Season stats: 2025-26. Updated 7 h ago.
Rayan Rupert Joins 76ers Roster Ahead of 2026-27 After Season in Memphis
newsroom · 8 min agoRayan Rupert enters the 2026-27 season on the Philadelphia 76ers roster, wearing No. 21 as a guard-forward. He heads into the year off a 2025-26 season with Memphis in which he played 64 games at 16.8 minutes a night. He is not on the injury report.
Where things stand
Rayan Rupert is on the Philadelphia 76ers roster for the 2026-27 season, wearing No. 21. He is listed at guard-forward, stands 6-7, weighs 205 pounds, and is 22 years old. He came up through the New Zealand Breakers and enters this season with three years of professional experience. Last season he played for Memphis, appearing in 64 games. He is not on the injury report as Philadelphia moves toward the 2026-27 schedule. There is no current game log or rumor activity attached to him in this update, so the picture right now is built entirely on his size, experience level, and last season's production with Memphis.
Last season by the numbers
In 2025-26 with Memphis, Rupert played 64 games and averaged 16.8 minutes. He put up 5.2 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.1 blocks and 0.9 turnovers per game. His shooting split was 39.3 percent from the field, 32.4 percent from three, and 77.8 percent from the line, for a true shooting mark of 49.3 percent. His usage rate sat at 14.8 percent, and his plus-minus was minus-5.0. Those numbers describe a bench-caliber role player who logged real minutes across a full season but was not a primary scoring option, with the shooting efficiency and usage rate both pointing to a complementary, low-volume role on the floor.
Reading the role
Rupert's 2025-26 line points to a defense-first, low-usage role player. A 14.8 usage rate and 39.3 percent shooting from the field are marks of a player who is not being asked to create offense. The 0.9 steals per game against 0.1 blocks suggests his defensive value last season came more from perimeter activity than rim protection, which lines up with a 6-7 guard-forward frame. The 32.4 percent three-point mark and 77.8 percent free-throw mark are the two clearest efficiency indicators available from last season, and together they suggest a shooting stroke that did not fully translate into three-point makes despite a solid free-throw touch. The minus-5.0 plus-minus reflects his team context in Memphis, not an isolated grade on his own play.
Health entering the season
Rupert is not on the injury report heading into 2026-27. There is no injury history on record for him. That gives Philadelphia a clean bill of health to work with as it sets its rotation for the season, at least based on what is available right now. With no games played yet this season and no recent game log to reference, his health status is the clearest data point available on where he stands physically going into training camp and the start of the schedule.
What to watch for 2026-27
With the 2026-27 season underway for roster purposes, Rupert joins Philadelphia after a full 64-game season in Memphis where he averaged 16.8 minutes a night. His last-season role was limited in usage and scoring, with a true shooting mark of 49.3 percent, and his fit in Philadelphia's rotation will be the next thing to track once games are played. No trade context, rumor, or transaction detail is attached to how he arrived on the roster in this update, and no recent games or 2026-27 statistics exist yet to describe his early performance with his new team.
Questions fans ask
What team does Rayan Rupert play for now?
He is on the Philadelphia 76ers roster for the 2026-27 season, wearing No. 21.
What team did Rupert play for last season?
He played for Memphis in 2025-26, appearing in 64 games.
What were Rupert's stats last season?
With Memphis in 2025-26 he averaged 5.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 16.8 minutes per game, shooting 39.3 percent from the field and 32.4 percent from three.
Is Rayan Rupert injured?
No. He is not on the injury report and has no injury history on record.
What position does Rayan Rupert play?
He is listed as a guard-forward, standing 6-7 and weighing 205 pounds.
How experienced is Rupert?
He is 22 years old with three seasons of professional experience, having come up through the New Zealand Breakers.
Game log
last 0| Date | Opp | Result | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | FG | 3P | +/- |
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| No games logged yet this season. | |||||||||