College Basketball

2023-24 Top 100 Best College Basketball Players

by
Staff
August 9, 2023

Players set to return for the 2023-2024 season.

The rankings are by peak adjusted efficiency (ADJeff) for the 2023-2024 season. This ranking takes into account player efficiency rating adjusted for strength of schedule and a few other factors. Efficiency is simply a statistical impact per possession. One aspect to be aware of in talking about efficiency is that most elite post players usually perform better in the metric. This makes sense as they typically have higher true shooting percentages from getting easier shots closer to the rim.

Having players that score higher efficiency points, rebound, and block shots at higher levels is highly important in the game. Especially on defense which is anchored by the post players. It always has been a game dominated by mostly bigger humans of which there are fewer. Finding those players is important on any team.

The best players in the country simply are post players right now. Some of that is because with NIL these players can make similar money to being a 2nd round pick as many of the more groundbound ones aren’t as valued by the NBA. That doesn’t mean they aren’t incredible college players and every metric backs that up.

There are a few of the best players in the nation still in the portal. We will update those when they commit. Zach Edey was #1 in our ADJeff rankings last season as well where we correctly projected his numbers. He is likely to return coming off one of the greatest statistical seasons in college basketball history. Easily #1 in the nation if he returns. It’s pretty incredible the distance between Edey and the 20th-best player.

Conference Previews

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Pac-12	Big East	ACC
MWC	American	WCC
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Player Ratings	Bracketology

	Top
Post Players	Guards	Wings

			PER	ADJeff
1	Zach Edey	Purdue	40.9	8.2
2	Hunter Dickinson	Kansas	29.1	6.2
3	N’Faly Dante	Oregon	29.2	6.2
4	Ryan Kalkbrenner	Creighton	27.7	6.0
5	Johni Broome	Auburn	28.0	5.8
6	Jesse Edwards	West Virginia	28.1	5.5
7	Armando Bacot	UNC	27.4	5.3
8	Tolu Smith	Miss State	28.9	5.2
9	Kalib Boone	UNLV	25.9	5.2
10	Oumar Ballo	Arizona	25.4	5.1
11	Zed Key	Ohio State	24.7	5.1
12	Zach Freemantle	Xavier	23.7	5
13	Norchad Omier	Miami	27.4	4.9
14	Eric Dixon	Villanova	24.5	4.9
15	Branden Carlson	Utah	26.5	4.8
16	Julian Reese	Maryland	23.5	4.8
17	Jalen Bridges	Baylor	20.7	4.7
18	Joel Soriano	St. John’s	26.9	4.7
19	Anton Watson	Gonzaga	22.7	4.6
20	Kyle Filipowski	Duke	24.7	4.6
21	Dain Dainja	Illinois	25.3	4.6
22	Donovan Clingan	UConn	34.0	4.6
23	Tyler Kolek	Marquette	22.5	4.5
24	Jahmir Young	Maryland	22.2	4.5
25	Jaelen House	New Mexico	26.2	4.5
26	Fousseyni Traore	BYU	25.8	4.5
27	Wade Taylor IV	Texas A&M	24.4	4.5
28	KJ Adams	Kansas	18.8	4.5
29	Terrance Shannon	Illinois	22.1	4.4
30	A.J. Hoggard	Michigan State	18.7	4.4
31	Oso Ighodaro	Marquette	22.0	4.4
32	Makhi Mitchell	Arkansas	22.9	4.4
33	Tyrese Samuel	Florida	22.8	4.4
34	Steven Ashworth	Creighton	22.6	4.3
35	Boogie Ellis	USC	21.3	4.3
36	Keisei Tominga	Nebraska	20.4	4.3
37	J’Wan Roberts	Houston	26.9	4.3
38	Clifford Omoruyi	Rutgers	22.3	4.3
39	Steven Crowl	Wisconsin	20.0	4.3
40	Moussa Cisse	Ole Miss	20.0	4.3
41	PJ Hall	Clemson	27.9	4.3
42	JaKobe Coles	TCU	25.1	4.3
43	Kadin Shedrick	Texas	24.9	4.3
44	Dylan Disu	Texas	23.7	4.3
45	Kameron Jones	Marquette	20.6	4.2
46	Tyson Walker	Michigan State	17.7	4.2
47	Kevin McCullar	Kansas	17.4	4.2
48	Tristan Da Silva	Colorado	20.6	4.2
49	Spencer Jones	Stanford	21.1	4.2
50	Kel’el Ware	Indiana	21.8	4.2
51	Boo Buie	Northwestern	19.7	4.1
52	Cam Spencer	UConn	21.4	4.1
53	Jaylin Williams	Auburn	19.3	4.1
54	Mitchell Saxen	Saint Mary’s	21.3	4.1
55	Adema Bona	UCLA	20.4	4.1
56	Viktor Lakhin	Cincinnati	26.6	4.1
57	Ryan Young	Duke	24.5	4.1
58	Payton Sandfort	Iowa	20.2	4.1
59	Qudus Wahab	Penn State	20.9	4.1
60	Tyrin Lawrence	Vanderbilt	19.5	4.0
61	Isaiah Stevens	Colorado State	22.2	4.0
62	Trey Alexander	Creighton	18	4.0
63	Will Baker	LSU	21.9	4.0
64	Tony Perkins	Iowa	17.8	3.9
65	Baylor Scheierman	Creighton	17.8	3.9
66	Kadary Richmond	Seton Hall	19.0	3.9
67	Braxton Meah	Washington	19.8	3.9
68	Graham Ike	Gonzaga	25.1	3.9
69	Warren Washington	Texas Tech	19.1	3.9
70	Dajuan Harris	Kansas	16.1	3.9
71	D.J. Burns Jr.	NC State	23.3	3.9
72	Nae’Qwan Tomlin	Kansas State	18.4	3.9
73	Jaedon Ledee	SDSU	22.7	3.9
74	KJ Simpson	Colorado	18.3	3.8
75	Emanuel Miller	TCU	18.1	3.8
76	RJ Davis	UNC	18.9	3.8
77	Kobe Johnson	Stanford	18.9	3.8
78	Olivier Nkamhoua	Michigan	19.1	3.8
79	Jaemyn Brakefield	Ole Miss	19.2	3.8
80	DaRon Holmes II	Dayton	28.5	3.8
81	Henry Coleman	Texas A&M	19.7	3.8
82	Quinten Post	Boston College	25.3	3.8
83	Dawson Garcia	Minnesota	19.3	3.8
84	Daniel Batcho	La Tech	19.1	3.8
85	Xavier Johnson	Indiana	16.8	3.7
86	Nijel Pack	Miami	16.7	3.7
87	Braden Smith	Purdue	18.1	3.7
88	LJ Cryer	Houston	16.4	3.7
89	Will Richard	Florida	18.4	3.7
90	Hakim Hart	Villanova	18.2	3.7
91	Tre Mitchell	West Virginia	16.0	3.7
92	Devion Harmon	Texas Tech	18.0	3.7
93	Devin Carter	Providence	19.7	3.7
94	Keshad Johnson	Arizona	18.0	3.7
95	Justin Moore	Villanova	16.9	3.7
96	Zakai Zeigler	Tennessee	17.8	3.6
97	Ezra Manjon	Vanderbilt	17.7	3.6
98	Mark Sears	Alabama	16.4	3.6
99	Alex Ducas	Saint Mary’s	18.7	3.6
100	Tyler Burton	Villanova	22.1	3.6