NCAAB · Men's D-I · 2025-26
Risers
Returning players who took a leap from last season — led by year-over-year BPM jump (role-adjusted, not raw counting-stat inflation). Toggle to Returning Leaders for the veterans who stayed. Transfers that moved up a level and still produced are flagged. Filter by conference, tier, class, transfer, or any stat.
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Two lenses share one population. Biggest Leaps sorts by year-over-year improvement in role-adjusted impact, which rewards efficiency and expanded responsibility rather than the raw counting-stat inflation that comes with more minutes. Returning Leaders sorts by current-season impact instead. A transfer who moved up a level and kept producing is the strongest signal on the board, because it controls for competition; a move down a level is flagged separately for the same reason.
Tier
Class
Pos
Level
MIN GP/MPG gate on season games; GP/MPG columns show the selected competition.Stat3 shownPlayerTeamMove
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C. WestryChance Westry
GSoMid-Major
UAB
→↓ Down+8.3-2.2 → +8.3+10.53230.515.53.85.51.30.51.924.4%48.7%0.724.1%4.270.8%57.4%▸
R. BlumsRoberts Blums
GSoMid-Major
DAVReturned+7.4-4.0 → +7.4+11.43122.312.13.41.10.60.01.027.0%45.7%2.340.6%1.562.7%59.7%▸
K. ParkerK'Jei Parker
GJrMid-Major
MASS
→↑ Up+4.3-5.6 → +4.3+10.03320.810.71.92.00.70.01.422.9%44.5%1.940.8%1.690.0%60.8%Leap = year-over-year ΔBPM (role-adjusted). Prev→Now shows prior-season BPM → current. Click a row to expand the full year-by-year arc; ↑ Up / ↓ Down flag a competition-tier move.
Glossary — Advanced Stats
BPMBox Plus/Minus — points per 100 possessions above an average player, estimated from the box score (team- and opponent-adjusted).
O-BPM / D-BPMThe offensive and defensive halves of BPM — they sum to BPM.
VORPValue Over Replacement Player — BPM-based value above a replacement-level player, scaled by minutes played.
PERPlayer Efficiency Rating — per-minute production distilled to one number; league average is 15.
ORtg / DRtgOffensive / Defensive Rating — points produced / allowed per 100 possessions.
NetNet Rating — ORtg minus DRtg.
WSWin Shares — estimated wins a player contributed (offense + defense).
O-WS / D-WSThe offensive and defensive halves of Win Shares.
Est WEstimated Wins added — an impact-model estimate of wins the player contributed.
Box CrBox Creation — estimated open shots created for teammates per 100 possessions.
USG%Usage Rate — share of team possessions a player uses while on the floor.
AST%Assist Rate — share of teammate field goals a player assisted while on the floor.
REB%Rebound Rate — share of available rebounds a player grabbed while on the floor.
OREB% / DREB%Offensive / Defensive Rebound Rate — share of available offensive / defensive rebounds a player grabbed while on the floor.
STL%Steal Rate — share of opponent possessions a player ends with a steal while on the floor.
BLK%Block Rate — share of opponent 2-point attempts a player blocks while on the floor.
TOV%Turnover Rate — turnovers per 100 possessions the player used (lower is better).
Rate-stat colorsREB%/OREB%/DREB%/STL%/BLK%/TOV% are shaded WITHIN position group — ranked against same-position peers (a guard vs guards, a center vs centers), since rebounding and blocks are position-dominated. AST% is the exception: it’s shaded league-wide (absolute), since playmaking isn’t position-gated — a 27% creator reads greener than a 13% connector regardless of position.
TS%True Shooting % — scoring efficiency that accounts for 2s, 3s, and free throws.
eFG%Effective FG% — field-goal % that credits a made 3 as 1.5× a made 2.
QuadNCAA Quadrant — game quality by opponent rank + venue (Q1 = best wins … Q4 = weakest).
About NCAAB Risers
Returning players who took a real leap from their prior season, ranked by how far they moved — the returning-player counterpart to the Big Board, which skews toward freshmen and prospects.
How to read it
Two lenses share one population. Biggest Leaps sorts by year-over-year improvement in role-adjusted impact, which rewards efficiency and expanded responsibility rather than the raw counting-stat inflation that comes with more minutes. Returning Leaders sorts by current-season impact instead. A transfer who moved up a level and kept producing is the strongest signal on the board, because it controls for competition; a move down a level is flagged separately for the same reason.
Where the numbers come from
Improvement is measured against a gated prior season, so a thin or noisy baseline cannot manufacture a jump, and a current-quality floor keeps the board to players who are net positive now rather than merely less bad than last year. Each row carries the full current stat line and a year-by-year history.
Who it's for
For scouting returning talent and for separating genuine development from a player who simply started playing more.
What the College basketball stats mean
GP / MPGGames played and minutes per game.
REB CHCRebound chances — rebounds that were actually available to a player, not just the ones he grabbed. Useful for separating opportunity from result.
POT ASTPotential assists — passes that would have been assists if the shot had gone in. Measures playmaking without punishing a teammate’s miss.