Cutoff/status: 2026-07-18; verified standard-contract starting point guard. Official NBA profile, accessed 2026-07-18 · Toronto Raptors
Baseline and projection
Quickley averaged 16.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, a career-high 5.9 assists, 1.3 steals, 2.5 threes and 1.5 turnovers in 31.9 minutes over 70 games, shooting .443/.821. Plantar fasciitis preceded a hamstring strain in the regular-season finale; he aggravated the hamstring during rehab and missed the remainder of round one. No later public full-clearance report was found by the cutoff. NBA/AP injury report, 2026-04-25 · Basketball-Reference, accessed 2026-07-18
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 32.0 | .443 | .835 | 2.6 | 17.0 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
Correction 2026-07-19: base GP lowered from 68 to 63. The 68 figure reproduced his 2025-26 healthy-season total while his last three seasons average 57 (68, 33, 70), and it carried no discount for the two live availability problems this dossier itself documents: right-foot plantar fasciitis that was already chronic before it forced the March absence — a condition that recurs and degrades explosion rather than resolving cleanly — and a right-hamstring strain aggravated during rehab in late April with no public clearance located as of 2026-07-19. Projecting his best healthy total while both flags are open was an over-projection; 63 keeps the healthy 70-game rate as the ceiling and the dossier's own 55-60 floor branch in view. NBA/AP, 2026-04-25
Fantasy value
- Nine-category: rank 45-70; efficient turnovers for his assist load, strong threes and useful steals.
- Points: 33.3 simple FP/G, roughly rank 60-80 depending on bonuses.
- Dynasty: rank 55-85. His age-27 season and long contract stabilize the role, although Jamal Shead caps any path to extreme minutes.
- Ceiling: 19/4/7 with three threes and 1.3 steals if healthy and the Leonard deal reduces defensive attention.
- Floor: recurring foot/hamstring trouble limits him to 55-60 games, with Shead handling 22+ minutes and Quickley landing outside the top 100 in totals.
The unresolved trade is mostly neutral: Brandon Ingram and Leonard both absorb usage, while Leonard would improve spacing and late-clock efficiency. Quickley's biggest 2026-27 swing is health, not hierarchy.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Kentucky, two seasons. As a freshman in 2018-19 he was a low-usage reserve: 37 games, 18.5 minutes, 5.2 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists on .372 FG, .345 from three, .828 FT. As a sophomore in 2019-20 he became the team's best player: 30 games, 33.0 minutes, 16.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists on .417 FG, .428 from three and .923 from the line, winning SEC Player of the Year (coaches) and first-team All-SEC. The sophomore shooting profile — high-volume three-point accuracy plus a near-elite free-throw stroke — is what he has actually been in the NBA. Draft: 2020, first round, 25th overall, Oklahoma City — traded to New York on draft night as part of the package built around the 23rd pick. He was dealt to Toronto in December 2023 in the OG Anunoby trade.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 21 | NYK | 64 | 19.4 | 11.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 | .395 | .891 | 0.9 |
| 2021-22 | 22 | NYK | 78 | 23.1 | 11.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.8 | .392 | .881 | 1.3 |
| 2022-23 | 23 | NYK | 81 | 28.9 | 14.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | .448 | .819 | 1.2 |
| 2023-24 | 24 | NYK | 30 | 24.0 | 15.0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.1 | .454 | .872 | 1.0 |
| 2023-24 | 24 | TOR | 38 | 33.3 | 18.6 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.8 | .422 | .841 | 1.8 |
| 2024-25 | 25 | TOR | 33 | 27.8 | 17.1 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.6 | .420 | .867 | 1.8 |
| 2025-26 | 26 | TOR | 70 | 31.9 | 16.4 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.5 | .443 | .821 | 1.5 |
| Career | 394 | 26.7 | 14.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.2 | .426 | .852 | 1.3 |
The 2023-24 season is split above: 30 games in New York before the December trade, 38 in Toronto after, 68 total. The Toronto half is the more predictive one — the role changed completely, from off-ball combo guard to lead initiator, and the assists nearly tripled.
Fantasy history: 2020-21 and 2021-22: fringe standard-league value, roughly top-110 to top-150, carried by threes and an .880-plus FT%. 2022-23: his first solidly rosterable season, roughly top-80 on a bench role. 2023-24: post-trade per-game value in the top-50 range but split across two roles and 68 games. 2024-25: strong per-game production, near-worthless in totals at 33 games. 2025-26: a full-ish season at 70 games with a career-high 1.3 steals and a sub-1.5 turnover rate on a 5.9-assist load, plausibly a top-60 category finish. No published season-end Basketball Monster or Hashtag ranks were verifiable for any of these years, so treat the bands as estimates. Points leagues rate him slightly worse than categories: 16.4 points on 31.9 minutes is a modest scoring base, and his category edge comes disproportionately from FT% and low turnovers, which points scoring barely credits.
Durability: 64, 78, 81, 68, 33, 70 games. The New York years were healthy; the Toronto years have not been. In 2024-25 he lost roughly 49 games across a right-side pelvic contusion suffered on opening night against Cleveland and then a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow, sustained against the Lakers, which alone cost 22 games — he was on a minutes restriction through much of what he did play. In 2025-26 he missed eight straight from March 23 to April 5 with right-foot plantar fasciitis that flared in Phoenix on March 22 after weeks of aggravation, then strained his right hamstring in the April 12 regular-season finale against Brooklyn, aggravated it in rehab, and was ruled out for the remainder of the first-round series against Cleveland on April 24. Plantar fasciitis is the concerning item: it recurs, it degrades explosion rather than causing clean absences, and it was already chronic before it forced him out.
Trajectory: The step function was the December 2023 trade, not a skill leap — Toronto handed him the ball and his assists went from 2.5 to 6.8 per game with minutes up nine per night. Everything since has been a question of whether he can hold that role while healthy, and 2025-26 was the first real answer: 70 games at 31.9 minutes with the assist rate intact, FG% recovered to .443, steals at a career-high 1.3 and turnovers down to 1.5. That combination of a rising assist load and a falling turnover rate is the genuine improvement in his profile and the thing that separates him from a pure spot-up guard. The FT% dip to .821 is the one negative and looks like noise against an .852 career mark. He plays 2026-27 at 27, the last flat stretch before guards typically decline, and the ceiling is capped less by age than by usage — Scottie Barnes, Brandon Ingram and Jamal Shead all take possessions, so the realistic upside is the 2025-26 line with a few more assists rather than a new tier.
Career sources: ESPN career stats · Wikipedia · Sports Illustrated, UCL tear report · NBA.com, hamstring ruling, 2026-04-24
Open questions
- Is he fully cleared for training camp after the April aggravation?
- Can he hold the steals gain while preserving a sub-2.0 turnover rate?
- Does Toronto stagger Quickley with Barnes enough to push him above six assists?