Early 2026-27 NBA 9-Cat Draft Board2025-26 PROXY

Ranked by 2025-26 per-game 9-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	9-Cat value	GP	2025-26 pts rank	ADP	vs ADP	Status
01	Jimmy Butler IIIF1 · GS	13.1	38	#1	138.2	+137.2	OUTOct 27
02	Kristaps PorzingisC2 · GS	8.5	34	#5	118	+116.0	OUTOct 27
03	Brandon IngramF2 · LAC	8.0	77	#2	120.8	+117.8	OUTOct 27
04	Kon KnueppelG2 · CHA	7.7	83	#6	48.2	+44.2	OUTOct 27
05	Mark WilliamsC4 · PHX	7.6	61	#9	140	+135.0	OUTOct 27
06	Tobias HarrisF4 · SA	5.8	63	#12	125.3	+119.3	OUTOct 27
07	Santi AldamaF3 · DAL	5.6	43	#7	140.6	+133.6	OUTOct 27
08	Donte DiVincenzoG4 · MIN	5.6	82	#11	139.9	+131.9	OUTOct 27
09	Nic ClaxtonC3 · CHI	4.8	69	#8	130.5	+121.5	OUTOct 27
10	Maxime RaynaudC5 · SAC	4.6	74	#13	140	+130.0	OUTOct 27
11	Moses MoodyG5 · GS	4.5	60	#14	140	+129.0	OUTOct 27
12	Dylan CardwellC6 · SAC	4.4	44	#15	—	—
13	Jusuf NurkicC1 · UTAH	4.2	41	#3	140.7	+127.7	OUTOct 27
14	Shaedon SharpeG1 · POR	3.8	51	#4	140	+126.0	OUTOct 27
15	T.J. McConnellG6 · IND	3.5	56	#16	140.5	+125.5	OUTOct 27
16	Javon SmallG8 · MEM	3.1	40	#18	—	—
17	Coby WhiteG3 · CHA	2.8	52	#10	105.6	+88.6	OUTOct 27
18	Dominick BarlowF5 · PHI	2.6	72	#19	—	—
19	Olivier-Maxence ProsperF6 · MEM	2.1	52	#24	140	+121.0
20	Jamir WatkinsG11 · WSH	1.7	48	#23	—	—
21	Jordan MillerG9 · LAC	1.5	61	#21	140	+119.0	OUTOct 27
22	Taurean PrinceF7 · DET	1.4	26	#28	140	+118.0
23	Ben SimmonsG7 · SAC	1.3	51	#17	139.8	+116.8	OUTOct 27
24	Tristan VukcevicF8 · WSH	0.5	49	#29	140	+116.0	OUTOct 27
25	Grant WilliamsF9 · CHA	0.5	38	#30	140	+115.0	OUTOct 27
26	Spencer JonesF13 · DEN	0.4	63	#36	—	—
27	Terance MannG13 · BKN	0.3	63	#26	140.1	+113.1
28	Bryce McGowensG16 · NO	0.2	42	#34	—	—
29	Oscar TshiebweC7 · HOU	0.1	27	#20	—	—
30	Caris LeVertG12 · MIL	-0.2	60	#25	140	+110.0
31	Mouhamed GueyeF14 · ATL	-0.4	77	#38	140	+109.0	OUTOct 27
32	Thomas BryantC8 · CLE	-0.5	60	#40	140	+108.0
33	Elijah HarklessG14 · DET	-0.7	26	#27	—	—
34	Mike ConleyG18 · BOS	-0.7	54	#39	140	+106.0
35	Branden CarlsonC9 · POR	-0.8	42	#41	—	—
36	Trendon WatfordF11 · NO	-1.0	53	#33	—	—
37	Devin CarterG10 · BOS	-1.1	38	#22	—	—
38	Jarred VanderbiltF12 · LAL	-1.1	65	#35	140	+102.0
39	Julian StrawtherG20 · DEN	-1.5	57	#43	140	+101.0	OUTOct 27
40	Yanic Konan NiederhauserC10 · LAC	-1.5	40	#51	—	—
41	Patrick WilliamsF10 · CHI	-1.6	72	#32	140	+99.0	DAY TO DAYOct 27
42	Pete NanceF16 · MIL	-1.6	47	#47	—	—
43	Jahmai MashackG15 · MEM	-1.9	30	#31	—	—
44	Rayan RupertG19 · PHI	-2.1	64	#42	140	+96.0
45	Gary Trent Jr.G21 · MIL	-2.3	65	#44	140	+95.0
46	Ron Harper Jr.G25 · BOS	-2.3	28	#56	—	—
47	Johnny FurphyG17 · IND	-2.5	35	#37	140	+93.0	OUTOct 27
48	Zeke NnajiF19 · DEN	-2.6	52	#52	—	—
49	Noah PendaF17 · ORL	-2.7	59	#48	—	—
50	Caleb MartinF15 · DAL	-2.8	58	#46	140	+90.0	OUTOct 27
51	Micah PeavyG23 · OKC	-2.9	61	#50	—	—
52	Keshad JohnsonF20 · MIA	-3.1	32	#54	—	—
53	Jonathan IsaacF21 · ORL	-3.3	50	#55	140	+87.0	OUTOct 27
54	Ariel HukportiC12 · PHI	-3.3	54	#58	—	—
55	Kam JonesG22 · MIL	-3.5	37	#45	—	—
56	Tony BradleyC11 · UTAH	-3.7	40	#57	—	—
57	Jalen WilsonF18 · ATL	-3.9	54	#49	140	+83.0
58	Dalton KnechtF22 · NY	-4.0	54	#59	140	+82.0
59	Jordan HawkinsG24 · CHI	-4.2	51	#53	140	+81.0
60	Julian PhillipsF25 · HOU	-4.2	48	#63	140	+80.0
61	Mohamed DiawaraF23 · NY	-4.3	68	#60	140	+79.0
62	Drew TimmeF24 · PHX	-4.5	26	#62	—	—
63	Amari WilliamsF26 · BOS	-4.6	21	#64	—	—
64	Chris YoungbloodG28 · POR	-5.1	32	#67	—	—
65	Chaz LanierG27 · DET	-5.8	33	#66	—	—
66	Adou ThieroF27 · LAL	-5.9	25	#65	—	—
67	AJ JohnsonG26 · NO	-6.0	47	#61	—	—
68	Pacome DadietF28 · NY	-6.0	28	#68	140	+72.0

Category value = sum of per-game z-scores across PTS, REB, AST, STL, BLK, 3PM, FG%, FT% and TO 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.