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


#201	RJ Barrettmedium	TOR	27	59	30.8	0.47	19.6	5.5	3.8	0.7	0.3	1.7	48.3%	68.8%	2.1
#202	Daeqwon Plowdenlow	SAC	28	21	27.9	0.44	11.9	3.1	1.3	0.7	0.2	2.1	44.9%	87.1%	0.9
#203	Keldon Johnsonhigh	SAS	27	77	23.5	0.42	12.8	5.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.2	49.6%	78.1%	1.0
#204	Jaime Jaquez Jr.medium	MIL	26	72	25.4	0.38	12.5	4.6	3.6	0.8	0.3	0.7	49.5%	76.1%	1.7
#205	Day'Ron Sharpemedium	BKN	25	56	18.1	0.34	8.3	6.7	2.0	0.9	0.6	0.1	58.4%	67.8%	1.5
#206	Isaiah Joemedium	DET	27	72	20.0	0.32	9.9	2.4	1.3	0.7	0.2	2.3	45.2%	85.2%	0.6
#207	Dillon Brookshigh	PHX	31	62	28.3	0.32	15.8	3.3	1.6	0.8	0.2	2.1	43.2%	83.1%	1.4
#208	Goga Bitadzemedium	ORL	27	63	15.0	0.31	5.3	4.7	1.2	0.6	1.1	0.0	64.9%	68.4%	0.6
#209	Jerami Grantlow	MEM	33	49	25.3	0.31	13.8	2.8	1.7	0.6	0.6	1.8	43.4%	82.6%	1.5
#210	GG Jacksonmedium	MEM	22	48	21.9	0.30	12.8	4.6	1.5	0.7	0.7	1.4	47.8%	74.0%	1.6
#211	Ziaire Williamsmedium	BKN	25	56	22.7	0.27	9.7	3.2	1.2	1.2	0.4	1.4	41.7%	82.4%	1.1
#212	Isaiah Colliermedium	UTA	22	66	27.0	0.27	12.2	2.8	7.7	1.1	0.3	0.6	48.5%	72.9%	2.8
#213	Jaylin Williamsmedium	OKC	25	59	18.6	0.27	6.6	5.4	2.4	0.5	0.6	1.4	42.7%	80.1%	0.9
#214	Kevin Huerterhigh	DET	28	69	22.1	0.26	9.5	3.2	2.4	0.9	0.4	1.5	44.2%	78.8%	1.0
#215	Keon Ellislow	BKN	27	68	19.4	0.24	6.5	1.9	1.1	1.2	0.6	1.3	45.0%	76.2%	0.6
#216	Derrick Jones Jr.high	LAC	30	61	24.2	0.18	9.2	3.3	1.0	0.8	0.7	1.0	50.4%	73.3%	0.8
#217	Alex Carusomedium	OKC	33	53	19.4	0.16	6.4	2.7	2.1	1.3	0.4	1.0	44.1%	78.4%	0.9
#218	Sam Merrillmedium	CLE	31	52	23.3	0.15	9.8	2.5	1.9	0.6	0.1	2.6	43.4%	86.9%	0.6
#219	Sam Hauserhigh	BOS	29	74	24.3	0.15	9.3	3.6	1.3	0.5	0.3	2.5	42.9%	84.1%	0.5
#220	Will Richardlow	GSW	24	71	21.9	0.15	7.3	2.9	1.5	1.4	0.1	1.1	46.0%	87.5%	1.0
#221	Jrue Holidaymedium	POR	37	52	23.7	0.12	10.1	3.2	3.7	0.7	0.2	1.6	45.1%	87.4%	1.5
#222	Yves Missimedium	NOP	23	71	21.2	0.12	6.5	6.5	1.3	0.4	1.5	0.0	54.1%	60.3%	0.8
#223	Tre Johnsonlow	WAS	21	62	27.8	0.11	14.9	3.2	2.4	0.7	0.3	2.4	41.7%	86.7%	1.8
#224	Pelle Larssonmedium	MIA	26	64	27.9	0.11	11.2	3.5	3.2	0.9	0.2	1.0	48.9%	76.9%	1.4
#225	Bub Carringtonmedium	WAS	21	76	31.0	0.10	12.4	4.0	5.3	0.7	0.3	2.4	42.0%	73.9%	2.5
#226	Zaccharie Risachermedium	ATL	22	72	23.7	0.07	11.1	3.9	1.2	0.9	0.5	1.6	45.4%	69.6%	1.0
#227	Scoot Hendersonmedium	POR	23	59	27.0	0.04	14.6	3.0	4.8	1.0	0.3	1.8	41.3%	81.6%	2.8
#228	Jarace Walkermedium	IND	23	70	25.3	0.03	11.4	5.1	2.6	0.9	0.4	1.8	42.4%	74.0%	1.8
#229	AJ Dybantsalow	WAS	20	74	27.7	-0.01	14.2	6.0	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.8	46.6%	71.4%	1.5
#230	Brandon Williamsmedium	DAL	27	45	21.7	-0.05	12.5	2.7	3.7	0.9	0.3	0.6	47.6%	80.6%	1.8
#231	Duncan Robinsonhigh	DET	33	68	24.8	-0.11	10.6	2.3	2.0	0.5	0.2	2.5	44.5%	82.4%	0.8
#232	Vít Krejčímedium	POR	27	52	21.6	-0.13	8.2	2.4	1.8	0.7	0.4	1.9	46.2%	74.6%	0.7
#233	Oso Ighodaromedium	PHX	24	75	24.0	-0.14	7.2	5.6	2.5	0.9	0.8	0.0	64.0%	46.6%	1.3
#234	Lonzo Balllow	LAL	29	35	20.9	-0.16	5.3	3.7	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.4	33.0%	71.3%	1.2
#235	Isaac Okorohigh	CHI	26	63	27.0	-0.19	9.2	2.9	1.7	0.8	0.5	1.3	45.7%	74.6%	0.7
#236	Cameron Boozerlow	MEM	20	74	27.3	-0.26	14.0	5.9	2.0	0.7	0.6	0.7	46.6%	71.4%	1.5
#237	Isaiah Jacksonlow	LAC	25	42	15.8	-0.30	6.7	5.2	0.9	0.7	1.0	0.0	63.6%	64.4%	1.0
#238	Zach Collinsmedium	CHI	29	54	17.2	-0.33	7.9	4.8	1.9	0.5	0.6	0.6	50.8%	82.0%	1.2
#239	Brandon Clarkelow	MEM	30	36	17.2	-0.33	7.5	4.6	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.0	61.2%	67.1%	0.5
#240	Ja'Kobe Waltermedium	TOR	22	66	21.5	-0.39	8.1	2.9	1.3	1.0	0.2	1.6	43.6%	78.4%	0.7
#241	Kyle Kuzmahigh	MIL	31	66	27.0	-0.40	14.0	4.9	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.4	46.8%	72.1%	1.8
#244	Tristan da Silvamedium	ORL	26	76	23.4	-0.57	8.6	3.5	1.4	0.7	0.3	1.4	43.6%	86.9%	0.8
#245	Aaron Wigginslow	ATL	28	70	19.7	-0.58	9.1	3.0	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.3	47.1%	77.4%	0.9
#246	Marcus Smartlow	HOU	33	43	25.2	-0.59	8.2	2.4	2.6	1.2	0.3	1.4	39.3%	79.7%	1.3
#247	CJ McCollummedium	ATL	35	61	22.3	-0.60	12.6	2.3	2.6	0.6	0.3	1.8	45.2%	76.1%	1.2
#248	Jaylen Wellsmedium	MEM	23	75	25.8	-0.60	12.4	3.3	1.7	0.8	0.1	1.9	43.4%	77.5%	1.1
#249	Luke Kennardlow	PHX	31	65	20.1	-0.61	7.8	2.2	2.3	0.6	0.1	1.5	50.9%	87.9%	0.8
#250	Luka Garzalow	BOS	28	49	16.4	-0.69	8.8	4.0	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.9	55.7%	74.3%	0.8
#251	Leonard Millerlow	CHI	23	32	16.8	-0.70	8.9	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.8	55.9%	70.8%	0.9
#252	Jock Landalemedium	ATL	31	56	20.5	-0.70	9.2	5.2	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.9	50.8%	64.4%	0.8