2026-27 NBA Season · 9-Cat

Fantasy Basketball Rankings

Projected 9-cat value, punt-aware rankings, and sortable draft prep data. Ball Ranks ranks 496 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


#151	Kelly Oubre Jr.low	IND	31	55	28.2	1.51	12.7	4.6	1.4	1.2	0.5	1.4	46.3%	75.4%	1.2
#152	Javon Smalllow	MEM	24	43	21.2	1.48	10.5	3.4	4.0	0.9	0.2	1.6	47.1%	85.0%	1.5
#153	Coby Whitehigh	CHA	27	63	27.1	1.46	17.5	3.4	4.1	0.6	0.1	2.4	45.0%	84.9%	2.4
#154	Jordan Goodwinmedium	PHX	28	53	22.6	1.44	8.4	4.9	2.3	1.4	0.3	1.5	41.5%	76.8%	1.0
#155	Andrew Wigginshigh	MIA	32	63	25.7	1.43	13.3	4.0	2.1	0.8	0.7	1.7	46.2%	77.5%	1.4
#156	Aaron Gordonmedium	DEN	31	48	26.7	1.42	13.8	5.1	2.8	0.6	0.3	1.3	52.1%	75.6%	1.2
#157	Jeremiah Fearsmedium	NOP	20	72	28.0	1.42	16.4	4.2	3.8	1.3	0.4	1.4	43.1%	80.0%	2.4
#158	Mitchell Robinsonlow	BOS	29	44	20.5	1.40	5.8	8.6	0.9	1.0	1.2	0.0	69.2%	44.3%	0.8
#159	De'Anthony Meltonlow	GSW	29	38	24.8	1.38	12.9	3.6	2.8	1.6	0.4	1.8	40.6%	79.6%	2.0
#160	Jordan Poolemedium	NOP	28	58	25.4	1.38	15.2	2.3	3.5	0.8	0.4	2.7	40.1%	88.5%	2.0
#161	Andrew Nembhardhigh	IND	27	62	29.6	1.38	13.3	2.8	6.2	1.0	0.1	1.4	45.0%	82.7%	2.1
#162	Isaiah Stewartlow	MEM	26	60	21.7	1.36	8.3	5.3	1.3	0.4	1.4	0.6	53.9%	74.6%	1.0
#163	Naji Marshallhigh	DAL	29	71	28.0	1.34	13.5	4.6	3.1	1.0	0.2	0.9	50.5%	77.1%	1.5
#164	Moussa Diabatémedium	CHA	25	59	23.5	1.32	7.4	8.1	1.5	0.8	0.9	0.0	61.7%	65.5%	1.0
#165	Dylan Cardwelllow	SAC	25	44	20.6	1.26	5.4	7.4	1.4	0.7	1.5	0.0	58.3%	50.0%	0.9
#166	Bennedict Mathurinhigh	LAC	25	62	29.8	1.22	16.9	5.3	2.2	0.7	0.2	1.4	43.9%	85.1%	2.0
#167	Jusuf Nurkićmedium	UTA	32	49	24.7	1.18	9.8	9.4	3.8	1.1	0.6	0.6	50.0%	60.6%	2.1
#168	Collin Sextonmedium	LAL	28	65	23.1	1.18	15.0	2.2	3.3	0.9	0.1	1.5	48.4%	85.0%	1.9
#169	Jalen Smithmedium	CHI	27	58	19.0	1.16	9.9	6.5	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.4	49.3%	73.7%	0.9
#170	Dominick Barlowmedium	PHI	24	53	25.8	1.06	8.6	5.5	1.4	0.9	0.8	0.3	53.3%	71.4%	0.8
#171	Josh Minottlow	BKN	24	45	17.3	1.00	7.9	3.2	1.0	0.9	0.6	1.2	50.5%	87.9%	0.8
#172	Quentin Grimesmedium	LAL	27	70	27.2	1.00	12.6	3.6	2.8	0.9	0.3	1.8	44.6%	81.4%	1.5
#173	John Koncharmedium	UTA	31	53	19.0	0.99	3.8	4.2	1.8	1.3	0.6	0.6	45.7%	79.1%	0.5
#174	Paul Reedmedium	DET	28	61	15.1	0.98	7.5	4.7	1.3	1.0	0.9	0.2	57.9%	67.7%	0.9
#175	Scotty Pippen Jr.medium	MEM	26	46	21.7	0.95	10.4	3.2	4.5	1.4	0.4	1.1	47.5%	70.9%	2.0
#176	Moses Moodymedium	GSW	25	65	24.8	0.95	11.4	3.4	1.4	0.9	0.5	2.1	43.8%	78.5%	1.0
#177	Luke Kornetmedium	SAS	31	64	18.3	0.93	5.5	5.2	1.4	0.5	0.9	0.0	66.5%	79.2%	0.4
#178	Noah Clowneymedium	BKN	22	54	28.4	0.92	13.0	4.6	1.6	0.8	0.8	2.2	39.3%	80.0%	1.6
#179	De'Andre Huntermedium	SAC	29	54	26.8	0.86	14.9	3.9	1.8	0.7	0.2	2.0	43.4%	86.1%	1.5
#180	Darryn Petersonlow	UTA	20	69	30.8	0.85	13.8	3.7	3.9	1.1	0.4	1.4	43.3%	79.5%	2.0
#181	Bobby Portis Jr.medium	MIA	32	63	20.9	0.84	11.5	5.9	1.4	0.6	0.3	1.5	49.0%	75.5%	1.0
#182	Brice Sensabaughmedium	UTA	23	68	24.6	0.81	15.3	3.4	2.0	0.7	0.2	2.4	46.3%	82.4%	1.8
#183	Marvin Bagley IIIlow	DEN	28	49	21.0	0.80	11.1	6.4	1.4	0.5	0.7	0.4	59.8%	68.0%	1.1
#184	Malik Monkhigh	SAC	29	66	23.8	0.79	13.5	2.3	3.8	0.6	0.4	2.0	43.8%	87.9%	1.7
#185	Royce O'Nealelow	CHA	34	72	23.7	0.75	7.8	4.0	2.2	0.9	0.4	2.1	42.0%	73.4%	0.9
#186	Miles McBridemedium	NYK	26	53	24.8	0.74	10.5	2.3	2.6	0.9	0.2	2.2	42.3%	82.0%	0.6
#187	Bradley Beallow	LAC	34	39	27.8	0.73	13.5	2.7	3.2	0.8	0.3	1.5	48.4%	81.5%	1.7
#188	Davion Mitchellhigh	MIA	28	72	29.2	0.68	9.3	2.6	5.7	1.0	0.2	1.3	47.7%	69.1%	1.6
#189	Matisse Thybullelow	POR	30	34	17.7	0.68	5.4	2.1	1.0	1.7	0.5	1.2	41.7%	74.6%	0.7
#190	Jalen Greenmedium	PHX	25	58	28.0	0.67	18.3	4.0	3.0	0.9	0.3	2.4	42.4%	79.2%	2.3
#191	Anfernee Simonslow	PHI	28	58	24.6	0.61	14.2	2.4	2.8	0.6	0.1	2.5	43.3%	90.6%	1.3
#192	Precious Achiuwahigh	SAC	27	68	23.8	0.60	9.4	6.6	1.4	0.9	0.8	0.4	51.8%	58.3%	0.9
#193	Obi Toppinmedium	IND	29	69	18.0	0.60	10.0	3.8	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.3	52.9%	82.9%	0.9
#194	Jake LaRaviamedium	LAL	25	66	25.2	0.58	8.3	4.2	2.0	1.2	0.5	1.1	45.0%	74.1%	1.1
#195	Dru Smithlow	MIA	29	40	18.5	0.55	6.3	2.8	2.8	1.5	0.4	0.7	42.6%	79.0%	1.0
#196	Kris Dunnhigh	LAC	33	66	24.1	0.54	6.2	3.1	3.1	1.4	0.3	0.8	46.6%	74.7%	1.1
#197	Rui Hachimuramedium	LAC	29	64	28.1	0.52	11.9	3.9	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.6	51.3%	71.5%	0.6
#198	Egor Dëminlow	BKN	21	54	26.3	0.52	11.5	3.5	3.7	0.9	0.3	2.7	39.5%	76.9%	1.8
#199	Max Strusmedium	CLE	31	49	26.3	0.48	10.0	4.6	2.9	0.5	0.2	2.5	42.7%	80.2%	1.1
#200	Luguentz Dorthigh	OKC	28	71	27.9	0.47	9.2	3.8	1.3	0.9	0.5	2.1	40.4%	78.5%	0.8