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Top 250 Rankings: Fantasy Basketball Head-to-Head (9-Category)

Stephen Curry - NBA DFS Picks, Daily Fantasy Basketball

Top 250 fantasy basketball rankings for head-to-head 9 category (9-cat) league formats and the 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 fantasy basketball rankings.

For those of you getting ready to draft your teams, below you'll find our top 250 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.

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2021-22 Fantasy Basketball: H2H 9-Cat Rankings

These fantasy basketball rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy basketball analysts - Dan Palyo, Adam Koffler, Alex Burns and Kev Mahserejian - who have all analyzed the off-season moves to get you ready for the 2021-2022 NBA season.

Tier Rank Player Team Positions
1 1 Nikola Jokic DEN C
1 2 Stephen Curry GSW PG
1 3 James Harden BKN PG,SG
1 4 Karl-Anthony Towns MIN C
1 5 Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL SF,PF
1 6 Damian Lillard POR PG
1 7 Luka Doncic DAL PG,SG
1 8 Kevin Durant BKN SF,PF
1 9 Joel Embiid PHI C
1 10 Jayson Tatum BOS SF,PF
2 11 Bradley Beal WAS SG
2 12 Paul George LAC SG,SF
2 13 Jimmy Butler MIA SG,SF
2 14 Anthony Davis LAL PF,C
2 15 Trae Young ATL PG
2 16 Zach LaVine CHI PG,SG
2 17 Bam Adebayo MIA PF,C
2 18 Domantas Sabonis IND PF,C
2 19 Nikola Vucevic CHI C
2 20 Fred VanVleet TOR PG,SG
3 21 LaMelo Ball CHA PG,SG
3 22 Michael Porter Jr. DEN SF
3 23 Rudy Gobert UTH C
3 24 Devin Booker PHO SG
3 25 Jrue Holiday MIL PG,SG
3 26 Donovan Mitchell UTH PG,SG
3 27 Chris Paul PHO PG
3 28 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC PG
3 29 Deandre Ayton PHO C
3 30 Kyrie Irving BKN PG,SG
3 31 Jaylen Brown BOS SG,SF
3 32 Julius Randle NYK PF,C
4 33 Zion Williamson NOR PF
4 34 LeBron James LAL SF
4 35 Khris Middleton MIL SG,SF
4 36 Brandon Ingram NOR SG,SF
4 37 Myles Turner IND C
4 38 Tobias Harris PHI SF,PF
4 39 Christian Wood HOU PF
4 40 Clint Capela ATL C
4 41 De'Aaron Fox SAC PG
4 42 Kristaps Porzingis DAL PF,C
4 43 OG Anunoby TOR SF
4 44 Russell Westbrook III LAL PG
4 45 Richaun Holmes SAC C,PF
4 46 John Collins ATL PF,C
4 47 Jaren Jackson Jr. MEM PF
4 48 Dejounte Murray SAS PG
4 49 Malcolm Brogdon IND PG,SG
5 50 Lonzo Ball CHI PG
5 51 CJ McCollum POR PG, SG
5 52 Jusuf Nurkic POR C
5 53 Anthony Edwards MIN SG,SF
5 54 Tyrese Haliburton SAC PG,SG
5 55 Mikal Bridges PHO SF
5 56 Pascal Siakam TOR PF
5 57 Robert Williams III BOS C
5 58 Ja Morant MEM PG
5 59 Derrick White SAS PG
5 60 Jarrett Allen CLE C
5 61 Terry Rozier CHA PG,SG
6 62 Kyle Lowry MIA PG
6 63 Ben Simmons PHI PG,SF
6 64 Caris LeVert IND SF,SG
6 65 Gordon Hayward CHA SG,SF
6 66 Jonas Valanciunas NOR C
6 67 DeMar DeRozan CHI SG,SF
6 68 Darius Garland CLE PG
6 69 Spencer Dinwiddie WAS PG
6 70 Marcus Smart BOS PG,SG
6 71 Jerami Grant DET SF,PF
6 72 Isaiah Stewart DET PF,C
6 73 Bogdan Bogdanovic ATL SG,SF
6 74 Collin Sexton CLE PG,SG
6 75 Cade Cunningham DET SF
6 76 Draymond Green GSW PF,C
6 77 Chris Boucher TOR PF,C
6 78 Mike Conley UTH PG
6 79 P.J. Washington CHA PF
6 80 Devonte' Graham NOR PG
6 81 Mitchell Robinson NYK C
7 82 Robert Covington POR SF,PF
7 83 Buddy Hield SAC SG
7 84 Kemba Walker NYK PG
7 85 D'Angelo Russell MIN PG,SG
7 86 Kevin Porter Jr. HOU PG,SF
7 87 Norman Powell POR SG, SF
7 88 Jakob Poeltl SAS C
7 89 Brook Lopez MIL C
7 90 Miles Bridges CHA SF
7 91 Harrison Barnes SAC SF,PF
7 92 Nickeil Alexander-Walker NOR SG,SF
7 93 Jordan Clarkson UTH PG,SG
7 94 Kyle Anderson MEM SG,SF,PF
7 95 Jalen Green HOU SG
8 96 Keldon Johnson SAS SF
8 97 RJ Barrett NYK SF
8 98 Jalen Suggs ORL SG
8 99 Andrew Wiggins GSW SG,SF
8 100 Evan Fournier NYK SG,SF
8 101 Daniel Gafford WAS SF
8 102 Evan Mobley CLE PF,C
8 103 T.J. McConnell IND PG
8 104 Reggie Jackson LAC PG,SG
8 105 Kelly Olynyk DET PF,C
8 106 Thaddeus Young SAS SF,PF
8 107 Wendell Carter Jr. ORL C
8 108 Mo Bamba ORL C
8 109 Jonathan Isaac ORL PF,SF
8 110 Nerlens Noel NYK C
8 111 Saddiq Bey DET SF,PF
8 112 Khem Birch TOR PF,C
8 113 Jaden McDaniels MIN PF
8 114 Bojan Bogdanovic UTH SG,SF
8 115 Jae'Sean Tate HOU SF,PF
9 116 Duncan Robinson MIA SG,SF
9 117 De'Anthony Melton MEM PG
9 118 Mason Plumlee CHA PF,C
9 119 Ivica Zubac LAC C
9 120 Joe Ingles UTH SG,SF
9 121 Al Horford BOS PF,C
9 122 Malik Beasley MIN PG, SG
9 123 Nicolas Claxton BKN PF,C
9 124 Montrezl Harrell WAS PF,C
9 125 Larry Nance Jr. POR PF,C
9 126 Dennis Schroder BOS PG
9 127 Marcus Morris Sr. LAC SF,PF
9 128 De'Andre Hunter ATL SF
9 129 Kevin Huerter ATL SG
9 130 Klay Thompson GSW SG,SF
9 131 Dillon Brooks MEM SF
9 132 Lauri Markkanen CLE PF
9 133 Will Barton DEN SG,SF
9 134 Seth Curry PHI PG, SG
9 135 Josh Giddey OKC PG,SG
9 136 Kelly Oubre Jr. CHA SF
9 137 Scottie Barnes TOR SG,SF
9 138 Bobby Portis Jr. MIL PF,C
9 139 Aaron Gordon DEN SF,PF
9 140 Isaiah Roby OKC PF,C
9 141 Aleksej Pokusevski OKC SG,SF
10 142 Chuma Okeke ORL PF
10 143 Andre Drummond PHI C
10 144 Steven Adams MEM C
10 145 Killian Hayes DET PG,SG
10 146 Kyle Kuzma WAS SF,PF
10 147 Tyler Herro MIA SG
10 148 Desmond Bane MEM SG
10 149 Royce O'Neale UTH SF
10 150 Patrick Williams CHI F
10 151 Tyrese Maxey PHI SG
10 152 Eric Bledsoe LAC PG,SG
10 153 Derrick Favors OKC PF,C
10 154 James Wiseman GSW C
10 155 Joe Harris BKN SG,SF
10 156 Rui Hachimura WAS PF
10 157 Danilo Gallinari ATL SF,PF
10 158 Tim Hardaway Jr. DAL SG,SF
11 159 Darius Bazley OKC PF
11 160 Marvin Bagley III SAC PF
11 161 Donte DiVincenzo MIL SG
11 162 Kawhi Leonard LAC SG,SF
11 163 Gary Trent Jr. TOR SG,SF
11 164 Monte Morris DEN PG
11 165 Derrick Rose NYK PG
11 166 Matisse Thybulle PHI SG
11 167 Jordan Poole GSW PG,SG
11 168 Franz Wagner ORL SG,SF
11 169 Enes Kanter BOS C
11 170 Cole Anthony ORL PG,SG
11 171 Isaac Okoro CLE SG,SF
11 172 Terrence Ross ORL SG,SF
11 173 Dorian Finney-Smith DAL SF,PF
11 174 Brandon Clarke MEM PF
11 175 Facundo Campazzo DEN PG
11 176 Daniel Theis HOU PF,C
11 177 Luguentz Dort OKC SF
11 178 Moses Brown DAL C
11 179 Jalen Brunson DAL PG
11 180 John Wall HOU PG
11 181 Josh Hart NOP SG,SF
11 182 Davis Bertans WAS PF,C
12 183 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope LAL SG,SF
12 184 Delon Wright DAL PG,SG
12 185 Danny Green PHI SG,SF
12 186 Immanuel Quickley NYK PG,SG
12 187 Victor Oladipo MIA PG,SG
12 188 Kenyon Martin Jr. HOU SF
12 189 Serge Ibaka LAC PF,C
12 190 Jae Crowder PHO SF,PF
12 191 Terance Mann LAC SG,SF
12 192 Xavier Tillman MEM PF
12 193 Cam Reddish ATL PG
12 194 Coby White CHI PG
12 195 Nicolas Batum CHA SG,SF
12 196 Hassan Whiteside UTH C
12 197 Ricky Rubio CLE PG
12 198 Markelle Fultz ORL PG,SG
12 199 Lonnie Walker IV SAS SG
13 200 Jamal Murray DEN PG
13 201 Cameron Johnson PHO PF
13 202 Jalen McDaniels CHA SF
13 203 Kevin Love CLE PF,C
13 204 Josh Richardson BOS SG,SF
13 205 Malachi Flynn TOR PG
13 206 Alec Burks NYK SG
13 207 Goran Dragic TOR PG,SG
13 208 Reggie Bullock NYK SG,SF
13 209 Blake Griffin DET PF,C
13 210 Precious Achiuwa TOR PF
13 211 Juan Toscano-Anderson GSW SF,PF
13 212 Kendrick Nunn MIA PG
13 213 Thomas Bryant WAS C
13 214 Justin Holiday IND SF,SG
13 215 Doug McDermott SAS SF,PF
13 216 Josh Jackson DET SG,SF
13 217 Otto Porter Jr. GSW SF, PF
13 218 Naz Reid MIN C
13 219 Tomas Satoransky NOR PG, SG
13 220 Luke Kennard LAC SG
13 221 Goga Bitadze IND C
13 222 Lou Williams LAC PG,SG
13 223 Theo Maledon OKC PG
13 224 Paul Millsap DEN PF,C
13 225 Carmelo Anthony POR SF,PF
13 226 LaMarcus Aldridge SAS PF,C
13 227 T.J. Warren IND SF, PF
13 228 Dario Saric PHO PF,C,SF
13 229 Dewayne Dedmon N/A C
13 230 Dwight Howard PHI PF,C
13 231 Maxi Kleber DAL PF
13 232 Cody Zeller CHA PF,C
13 233 Hamidou Diallo DET SG,SF
13 234 Dwight Powell DAL PF,C
13 235 DeAndre Jordan BKN C
13 236 Rudy Gay SAS SF,PF
13 237 Derrick Jones Jr. POR SF
13 238 Elfrid Payton NYK PG
13 239 Nemanja Bjelica SAC PF
13 240 Marc Gasol LAL C
13 241 Moses Moody GSW PG,SG
13 242 Jonathan Kuminga GSW SF,PF
13 243 Ty Jerome OKC SG
13 244 Obi Toppin NYK SF,PF
13 245 Marquese Chriss GSW PF
13 246 Tristan Thompson BOS PF,C
13 247 Jeremy Lamb IND SG,SF
13 248 Troy Brown Jr. WAS SF
13 249 P.J. Tucker HOU SF, PF
13 250 Eric Gordon HOU SG


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