2021 NBA Draft Composite Rankings

Cade_vs_Baylor — Cade Cunningham was a unanimous selection as the No. 1 prospect in the 2021 NBA Draft. (Photo courtesy of Oklahoma State Athletics)

The 2021 NBA Draft will take place this Thursday, and most draft boards/big boards are finalized or nearly so. With that said, I present the Hoops Prospects’ 2021 NBA Draft Composite Rankings, which involved combining the draft boards of seven sources (listed below). The scoring/ranking system was rather simple. For each pick, a prospect received points equal to 201 minus the prospect’s ranking. So, for example, if someone ranked Franz Wagner tenth, he’d receive 191 points from that source. If someone ranked Wagner at No. 100, he’d receive 101 points. If a player was unranked by a particular source, the player would receive zero points from that source.

Also see: 2020 Composite Rankings

The Sources

Going left to right on the composite chart, the sources were as follows:

Hoops Prospects (HP) — I have the final call on the official HP rankings, but I receive a lot of input from all of our writers. The HP draft board goes 200 deep, which is why 201 is the baseline for the composite point formula.
The Athletic # 1 (Ath-JH) — This is the top 70 from John Hollinger. These rankings were published on July 14, before the international withdrawal deadline, so four players were eliminated.
The Athletic # 2 (Ath-SV) — This is Sam Vecenie’s final Big Board, published on July 23.
CBS Sports — There is no author nor a post date, and these rankings included six international players. However, these rankings were updated after the NCAA deadline for early entries to return to school.
ESPN — These rankings are up to date.
Sports Illustrated (SI) — These are the latest rankings from Jeremy Woo. They were updated on July 8, and included three international players who pulled out of the draft.
USA Today (USA) — Bryan Kalbrosky’s latest rankings were published on July 21, and go 100 deep.

Rank	Player	HP	Ath-JH	Ath-SV	CBS	ESPN	SI	USA	Points
1	Cade Cunningham	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1400
2	Evan Mobley	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	1389
3	Jalen Green	4	5	4	2	2	3	3	1384
4	Jalen Suggs	2	6	2	4	4	4	4	1381
5	Scottie Barnes	5	3	6	7	6	5	5	1370
6	Jonathan Kuminga	6	8	5	6	5	6	6	1365
7	Josh Giddey	7	10	12	9	11	8	7	1343
8	James Bouknight	10	13	9	5	8	7	12	1343
9	Franz Wagner	8	7	14	10	10	10	11	1337
10	Alperen Sengun	11	4	8	15	15	11	22	1321
11	Moses Moody	12	14	7	11	16	17	10	1320
12	Davion Mitchell	21	16	10	8	7	16	19	1310
13	Usman Garuba	14	15	11	19	14	15	13	1306
14	Corey Kispert	19	12	18	12	13	13	18	1302
15	Keon Johnson	16	18	21	13	9	9	21	1300
16	Jared Butler	17	11	17	14	21	18	17	1292
17	Jalen Johnson	20	9	25	21	12	12	27	1281
18	Jaden Springer	13	20	20	22	27	26	9	1270
19	Chris Duarte	29	19	13	27	23	19	20	1257
20	Miles McBride	18	17	22	16	32	33	14	1255
21	Kai Jones	22	31	19	24	20	14	23	1254
22	Ziaire Williams	23	29	15	18	24	22	26	1250
23	Sharife Cooper	28	28	24	28	17	31	8	1243
24	Isaiah Jackson	9	27	26	32	19	27	31	1236
25	Trey Murphy	42	34	16	26	18	20	16	1235
26	Cameron Thomas	15	32	27	23	26	28	29	1227
27	Tre Mann	24	39	33	31	22	23	28	1207
28	Josh Primo	40	41	34	17	25	21	25	1204
29	Nah'shon Hyland	33	33	31	30	30	34	15	1201
30	Ayo Dosunmu	25	38	23	20	34	35	39	1193
31	J.T. Thor	38	30	43	25	28	32	24	1187
32	Josh Christopher	27	25	42	37	33	36	30	1177
33	Herb Jones	26	22	28	43	45	45	36	1162
34	Quentin Grimes	31	53	38	35	29	30	41	1150
35	Day'Ron Sharpe	44	48	40	38	31	24	35	1147
36	Jason Preston	39	23	48	44	41	29	38	1145
37	Brandon Boston Jr.	46	44	41	33	39	41	32	1131
38	Joe Wieskamp	37	35	35	36	52	42	40	1130
39	Aaron Henry	32	24	56	34	50	40	58	1113
40	Joel Ayayi	35	54	51	47	47	25	48	1100
41	Neemias Queta	34	21	55	51	61	47	43	1095
42	Kessler Edwards	53	60	37	29	44	50	46	1088
43	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	43	61	30	41	58	43	44	1087
44	Rokas Jokubaitis	56	36	29	50	43	55	54	1084
45	Charles Bassey	30	68	59	39	35	44	51	1081
46	Isaiah Todd	48	43	53	46	46	39	57	1075
47	Greg Brown III	45	42	44	40	51	56	56	1073
48	Filip Petrusev	36	46	58	58	37	51	53	1068
49	David Johnson	75	52	39	52	38	37	47	1067
50	Santiago Aldama	55	26	36	72	59	77	33	1049
51	Jericho Sims	60	45	46	56	57	58	52	1033
52	Juhann Begarin	47	56	54	91	36	38	60	1025
53	Justin Champagnie	62	51	47	60	69	49	45	1024
54	Daishen Nix	71	64	79	49	40	57	34	1013
55	Luka Garza	63	49	57	66	55	59	49	1009
56	Raiquan Gray	65	37	62	53	54	62	72	1002
57	Moses Wright	41	47	49	65	77	66	64	998
58	McKinley Wright	50	58	50	73	56	67	75	978
59	Sandro Mamukelashvili	59	67	45	64	68	61	68	975
60	Aaron Wiggins	52	62	65	54	48	71	82	973
61	Austin Reaves	51		32	42	42	46	37	956
62	David Duke	57	59	63	45	84	73	85	941
63	A.J. Lawson	61	50	81	71	72	53	83	936
64	Dalano Banton	83	66	72	83	65	54	61	923
65	Vrenz Bleijenbergh	49	57	66		67	65	42	860
66	Isaiah Livers	68		52	62	49	52	63	860
67	Duane Washington	72	63	92	92	71	64	96	857
68	Matthew Hurt	64		60	48	53	72	80	829
69	Sam Hauser	58		67	84	63	68	50	816
70	Aamir Simms	66	40	61	74	91		74	800
71	Yves Pons	54		68	67	73	69	77	798
72	Jose Alvarado	81		83	86	74	48	70	764
73	E.J. Onu	91		73	75	81	75	55	756
74	Carlik Jones	88		74	88	62	60	89	745
75	Chris Smith	104	55	70	70	98		66	743
76	Chaundee Brown	107		91	77	60	63	91	717
77	D.J. Steward	70		78	68	66		59	664
78	Marcus Garrett	67		64	59	78		76	661
79	Scottie Lewis	74		77	61	75		67	651
80	John Petty	82		71	69	70		84	629
81	Trendon Watford	85		75	87	64		65	629
82	Matt Mitchell	84		89	76	79		62	615
83	Marcus Zegarowski	80		82	79	86		73	605
84	Jordan Schakel	98	65	85		92		69	596
85	Jay Huff	96		76	90		74	79	590
86	JaQuori McLaughlin	73		97	93	82		71	589
87	Eugene Omoruyi	87		80		99	76	90	573
88	Matt Coleman	101		69	82	90		94	569
89	Amar Sylla	77		100	85	76		99	568
90	Derrick Alston Jr.	90		84	81	94		98	558
91	Oscar Da Silva	78			94		70	92	470
92	MaCio Teague	69		94	80			93	468
93	R.J. Nembhard	106		87		85		87	439
94	Mitchell Ballock	121		88		87		78	430
95	Dejon Jarreau	99		95		89		95	426
96	D.J. Stewart	122		86		88		86	422
97	Isaiah Miller	86				80		100	337
98	M.J. Walker	123		90	55				335
99	Romeo Weems	125			63	83			332
100	Mac McClung	89				95		97	322
101	Ja'vonte Smart	95		93		96			319
102	Ethan Thompson	111		99	89				304
103	Dru Smith	110		98		93			302
104	D.J. Carton	79			57				266
105	Arnas Velicka	76		96					230
106	Alan Griffin	92						88	222
107	Balsa Koprivica	100						81	221
108	Feron Hunt	116			78				208
109	Cameron Krutwig	142				100			160
110	Mark Vital	154				97			151
111	Allan Dokossi	93							108
112	Sehmus Hazer	94							107
113	Colbey Ross	97							104
114	Jalen Tate	102							99
115	Derek Culver	103							98
116	Jalen Crutcher	105							96
117	Justin Smith	108							93
118	Brandon Rachal	109							92
119	Juwan Durham	112							89
120	Philipp Herkenhoff	113							88
121	Damien Jefferson	114							87
122	Jordan Goodwin	115							86
123	Jamorko Pickett	117							84
124	Matt Lewis	118							83
125	Justin Gorham	119							82

Author

Richard C. Harris

Richard has worked as a sports writer/editor/scout/analyst since 1998. He has been credentialed for a variety of special events and games by the NBA, the NFL, the G League, and numerous college athletic programs and conferences. He has contributed to various magazines, radio shows, and a number of other sites, including ESPN.com, SI.com, and USAToday.com. Richard is the former CEO of FantasyFootballExperts.com and a former member of the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA). An active member of the US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), Rich is currently the Managing Director at Hoops Prospects, a site that specializes in evaluating potential pro basketball talent. Follow on Twitter @HoopsProspects.
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