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


#218	Rui Hachimura	LAL	28	68	28.3	-0.39	11.5	3.3	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.7	51.4%	69.4%	0.6
#219	Luke Kennard	LAL	30	78	21.5	-0.45	8.4	2.3	2.2	0.7	0.1	1.5	53.3%	91.3%	0.8
#220	Malik Monk	SAC	28	62	22.0	-0.49	12.5	1.9	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.0	43.8%	87.9%	1.5
#221	Coby White	CHA	26	50	25.0	-0.52	17.4	3.4	4.0	0.5	0.1	2.3	44.6%	81.7%	2.6
#222	Andre Drummond	PHI	32	63	19.5	-0.52	6.4	8.4	1.3	0.6	0.8	0.5	47.2%	63.1%	1.0
#223	Isaiah Collier	UTA	21	59	25.7	-0.56	11.7	2.5	7.2	1.1	0.3	0.5	49.5%	72.2%	2.5
#224	Pelle Larsson	MIA	25	70	26.4	-0.59	11.4	3.5	3.4	0.7	0.2	0.9	49.6%	79.7%	1.4
#225	Egor Dëmin	BKN	20	52	25.2	-0.60	10.3	3.2	3.3	0.8	0.3	2.4	39.9%	83.1%	1.7
#226	Javonte Green	DET	32	82	17.6	-0.61	6.9	2.8	0.7	1.2	0.3	1.1	44.7%	84.0%	0.5
#227	Scoot Henderson	POR	22	30	24.9	-0.63	14.2	2.7	3.7	0.9	0.3	1.9	41.8%	84.0%	2.4
#228	Kyle Kuzma	MIL	30	69	26.2	-0.63	13.0	4.5	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.2	49.2%	72.6%	1.7
#229	Josh Minott	BKN	23	49	17.0	-0.64	7.4	3.2	0.9	0.9	0.5	1.3	50.0%	78.7%	0.9
#230	Gary Payton II	GSW	33	73	15.6	-0.65	7.5	3.6	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.5	58.3%	65.0%	0.8
#231	Jock Landale	ATL	30	68	22.1	-0.66	10.6	5.7	1.7	0.5	0.5	1.1	51.5%	63.5%	0.9
#232	Jalen Green	PHX	24	32	25.9	-0.67	17.8	3.6	2.8	1.1	0.3	2.2	42.2%	74.7%	2.3
#233	Cameron Payne	PHI	31	22	17.0	-0.68	7.4	2.0	2.6	1.1	0.3	1.5	37.6%	86.4%	0.5
#234	Keon Ellis	CLE	26	72	20.5	-0.70	6.7	1.9	1.0	1.2	0.6	1.3	44.0%	72.9%	0.6
#235	Kyle Anderson	MIN	32	43	19.8	-0.79	6.2	3.5	2.9	1.0	0.6	0.1	53.0%	70.6%	0.9
#236	AJ Green	MIL	26	78	29.1	-0.81	10.4	2.7	1.9	0.5	0.1	3.0	42.4%	85.5%	1.0
#237	Dru Smith	MIA	28	70	16.3	-0.82	5.6	2.5	2.6	1.4	0.3	0.5	41.5%	82.9%	0.8
#238	Olivier-Maxence Prosper	MEM	23	53	18.6	-0.85	10.0	3.5	1.0	0.8	0.2	1.1	54.9%	75.4%	0.9
#241	Harrison Barnes	SAS	34	77	25.8	-0.91	9.9	2.8	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.8	45.6%	82.9%	0.8
#242	Isaac Okoro	CHI	25	63	26.9	-0.93	9.3	2.7	1.6	0.7	0.5	1.2	46.0%	79.5%	0.7
#243	Daeqwon Plowden	SAC	27	32	26.4	-0.93	10.8	3.0	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.9	43.0%	85.7%	0.8
#244	Ja'Kobe Walter	TOR	21	72	20.5	-1.01	7.5	2.6	1.2	1.0	0.2	1.5	44.6%	78.9%	0.5
#245	Brandon Williams	DAL	26	66	22.2	-1.03	13.0	2.9	3.9	0.9	0.3	0.5	47.2%	79.3%	1.9
#246	Dean Wade	CLE	29	59	22.3	-1.04	5.8	4.2	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.2	43.9%	71.1%	0.3
#247	Alex Caruso	OKC	32	56	18.2	-1.05	6.2	2.8	2.0	1.3	0.3	0.9	42.3%	80.4%	0.9
#248	Jaylen Wells	MEM	22	69	26.4	-1.06	12.5	3.2	1.6	0.9	0.1	1.9	43.1%	78.4%	1.1
#249	De'Andre Hunter	SAC	28	45	26.1	-1.08	13.7	4.1	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.7	41.5%	86.7%	1.7
#250	Taurean Prince	MIL	32	26	23.5	-1.08	9.2	3.1	1.8	0.6	0.2	2.3	45.0%	100.0%	1.2
#251	Vít Krejčí	POR	26	65	21.4	-1.09	8.5	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.3	2.0	44.8%	74.5%	0.6
#253	Zaccharie Risacher	ATL	21	67	22.4	-1.11	9.6	3.8	1.1	0.9	0.5	1.4	45.5%	64.4%	0.9
#254	Svi Mykhailiuk	UTA	29	50	23.1	-1.11	9.4	2.5	1.9	0.5	0.1	2.0	47.8%	89.3%	0.8
#255	Jamir Watkins	WAS	24	50	20.6	-1.11	7.4	3.9	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.9	44.6%	69.5%	0.8
#256	Yves Missi	NOP	22	66	19.7	-1.12	5.7	5.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	0.0	54.4%	55.9%	0.8
#257	Isaiah Jackson	LAC	24	55	16.5	-1.14	6.7	5.3	0.9	0.7	0.9	0.0	63.7%	64.8%	1.1
#258	Gui Santos	GSW	24	68	20.5	-1.14	9.2	3.9	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.1	50.0%	72.5%	1.5
#259	Jaxson Hayes	LAL	26	66	18.3	-1.16	7.5	4.1	0.9	0.4	0.8	0.0	75.6%	65.3%	0.5
#261	Jarace Walker	IND	22	76	25.7	-1.20	11.6	5.1	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	41.9%	74.9%	1.8
#262	Jordan Miller	LAC	26	60	22.1	-1.23	10.0	3.0	2.3	0.8	0.2	0.6	53.1%	77.7%	1.1
#263	Luguentz Dort	OKC	27	69	26.8	-1.23	8.3	3.6	1.2	0.9	0.4	1.9	38.5%	75.9%	0.8
#265	Oso Ighodaro	PHX	23	82	22.1	-1.25	6.5	5.1	2.3	0.9	0.7	0.0	65.3%	45.3%	1.2
#266	Luka Garza	BOS	27	69	16.2	-1.31	8.1	4.1	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	57.7%	76.9%	0.7
#267	Jordan Poole	NOP	27	39	23.9	-1.35	13.4	2.0	3.1	0.6	0.4	2.5	37.2%	86.0%	1.8
#268	Dennis Schröder	CLE	32	70	24.2	-1.36	10.8	2.7	4.9	0.8	0.2	1.1	40.5%	83.4%	1.8
#269	Craig Porter Jr.	CLE	26	64	17.9	-1.39	4.5	3.4	3.2	0.9	0.6	0.5	45.0%	60.0%	0.9
#270	Jose Alvarado	NYK	28	69	19.9	-1.41	7.4	2.5	3.4	1.0	0.1	1.5	41.6%	76.1%	1.1
#271	Bruce Brown	DEN	29	82	24.4	-1.43	7.9	3.9	2.1	1.0	0.2	0.7	47.5%	76.2%	1.1
#272	Will Richard	GSW	23	69	20.0	-1.43	6.4	2.5	1.3	1.2	0.1	1.0	46.8%	85.2%	0.8