2008-09 NBA Season · 9-Cat

Fantasy Basketball Rankings

Last-season 9-cat value, punt-aware rankings, and sortable draft prep data. Ball Ranks ranks 359 NBA players on this board.

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. Changes that failed are kept on the public record next to the ones that worked, so the board is auditable rather than a black box.

Season

Mode


#1	Chris Paul	NOH	24	78	38.5	13.95	22.8	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	0.8	50.3%	86.8%	3.0
#2	LeBron James	CLE	24	81	37.7	12.00	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	1.6	48.9%	78.0%	3.0
#3	Dwyane Wade	MIA	27	79	38.6	11.51	30.2	5.0	7.5	2.2	1.3	1.1	49.1%	76.5%	3.4
#4	Danny Granger	IND	26	67	36.2	9.70	25.8	5.1	2.7	1.0	1.4	2.7	44.7%	87.8%	2.5
#5	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	31	81	37.7	8.92	25.9	8.4	2.4	0.8	0.8	0.8	47.9%	89.0%	1.9
#6	Kobe Bryant	LAL	30	82	36.1	8.80	26.8	5.2	4.9	1.5	0.5	1.4	46.7%	85.6%	2.6
#7	Kevin Durant	OKC	20	74	39.0	7.79	25.3	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.7	1.3	47.6%	86.3%	3.0
#8	Yao Ming	HOU	28	77	33.6	7.76	19.7	9.9	1.8	0.4	1.9	0.0	54.8%	86.6%	3.0
#9	Al Jefferson	MIN	24	50	36.7	7.23	23.1	11.0	1.6	0.8	1.7	0.0	49.7%	73.8%	1.8
#10	Pau Gasol	LAL	28	81	37.0	7.20	18.9	9.6	3.5	0.6	1.0	0.0	56.7%	78.1%	1.9
#11	Troy Murphy	IND	29	73	34.0	7.15	14.3	11.8	2.4	0.8	0.5	2.2	47.5%	82.6%	1.6
#12	Kevin Garnett	BOS	33	57	31.1	7.01	15.8	8.5	2.5	1.1	1.2	0.0	53.1%	84.1%	1.6
#13	Jason Kidd	DAL	36	81	35.6	6.98	9.0	6.2	8.7	2.0	0.5	1.6	41.6%	81.9%	2.3
#14	Amar'e Stoudemire	PHX	26	53	36.8	6.97	21.4	8.1	2.0	0.9	1.1	0.1	53.9%	83.5%	2.8
#15	Chris Bosh	TOR	25	77	38.0	6.92	22.7	10.0	2.5	0.9	1.0	0.2	48.7%	81.7%	2.3
#16	Brandon Roy	POR	24	78	37.2	6.65	22.6	4.7	5.1	1.1	0.3	1.1	48.0%	82.4%	1.9
#17	Chauncey Billups	DEN	32	79	35.3	6.58	17.7	3.0	6.4	1.2	0.2	2.1	41.8%	91.3%	2.2
#18	Jameer Nelson	ORL	27	42	31.2	6.46	16.7	3.5	5.4	1.2	0.1	2.0	50.3%	88.7%	2.0
#19	Ray Allen	BOS	33	79	36.4	6.41	18.2	3.5	2.8	0.9	0.2	2.5	48.0%	95.2%	1.7
#20	Gerald Wallace	CHA	26	71	37.6	6.41	16.6	7.8	2.7	1.7	0.9	0.5	48.0%	80.4%	2.1
#21	Jose Calderon	TOR	27	68	34.3	6.21	12.8	2.9	8.9	1.1	0.1	1.2	49.7%	98.1%	2.1
#22	Jason Terry	DAL	31	74	33.7	6.13	19.6	2.4	3.4	1.3	0.3	2.3	46.3%	88.0%	1.6
#23	Deron Williams	UTA	25	68	36.8	6.10	19.4	2.9	10.7	1.1	0.3	1.0	47.1%	84.9%	3.4
#24	Marcus Camby	LAC	35	62	31.1	5.87	10.3	11.1	2.0	0.8	2.1	0.0	51.2%	72.5%	1.5
#25	Manu Ginobili	SAS	31	44	26.8	5.83	15.5	4.5	3.6	1.5	0.4	1.6	45.4%	88.4%	2.0
#26	Antawn Jamison	WAS	33	81	38.2	5.74	22.2	8.9	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.4	46.8%	75.4%	1.5
#27	Kevin Martin	SAC	26	51	38.2	5.73	24.6	3.6	2.7	1.2	0.2	2.3	42.0%	86.7%	2.9
#28	Rashard Lewis	ORL	29	79	36.2	5.63	17.7	5.7	2.6	1.0	0.6	2.8	43.9%	83.6%	2.0
#29	Caron Butler	WAS	29	67	38.6	5.55	20.8	6.2	4.3	1.6	0.3	1.0	45.3%	85.8%	3.1
#30	Nene	DEN	26	77	32.6	5.50	14.6	7.8	1.4	1.2	1.3	0.0	60.4%	72.3%	1.9
#31	David West	NOH	28	76	39.2	5.42	21.0	8.5	2.3	0.6	0.9	0.1	47.2%	88.4%	2.1
#32	Vince Carter	NJN	32	80	36.8	5.23	20.8	5.1	4.7	1.0	0.5	1.9	43.7%	81.7%	2.1
#33	Steve Nash	PHX	35	74	33.6	5.13	15.7	3.0	9.7	0.7	0.1	1.5	50.3%	93.3%	3.4
#34	David Lee	NYK	26	81	34.9	5.07	16.0	11.7	2.1	1.0	0.3	0.0	54.9%	75.5%	1.9
#35	Mehmet Okur	UTA	30	72	33.5	5.03	17.0	7.7	1.7	0.8	0.7	1.3	48.5%	81.7%	1.8
#36	Devin Harris	NJN	26	69	36.1	4.89	21.3	3.3	6.9	1.7	0.2	0.9	43.8%	82.0%	3.1
#37	Tim Duncan	SAS	33	75	33.7	4.79	19.3	10.7	3.5	0.5	1.7	0.0	50.4%	69.2%	2.2
#38	Mo Williams	CLE	26	81	35.0	4.76	17.8	3.4	4.1	0.9	0.1	2.3	46.7%	91.2%	2.2
#39	Joe Johnson	ATL	28	79	39.5	4.72	21.4	4.4	5.8	1.1	0.2	1.9	43.7%	82.6%	2.5
#40	Shawn Marion	TOR	31	69	35.8	4.67	12.9	8.5	2.0	1.3	1.0	0.1	48.5%	79.6%	1.5
#41	Rasheed Wallace	DET	34	66	32.2	4.61	12.0	7.4	1.4	0.9	1.3	1.7	41.9%	77.2%	0.9
#42	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	23	81	37.1	4.55	18.1	7.5	1.9	1.0	1.0	0.1	48.4%	78.1%	1.5
#43	Ben Gordon	CHI	26	82	36.6	4.53	20.7	3.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	2.1	45.5%	86.4%	2.4
#44	Dwight Howard	ORL	23	79	35.7	4.53	20.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	0.0	57.2%	59.4%	3.0
#45	Al Horford	ATL	23	67	33.5	4.46	11.5	9.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	0.0	52.5%	72.7%	1.5
#46	Michael Redd	MIL	29	33	36.4	4.44	21.2	3.2	2.7	1.1	0.1	2.1	45.5%	81.4%	1.6
#47	John Salmons	CHI	29	79	37.5	4.39	18.3	4.2	3.2	1.1	0.3	1.6	47.2%	83.0%	2.1
#48	Jason Richardson	PHX	28	72	33.5	4.33	16.8	4.4	2.0	1.1	0.4	1.8	47.7%	76.9%	1.3
#49	Paul Pierce	BOS	31	81	37.5	4.27	20.5	5.6	3.6	1.0	0.3	1.5	45.7%	83.0%	2.8
#50	Brook Lopez	NJN	21	82	30.5	4.24	13.0	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.8	0.0	53.1%	79.3%	1.8