2008-2009 Player Rankings

We got together eight of the Cafe’s finest veterans and compiled their cheat sheets to help you prepare for your upcoming fantasy draft. To compile these rankings, each player was assigned a rank by each ranker; the lower this score compared with other players, the better. By combining these lists, we can see both individual preferences and the overall consensus among the rankers. Guards and forwards not ranked by a specific expert received a score of 55 and unranked centers received a score of 35.

Please note that this is a tool for draft preparation; it will not be updated throughout the season. Enjoy, and good luck in your drafts! Don’t be afraid to send a comment or question to the rankers. We would love to hear your feedback.

 

Guards	Avg Rank	r e d	b c	s j i m	n e b	c d o c	g g s	b u s e r	r b l k
Chris Paul	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Kobe Bryant	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Dwyane Wade	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Baron Davis	4.75	4	4	4	5	5	8	4	4
Chauncey Billups	5.125	6	5	5	4	6	6	5	5
Allen Iverson	5.75	5	6	7	7	4	5	6	6
Steve Nash	7.625	10	8	6	8	7	4	9	9
Kevin Martin	7.875	9	7	8	6	8	10	8	7
Deron Williams	8.5	8	11	9	9	9	7	7	8
Jose Calderon	10.25	11	12	10	10	10	9	10	10
Vince Carter	10.5	7	9	11	11	11	11	13	11
Joe Johnson	12.625	12	13	16	13	12	12	11	12
Jason Kidd	13.125	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	14
Mike Dunleavy	13.75	13	10	12	14	17	15	16	13
Mo Williams	15.875	15	16	15	18	16	18	14	15
Brandon Roy	16.25	16	20	17	15	15	14	15	18
Michael Redd	16.75	17	18	18	16	14	17	18	16
Ray Allen	20	18	18	15	14	17	18	21	21
Devin Harris	20.25	19	22	24	21	20	19	20	17
Mike Miller	20.625	22	19	19	20	22	20	22	21
Kevin Durant	21.5	20	27	22	22	24	16	19	22
Andre Miller	21.875	21	25	23	24	23	23	17	19
Jason Terry	22.625	25	17	26	19	19	26	25	24
Jamal Crawford	22.75	23	21	21	23	21	24	24	25
Mike Bibby	28	26	31	27	28	33	30	23	26
Leandro Barbosa	28.375	33	24	30	27	28	25	33	27
Randy Foye	29.125	24	41	29	32	26	32	26	23
Richard Hamilton	30	34	23	38	26	30	31	27	31
T.J. Ford	30.75	29	28	28	33	43	29	28	28
Anthony Parker	33	36	26	41	34	27	36	31	33
Tony Parker	33.875	28	44	33	40	37	27	30	32
Tracy McGrady	33.875	32	38	34	36	29	39	29	34
Manu Ginobili	34.375	27	55	20	31	25	22	50	45
Gilbert Arenas	34.625	39	42	25	25	32	28	46	40
John Salmons	34.625	30	34	48	30	38	34	34	29
Ben Gordon	34.75	38	29	32	29	36	44	35	35
Rajon Rondo	35.625	35	33	36	37	35	37	36	36
Kirk Hinrich	35.875	31	37	31	49	42	35	32	30
Ronnie Brewer	39.75	42	35	40	35	46	38	40	42
Raymond Felton	39.75	41	40	37	39	41	40	39	41
J.R. Smith	40.5	37	47	35	48	39	43	38	37
Jameer Nelson	41.375	44	32	46	46	31	45	49	38
Beno Udrih	42.375	40	48	43	41	40	41	47	39
Raja Bell	42.375	43	30	42	38	55	47	41	43
Monta Ellis	43.625	55	45	39	42	34	33	55	46
Rafer Alston	46.75	49	36	44	50	55	48	45	47
O.J. Mayo	47.75	46	55	55	45	45	55	37	44
Derrick Rose	50.5	55	55	45	52	50	55	43	49
Marcus Williams	50.75	48	55	55	55	48	42	48	55
Chris Duhon	51.125	45	55	55	47	49	55	55	48
Derek Fisher	51.125	55	46	51	44	55	49	55	55
Cuttino Mobley	51.5	55	43	47	51	55	51	55	55
Delonte West	51.625	47	55	55	43	53	55	55	50
Ramon Sessions	51.875	55	55	55	53	55	55	42	45
Daniel Gibson	54	55	55	50	55	55	52	55	55
Earl Watson	52.25	55	55	55	55	44	55	44	55
Mike Conley Jr.	52.75	55	55	55	54	47	46	55	55
Anthony Carter	53.125	55	49	52	55	51	55	55	55
Jamaal Tinsley	53.75	55	51	49	55	55	55	55	55
Luke Ridnour	54	50	55	55	55	52	55	55	55

Forwards	Avg Rank	r e d	b c	s j i m	n e b	c d o c	g g s	b u s e r	r b l k
Lebron James	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Dirk Nowitzki	2.5	2	2	4	3	2	3	2	2
Shawn Marion	3.125	4	3	3	2	4	2	3	4
Kevin Garnett	3.375	3	4	2	4	3	4	4	3
Caron Butler	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Danny Granger	6.14	6	6	7		6	6	6	6
Rashard Lewis	6.75	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7
Josh Smith	9.75	9	13	9	15	8	8	8	8
David West	10.125	8	11	10	9	12	9	12	10
Paul Pierce	10.5	10	9	11	7	11	13	11	12
Jason Richardson	11.125	15	8	8	11	9	16	9	13
Rudy Gay	12	14	14	15	8	10	11	13	11
Andre Iguodala	12.375	13	16	16	10	13	12	10	9
Antawn Jamison	13.25	12	10	13	13	15	15	14	14
Carmelo Anthony	13.5	11	12	14	12	14	14	15	16
Ron Artest	14.25	16	15	12	14	16	10	16	15
Rasheed Wallace	17.42	18		17	16	17	18	18	18
Hedo Turkoglu	17.625	17	18	18	17	18	19	17	17
Gerald Wallace	19.625	19	21	19	18	19	17	19	25
Lamar Odom	20.75	22	19	20	24	20	22	20	19
Josh Howard	22.375	20	23	21	27	21	24	22	21
Peja Stojakovic	23	24	17	23	19	25	21	29	26
Andrei Kirilenko	23.25	23	22	22	20	22	27	30	20
David Lee	24.125	21	26	24	21	26	28	25	22
Stephen Jackson	24.875	29	20	28	23	23	20	27	29
Corey Maggette	25	27	24	27	26	27	25	21	23
Luol Deng	26.375	25	28	29	28	28	26	23	24
Richard Jefferson	27.375	26	27	25	29	31	29	24	28
Michael Beasley	25.375	30	25	26	22	24	23	26	27
Francisco Garcia	30.875	28	31	36	30	30	30	32	30
Shane Battier	34.625	33	55	32	25	32	33	36	31
Jamario Moon	31.625	31	29	35	32	29	32	33	32
Kenyon Martin	33	34	30	33	34	37	34	28	34
Marvin Williams	34.25	32	32	41	33	33	31	39	33
Grant Hill	37.25	39	33	31	37	35	36	40	47
Zach Randolph	37.5	40	36	30	35	45	47	31	36
Ryan Gomes	38.375	37	35	39	36	39	44	35	42
Thaddeus Young	38.875	44	44	34	39	42	35	38	35
Charlie Villanueva	41.125	35	55	55	40	34	37	34	39
Ricky Davis	41.125	46	38	40	31	40	50	41	43
Drew Gooden	41.5	36	48	38	41	41	45	43	40
Tayshaun Prince	43.125	47	40	37	38	46	46	42	49
Hakim Warrick	46.125	41	55	55	43	44	39	55	37
Al Thornton	46.375	43	55	55	47	36	41	48	46
Mickael Pietrus	46.5	48	42	42	52	43	51	44	50
Matt Barnes	46.625	49	55	55	42	48	43	37	44
Jeff Green	47.875	42	55	55	50	38	40	55	48
Wilson Chandler	47.875	38	55	55	49	55	38	55	38
Travis Outlaw	48	45	55	55	44	52	42	50	41
James Posey	48.25	55	39	45	46	47	54	45	55
Udonis Haslem	48.5	50	34	43	53	50	48	55	55
Antonio McDyess	51.125	55	41	44	55	55	49	55	55
Kyle Korver	52	55	43	46	55	55	52	55	55
Linas Kleiza	52.25	55	46	47	48	55	57	55	55
Andres Nocioni	52.5	55	55	55	45	55	55	55	45
Paul Millsap	52.5	55	50	49	54	55	53	49	55
Dorell Wright	52.625	55	55	53	55	55	56	55	55
Bobby Simmons	53.125	55	55	55	55	49	55	46	55
Tim Thomas	53.5	55	55	50	55	55	58	55	55
Vlad Radmanovic	53.5	55	47	51	55	55	55	55	55
James Jones	53.875	55	49	48	55	55	59	55	55
Luis Scola	53.875	55	55	55	55	54	55	47	55
Tyrus Thomas	54.5	55	55	55	51	55	55	55	55
Yi Jianlian	54.5	55	55	55	55	51	55	55	55
Amir Johnson	54.75	55	55	55	55	53	55	55	55
Eduardo Najera	54.75	55	51	52	55	55	60	55	55

Centers	Avg Rank	r e d	b c	s j i m	n e b	c d o c	g g s	b u s e r	r b l k
Amare Stoudemire	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Elton Brand	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Chris Bosh	3.125	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3
Marcus Camby	4.25	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	6
Pau Gasol	5.25	4	6	6	5	5	6	5	5
Carlos Boozer	6.5	6	7	7	7	7	8	6	4
Yao Ming	6.75	10	5	5	6	6	5	8	9
Al Jefferson	8.25	8	10	8	9	8	9	7	7
Tim Duncan	8.375	7	9	10	8	9	7	9	8
Andrew Bynum	9.875	9	8	9	11	12	10	10	10
Chris Kaman	11.5	11	11	12	10	10	11	12	15
Mehmet Okur	12.375	12	12	13	13	11	12	14	12
Andris Biedrins	13.125	15	13	11	12	13	17	13	11
LaMarcus Aldridge	15.5	13	15	14	15	19	19	15	14
Brad Miller	17.5	20	14	15	14	16	24	20	17
Dwight Howard	17.625	17	23	20	19	25	13	11	13
Andrew Bogut	17.875	18	21	19	21	14	18	16	16
Samuel Dalembert	18.5	22	16	16	16	20	16	19	23
Greg Oden	19	23	17	17	17	15	20	21	22
Emeka Okafor	19.5	19	22	22	23	18	14	18	20
Tyson Chandler	19.5	21	20	21	20	17	15	23	19
Jermaine O’Neal	21	14	18	35	18	21	21	17	24
Al Horford	21.25	16	24	18	25	22	23	24	18
Troy Murphy	22.625	25	19	24	22	23	25	22	21
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	23.875	24	20	23	26	24	22	27	25
Al Harrington	26.75	35	25	25	24	26	27	26	26
Kevin Love	31	35	35	35	35	28	26	25	29
Joakim Noah	31.25	35	35	35	27	27	35	29	27
Nene Hilario	31.625	35	35	35	29	35	28	28	28
Nick Collison	32.125	35	35	35	28	29	35	30	30
Brendan Haywood	32.25	35	35	30	30	33	29	31	35
Chris Wilcox	34.375	35	35	35	35	30	35	35	35

 

Legend: red = RedHopeful bc = baller crimson (Jonathan Huang) sjim = silentjim neb = nebgib5 cdoc = Caveman Doctor ggs = ggs buser = mbuser (Matt Buser) rblk = Rounders Block (Justin Phan)

  
Settings & Rosters

Settings:
• 13 round draft assuming the standard 9 categories (PTS, 3PTM, REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO, FG%, FT%).
• Rotisserie scoring, non-keeper league.
Roster Requirements:
• PG, SG, G, SF, PF, F, C, C, Util, Util, BN, BN, BN
 
Special thanks to all of the rankers for their time and effort in helping to create this set of rankings.

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