2017-18 NBA Season · 9-Cat
Fantasy Basketball Rankings
Current 9-cat stats for 104 of 409 NBA players.
How this board is built
Ball Ranks' projection model is built by AI: frontier AI models propose changes to how players are projected, each one is replayed against 15 completed NBA seasons, and only the changes that hold up are kept. The results include both wins and losses.
Season
Position
Points
Stats
| #1 |  Anthony Davis | NOP | 25 | 75 | 36.4 | 17.38 | 28.1 | 11.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 53.4% | 82.8% | 2.2 |
| #2 |  Kevin Durant | GSW | 29 | 68 | 34.2 | 14.26 | 26.4 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 51.6% | 88.9% | 3.0 |
| #3 |  James Harden | HOU | 28 | 72 | 35.4 | 14.22 | 30.4 | 5.4 | 8.8 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 44.9% | 85.8% | 4.4 |
| #4 |  Stephen Curry | GSW | 30 | 51 | 32.0 | 14.20 | 26.4 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 49.5% | 92.1% | 3.0 |
| #5 |  Karl-Anthony Towns | MIN | 22 | 82 | 35.6 | 12.66 | 21.3 | 12.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 54.5% | 85.8% | 1.9 |
| #6 |  LeBron James | CLE | 33 | 82 | 36.9 | 11.65 | 27.5 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 54.2% | 73.1% | 4.2 |
| #7 |  Giannis Antetokounmpo | MIL | 23 | 75 | 36.7 | 11.33 | 26.9 | 10.0 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 52.9% | 76.0% | 3.0 |
| #8 |  Damian Lillard | POR | 27 | 73 | 36.6 | 11.14 | 26.9 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 43.9% | 91.6% | 2.8 |
| #9 |  Chris Paul | HOU | 33 | 58 | 31.8 | 10.45 | 18.6 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 46.0% | 91.9% | 2.2 |
| #10 |  Jimmy Butler III | MIN | 28 | 59 | 36.7 | 10.15 | 22.2 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 47.4% | 85.4% | 1.8 |
| #11 |  Nikola Jokić | DEN | 23 | 75 | 32.6 | 10.05 | 18.5 | 10.7 | 6.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 49.9% | 85.0% | 2.8 |
| #14 |  Kyrie Irving | BOS | 26 | 60 | 32.2 | 9.26 | 24.4 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 49.1% | 88.9% | 2.3 |
| #16 |  Kristaps Porziņģis | NYK | 22 | 48 | 32.4 | 8.18 | 22.7 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 43.9% | 79.3% | 1.9 |
| #17 |  Paul George | OKC | 28 | 79 | 36.6 | 7.87 | 21.9 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 43.0% | 82.2% | 2.7 |
| #18 |  Jrue Holiday | NOP | 28 | 81 | 36.1 | 7.24 | 19.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 49.4% | 78.6% | 2.6 |
| #19 |  Khris Middleton | MIL | 26 | 82 | 36.4 | 7.10 | 20.1 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 46.6% | 88.4% | 2.3 |
| #20 |  Joel Embiid | PHI | 24 | 63 | 30.4 | 6.85 | 22.9 | 11.0 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 48.3% | 76.9% | 3.7 |
| #21 |  Russell Westbrook | OKC | 29 | 80 | 36.4 | 6.80 | 25.4 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 44.9% | 73.7% | 4.8 |
| #24 |  Rudy Gobert | UTA | 26 | 56 | 32.4 | 6.73 | 13.5 | 10.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 62.2% | 68.2% | 1.9 |
| #25 |  Nikola Vučević | ORL | 27 | 57 | 29.5 | 6.69 | 16.5 | 9.2 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 47.5% | 81.9% | 1.9 |
| #26 |  Kevin Love | CLE | 29 | 59 | 28.0 | 6.68 | 17.6 | 9.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 45.8% | 88.0% | 1.5 |
| #27 |  Andre Drummond | DET | 24 | 78 | 33.7 | 6.65 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 52.9% | 60.5% | 2.6 |
| #28 |  Kyle Lowry | TOR | 32 | 78 | 32.2 | 6.57 | 16.2 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 42.7% | 85.4% | 2.3 |
| #29 |  Draymond Green | GSW | 28 | 70 | 32.7 | 6.56 | 11.0 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 45.4% | 77.5% | 2.9 |
| #31 |  Clint Capela | HOU | 24 | 74 | 27.5 | 6.07 | 13.9 | 10.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 65.2% | 56.0% | 1.4 |
| #32 |  Klay Thompson | GSW | 28 | 73 | 34.3 | 5.69 | 20.0 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 48.9% | 83.7% | 1.8 |
| #34 |  Gary Harris | DEN | 23 | 67 | 34.4 | 5.64 | 17.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 48.5% | 82.7% | 1.8 |
| #37 |  Bradley Beal | WAS | 25 | 82 | 36.3 | 5.48 | 22.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 46.0% | 79.1% | 2.6 |
| #39 |  Devin Booker | PHX | 21 | 54 | 34.5 | 5.35 | 24.9 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 43.2% | 87.8% | 3.6 |
| #40 |  Al Horford | BOS | 32 | 72 | 31.6 | 5.30 | 12.9 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 48.9% | 78.3% | 1.8 |
| #42 |  DeMar DeRozan | TOR | 28 | 80 | 33.9 | 5.20 | 23.0 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 45.6% | 82.5% | 2.2 |
| #43 |  Tobias Harris | LAC | 25 | 80 | 33.3 | 5.06 | 18.6 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 46.0% | 82.9% | 1.3 |
| #47 |  CJ McCollum | POR | 26 | 81 | 36.1 | 4.52 | 21.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 44.3% | 83.6% | 1.9 |
| #51 |  Myles Turner | IND | 22 | 65 | 28.2 | 4.30 | 12.7 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 47.9% | 77.7% | 1.5 |
| #55 |  Donovan Mitchell | UTA | 21 | 79 | 33.4 | 4.02 | 20.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 43.7% | 80.5% | 2.7 |
| #56 |  Jamal Murray | DEN | 21 | 81 | 31.7 | 3.94 | 16.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 45.1% | 90.5% | 2.1 |
| #57 |  Jonas Valančiūnas | TOR | 26 | 77 | 22.4 | 3.69 | 12.7 | 8.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 56.8% | 80.6% | 1.5 |
| #59 |  Lauri Markkanen | CHI | 21 | 68 | 29.7 | 3.59 | 15.2 | 7.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 43.4% | 84.3% | 1.2 |
| #60 |  Joe Ingles | UTA | 30 | 82 | 31.4 | 3.59 | 11.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 46.7% | 79.5% | 1.9 |
| #61 |  Jayson Tatum | BOS | 20 | 80 | 30.5 | 3.56 | 13.9 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 47.5% | 82.6% | 1.4 |
| #65 |  Aaron Gordon | ORL | 22 | 58 | 32.9 | 3.42 | 17.6 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 43.4% | 69.8% | 1.8 |
| #69 |  Dario Saric | PHI | 24 | 78 | 29.6 | 3.22 | 14.6 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 45.3% | 86.0% | 1.9 |
| #70 |  Steven Adams | OKC | 24 | 76 | 32.7 | 3.22 | 13.9 | 9.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 62.9% | 55.9% | 1.7 |
| #71 |  DeAndre Jordan | LAC | 29 | 77 | 31.5 | 3.20 | 12.0 | 15.2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 64.5% | 58.0% | 1.8 |
| #73 |  Kyle Anderson | SAS | 24 | 74 | 26.7 | 3.14 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 52.7% | 71.2% | 1.3 |
| #74 |  Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | LAL | 25 | 74 | 33.2 | 3.11 | 13.4 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 42.6% | 78.9% | 1.3 |
| #77 |  Kris Dunn | CHI | 24 | 52 | 29.3 | 2.91 | 13.4 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 42.9% | 73.7% | 2.9 |
| #82 |  Tim Hardaway Jr. | NYK | 26 | 57 | 33.1 | 2.65 | 17.5 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 42.1% | 81.6% | 1.6 |
| #85 |  Dennis Schröder | ATL | 24 | 67 | 31.0 | 2.60 | 19.4 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 43.6% | 84.9% | 2.7 |
| #86 |  Lonzo Ball | LAL | 20 | 52 | 34.2 | 2.59 | 10.2 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 36.0% | 45.1% | 2.6 |