2023-24 NBA Season · 9-Cat

Fantasy Basketball Rankings

Last-season 9-cat value, punt-aware rankings, and sortable draft prep data. Ball Ranks ranks 421 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	Joel Embiid	PHI	30	39	33.6	17.04	34.7	11.0	5.6	1.2	1.7	1.4	52.9%	88.3%	3.8
#2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	25	75	34.0	15.01	30.1	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	1.3	53.5%	87.4%	2.2
#3	Nikola Jokić	DEN	29	79	34.6	14.58	26.4	12.4	9.0	1.4	0.9	1.1	58.3%	81.7%	3.0
#4	Anthony Davis	LAL	31	76	35.5	13.62	24.7	12.6	3.5	1.2	2.3	0.4	55.6%	81.6%	2.1
#5	Luka Dončić	DAL	25	70	37.5	12.01	33.9	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	4.1	48.7%	78.6%	4.0
#6	Victor Wembanyama	SAS	20	71	29.7	11.35	21.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	1.8	46.5%	79.6%	3.7
#7	Kawhi Leonard	LAC	33	68	34.3	10.91	23.7	6.1	3.6	1.6	0.9	2.1	52.5%	88.5%	1.8
#8	Kyrie Irving	DAL	32	58	35.0	10.04	25.6	5.0	5.2	1.3	0.5	3.0	49.7%	90.5%	1.8
#9	Donovan Mitchell	CLE	27	55	35.3	10.01	26.6	5.1	6.1	1.8	0.5	3.3	46.2%	86.5%	2.8
#10	Tyrese Haliburton	IND	24	69	32.2	9.32	20.1	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	2.8	47.7%	85.5%	2.3
#11	Kevin Durant	PHX	35	75	37.2	9.30	27.1	6.6	5.0	0.9	1.2	2.2	52.3%	85.6%	3.3
#12	Kristaps Porziņģis	BOS	28	57	29.6	9.00	20.1	7.2	2.0	0.7	1.9	1.9	51.6%	85.8%	1.6
#13	Lauri Markkanen	UTA	27	55	33.1	8.90	23.2	8.2	2.0	0.9	0.5	3.2	48.0%	89.9%	1.4
#14	Devin Booker	PHX	27	68	36.0	8.58	27.1	4.5	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.2	49.2%	88.6%	2.6
#15	Paul George	LAC	34	74	33.8	8.53	22.6	5.2	3.5	1.5	0.5	3.3	47.1%	90.7%	2.1
#16	Jayson Tatum	BOS	26	74	35.7	8.51	26.9	8.1	4.9	1.0	0.6	3.1	47.1%	83.3%	2.5
#17	LeBron James	LAL	39	71	35.3	7.99	25.7	7.3	8.3	1.3	0.5	2.1	54.0%	75.0%	3.5
#18	Chet Holmgren	OKC	22	82	29.4	7.79	16.5	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	53.0%	79.3%	1.6
#19	Damian Lillard	MIL	33	73	35.3	7.75	24.3	4.4	7.0	1.0	0.2	3.0	42.4%	92.0%	2.6
#20	Stephen Curry	GSW	36	74	32.7	7.73	26.4	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	4.8	45.0%	92.3%	2.8
#21	Scottie Barnes	TOR	22	60	34.9	7.68	19.9	8.2	6.1	1.3	1.5	1.7	47.5%	78.1%	2.8
#22	Fred VanVleet	HOU	30	73	36.8	7.66	17.4	3.8	8.1	1.4	0.8	3.1	41.6%	86.0%	1.7
#23	Tyrese Maxey	PHI	23	70	37.5	7.59	25.9	3.7	6.2	1.0	0.5	3.0	45.0%	86.8%	1.7
#24	James Harden	LAC	34	72	34.3	7.26	16.6	5.1	8.5	1.1	0.8	2.6	42.8%	87.8%	2.6
#25	Jimmy Butler III	MIA	34	60	34.0	7.11	20.8	5.3	5.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	49.9%	85.8%	1.7
#26	LaMelo Ball	CHA	22	22	32.3	7.04	23.9	5.1	8.0	1.8	0.2	3.2	43.3%	86.5%	3.8
#27	Jalen Brunson	NYK	27	77	35.4	6.97	28.7	3.6	6.7	0.9	0.2	2.7	47.9%	84.7%	2.4
#28	Derrick White	BOS	29	73	32.6	6.89	15.2	4.2	5.2	1.0	1.2	2.7	46.1%	90.1%	1.5
#29	Domantas Sabonis	SAC	28	82	35.7	6.88	19.4	13.7	8.2	0.9	0.6	0.4	59.4%	70.4%	3.3
#30	DeMar DeRozan	CHI	34	79	37.8	6.73	24.0	4.3	5.3	1.1	0.6	0.9	48.0%	85.3%	1.7
#31	Jamal Murray	DEN	27	59	31.5	6.67	21.2	4.1	6.5	1.0	0.7	2.5	48.1%	85.3%	2.1
#32	De'Aaron Fox	SAC	26	74	35.9	6.42	26.6	4.6	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.9	46.5%	73.8%	2.6
#33	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	29	73	35.2	6.32	30.4	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	0.5	61.1%	65.7%	3.4
#34	Daniel Gafford	DAL	25	74	24.5	6.31	11.0	7.6	1.6	0.9	2.1	0.0	72.5%	67.4%	1.0
#35	Desmond Bane	MEM	26	42	34.4	6.25	23.7	4.4	5.5	1.0	0.5	3.3	46.4%	87.0%	2.7
#36	Trae Young	ATL	25	54	36.0	6.23	25.7	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	3.2	43.0%	85.5%	4.4
#37	Karl-Anthony Towns	MIN	28	62	32.7	6.09	21.8	8.3	3.0	0.7	0.7	2.2	50.4%	87.3%	2.9
#38	Anthony Edwards	MIN	22	79	35.1	6.02	25.9	5.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	2.4	46.1%	83.6%	3.1
#39	Jarrett Allen	CLE	26	77	31.7	5.85	16.5	10.5	2.7	0.7	1.1	0.0	63.4%	74.2%	1.6
#40	Deandre Ayton	POR	25	55	32.4	5.76	16.7	11.1	1.6	1.0	0.8	0.0	57.0%	82.3%	1.8
#41	Brook Lopez	MIL	36	79	30.5	5.76	12.5	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.4	1.9	48.5%	82.1%	1.0
#42	Evan Mobley	CLE	23	50	30.6	5.74	15.7	9.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	0.4	58.0%	71.9%	1.8
#43	Jalen Williams	OKC	23	71	31.3	5.70	19.1	4.0	4.5	1.1	0.6	1.5	54.0%	81.4%	1.7
#44	CJ McCollum	NOP	32	66	32.7	5.54	20.0	4.3	4.6	0.9	0.6	3.6	45.9%	82.7%	1.7
#45	Dejounte Murray	ATL	27	78	35.7	5.41	22.5	5.3	6.4	1.4	0.3	2.6	45.9%	79.4%	2.6
#46	Tobias Harris	PHI	31	70	33.8	5.39	17.2	6.5	3.1	1.0	0.7	1.3	48.7%	87.8%	1.3
#47	Myles Turner	IND	28	77	27.0	5.35	17.1	6.9	1.3	0.5	1.9	1.5	52.4%	77.3%	1.4
#48	Jaren Jackson Jr.	MEM	24	66	32.2	5.20	22.5	5.5	2.3	1.2	1.6	1.8	44.4%	80.8%	2.4
#49	Nikola Vučević	CHI	33	76	34.3	5.18	18.0	10.5	3.3	0.7	0.8	1.2	48.4%	82.2%	1.6
#50	Jalen Johnson	ATL	22	56	33.7	5.16	16.0	8.7	3.6	1.2	0.8	1.3	51.1%	72.8%	1.8