2021-22 NBA Season · 9-Cat

Fantasy Basketball Rankings

Last-season 9-cat value, punt-aware rankings, and sortable draft prep data. Ball Ranks ranks 439 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	Nikola Jokić	DEN	27	74	33.5	15.40	27.1	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	1.3	58.3%	81.0%	3.8
#2	Kevin Durant	BKN	33	55	37.2	13.49	29.9	7.4	6.4	0.9	0.9	2.1	51.8%	91.0%	3.5
#3	Joel Embiid	PHI	28	68	33.8	12.98	30.6	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	1.4	49.9%	81.4%	3.1
#4	LeBron James	LAL	37	56	37.2	11.83	30.3	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	2.9	52.4%	75.6%	3.5
#5	Kyrie Irving	BKN	30	29	37.6	11.20	27.4	4.4	5.8	1.4	0.6	3.4	46.9%	91.5%	2.5
#6	Stephen Curry	GSW	34	64	34.5	10.28	25.5	5.2	6.3	1.3	0.4	4.5	43.7%	92.3%	3.2
#7	Karl-Anthony Towns	MIN	26	74	33.5	10.14	24.6	9.8	3.6	1.0	1.1	2.0	52.9%	82.2%	3.1
#8	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	27	67	32.9	9.94	29.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	1.1	55.3%	72.2%	3.3
#9	Anthony Davis	LAL	29	40	35.1	9.88	23.2	9.9	3.1	1.2	2.3	0.3	53.2%	71.3%	2.1
#10	James Harden	PHI	32	65	37.2	9.47	22.0	7.7	10.3	1.3	0.6	2.3	41.0%	87.7%	4.4
#11	Dejounte Murray	SAS	25	68	34.8	9.39	21.1	8.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	1.4	46.2%	79.4%	2.6
#12	Trae Young	ATL	23	76	34.9	9.38	28.4	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	3.1	46.0%	90.4%	4.0
#13	Jimmy Butler III	MIA	32	57	33.9	8.98	21.4	5.9	5.5	1.6	0.5	0.5	48.0%	87.0%	2.1
#14	Robert Williams III	BOS	24	61	29.6	8.94	10.0	9.6	2.0	0.9	2.2	0.0	73.6%	72.2%	1.0
#15	Jayson Tatum	BOS	24	76	35.9	8.69	26.9	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	3.0	45.3%	85.3%	2.9
#16	Kristaps Porziņģis	WAS	26	51	29.0	8.53	20.2	8.1	2.3	0.7	1.6	1.5	45.9%	86.7%	1.6
#17	Rudy Gobert	UTA	30	66	32.1	8.25	15.6	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	0.0	71.3%	69.0%	1.8
#18	Chris Paul	PHX	37	65	32.9	8.17	14.7	4.4	10.8	1.9	0.3	1.0	49.3%	83.7%	2.4
#19	Devin Booker	PHX	25	68	34.5	8.14	26.8	5.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.7	46.6%	86.8%	2.4
#20	DeMar DeRozan	CHI	32	76	36.1	8.14	27.9	5.2	4.9	0.9	0.3	0.7	50.4%	87.7%	2.4
#21	Paul George	LAC	32	31	34.8	8.03	24.3	6.9	5.7	2.2	0.4	2.9	42.1%	85.8%	4.1
#22	Myles Turner	IND	26	42	29.4	8.03	12.9	7.1	1.0	0.7	2.8	1.5	50.9%	75.2%	1.3
#23	Fred VanVleet	TOR	28	65	37.9	7.88	20.3	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	3.7	40.3%	87.4%	2.6
#24	LaMelo Ball	CHA	20	75	32.3	7.73	20.1	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	2.9	42.9%	87.2%	3.3
#25	Tyrese Haliburton	IND	22	77	35.0	7.44	15.3	4.0	8.2	1.7	0.6	2.1	47.3%	84.2%	2.6
#26	Luka Dončić	DAL	23	65	35.4	7.42	28.4	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	3.1	45.7%	74.4%	4.5
#27	Donovan Mitchell	UTA	25	67	33.8	7.41	25.9	4.2	5.3	1.5	0.2	3.5	44.8%	85.3%	3.0
#28	Jarrett Allen	CLE	24	56	32.3	6.76	16.1	10.8	1.6	0.8	1.3	0.0	67.7%	70.8%	1.7
#29	Lonzo Ball	CHI	24	35	34.6	6.70	13.0	5.4	5.1	1.8	0.9	3.1	42.3%	75.0%	2.3
#30	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	23	56	34.7	6.65	24.5	5.0	5.9	1.3	0.8	1.6	45.3%	81.0%	2.8
#31	Nikola Vučević	CHI	31	73	33.1	6.63	17.6	11.0	3.2	1.0	1.0	1.4	47.3%	76.0%	1.9
#32	Miles Bridges	CHA	24	80	35.5	6.54	20.2	7.0	3.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	49.1%	80.2%	1.9
#33	Terry Rozier	CHA	28	73	33.7	6.32	19.3	4.3	4.5	1.3	0.3	3.0	44.4%	85.2%	1.3
#34	Jrue Holiday	MIL	32	67	32.9	6.28	18.3	4.5	6.8	1.6	0.4	2.0	50.1%	76.1%	2.7
#35	Bam Adebayo	MIA	24	56	32.6	6.22	19.1	10.1	3.4	1.4	0.8	0.0	55.7%	75.3%	2.6
#36	Pascal Siakam	TOR	28	68	37.9	6.22	22.8	8.5	5.3	1.3	0.6	1.1	49.4%	74.9%	2.7
#37	Darius Garland	CLE	22	68	35.7	6.21	21.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	2.6	46.2%	89.2%	3.6
#38	Jaren Jackson Jr.	MEM	22	78	27.3	6.16	16.3	5.8	1.1	0.9	2.3	1.6	41.5%	82.3%	1.7
#39	Jonas Valančiūnas	NOP	30	74	30.3	6.11	17.8	11.4	2.6	0.6	0.8	0.8	54.4%	82.0%	2.4
#40	Domantas Sabonis	SAC	26	62	34.4	6.03	18.9	12.1	5.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	57.3%	74.1%	3.1
#41	Khris Middleton	MIL	30	66	32.4	6.02	20.1	5.4	5.4	1.2	0.3	2.5	44.3%	89.0%	2.9
#42	Deandre Ayton	PHX	23	58	29.5	5.87	17.2	10.2	1.4	0.7	0.7	0.1	63.4%	74.6%	1.6
#43	Desmond Bane	MEM	24	76	29.8	5.78	18.2	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.4	3.0	46.1%	90.3%	1.5
#44	Zach LaVine	CHI	27	67	34.7	5.71	24.4	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	2.8	47.6%	85.3%	2.6
#45	Ja Morant	MEM	22	57	33.1	5.66	27.4	5.7	6.7	1.2	0.4	1.5	49.3%	76.1%	3.4
#46	Damian Lillard	POR	31	29	36.4	5.56	24.0	4.1	7.3	0.6	0.4	3.2	40.2%	87.8%	2.9
#47	Anthony Edwards	MIN	20	72	34.2	5.48	21.3	4.8	3.8	1.5	0.6	3.0	44.1%	78.6%	2.6
#48	Al Horford	BOS	36	69	29.1	5.39	10.2	7.7	3.4	0.7	1.3	1.3	46.7%	84.2%	0.9
#49	John Collins	ATL	24	54	30.8	5.37	16.2	7.8	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.2	52.6%	79.3%	1.1
#50	Gary Trent Jr.	TOR	23	70	35.0	4.92	18.3	2.7	2.0	1.7	0.3	3.0	41.4%	85.3%	1.0