2016-17 NBA Season · 9-Cat

Fantasy Basketball Rankings

Last-season 9-cat value, punt-aware rankings, and sortable draft prep data. Ball Ranks ranks 386 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	Kevin Durant	GSW	28	62	33.4	14.93	25.1	8.3	4.8	1.1	1.6	1.9	53.7%	87.5%	2.2
#2	Anthony Davis	NOP	24	75	36.1	13.18	28.0	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	0.5	50.5%	80.2%	2.4
#3	Stephen Curry	GSW	29	79	33.4	11.91	25.3	4.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	4.1	46.8%	89.8%	3.0
#4	Kawhi Leonard	SAS	26	74	33.4	11.83	25.5	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	2.0	48.5%	88.0%	2.1
#5	James Harden	HOU	27	81	36.4	11.56	29.1	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	3.2	44.0%	84.7%	5.7
#6	Karl-Anthony Towns	MIN	21	82	37.0	11.53	25.1	12.3	2.7	0.7	1.3	1.2	54.2%	83.2%	2.6
#7	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	22	80	35.6	11.45	22.9	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	0.6	52.1%	77.0%	2.9
#8	Russell Westbrook	OKC	28	81	34.6	10.95	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	42.5%	84.5%	5.4
#9	Chris Paul	LAC	32	61	31.5	10.51	18.1	5.0	9.2	2.0	0.1	2.0	47.6%	89.2%	2.4
#10	Jimmy Butler III	CHI	27	76	37.0	10.35	23.9	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	1.2	45.5%	86.5%	2.1
#11	Isaiah Thomas	BOS	28	76	33.8	10.09	28.9	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	3.2	46.3%	90.9%	2.8
#12	Damian Lillard	POR	26	75	35.9	9.01	27.0	4.9	5.9	0.9	0.3	2.9	44.4%	89.5%	2.6
#13	Kyle Lowry	TOR	31	60	37.4	8.91	22.4	4.8	7.0	1.5	0.3	3.2	46.4%	81.9%	2.9
#14	DeMarcus Cousins	NOP	26	72	34.2	8.80	27.0	11.0	4.6	1.4	1.3	1.8	45.2%	77.2%	3.7
#15	Paul George	IND	27	75	35.9	8.75	23.7	6.6	3.3	1.6	0.4	2.6	46.1%	89.8%	2.9
#16	Kyrie Irving	CLE	25	72	35.1	8.54	25.2	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	47.3%	90.5%	2.5
#17	LeBron James	CLE	32	74	37.8	8.39	26.4	8.6	8.7	1.2	0.6	1.7	54.8%	67.4%	4.1
#18	Nikola Jokić	DEN	22	73	27.9	8.11	16.7	9.8	4.9	0.8	0.8	0.6	57.8%	82.5%	2.3
#19	Rudy Gobert	UTA	25	81	33.9	7.79	14.0	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	0.0	66.1%	65.3%	1.8
#20	John Wall	WAS	26	78	36.4	7.75	23.1	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	1.1	45.1%	80.1%	4.1
#21	Mike Conley	MEM	29	69	33.2	7.51	20.5	3.5	6.3	1.3	0.3	2.5	46.0%	85.9%	2.3
#22	Myles Turner	IND	21	81	31.4	7.34	14.5	7.3	1.3	0.9	2.1	0.5	51.1%	80.9%	1.3
#23	Draymond Green	GSW	27	76	32.5	7.33	10.2	7.9	7.0	2.0	1.4	1.1	41.8%	70.9%	2.4
#24	Otto Porter Jr.	WAS	24	80	32.6	7.16	13.4	6.4	1.5	1.5	0.5	1.9	51.6%	83.2%	0.6
#25	Kemba Walker	CHA	27	79	34.7	7.02	23.2	3.9	5.5	1.1	0.3	3.0	44.4%	84.7%	2.1
#26	Marc Gasol	MEM	32	74	34.2	7.02	19.5	6.3	4.6	0.9	1.3	1.4	45.9%	83.7%	2.2
#27	CJ McCollum	POR	25	80	34.9	6.83	23.0	3.6	3.6	0.9	0.5	2.3	48.0%	91.2%	2.2
#28	Hassan Whiteside	MIA	28	77	32.6	6.82	17.0	14.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	0.0	55.7%	62.8%	2.0
#29	Bradley Beal	WAS	24	77	34.9	6.67	23.1	3.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	2.9	48.2%	82.5%	2.0
#30	Kevin Love	CLE	28	60	31.4	6.50	19.0	11.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	2.4	42.7%	87.1%	2.0
#31	Joel Embiid	PHI	23	31	25.4	6.40	20.2	7.8	2.1	0.9	2.5	1.2	46.6%	78.3%	3.8
#32	Gordon Hayward	UTA	27	73	34.5	6.37	21.9	5.4	3.5	1.0	0.3	2.0	47.1%	84.4%	1.9
#33	Kristaps Porziņģis	NYK	21	66	32.8	6.36	18.1	7.2	1.5	0.7	2.0	1.7	45.0%	78.6%	1.8
#34	Klay Thompson	GSW	27	78	34.0	6.34	22.3	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	3.4	46.8%	85.3%	1.6
#35	Rudy Gay	SAC	30	30	33.8	6.28	18.7	6.3	2.8	1.5	0.9	1.4	45.5%	85.5%	2.5
#36	Al Horford	BOS	31	68	32.3	6.24	14.0	6.8	5.0	0.8	1.3	1.3	47.3%	80.0%	1.7
#37	Brook Lopez	BKN	29	75	29.6	5.73	20.5	5.4	2.3	0.5	1.7	1.8	47.4%	81.0%	2.5
#38	Eric Bledsoe	PHX	27	66	33.0	5.61	21.1	4.8	6.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	43.4%	84.7%	3.4
#39	Serge Ibaka	TOR	27	79	30.7	5.48	14.8	6.8	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.6	48.0%	85.6%	1.3
#40	DeMar DeRozan	TOR	27	74	35.4	5.39	27.3	5.2	3.9	1.1	0.2	0.4	46.7%	84.2%	2.4
#41	Robert Covington	PHI	26	67	31.6	5.11	12.9	6.5	1.5	1.9	1.0	2.0	39.9%	82.2%	2.0
#42	Jeff Teague	IND	29	82	32.4	5.04	15.3	4.0	7.8	1.2	0.4	1.1	44.2%	86.7%	2.6
#43	Danilo Gallinari	DEN	28	63	33.9	4.96	18.2	5.2	2.1	0.6	0.2	2.0	44.7%	90.2%	1.3
#44	Blake Griffin	LAC	28	61	34.0	4.80	21.6	8.1	4.9	0.9	0.4	0.6	49.3%	76.0%	2.3
#45	Paul Millsap	ATL	32	69	34.0	4.75	18.1	7.7	3.7	1.3	0.9	1.1	44.2%	76.8%	2.3
#46	Trevor Ariza	HOU	32	80	34.7	4.63	11.7	5.7	2.2	1.8	0.3	2.4	40.9%	73.8%	0.9
#47	Ricky Rubio	MIN	26	75	32.9	4.44	11.1	4.1	9.1	1.7	0.1	0.8	40.2%	89.1%	2.6
#48	Gorgui Dieng	MIN	27	82	32.4	4.44	10.0	7.9	1.9	1.1	1.2	0.2	50.2%	81.4%	1.3
#49	Jrue Holiday	NOP	27	67	32.7	4.30	15.4	3.9	7.3	1.5	0.7	1.5	45.4%	70.8%	2.9
#50	Jae Crowder	BOS	26	72	32.4	4.26	13.9	5.8	2.2	1.0	0.3	2.2	46.3%	81.1%	1.1