2017-18 NBA Season · 9-Cat

Fantasy Basketball Rankings

Last-season 9-cat value, punt-aware rankings, and sortable draft prep data. Ball Ranks ranks 409 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	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
#12	DeMarcus Cousins	NOP	27	48	36.2	9.93	25.2	12.9	5.4	1.6	1.6	2.2	47.0%	74.6%	5.0
#13	Victor Oladipo	IND	26	75	34.0	9.89	23.1	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	2.1	47.7%	79.9%	2.9
#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
#15	LaMarcus Aldridge	SAS	32	75	33.4	8.32	23.1	8.5	2.0	0.6	1.2	0.4	51.0%	83.7%	1.5
#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
#22	Otto Porter Jr.	WAS	25	77	31.6	6.80	14.7	6.4	2.0	1.5	0.5	1.8	50.3%	82.8%	1.0
#23	Kemba Walker	CHA	28	80	34.2	6.73	22.1	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	2.9	43.1%	86.4%	2.2
#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
#30	Eric Bledsoe	MIL	28	74	31.4	6.26	17.7	3.8	5.0	2.0	0.6	1.7	47.3%	79.5%	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
#33	Robert Covington	PHI	27	80	31.6	5.67	12.6	5.4	2.0	1.7	0.9	2.5	41.3%	85.3%	1.6
#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
#35	Marc Gasol	MEM	33	73	33.0	5.51	17.2	8.1	4.2	0.7	1.4	1.5	42.0%	83.4%	2.7
#36	Hassan Whiteside	MIA	29	54	25.3	5.49	14.0	11.4	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.0	54.0%	70.3%	1.7
#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
#38	Lou Williams	LAC	31	79	32.8	5.42	22.6	2.5	5.3	1.1	0.2	2.4	43.5%	88.0%	3.0
#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
#41	Nikola Mirotic	NOP	27	55	27.2	5.30	15.6	7.4	1.5	0.8	0.7	2.5	44.7%	81.8%	1.1
#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
#44	Enes Freedom	NYK	26	71	25.8	4.89	14.1	11.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	59.2%	84.8%	1.7
#45	Darren Collison	IND	30	69	29.3	4.83	12.4	2.6	5.3	1.3	0.2	1.4	49.5%	88.2%	1.2
#46	Tyreke Evans	MEM	28	52	30.9	4.80	19.4	5.1	5.2	1.1	0.3	2.2	45.2%	78.5%	2.3
#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
#48	Ben Simmons	PHI	21	81	33.7	4.51	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	0.0	54.5%	56.0%	3.4
#49	Josh Richardson	MIA	24	81	33.2	4.49	12.9	3.5	2.9	1.5	0.9	1.6	45.1%	84.5%	1.7
#50	Will Barton	DEN	27	81	33.1	4.41	15.7	5.0	4.1	1.0	0.6	1.9	45.2%	80.5%	1.8