Introduction
ARKBOARD v3 is here! Some notes before the board:

I wanted to provide a corresponding role for each Future Value grade, so I expanded the table initially created in Article 1 of this series to include every possible grade and the corresponding median projection it represents.

FV Meaning
20 Non NBA
25 G League
30 Plus G League
30+ Plus G League (+ dev upside)
35 Reserve/TWC
35+ Reserve/TWC (+ dev upside)
40 Rotation Piece
40+ Rotation Piece (+ dev upside)
45 Plus Rotation Piece
45+ Plus Rotation Piece (+ dev upside)
50 Starter
55 Plus Starter
60 All Star
65 All Star Starter
70 All NBA 2nd/3rd Team
75 All NBA 1st/2nd Team
80 MVP/Generational

I’ve also changed a lot of prospect FVs and rankings. v3 is when I begin to factor in statistical-based player comparisons and looking into conference play film, and I wanted my big board to start looking more like my final board will. As such, I’ve removed players not expected to declare or be drafted in 2026.

A lot of the volatility so far this season with my draft board has been due to trying to fine tune my Future Value grade system, and the rest of it is just something that I’ve come to expect with the “chunk-based” analysis style I tend to do, updating my big board through several different iterations of analysis before coming to my holistic, fully fleshed out big board at the end of draft season. I’m starting to slant more towards doing composite updates more regularly instead of doing “chunk-based” updates, and this board is a step in that direction.

With all of that out of the way, here is ARKBOARD v3: My Top 50 NBA Prospects w/ Future Value Grades. Thank you for reading and I’d love to discuss anything, talk to me on Twitter @ARKNDJL or email me at ARKNDJL@GMAIL.COM. Enjoy!

ARKBOARD NBA 2026 v3: My Top 50 2026 NBA Prospects w/ Future Value Grades

RK Player FV Age Ht Team
1 Caleb Wilson 70 19.9 6-10 North Carolina
2 Cameron Boozer 70 18.9 6-9 Duke
3 Kingston Flemings 65 19.4 6-4 Houston
4 AJ Dybantsa 60 19.4 6-9 BYU
5 Darryn Peterson 60 19.4 6-5 Kansas
6 Keaton Wagler 55 19.7 6-6 Illinois
7 Brayden Burries 50 20.8 6-4 Arizona
8 Christian Anderson 50 20.2 6-3 Texas Tech
9 David Mirkovic 45+ 20.4 6-9 Illinois
10 Mikel Brown Jr 45+ 20.2 6-5 Louisville
11 Darius Acuff Jr 45+ 19.7 6-3 Arkansas
12 Chris Cenac Jr 45+ 19.4 6-11 Houston
13 Patrick Ngongba 45+ 20.3 6-11 Duke
14 Karim LĂłpez 45+ 18.8 6-8 International
15 Dailyn Swain 45 20.9 6-8 Texas
16 Labaron Philon 45 20.6 6-4 Alabama
17 Bennett Stirtz 45 22.7 6-4 Iowa
18 Yaxel Lendeborg 45 23.8 6-9 Michigan
19 Milan Momcilovic 45 21.8 6-8 Iowa St.
20 Allen Graves 45 20.7 6-9 Santa Clara
21 Braylon Mullins 40+ 19.7 6-6 Connecticut
22 Nate Ament 40+ 19.5 6-10 Tennessee
23 Morez Johnson Jr 40+ 20.4 6-9 Michigan
24 Hannes Steinbach 40+ 20.2 6-11 Washington
25 Isaiah Evans 40+ 20.5 6-6 Duke
26 Tyler Tanner 40+ 20.3 6-0 Vanderbilt
27 Malachi Moreno 40+ 19.7 7-0 Kentucky
28 Massamba Diop 40+ 19.7 7-1 Arizona St.
29 Koa Peat 40+ 19.4 6-8 Arizona
30 Jayden Quaintance 40+ 18.9 6-11 Kentucky
31 Luigi Suigo 40+ 19 7-1 International
32 Shelton Henderson 40+ 19.6 6-6 Miami FL
33 Meleek Thomas 40+ 19.8 6-5 Arkansas
34 Tounde Yessoufou 40+ 20.1 6-5 Baylor
35 Henri Veesaar 40 22.3 7-0 North Carolina
36 Sananda Fru 40 21.7 6-11 Louisville
37 Flory Bidunga 40 21.1 6-9 Kansas
38 Motiejus Krivas 40 21.6 7-2 Arizona
39 Aday Mara 40 21.2 7-3 Michigan
40 Cameron Carr 40 21.6 6-5 Baylor
41 Blue Cain 40 21.8 6-5 Georgia
42 Jeremy Fears Jr 40 21.2 6-2 Michigan St.
43 Juke Harris 40 20.7 6-7 Wake Forest
44 Amari Allen 35+ 20.4 6-7 Alabama
45 Ebuka Okorie 35+ 19.7 6-2 Stanford
46 Sergio De Larrea 35+ 20.2 6-5 International
47 Paul McNeil Jr 35+ 20.2 6-5 N.C. State
48 Isaiah Johnson 35+ 19.7 6-1 Colorado
49 Mouhamed Faye 35 21 6-10 International
50 Alex Karaban 35 23.6 6-8 Connecticut