Onyeka Okongwu or DeAaron Fox: who to draft in 2026-27 fantasy basketball

Net Prophet ranks Onyeka Okongwu 82nd and DeAaron Fox 84th for the 2026-27 season, 2 picks apart. A category counts as won only when the projected gap clears 0.25 standard deviations of that category across the 177 ranked players this comparison is drawn from.

Onyeka Okongwu wins 4 of the nine categories, DeAaron Fox wins 4, and 1 is too close to call.

Our board separates them by 2 picks; consensus ADP separates them by 49 picks, with DeAaron Fox going earlier in the room.
DeAaron Fox leads in PTS, 11.2 to 16.0 per game as the board projects them.
They do not fill the same slot: Onyeka Okongwu is C, DeAaron Fox is PG.
The board grades both "durable" for availability.
Both rank inside the 177 players this comparison set is drawn from.

Draft position

Where each is ranked and where the room is taking them (2026-27).
Measure	Onyeka Okongwu	DeAaron Fox
Net Prophet rank	#82	#84
Consensus ADP	#84	#35

Category by category

Projected per game for 2026-27, nine-category scoring. Turnovers count fewest-first.
Category	Onyeka Okongwu	DeAaron Fox	Edge
PTS	11.2	16.0	DeAaron Fox wins
REB	6.1	3.4	Onyeka Okongwu wins
AST	2.4	5.2	DeAaron Fox wins
STL	0.8	1.0	DeAaron Fox wins
BLK	0.7	0.3	Onyeka Okongwu wins
3PM	1.6	1.6	too close to call
TO	1.1	1.9	Onyeka Okongwu wins
FG%	49.7%	47.8%	Onyeka Okongwu wins
FT%	76.5%	78.9%	DeAaron Fox wins

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