2026 NBA Draft BIG Board V.3

It’s the beginning of a New Year. January is always an exciting time in the draft world. It’s the official time of the year when we start to experience a serious shift in momentum in the draft space.

You can feel the excitement and intrigue building in the air. This month means something in the scouting world for a number of reasons. In college basketball, it’s usually the beginning of conference play, when things start to REALLY get SERIOUS when it comes to evaluation.

After some awesome performances in the opening months of play, this is the time of the year when scouts start to focus on who is really going to take that next step towards solidifying their stock for the upcoming draft class.

Here at No Ceilings, we usually consider January to be “movement time.”

The opening months of Big Board updates are always a bit of a feeler. It’s like dipping your toe in the water before taking a couple of steps back and throwing a massive cannonball in the deep end of the pool.

At No Ceilings, every year has been a similar story. By the third and fourth installments of our BIG Board updates, you start to see some serious momentum for certain prospects.

In case you are new here, as always, allow us to break it down for you:

Every member of the No Ceilings team is given an assignment to submit their own personal Top 60 Big Board Rankings.

From there, the averages are calculated to form one COMPOSITE Top 60 Big Board.

Below are the results.

Stats are as of 1/4/2026 (via RealGM)

An “average ranking” has been listed so you can see the difference or “gap” from one player to another.