Basketball recruiting 2026 workforce rankings: Kansas lands prime participant, however one other program is No. 1

The switch portal has modified school basketball, look no additional than Michigan’s remade roster that led the Wolverines to the nationwide championship this April.

However highschool recruiting nonetheless stays necessary. Do not imagine us? Take a look at the 2026 NBA Draft. 9 of the highest 10 projected picks on this 12 months’s draft had been within the 2025 recruiting class.

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Tyran Stokes, the consensus No. 1 participant within the 2026 class, dedicated to Kansas on April 28, giving Invoice Self one more blue-chip prospect in a recruiting class that features 5 gamers inside the highest 150.

Rock Chalk: With Tyran Stokes dedication, Kansas simply pulled off offseason’s largest win

Who has greatest haul up to now? Faculty basketball switch portal workforce rankings

However that is not sufficient to place the Jayhawks atop USA TODAY Sports activities’ 2026 recruiting workforce rankings. See who picked up the highest spot and take a look at the total prime 25 beneath.

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Participant rankings are the typical place from 247Sports, Rivals/On3, ESPN and Prep Hoops rankings.

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1. Duke (4 commits)

• PF Cam Williams (Phoenix, AZ); No. 4.6

• PG Deron Rippey Jr. (Blairstown, NJ); No. 9.6

• SF Bryson Howard (Frisco, TX); No. 14.8

• C Maxime Meyer (Bradenton, FL); No. 78

2. Arkansas (4 commits)

• SG Jordan Smith Jr. (Fairfax, VA); No. 3.6

• SG JJ Andrews (Little Rock, AR); No. 18.8

• SF Abdou Toure (West Haven, CT); No. 19

3. Kansas (5 commits)

• PF Tyran Stokes (Seattle, WA); No. 1

• PG Taylen Kinney (Atlanta, GA); No. 18.5

• C Davion Adkins (Fort Lauderdale, FL); No. 55.3

• SF Trent Perry (Branson, MO); No. 106.3

• SG Luke Barnett (Santa Ana, CA); No. 138

4. USC (3 commits)

• PF Christian Collins (Bellflower, CA); No. 6.3

• PF Adonis Ratliff (White Plains, NY); No. 18

• C Darius Ratliff (White Plains, NY); No. 22.5

5. Michigan (6 commits)

• PG Brandon McCoy Jr. (Chatsworth, CA); No. 13.5

• PF Quinn Costello (Boston, MA); No. 33

• SF Lincoln Cosby (Montverde, FL); No. 42

• SG Joseph Hartman (Gainesville FL); No. 96.3

• SF Malachi Brown (Knoxville, TN); N/A

• C Marcus Moller (Spain); N/A

6. Michigan State (4 commits)

• SG Jasiah Jervis (White Plains, NY); No. 28.8

• C Ethan Taylor (Shawnee, KS); No. 30

• PG Carlos Medlock Jr. (Branson, MO); No. 43.5

• PF Julius Avent (Oradell, NJ); No. 86

7. Missouri (3 commits)

• G Jason Crowe Jr. (Ingelwood, CA); No. 10.3

• PF Tony Bryant (Orlando, FL); No. 24.5

• SG Aidan Chronister (Fayetteville, AR); No. 81.3

8. Alabama (3 commits)

• SG Qayden Samuels (Forestville, MD); No. 28.8

• SF Jaxon Richardson (Orlando, FL); No. 31

• SG Tarris Bouie (Geneva, OH); No. 51.8

9. Oklahoma State (4 commits)

• PF Latrell Almond (Petersburg, VA); No. 30.5

• SF Anthony Felesi (Hurricane, UT); No. 40.5

• SF Jalen Montonati (Owasso, OK); No. 76.5

• G Parker Robinson (Atlanta, GA); No. 142

10. Maryland (4 commits)

• SF Baba Oladotun (Silver Spring, MD); No. 12

• G Kaden Home (Chandler, AZ); No. 44.3

• PF Adama Tambedou (Putnam, CT); No. 119.3

• SF Austin Brown (Lufkin, TX); No. 161

11. Texas (4 commits)

• SF Austin Goosby (Dallas, TX); No. 30

• SG Bo Ogden (Austin, TX); No. 40.5

• G Joe Sterling (Studio Metropolis, CA); No. 113

• C Coleman Elkins (Blairstown, NJ); N/A

12. Purdue (5 commits)

• PG Luke Ertel (Fortville, IN); No. 46.5

• SF Jacob Webber (LaPorte, IN); No. 59.3

• C Sinan Huan (North Bethesda, MD); No. 73

• C Jamyn Sondrup (Springville, UT); No. 138

• PF Rivers Knight (LaPorte, IN); N/A

13. Arizona (2 commits)

• SG Caleb Holt (Fort Lauderdale, FL); No. 4

• SG Cameron Holmes (Goodyear, AZ); No. 40.8

14. Baylor (2 commits)

• G Dylan Mingo (Glen Head, NY); No. 5.3

• SF Elijah Williams (San Antonio, TX); No. 45

15. Illinois (5 commits)

• SG Quentin Coleman (St. Louis, MO); No. 31.3

• SG Lucas Morillo (Boston, MA); No. 53.5

• G Ethan Brown (Rolla, MO); No. 139

• PF Landon Davis (Waukee, IA); No. 172

• PF Zavier Zens (Milwaukee, WI); N/A

16. Houston (2 commits)

• C Arafan Diane (Norwalk, IA); No. 17.3

• G Ikenna Alozie (Glendale, AZ); No. 44.8

17. UConn (2 commits)

• SF Colben Landrew (Marietta, GA); No. 22.5

• G Junior County (Mount Nice, UT); No. 48.3

18. Tennessee (4 commits)

• SF Chris Washington Jr. (Murfreesboro, TN); No. 49.3

• SF Ralph Scott (Bradenton, FL); No. 58

• SF Manny Inexperienced (Ellenwood, GA); No. 106

• PG Marquis Clark (Chicago, IL); No. 179

19. Indiana (3 commits)

• SF Vaughn Karvala (Scottsdale, AZ); No. 57.8

• SF Trevor Manhertz (Arden, NC); No. 69

• G Prince-Alexander Moody (Forestville, MD); No. 85

20. Florida State (7 commits)

• C Marcis Ponder (Springfield, VA); No. 61.8

• G Martay Barnes (Orlando, FL); No. 81

• SG Brandon Bass Jr. (Windermere, FL); No. 107.3

• SF Collin Paul (Fort Lauderdale, FL); No. 108.3

• PG Jasen Lopez (Hollywood, FL); No. 136

• SG Elisee Assui (Italy); N/A

• SG JD Jones (Paradise Valley, AZ); N/A

21. Mississippi State (3 commits)

• C Tristan Reed (Branson, MO); No. 56.5

• G Willie Burnett III (Washington, DC); No. 88.3

• SF Jalyn Collingwood (Springfield, VA); No. 126.7

22. Stanford (5 commits)

• SF Aziz Olajuwon (Bradenton, FL); No. 67

• SG Julius Value (Santa Maria, CA); No. 92

• SG Elias Obenyah (Richmond, CA); No. 101.5

• PG Slim Rogers (Corona, CA); No. 105.7

• PF Drew Anderson (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA); No. 156

23. Vanderbilt (3 commits)

• SF Ethan Mgbako (Mouth of Wilson, VA); No. 73.5

• PG Anthony Brown (Washington, DC); No. 77

• C Jackson Sheffield (Hoover, AL); No. 113.8

24. Georgia Tech (4 commits)

• G Kayden Allen (Glen Head, NY); No. 59.8

• PF Moustapha Diop (Atlanta, GA); No. 100.7

• G Kaiden Bailey (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA); No. 124.5

• PG Haiden Harper (Auburn, AL); N/A

25. West Virginia (4 commits)

• PG Miles Sadler (Scottsdale, AZ); No. 24

• C Amadou Seini (Scottsdale, AZ); No. 129

• C Aliou Dioum (Scottsdale, AZ); No. 138.5

• G Keonte Greybear (Lewisville, TX); No. 183

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Simply missed: Ohio State, Pitt, Wake Forest, Iowa State, Gonzaga

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