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Top 200 Rankings: Fantasy Basketball Head-to-Head (9-Category)

Top 200 fantasy basketball rankings for head-to-head 9 category (9-cat) league formats and the 2020-2021 NBA season. Use these rankings for your fantasy drafts.

Welcome back, RotoBallers! The NBA season is rapidly approaching, and here at RotoBaller HQ our awesome team of writers is cranking out lots of great preseason fantasy basketball analysis articles to get you ready for the season, including our 2020-2021 fantasy basketball rankings.

For those of you getting ready to draft your teams, below you'll find our top 200 overall tiered rankings for head-to-head 9-category leagues. If you're new to fantasy basketball, this league type matches owners up in head-to-head matchups every week, with owners attempting to win in as many of the nine categories as possible. These categories usually are points, rebounds, assists, steals, rebounds, three-pointers made, field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and turnovers.

In case you missed it, you can also find our other preseason draft analysis including various fantasy basketball draft sleepers and many other articles on risers, fallers, value picks and players to avoid. Feel free to hit us on Twitter up at @RotoBallerNBA for any questions, and be sure to follow all of our and fantasy basketball player news to help crush your drafts and dominate your leagues all season long. Good luck RotoBallers!

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2020-21 Fantasy Basketball: H2H 9-Cat Rankings

These fantasy basketball rankings are a consensus from three of our lead fantasy basketball analysts - Justin Carter, Dicky Fung and Kev Mahserejian - who have all analyzed the off-season moves to get you ready for the 2020-2021 NBA season.

Tier Rank Player Team Positions
1 1 James Harden HOU PG,SG
1 2 Karl-Anthony Towns MIN C
1 3 Luka Doncic DAL PG,SG
1 4 Anthony Davis LAL PF,C
1 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL SF,PF
1 6 Nikola Jokic DEN PF,C
1 7 Damian Lillard POR PG
1 8 Stephen Curry GSW PG,SG
1 9 Trae Young ATL PG
1 10 Jayson Tatum BOS SF,PF
2 11 Kawhi Leonard LAC SG,SF
2 12 LeBron James LAL SF,PF
2 13 Bradley Beal WAS SG
2 14 Devin Booker PHO PG,SG
2 15 Joel Embiid PHI PF,C
2 16 Kevin Durant BKN SF,PF
2 17 Deandre Ayton PHO C,PF
2 18 Bam Adebayo MIA PF,C
2 19 Jimmy Butler MIA SG,SF
2 20 Paul George LAC SG,SF
3 21 Donovan Mitchell UTH PG,SG
3 22 Kyrie Irving BKN PG,SG
3 23 Ben Simmons PHI PG,SF
3 24 John Collins ATL PF,C
3 25 Russell Westbrook HOU PG
3 26 Pascal Siakam TOR PF
3 27 Nikola Vucevic ORL PF,C
3 28 Jamal Murray DEN PG,SG
3 29 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC PG
3 30 Rudy Gobert UTH C
3 31 Ja Morant MEM PG
3 32 Brandon Ingram NOP SG,SF
4 33 De'Aaron Fox SAC PG
4 34 Zion Williamson NOP PF
4 35 Jrue Holiday MIL PG,SG
4 36 Zach LaVine CHI PG,SG
4 37 Chris Paul PHO PG
4 38 Khris Middleton MIL SG,SF
4 39 Andre Drummond CLE PF,C
4 40 Fred Vanvleet TOR PG
4 41 Jusuf Nurkic POR C
4 42 Christian Wood HOU PF
4 43 Domantas Sabonis IND PF,C
4 44 Kyle Lowry TOR PG
4 45 Mitchell Robinson NYK C
4 46 D'Angelo Russell MIN PG,SG
4 47 Gordon Hayward CHA SG,SF
4 48 Jaylen Brown BOS SG,SF
4 49 Jonas Valanciunas MEM C
5 50 LaMarcus Aldridge SAS PF,C
5 51 Tobias Harris PHI SF,PF
5 52 CJ McCollum POR PG, SG
5 53 Clint Capela ATL PF,C
5 54 DeMar DeRozan SAS SG,SF
5 55 Hassan Whiteside SAC C
5 56 Myles Turner IND PF,C
5 57 Lonzo Ball NOP PG
5 58 Buddy Hield SAC SG
5 59 Kelly Oubre Jr. GSW SF
5 60 Kristaps Porzingis DAL PF,C
5 61 Kevin Love CLE PF,C
6 62 Robert Covington POR SF,PF
6 63 TJ Warren IND SF, PF
6 64 Jaren Jackson Jr. MEM PF
6 65 Draymond Green GSW PF,C
6 66 Kemba Walker BOS PG
6 67 Danilo Gallinari ATL SF,PF
6 68 Dejounte Murray SAS PG
6 69 Marcus Smart BOS PG,SG
6 70 Devonte' Graham CHA PG
6 71 Malcolm Brogdon IND PG,SG
6 72 Thomas Bryant WAS C
6 73 Victor Oladipo IND PG,SG
6 74 Brandon Clarke MEM PF
6 75 Lauri Markkanen CHI PF,SG
6 76 Wendell Carter Jr. CHI C
6 77 Ricky Rubio MIN PG
6 78 Michael Porter Jr. DEN SF
6 79 Richaun Holmes SAC C,PF
6 80 Mikal Bridges PHO SF
6 81 Davis Bertans WAS PF,C
7 82 Julius Randle NYK PF,C
7 83 Blake Griffin DET PF,C
7 84 Brook Lopez MIL C
7 85 Al Horford OKC PF,C
7 86 Josh Richardson DAL PG,SG,SF
7 87 Steven Adams NOP C
7 88 John Wall WAS PG
7 89 Aaron Gordon ORL SF,PF
7 90 Eric Bledsoe NOP PG,SG
7 91 Andrew Wiggins GSW SG,SF
7 92 Mike Conley UTH PG
7 93 Collin Sexton CLE PG
7 94 Otto Porter Jr. CHI SF, PF
7 95 Bojan Bogdanovic UTH SG,SF
8 96 Jarrett Allen BKN PF,C
8 97 Serge Ibaka LAC PF,C
8 98 James Wiseman GSW C
8 99 OG Anunoby TOR SF,PF
8 100 Derrick White SAS PG
8 101 Caris Levert BKN SF,SG
8 102 Montrezl Harrell LAL PF,C
8 103 Dennis Schroder LAL PG
8 104 Coby White CHI PG
8 105 PJ Washington CHA PF
8 106 Bogdan Bogdanovic ATL SG,SF
8 107 LaMelo Ball CHA PG,SG
8 108 Duncan Robinson MIA SG,SF
8 109 Evan Fournier ORL SG,SF
8 110 Markelle Fultz ORL PG,SG
8 111 Tyler Herro MIA SG
8 112 Anthony Edwards MIN PG,SG
8 113 Jerami Grant DET SF,PF
8 114 Larry Nance Jr. CLE PF,C
8 115 Joe Harris BKN SG,SF
9 116 Ivica Zubac LAC C
9 117 Marvin Bagley III SAC PF
9 118 Goran Dragic MIA PG,SG
9 119 Norman Powell TOR SG, SF
9 120 Seth Curry PHI PG, SG
9 121 Terry Rozier CHA PG,SG
9 122 Donte Divincenzo MIL SG
9 123 Spencer Dinwiddie BKN PG
9 124 DeAndre Jordan BKN C
9 125 Chris Boucher TOR PF,C
9 126 Derrick Favors UTH PF,C
9 127 Obi Toppin NYK SF,PF
9 128 Daniel Theis BOS C
9 129 Rui Hachimura WAS PF
9 130 Miles Bridges CHA SF
9 131 Delon Wright DAL PG,SG
9 132 Darius Bazley OKC PF
9 133 Lou Williams LAC PG,SG
9 134 Will Barton DEN SG,SF
9 135 Luke Kennard LAC SG
9 136 Kevin Huerter ATL SG
9 137 Joe Ingles UTH SG,SF
9 138 Maxi Kleber DAL PF
9 139 Aron Baynes TOR PF,C
9 140 Malik Beasley MIN PG, SG
9 141 Derrick Rose DET PG
10 142 Jordan Clarkson UTH PG,SG
10 143 RJ Barrett NYK SF
10 144 Jakob Poeltl SAS C,PF
10 145 Tyrese Haliburton SAC PG,SG
10 146 Gary Trent Jr. POR SG,SF
10 147 DeMarcus Cousins HOU PF,C
10 148 Nerlens Noel NYK PF,C
10 149 Josh Hart NOP SG,SF
10 150 Kevin Porter Jr. CLE SF
10 151 Zach Collins POR PF, C
10 152 Cam Reddish ATL PG
10 153 Troy Brown Jr. WAS SF
10 154 Jeremy Lamb IND SG,SF
10 155 Luguentz Dort OKC SF
10 156 Harrison Barnes SAC SF,PF
10 157 Terrence Ross ORL SG,SF
10 158 Tim Hardaway Jr. DAL SG,SF
11 159 Kendrick Nunn MIA PG
11 160 Nemanja Bjelica SAC PF
11 161 Jaxson Hayes NOP C
11 162 Tristan Thompson BOS PF,C
11 163 Cameron Johnson PHO PF
11 164 De'Anthony Melton MEM PG
11 165 Gary Harris DEN SG,SF
11 166 Darius Garland CLE PG
11 167 Marcus Morris LAC SF,PF
11 168 Dillon Brooks MEM SF
11 169 Marquese Chriss GSW PF
11 170 Elfrid Payton NYK PG
11 171 Mason Plumlee DET PF,C
11 172 Danuel House HOU SF,SF
11 173 Onyeka Okongwu ATL SF,PF
11 174 Kyle Kuzma LAL SF,PF
11 175 Carmelo Anthony POR SF,PF
11 176 Killian Hayes DET PG,SG
11 177 Paul Millsap DEN PF,C
11 178 Robert Williams BOS PF
11 179 Matisse Thybulle PHI SG
11 180 Eric Gordon HOU SG
11 181 P.J. Tucker HOU SF, PF
11 182 Patrick Beverley LAC PG,SG
12 183 Royce O'Neale UTH SF
12 184 Marc Gasol LAL C
12 185 Moritz Wagner WAS PF
12 186 Jae Crowder PHO SF,PF
12 187 De'Andre Hunter ATL SF
12 188 Dario Saric PHO PF,C,SF
12 189 Jeff Teague BOS PG
12 190 Justise Winslow MEM SF,PF
12 191 Dewayne Dedmon N/A C
12 192 Thaddeus Young CHI SF,PF
12 193 Cole Anthony ORL PG,SG
12 194 JJ Redick NOP SG
12 195 Kris Dunn ATL PG,SG
12 196 Malik Monk CHA SG,SF
12 197 Tomas Satoransky CHI PG, SG
12 198 Jarrett Culver MIN SF
12 199 Justin Holiday IND SF,SG
12 200 Juan Hernangomez MIN PF
12 201 Dwight Powell DAL PF,C
12 202 Trevor Ariza OKC SG,SF
12 203 Enes Kanter POR C
12 204 Rudy Gay SAS SF,PF
13 205 Cody Zeller CHA PF,C
13 206 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope LAL SG,SF
13 207 Cedi Osman CLE SF,PF
13 208 Mohamed Bamba ORL C
13 209 Deni Avdija WAS SG, SF
13 210 Derrick Jones Jr. POR SF
13 211 Sekou Doumbouya DET PF
13 212 Terence Davis TOR SG
13 213 Eric Paschall GSW PF
13 214 JaVale McGee CLE C
13 215 Kent Bazemore GSW SG,SF
13 216 Willie Cauley-Stein N/A PF,C
13 217 Danny Green PHI SG,SF
13 218 Dwight Howard PHI PF,C
13 219 Bobby Portis MIL PF,C
13 220 Josh Okogie MIN SG
13 221 Dorian Finney-Smith DAL SF,PF
13 222 Taurean Prince BKN SF
13 223 Gorgui Dieng MEM PF,C
13 224 Monte Morris DEN PG
13 225 Patrick Williams CHI F
13 226 JaMychal Green DEN PF,C
13 227 Rajon Rondo ATL PG
13 228 Lonnie Walker IV SAS SG
13 229 Shake Milton PHI SG

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