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


#160	Jusuf Nurkić	UTA	31	41	26.4	0.92	10.9	10.4	4.8	1.3	0.5	0.6	50.3%	54.9%	2.5
#161	Dylan Cardwell	SAC	24	44	20.6	0.91	5.4	7.5	1.4	0.7	1.5	0.0	58.7%	51.0%	0.9
#162	Jalen Smith	CHI	26	53	20.7	0.91	10.2	6.7	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.5	48.3%	74.2%	1.0
#163	Stephon Castle	SAS	21	68	30.0	0.87	16.7	5.3	7.4	1.1	0.3	1.2	47.1%	73.4%	3.2
#164	RJ Barrett	TOR	26	57	30.3	0.86	19.3	5.3	3.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	49.1%	71.7%	1.7
#165	Justin Champagnie	WAS	25	69	20.0	0.85	8.7	5.6	1.2	0.9	0.6	0.8	50.2%	78.4%	0.7
#166	Christian Braun	DEN	25	44	31.8	0.82	12.0	4.8	2.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	51.9%	78.2%	1.0
#167	Naji Marshall	DAL	28	74	29.5	0.81	15.2	4.7	3.3	1.1	0.1	0.8	51.0%	76.0%	1.6
#168	Shaedon Sharpe	POR	23	50	29.4	0.80	20.8	4.3	2.6	1.4	0.1	2.1	45.2%	78.7%	2.9
#169	Davion Mitchell	MIA	27	70	28.6	0.73	9.3	2.7	6.5	1.0	0.2	1.3	49.0%	64.6%	1.5
#170	Mitchell Robinson	NYK	28	60	19.6	0.72	5.7	8.8	0.9	0.9	1.2	0.0	72.3%	40.8%	0.7
#171	Tari Eason	HOU	25	60	25.8	0.71	10.5	6.3	1.5	1.2	0.5	1.6	41.6%	77.6%	1.4
#172	Duncan Robinson	DET	32	77	27.4	0.69	12.2	2.7	2.1	0.6	0.3	2.9	45.6%	75.5%	0.7
#173	Kris Dunn	LAC	32	82	27.2	0.66	7.3	3.3	3.6	1.6	0.2	1.0	47.6%	76.5%	1.4
#175	Isaiah Joe	OKC	26	71	21.2	0.65	11.1	2.5	1.3	0.7	0.2	2.5	45.5%	89.4%	0.6
#176	Jordan Goodwin	PHX	27	70	22.5	0.62	8.7	4.9	2.2	1.5	0.2	1.6	41.3%	69.6%	1.0
#177	T.J. McConnell	IND	34	56	17.2	0.56	9.4	2.2	5.1	1.0	0.2	0.3	53.8%	86.2%	1.1
#178	Herbert Jones	NOP	27	56	28.4	0.55	8.9	3.4	2.8	1.6	0.5	1.4	38.3%	80.6%	1.3
#179	Max Christie	DAL	23	77	29.1	0.55	12.3	3.2	2.0	0.6	0.4	2.3	44.1%	89.9%	1.2
#180	Collin Murray-Boyles	TOR	21	57	21.9	0.54	8.5	5.0	1.9	0.9	0.9	0.3	57.9%	65.7%	1.0
#181	Miles McBride	NYK	25	41	26.3	0.51	12.0	2.4	2.6	0.9	0.2	2.7	42.3%	78.7%	0.8
#183	De'Anthony Melton	GSW	28	49	23.0	0.46	12.3	3.2	2.6	1.6	0.4	1.5	40.7%	82.6%	1.9
#185	Ace Bailey	UTA	19	72	27.6	0.38	13.8	4.2	1.8	0.8	0.7	1.9	44.3%	75.0%	1.5
#186	Keldon Johnson	SAS	26	82	23.3	0.38	13.2	5.4	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.2	51.9%	79.4%	0.9
#187	Ziaire Williams	BKN	24	56	22.9	0.34	10.2	2.4	1.1	1.4	0.4	1.5	42.5%	85.0%	1.1
#188	Russell Westbrook	SAC	37	64	28.9	0.32	15.2	5.4	6.7	1.3	0.2	2.0	42.7%	69.4%	3.3
#189	Brook Lopez	LAC	38	75	21.8	0.25	8.5	3.6	1.3	0.6	1.2	1.5	42.8%	75.7%	0.8
#191	Marcus Smart	LAL	32	62	28.5	0.20	9.3	2.8	3.0	1.4	0.4	1.6	39.5%	82.2%	1.5
#192	Jake LaRavia	LAL	24	82	25.1	0.18	8.2	4.0	1.8	1.3	0.5	1.0	45.9%	76.3%	1.1
#193	Kevin Huerter	DET	27	69	22.5	0.18	10.0	3.5	2.6	0.9	0.5	1.4	45.1%	77.5%	1.0
#194	Micah Potter	IND	28	47	19.3	0.17	9.7	5.0	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.5	51.5%	84.2%	1.0
#195	Obi Toppin	IND	28	24	17.7	0.16	11.6	4.4	2.3	0.5	0.0	1.5	50.3%	91.3%	1.2
#196	Tim Hardaway Jr.	DEN	34	80	26.6	0.12	13.5	2.6	1.4	0.5	0.1	2.8	44.7%	81.1%	0.5
#197	Marvin Bagley III	DAL	27	60	20.0	0.12	10.5	6.1	1.4	0.5	0.7	0.4	61.8%	66.0%	1.0
#198	Tristan da Silva	ORL	25	77	24.7	0.11	9.9	3.7	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.6	45.0%	88.4%	0.9
#199	Dylan Harper	SAS	20	69	22.6	0.08	11.8	3.4	3.9	0.8	0.3	0.9	50.5%	75.6%	1.4
#201	Aaron Nesmith	IND	26	45	29.7	0.06	13.8	4.2	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.3	41.4%	82.9%	1.4
#203	Goga Bitadze	ORL	26	64	15.2	-0.04	5.9	5.0	1.3	0.6	1.0	0.0	67.6%	71.1%	0.7
#205	Anfernee Simons	CHI	27	55	24.9	-0.14	14.3	2.5	2.4	0.5	0.1	2.7	44.0%	89.6%	1.2
#206	Precious Achiuwa	SAC	26	73	23.9	-0.15	10.1	6.7	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.4	52.8%	55.4%	0.9
#207	Noah Clowney	BKN	21	66	27.0	-0.18	12.3	4.1	1.6	0.8	0.7	2.0	39.6%	80.4%	1.5
#209	Javon Small	MEM	23	41	20.2	-0.19	9.7	3.1	3.7	0.8	0.2	1.5	46.5%	82.9%	1.4
#210	Brice Sensabaugh	UTA	22	75	23.5	-0.21	14.9	3.1	1.9	0.7	0.2	2.2	46.0%	82.6%	1.7
#211	Draymond Green	GSW	36	68	27.5	-0.22	8.4	5.5	5.5	0.9	0.6	1.5	41.8%	70.2%	2.7
#212	Day'Ron Sharpe	BKN	24	62	18.7	-0.23	8.7	6.7	2.3	1.1	0.4	0.1	60.1%	67.8%	1.7
#213	GG Jackson	MEM	21	55	21.4	-0.24	12.5	4.3	1.5	0.6	0.8	1.2	49.6%	74.2%	1.5
#214	Sam Hauser	BOS	28	78	24.8	-0.26	9.2	3.8	1.5	0.5	0.3	2.5	41.9%	85.0%	0.4
#215	Jeremiah Fears	NOP	19	82	25.8	-0.27	14.3	3.7	3.4	1.2	0.4	1.2	43.4%	78.9%	2.2
#216	Jaylin Williams	OKC	24	65	19.7	-0.28	7.2	5.5	2.4	0.5	0.6	1.5	42.3%	79.3%	1.0
#217	Dominick Barlow	PHI	23	71	23.8	-0.31	7.7	4.8	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3	53.9%	71.8%	0.8