Preseason ranks, every metric | Hoop Impact Bench

PRESEASON DYNAMIC·740 players·10 metrics·ranks from before Oct 20

Preseason ranks

Every player’s 2026–27 rank in each metric, from before opening night.

? What this table shows

Rank: The player’s place in that metric’s list.
Avg rk: The average of his ranks across the metrics that rate him.
Spread: Worst rank − best rank: how much the metrics disagree. Sorting by it lists the top 150 by average rank.

#	player	tm	avg rk ↓	spread	LOKI†	BPM	EPM proj.	DARKO	OpenRAPM	EPM	xPM	Pulse	xRAPM	LEBRON
1	Victor Wembanyama	SAS	1.9	2	3	3	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	1
2	Nikola Jokić	DEN	2.0	2	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	3	2
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	2.7	5	1	2	1	4	3	1	4	6	2	3
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIA	4.5	3	4	4	5	5	6	4	3	3	5	6
5	Luka Dončić	LAL	5.2	3	6	5	4	6	5	6	7	4	4	5
6	Kawhi Leonard	TOR	6.5	13	5	7	6	2	4	5	15	5	8	8
7	Chet Holmgren	OKC	10.6	26	7	31	9	11	8	10	5	11	7	7
8	Tyrese Haliburton	IND	13.2	16	8	·	8	23	·	7	20	·	·	·
9	Cade Cunningham	DET	14.5	20	20	10	10	13	13	21	21	9	24	4
10	Donovan Mitchell	CLE	16.4	18	10	17	18	9	18	22	27	10	18	15
11	Jayson Tatum	BOS	19.7	59	18	20	7	7	66	12	9	32	15	11
12	Jimmy Butler III	GSW	24.1	58	12	12	25	42	29	18	65	7	13	18
13	Karl-Anthony Towns	NYK	25.2	37	46	41	11	16	10	9	30	29	39	21
14	Isaiah Hartenstein	OKC	25.3	29	42	32	35	21	19	17	16	27	31	13
15	LaMelo Ball	MIN	26.8	27	37	21	15	22	28	15	42	22	41	25
16	Joel Embiid	PHI	27.9	60	11	19	17	10	62	13	6	19	66	56
17	Derrick White	BOS	28.4	34	29	43	39	34	24	35	39	16	16	9
18	Neemias Queta	BOS	29.0	61	30	55	70	37	9	34	11	13	19	12
19	Bam Adebayo	MIA	29.4	82	28	93	34	17	11	20	17	15	45	14
20	Scottie Barnes	TOR	29.7	37	44	29	28	24	16	49	31	12	42	22
21	Stephen Curry	GSW	30.6	76	16	15	12	27	56	8	84	44	27	17
22	Jarrett Allen	CLE	32.6	73	13	64	16	25	27	11	10	83	35	42
23	Ty Jerome	MEM	33.9	106	23	8	23	19	30	23	114	35	44	20
24	Jalen Duren	DET	34.0	87	24	18	33	60	32	40	12	14	97	10
25	Ausar Thompson	DET	34.2	97	25	44	29	104	7	25	26	26	32	24
26	Kevin Durant	HOU	37.5	67	34	24	19	12	79	19	75	21	61	31
27	Amen Thompson	HOU	39.8	65	17	63	26	82	38	46	22	37	22	45
28	Paul Reed	DET	39.9	60	32	16	74	58	25	54	14	17	63	46
29	Lauri Markkanen	UTA	40.6	58	14	65	38	62	59	33	66	8	25	36
30	Kyrie Irving	DAL	42.6	49	21	·	44	49	·	29	70	·	·	·
31	Franz Wagner	ORL	43.4	126	9	71	14	48	135	14	34	66	10	33
32	Tyrese Maxey	PHI	44.3	82	31	14	40	33	42	72	96	62	30	23
33	OG Anunoby	NYK	44.8	80	40	94	55	14	22	48	49	31	43	52
34	Evan Mobley	CLE	45.6	66	36	48	60	29	37	85	50	28	64	19
35	Devin Booker	PHX	45.9	66	26	86	20	45	74	26	76	38	40	28
36	Alex Caruso	OKC	47.2	89	60	103	83	43	14	39	28	56	14	32
37	Anthony Edwards	MIN	48.7	86	19	22	21	8	94	59	37	76	74	77
38	Jalen Brunson	NYK	48.8	111	59	45	13	18	47	16	124	57	65	44
39	Donovan Clingan	POR	48.8	68	79	50	43	84	17	32	55	42	70	16
40	Austin Reaves	LAL	49.0	103	49	53	27	53	121	38	54	18	47	30
41	Mitchell Robinson	BOS	49.5	98	102	39	56	31	21	28	23	39	119	37
42	Dyson Daniels	ATL	51.4	117	15	132	24	105	20	27	79	52	26	34
43	Jalen Suggs	ORL	51.9	72	50	68	78	54	33	96	43	24	33	40
44	Robert Williams III	POR	52.3	89	57	23	107	28	52	79	18	23	86	50
45	Fred VanVleet	HOU	53.8	21	51	·	58	55	·	42	63	·	·	·
46	Ajay Mitchell	OKC	54.2	94	70	105	41	88	35	37	77	49	11	29
47	De'Aaron Fox	SAS	55.3	83	62	85	31	38	63	31	111	46	28	58
48	Jamal Murray	DEN	55.6	114	41	33	22	15	40	45	106	54	129	71
49	Anthony Davis	WAS	56.6	76	35	73	46	44	89	43	29	41	105	61
50	Rudy Gobert	MIN	61.1	121	115	144	63	32	23	53	25	45	60	51
51	Deni Avdija	POR	61.7	97	61	26	42	52	69	51	89	47	123	57
52	Moussa Diabaté	CHA	62.2	129	33	109	75	92	12	58	19	30	141	53
53	Jalen Williams	OKC	65.5	80	73	89	36	46	116	36	40	82	75	62
54	Brandon Miller	CHA	68.0	95	87	116	57	90	41	84	78	34	21	72
55	Day'Ron Sharpe	BKN	71.9	121	22	129	113	70	48	122	8	33	46	128
56	Zach Edey	MEM	71.9	162	74	171	65	139	49	50	47	20	9	95
57	Kristaps Porziņģis	GSW	72.0	102	83	99	92	61	84	65	58	25	127	26
58	Alperen Sengun	HOU	72.5	138	58	28	47	40	72	108	35	85	166	86
59	Collin Gillespie	PHX	74.2	79	54	70	112	59	96	75	128	50	49	49
60	Cason Wallace	OKC	77.1	120	124	135	88	56	15	97	110	55	50	41

LOKI ↗ LUMA Basketball Research · BPM ↗ Basketball-Reference · EPM projection ↗ Danny Harlan · DARKO ↗ Kostya Medvedovsky · OpenRAPM ↗ Nathan Walker · EPM ↗ Taylor Snarr, Dunks & Threes · xPM ↗ George Berry, VORP.app · Pulse ↗ CourtSignal · xRAPM ↗ Jeremias Engelmann · LEBRON ↗ BBall Index
Ranks come from each metric’s own ratings, which belong to their makers. † LUMA’s own models. Players without NBA minutes yet are not listed.