Early 2026-27 NBA 8-Cat Draft Board2025-26 PROXY

Ranked by 2025-26 per-game 8-cat z-score value — the best category proxy until preseason projections land. ESPN overall ADP is shown for market context only (it comes from mostly points/default drafts, a different format) and never affects the ranking. This is the board to draft from — for what already happened, see the 2025-26 results. Rebuilt October 27, 2026.

	Player	8-Cat value	GP	2025-26 pts rank	ADP	vs ADP	Status
01	Jimmy Butler IIIF1 · GS	14.2	38	#1	138.2	+137.2	OUTOct 27
02	Brandon IngramF2 · LAC	10.5	77	#2	120.8	+118.8	OUTOct 27
03	Kon KnueppelG2 · CHA	9.4	83	#6	48.2	+45.2	OUTOct 27
04	Kristaps PorzingisC2 · GS	9.1	34	#5	118	+114.0	OUTOct 27
05	Mark WilliamsC4 · PHX	7.9	61	#9	140	+135.0	OUTOct 27
06	Shaedon SharpeG1 · POR	7.1	51	#4	140	+134.0	OUTOct 27
07	Jusuf NurkicC1 · UTAH	6.8	41	#3	140.7	+133.7	OUTOct 27
08	Donte DiVincenzoG4 · MIN	6.4	82	#11	139.9	+131.9	OUTOct 27
09	Santi AldamaF3 · DAL	6.2	43	#7	140.6	+131.6	OUTOct 27
10	Tobias HarrisF4 · SA	6.0	63	#12	125.3	+115.3	OUTOct 27
11	Nic ClaxtonC3 · CHI	5.6	69	#8	130.5	+119.5	OUTOct 27
12	Coby WhiteG3 · CHA	5.4	52	#10	105.6	+93.6	OUTOct 27
13	Maxime RaynaudC5 · SAC	5.2	74	#13	140	+127.0	OUTOct 27
14	Moses MoodyG5 · GS	4.5	60	#14	140	+126.0	OUTOct 27
15	Dylan CardwellC6 · SAC	4.3	44	#15	—	—
16	Javon SmallG8 · MEM	3.9	40	#18	—	—
17	T.J. McConnellG6 · IND	3.8	56	#16	140.5	+123.5	OUTOct 27
18	Ben SimmonsG7 · SAC	3.1	51	#17	139.8	+121.8	OUTOct 27
19	Dominick BarlowF5 · PHI	2.4	72	#19	—	—
20	Olivier-Maxence ProsperF6 · MEM	2.0	52	#24	140	+120.0
21	Taurean PrinceF7 · DET	1.9	26	#28	140	+119.0
22	Jordan MillerG9 · LAC	1.7	61	#21	140	+118.0	OUTOct 27
23	Jamir WatkinsG11 · WSH	1.6	48	#23	—	—
24	Tristan VukcevicF8 · WSH	1.1	49	#29	140	+116.0	OUTOct 27
25	Caris LeVertG12 · MIL	0.6	60	#25	140	+115.0
26	Terance MannG13 · BKN	0.6	63	#26	140.1	+114.1
27	Grant WilliamsF9 · CHA	0.4	38	#30	140	+113.0	OUTOct 27
28	Oscar TshiebweC7 · HOU	-0.2	27	#20	—	—
29	Devin CarterG10 · BOS	-0.2	38	#22	—	—
30	Spencer JonesF13 · DEN	-0.3	63	#36	—	—
31	Elijah HarklessG14 · DET	-0.6	26	#27	—	—
32	Trendon WatfordF11 · NO	-0.6	53	#33	—	—
33	Bryce McGowensG16 · NO	-0.6	42	#34	—	—
34	Jahmai MashackG15 · MEM	-0.7	30	#31	—	—
35	Jarred VanderbiltF12 · LAL	-1.2	65	#35	140	+105.0
36	Mouhamed GueyeF14 · ATL	-1.2	77	#38	140	+104.0	OUTOct 27
37	Mike ConleyG18 · BOS	-1.2	54	#39	140	+103.0
38	Thomas BryantC8 · CLE	-1.2	60	#40	140	+102.0
39	Patrick WilliamsF10 · CHI	-1.4	72	#32	140	+101.0	DAY TO DAYOct 27
40	Branden CarlsonC9 · POR	-1.8	42	#41	—	—
41	Julian StrawtherG20 · DEN	-2.1	57	#43	140	+99.0	OUTOct 27
42	Yanic Konan NiederhauserC10 · LAC	-2.1	40	#51	—	—
43	Pete NanceF16 · MIL	-2.2	47	#47	—	—
44	Rayan RupertG19 · PHI	-2.3	64	#42	140	+96.0
45	Johnny FurphyG17 · IND	-2.7	35	#37	140	+95.0	OUTOct 27
46	Gary Trent Jr.G21 · MIL	-2.8	65	#44	140	+94.0
47	Noah PendaF17 · ORL	-3.0	59	#48	—	—
48	Caleb MartinF15 · DAL	-3.3	58	#46	140	+92.0	OUTOct 27
49	Zeke NnajiF19 · DEN	-3.3	52	#52	—	—
50	Ron Harper Jr.G25 · BOS	-3.4	28	#56	—	—
51	Kam JonesG22 · MIL	-3.5	37	#45	—	—
52	Ariel HukportiC12 · PHI	-3.8	54	#58	—	—
53	Micah PeavyG23 · OKC	-3.9	61	#50	—	—
54	Keshad JohnsonF20 · MIA	-3.9	32	#54	—	—
55	Jalen WilsonF18 · ATL	-4.3	54	#49	140	+85.0
56	Jonathan IsaacF21 · ORL	-4.3	50	#55	140	+84.0	OUTOct 27
57	Tony BradleyC11 · UTAH	-4.5	40	#57	—	—
58	Jordan HawkinsG24 · CHI	-4.6	51	#53	140	+82.0
59	Dalton KnechtF22 · NY	-4.9	54	#59	140	+81.0
60	Mohamed DiawaraF23 · NY	-5.2	68	#60	140	+80.0
61	Drew TimmeF24 · PHX	-5.2	26	#62	—	—
62	Amari WilliamsF26 · BOS	-5.3	21	#64	—	—
63	Julian PhillipsF25 · HOU	-5.4	48	#63	140	+77.0
64	AJ JohnsonG26 · NO	-6.5	47	#61	—	—
65	Chris YoungbloodG28 · POR	-6.6	32	#67	—	—
66	Adou ThieroF27 · LAL	-6.9	25	#65	—	—
67	Chaz LanierG27 · DET	-7.2	33	#66	—	—
68	Pacome DadietF28 · NY	-7.4	28	#68	140	+72.0

Category value = sum of per-game z-scores across PTS, REB, AST, STL, BLK, 3PM, FG% and FT% from the 2025-26 season. Market ADP is shown for context only; value may vary by league format — ESPN ADP comes mostly from points/default drafts, so we don't grade category value against it. ADP comes from live ESPN drafts and is never an input to our numbers — it only measures the market. Value grades: the gap between ADP and our rank, relative to draft position. Full details in the methodology.