliest single piece to move. Cleveland explored his trade market as early as February 2026, and through early-to-mid July he was reported both as the route to salary relief under the second apron and as the centrepiece "bait" in a LeBron James sign-and-trade. Because a team above the second apron cannot aggregate salaries, Allen's contract is one of very few single pieces large enough to make a deal work. Cavaliers Nation, July 5, 2026 · Fear the Sword — Cavs exploring Allen trades
Traded branch. As a standalone starting centre on a team without Mobley, Allen leaves the 29-minute timeshare for 30-32 minutes with a 10-plus rebound floor and a larger interior scoring share. The efficiency and low turnovers travel; only the minutes are capped in Cleveland. That version is plausibly a top-50 nine-cat outcome rather than the pick 70-110 range projected above. Drafters should price a real probability on it, not treat it as a tail.
Correction 2026-07-18: this dossier previously modelled Allen only as a fixed Cleveland core starter and stated that Bryant was "not a threat to a healthy Allen" without noting any trade risk at all. July 2026 reporting makes Allen the most likely large salary to leave, so the traded branch above is added and the pick 70-110 range is now explicitly the Cleveland-only case. The base projection is unchanged. Sources: Cavaliers Nation, July 5, 2026; Fear the Sword.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Texas, one season (2016-17). He started all 33 games at 32.2 minutes for 13.4 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.5 blocks on .566 from the field and .564 from the line, earning third-team All-Big 12 on a losing team. He came in as a five-star McDonald's All-American. The free-throw problem and the absence of any jump shot were both visible then and neither has changed. Draft: 2017, round 1, pick 22, Brooklyn Nets. Traded to Cleveland on 2021-01-14 in the four-team deal that sent James Harden to Brooklyn.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 20 | BKN | 72 | 20.0 | 8.2 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | .589 | .776 | 1.1 |
| 2018-19 | 21 | BKN | 80 | 26.2 | 10.9 | 8.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.1 | .590 | .709 | 1.3 |
| 2019-20 | 22 | BKN | 70 | 26.5 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | .649 | .633 | 1.1 |
| 2020-21 | 23 | BKN/CLE | 63 | 29.6 | 12.8 | 10.0 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.1 | .618 | .703 | 1.6 |
| 2021-22 | 24 | CLE | 56 | 32.3 | 16.1 | 10.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 | .677 | .708 | 1.7 |
| 2022-23 | 25 | CLE | 68 | 32.6 | 14.3 | 9.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | .644 | .733 | 1.4 |
| 2023-24 | 26 | CLE | 77 | 31.7 | 16.5 | 10.5 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.0 | .634 | .742 | 1.6 |
| 2024-25 | 27 | CLE | 82 | 28.0 | 13.5 | 9.7 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | .706 | .718 | 1.2 |
| 2025-26 | 28 | CLE | 56 | 27.1 | 15.4 | 8.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | .638 | .709 | 1.3 |
| Career | 624 | 28.1 | 13.1 | 9.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.0 | .641 | .711 | 1.3 |
The 2020-21 row is the combined total: 12 games in Brooklyn at 26.6 minutes (11.2 points, 10.4 rebounds) before the Harden trade, then 51 games in Cleveland at 30.3 minutes (13.2 points, 9.9 rebounds). He was an All-Star in 2021-22.
Fantasy history: Season-end nine-category ranks from a primary rater were not verifiable in this pass and are not estimated here. The category shape has been consistent for six seasons and is readable from the table: large positive field-goal-percentage equity on real volume, nine to eleven rebounds, roughly one block and one steal, no threes, and a free-throw percentage in the low .700s on low enough volume that it is a mild drag rather than a punt trigger. His best per-game seasons were 2021-22 (16.1/10.8 with .677) and 2023-24 (16.5/10.5 with 2.7 assists); his best total-value season was almost certainly 2024-25, when he played all 82 games and shot .706. Points leagues rate him lower than categories do, because the percentage equity that drives his nine-cat case converts to nothing and he supplies no threes or assists.
Durability: 72, 80, 70, 63, 56, 68, 77, 82, 56. The 2019-20 and 2020-21 totals were shortened-calendar seasons. 2021-22 ended early with a fractured finger on his non-shooting hand in March 2022, which cost him the last stretch and the play-in. 2024-25 was a clean 82. 2025-26 was the worst availability year of his career at 56 games, and it was two separate problems: a non-displaced fracture of the left ring finger distal phalanx in late October that cost roughly four to six games, a recurring right-hand or finger strain in December that cost another five or six, and then right knee tendinitis first sustained in the March 3 game against Detroit, which cost about ten games and lingered into the postseason. The hand issues recurred all year and he played through them with padding.
Trajectory: Allen's per-minute production has barely moved since 2019 — what changes is minutes and who else is on the floor. The 2021-22 and 2023-24 peaks came when Cleveland ran him as the primary interior scorer; the 2024-25 and 2025-26 lines came after the Mobley-at-center experiments and the arrival of more offensive load elsewhere shaved his minutes from 32 to 27. That is the structural ceiling on him and it has not loosened. Two per-minute trends are worth separating from the minutes story: blocks have fallen every year since 2018-19, from 1.5 to 0.8, which is real decline in rim-protection events and not a minutes artifact, while steals have quietly risen to a career-high 1.0. At 28 he is at the front edge of the center aging curve, where the efficiency and rebounding hold longer than the shot-blocking. For 2026-27 the realistic read is 27-29 minutes and the same efficient 13-15 and nine to ten rebounds, with the games-played number — not the rate stats — deciding whether he returns top-70 value or top-110.
Career sources: StatMuse career per-game by season, ESPN career stats, Wikipedia — Jarrett Allen
Open questions
- Is Allen still a Cavalier on opening night, and does Cleveland duck the second apron without moving him?
- Does Cleveland preserve Allen near 29 minutes after the knee issue?
- How often does Mobley close at center?
- Can Allen restore blocks above one per game?
Related: Cleveland Cavaliers · Evan Mobley · Thomas Bryant