Player card
- Team / role: Phoenix Suns defensive guard off the bench
- Healthy rotation: 16 MPG
- Season projection: 63 GP, 16 MPG
- 9-cat line: .420 FG (2.2/5.2), .700 FT (0.4/0.6), 1.0 3PM, 5.8 PTS, 3.4 REB, 1.7 AST, 1.0 STL, 0.1 BLK, 0.7 TO
- Projection confidence: Medium-low
- Formats: Deep nine-cat steals streamer; low-volume points option; role-secure but ceiling-limited dynasty guard
Role and evidence
Goodwin earned a reported three-year, $19 million deal after averaging 8.7 points and 4.9 rebounds while providing strong guard defense. Source: NBA on Goodwin and Gillespie re-signings, 2026-07-07. Confidence: high.
He also produced 1.5 steals in only 22.5 minutes across 70 games, with 0.9 turnovers. The fantasy issue is efficiency: .413 FG and .696 FT limited the value of his defensive rates. Source: Hashtag Basketball, updated 2026-07-02. Confidence: medium-high.
Goodwin appeared in Phoenix's April starting group with Devin Booker, Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, and Mark Williams, but the arrival of Miles Bridges changes that geometry. The base reduces him to 16 minutes behind Booker, Green, and Collin Gillespie. A defensive matchup or perimeter injury can restore 22-plus immediately.
Category shape
- Wins: Steals and guard rebounding; low turnovers.
- Neutral: Threes can be streamable with enough minutes.
- Costs: Both percentages, points, and blocks.
- Build fit: Punt-points or punt-FT% deep builds; weekly streaming against turnover-prone opponents.
Points and dynasty outlook
Goodwin needs minutes to matter in conventional points scoring because steals are his only rate spike. Hashtag's dynasty board placed him No. 350, reflecting limited offensive ceiling despite a new contract. Source: Hashtag dynasty rankings, updated 2026-07-02. Confidence: medium.
Floor, base, ceiling
- Floor: Falls behind Luke Kennard or a young wing and becomes a matchup-only defender below 12 minutes.
- Base: 16 minutes with one steal and strong guard rebounding; a deep-league specialist.
- Ceiling: Returns to 23-25 minutes, 1.5 steals, five rebounds, and low-end 12-team nine-cat utility.
Draft verdict
Goodwin is better as an early-season watchlist player than a default 12-team selection. His contract protects his roster spot, not a fantasy-friendly minute load. Use him when injuries or a defense-first lineup lift him above 20 minutes.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Saint Louis, four seasons (2017-21). Junior: 15.5 PTS, 10.4 REB, 3.1 AST, 2.1 STL. Senior: 14.5 PTS, 10.1 REB, 3.9 AST, 2.0 STL. Two-time first-team All-Atlantic 10 (2020, 2021) with A-10 All-Defensive selections — the guard-rebounding-plus-steals identity predates the NBA. Draft: undrafted (2021).
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | 23 | WAS | 2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | — | 0.0 |
| 2022-23 | 24 | WAS | 62 | 17.8 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .448 | .768 | 0.9 |
| 2023-24 | 25 | PHX/MEM | 57 | 18.5 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .369 | .746 | 1.0 |
| 2024-25 | 26 | LAL | 29 | 18.7 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | .438 | .818 | 0.9 |
| 2025-26 | 27 | PHX | 70 | 22.5 | 8.7 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | .413 | .696 | 1.0 |
| Career | — | — | 220 | 19.5 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | .411 | .744 | 1.0 |
Path: Wizards two-way (converted October 2022) → to Phoenix in the 2023 Bradley Beal trade → flipped to Brooklyn at the February 2024 deadline and waived, finishing the year in Memphis → Lakers two-way in February 2025 (29 games) → claimed by Phoenix in July 2025 → re-signed June 2026 for three years, $19 million. Career-high 26 points on eight threes vs OKC, January 4, 2026.
Durability: No major surgeries on record; GP has tracked contract status (two-ways, waives, claims) more than health. 70 games in his first full-role season is the availability signal that matters.
Trajectory: The record shows a rebounding, steals-first guard who finally got a stable 22-minute NBA role in 2025-26 and delivered exactly his college profile: boards, 1.5 steals, weak percentages. The 2026-27 competition is second-unit guard minutes behind Booker, Green and Gillespie, with the Bridges arrival squeezing the closing group. He becomes fantasy-relevant when injuries or a defense-first lineup push him back above 20 minutes — at that workload his steals-plus-rebounds combination has already proven deep-league viable; below it, the percentages make him droppable.
Career sources: StatMuse season averages, StatMuse career averages, Wikipedia — Jordan Goodwin, Basketball-Reference
Open questions
- Is Goodwin still part of the regular closing group after the Bridges trade?
- Can he improve either shooting percentage enough to stay on the floor?
- Does Phoenix use him ahead of Ryan Dunn for defensive-wing assignments?