2025-26 NBA Season · 9-Cat

Fantasy Basketball Rankings

Last-season 9-cat value, punt-aware rankings, and sortable draft prep data. Ball Ranks ranks 441 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	31	65	34.8	15.95	27.7	12.9	10.7	1.4	0.8	1.7	56.9%	83.1%	3.7
#2	Victor Wembanyama	SAS	22	64	29.2	15.15	25.0	11.5	3.1	1.0	3.1	1.9	51.2%	82.7%	2.4
#3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	27	68	33.2	14.30	31.1	4.3	6.6	1.4	0.8	1.7	55.3%	87.9%	2.2
#4	Kawhi Leonard	LAC	35	65	32.1	12.16	27.9	6.4	3.6	1.9	0.4	2.6	50.5%	89.2%	2.0
#5	Tyrese Maxey	PHI	25	70	38.0	12.08	28.3	4.1	6.6	1.9	0.8	3.1	46.2%	89.2%	2.4
#6	Luka Dončić	LAL	27	64	35.8	10.58	33.5	7.7	8.3	1.6	0.5	4.0	47.6%	78.0%	4.0
#7	Donovan Mitchell	CLE	29	70	33.5	9.16	27.9	4.5	5.7	1.5	0.3	3.2	48.3%	86.5%	2.8
#8	Lauri Markkanen	UTA	29	42	34.3	9.02	26.7	6.9	2.1	1.0	0.5	2.7	47.7%	89.6%	1.5
#9	Jamal Murray	DEN	29	75	35.4	9.02	25.4	4.4	7.1	0.9	0.4	3.3	48.3%	88.7%	2.3
#10	Stephen Curry	GSW	38	43	30.9	8.92	26.6	3.6	4.7	1.1	0.4	4.4	46.8%	92.3%	2.8
#11	Kevin Durant	HOU	37	78	36.4	8.39	26.0	5.5	4.8	0.8	0.9	2.4	52.0%	87.4%	3.2
#12	Scottie Barnes	TOR	24	80	33.5	8.19	18.1	7.5	5.9	1.4	1.5	0.9	50.7%	81.5%	2.6
#13	Trey Murphy III	NOP	26	66	35.5	8.12	21.5	5.7	3.8	1.5	0.4	3.2	47.0%	88.6%	1.8
#14	Anthony Edwards	MIN	24	61	35.0	8.02	28.8	5.0	3.7	1.4	0.8	3.4	48.9%	79.6%	2.9
#15	Joel Embiid	PHI	32	38	31.6	7.75	26.9	7.7	3.9	0.6	1.2	1.4	48.9%	85.4%	2.9
#16	Chet Holmgren	OKC	24	69	28.9	7.54	17.1	8.9	1.7	0.6	1.9	1.3	55.7%	79.2%	1.6
#17	James Harden	CLE	36	70	34.8	7.46	23.6	4.8	8.0	1.1	0.4	3.1	43.4%	88.4%	3.5
#18	Kevin Porter Jr.	MIL	26	38	33.2	7.45	17.4	5.2	7.4	2.2	0.5	1.2	46.5%	87.8%	2.9
#19	Cade Cunningham	DET	24	64	33.9	7.44	23.9	5.5	9.9	1.4	0.8	2.0	46.1%	81.2%	3.7
#20	Jimmy Butler III	GSW	36	38	31.1	7.27	20.0	5.6	4.9	1.4	0.2	0.8	51.9%	86.4%	1.6
#21	Jalen Johnson	ATL	24	72	35.2	7.09	22.5	10.3	7.9	1.2	0.4	1.7	48.9%	78.8%	3.4
#22	Anthony Davis	WAS	33	20	31.3	7.04	20.4	11.1	2.8	1.1	1.7	0.5	50.6%	72.8%	2.1
#23	Karl-Anthony Towns	NYK	30	75	31.0	6.94	20.1	11.9	3.0	0.9	0.5	1.5	50.1%	85.8%	2.5
#24	Austin Reaves	LAL	28	51	34.5	6.92	23.3	4.7	5.5	1.1	0.4	2.3	49.0%	87.1%	3.0
#25	Michael Porter Jr.	BKN	28	52	32.5	6.57	24.2	7.1	3.0	1.1	0.3	3.4	46.3%	85.9%	2.3
#26	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	ATL	27	78	33.4	6.28	20.8	3.4	3.7	1.3	0.5	3.2	45.9%	90.2%	2.1
#27	Keyonte George	UTA	22	54	33.1	6.19	23.6	3.7	6.1	1.1	0.3	2.5	45.6%	89.2%	3.1
#30	Derrick White	BOS	31	77	34.1	5.89	16.5	4.4	5.4	1.1	1.3	2.7	39.4%	90.2%	1.7
#32	Jalen Duren	DET	22	70	28.2	5.69	19.5	10.5	2.0	0.8	0.8	0.0	65.0%	74.7%	1.9
#33	Amen Thompson	HOU	23	79	37.4	5.62	18.3	7.8	5.3	1.5	0.6	0.3	53.4%	77.9%	2.4
#34	Desmond Bane	ORL	28	82	33.6	5.61	20.1	4.1	4.1	1.0	0.5	2.0	48.4%	90.8%	2.0
#35	Donovan Clingan	POR	22	77	27.2	5.56	12.1	11.6	2.1	0.6	1.7	1.1	52.0%	68.0%	1.2
#36	OG Anunoby	NYK	28	67	33.2	5.53	16.7	5.2	2.2	1.6	0.7	2.3	48.4%	82.8%	1.8
#37	Cooper Flagg	DAL	19	70	33.5	5.32	21.0	6.7	4.5	1.2	0.9	1.0	46.8%	82.7%	2.3
#38	Bam Adebayo	MIA	28	73	32.4	5.31	20.1	10.0	3.2	1.2	0.7	1.7	44.2%	77.8%	1.6
#39	Paul George	PHI	36	37	30.7	5.22	17.3	5.3	3.6	1.7	0.4	2.7	43.9%	82.0%	1.7
#40	Tyler Herro	MIA	26	33	31.3	5.21	20.5	4.8	4.1	0.7	0.4	2.5	48.0%	91.7%	1.9
#41	Onyeka Okongwu	ATL	25	74	31.0	5.15	15.2	7.6	3.1	1.1	1.1	1.9	48.0%	75.7%	1.7
#42	LaMelo Ball	CHA	24	72	28.0	5.14	20.1	4.8	7.1	1.2	0.3	3.8	40.7%	89.9%	2.8
#43	Mikal Bridges	NYK	29	82	32.8	5.10	14.4	3.8	3.7	1.3	0.8	1.9	49.0%	82.7%	1.0
#44	Jalen Brunson	NYK	29	74	35.0	5.00	26.0	3.3	6.8	0.8	0.1	2.6	46.7%	84.1%	2.4
#45	Jaren Jackson Jr.	UTA	26	48	30.3	4.98	19.4	5.7	2.0	1.1	1.4	1.8	47.6%	80.3%	2.2
#46	Devin Booker	PHX	29	64	33.5	4.92	26.1	3.9	6.0	0.8	0.3	1.9	45.6%	87.3%	3.1
#47	LeBron James	LAL	41	60	33.2	4.67	20.9	6.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	1.3	51.5%	73.7%	3.0
#48	Alex Sarr	WAS	21	48	27.2	4.66	16.3	7.4	2.7	0.8	2.0	1.0	48.2%	69.2%	1.7
#49	Alperen Sengun	HOU	23	72	33.3	4.62	20.4	8.9	6.2	1.2	1.1	0.6	51.9%	69.1%	3.2
#50	Jaylen Brown	BOS	29	71	34.4	4.53	28.7	6.9	5.1	1.0	0.4	2.0	47.7%	79.5%	3.6
#51	Brandon Miller	CHA	23	65	30.3	4.52	20.2	4.9	3.3	1.0	0.7	3.1	43.5%	89.2%	2.5
#52	Ryan Rollins	MIL	23	74	32.1	4.49	17.3	4.6	5.6	1.5	0.4	2.5	47.2%	79.6%	2.7
#53	Jalen Suggs	ORL	25	57	27.6	4.32	13.8	3.9	5.5	1.8	0.7	2.1	43.5%	85.5%	2.7