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Biggest Leaps

NCAAB · Men's D-I · 2025-26

Players back for another college season, ranked by how much they improved on the last one — led by the year-over-year BPM jump, which is role-adjusted rather than raw counting-stat inflation. Sort by BPM instead for who is simply best right now. A transfer who moved up a level and still produced is flagged, because that is the hardest version of a leap. Filter by conference, tier, class, school, level or any stat.

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One population, read two ways, and the column you sort by decides which. Sort by LEAP for year-over-year improvement in role-adjusted impact, which rewards efficiency and a bigger responsibility rather than the counting-stat inflation that comes with more minutes. Sort by BPM for how good a player is right now instead. A transfer who moved up a level and kept producing is the strongest signal here, because it controls for competition.

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Levellow-major → mid-major → high-major
MIN GP/MPG gate on season games; GP/MPG columns show the selected competition.
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PlayerTeamMove
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R. BlumsRoberts Blums
DAVDAVGSoMid-Major
DAVDAVStayed+6.9-4.0 → +6.9+10.93122.312.13.41.10.60.01.027.0%45.7%2.340.6%1.562.7%59.7%
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K. ParkerK'Jei Parker
MASSMASSGJrMid-Major
MASSMASSFAMU→MASS↑ Up+4.3-5.5 → +4.3+9.83320.810.71.92.00.70.01.422.9%44.5%1.940.8%1.690.0%60.8%
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K. WashingtonKaleb Washington
FAMUFAMUFSrLow-Major
FAMUFAMUStayed+1.6-8.0 → +1.6+9.62820.58.53.11.41.40.52.024.2%43.9%0.533.3%1.977.3%52.6%

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 Biggest Leaps

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Players back for another college season, ranked by how much they improved on the last one. The counterpart to the Big Board, which skews toward freshmen and prospects.

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