{"id":638483,"date":"2026-10-06T22:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T22:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/638483\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T22:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T22:48:10","slug":"nba-fantasy-rankings-category-league-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/638483\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Fantasy Rankings: Category league centers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fresh off a championship run with the New York Knicks, Karl-Anthony Towns ranks among the top fantasy basketball centers this NBA season.<\/p>\n

The 2026-27 fantasy basketball draft season is here. Soon enough, the points and categories won will start to count. It\u2019s the perfect time to review our 9-category center rankings, courtesy of Yahoo Fantasy Basketball analyst Dan Titus.<\/p>\n

Center is an incredibly important position in fantasy, as that\u2019s the position where one of the prime categories is most likely to come from: rebounds. Dan\u2019s overall list is in the table below, and be sure to save and bookmark this page as it\u2019ll be the living, breathing, updating hub for Dan\u2019s center rankings for 9-category drafts.<\/p>\n

Center Draft Rankings (9-Category)<\/p>\n

Rank
\nPlayer
\nPosition
\nTeam<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Nikola Joki\u0107<\/p>\n

C
\nDEN<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Victor Wembanyama<\/p>\n

C
\nSAS<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nMIA<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Karl-Anthony Towns<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nNYK<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Scottie Barnes<\/p>\n

C, PF, SF, SG
\nTOR<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Jalen Duren<\/p>\n

C
\nDET<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Alperen Sengun<\/p>\n

C, PF
\nHOU<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Evan Mobley<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nCLE<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Chet Holmgren<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nOKC<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Walker Kessler<\/p>\n

C
\nLAL<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

Domantas Sabonis<\/p>\n

C, PF
\nSAC<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

Bam Adebayo<\/p>\n

C, PF
\nMIA<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

Anthony Davis<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nWAS<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

Joel Embiid<\/p>\n

C
\nPHI<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

Jaren Jackson Jr.<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nUTA<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

Onyeka Okongwu<\/p>\n

C
\nATL<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

Donovan Clingan<\/p>\n

C
\nPOR<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

Pascal Siakam<\/p>\n

C, PF, SF
\nIND<\/p>\n

19<\/p>\n

Zach Edey<\/p>\n

C
\nMEM<\/p>\n

20<\/p>\n

Ivica Zubac<\/p>\n

C
\nIND<\/p>\n

21<\/p>\n

Alex Sarr<\/p>\n

C, PF
\nWAS<\/p>\n

22<\/p>\n

Kel\u2019el Ware<\/p>\n

C
\nMIL<\/p>\n

23<\/p>\n

Zion Williamson<\/p>\n

C, PF
\nNOP<\/p>\n

24<\/p>\n

Naz Reid<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nCHA<\/p>\n

25<\/p>\n

Jarrett Allen<\/p>\n

C
\nCLE<\/p>\n

26<\/p>\n

Rudy Gobert<\/p>\n

C
\nMIN<\/p>\n

27<\/p>\n

Day\u2019Ron Sharpe<\/p>\n

C
\nBKN<\/p>\n

28<\/p>\n

Nic Claxton<\/p>\n

C
\nCHI<\/p>\n

29<\/p>\n

John Collins<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nDET<\/p>\n

30<\/p>\n

Jabari Smith Jr.<\/p>\n

C, PF
\nHOU<\/p>\n

31<\/p>\n

Neemias Queta<\/p>\n

C
\nBOS<\/p>\n

32<\/p>\n

Khaman Maluach<\/p>\n

C
\nPHX<\/p>\n

33<\/p>\n

Myles Turner<\/p>\n

C
\nMIL<\/p>\n

34<\/p>\n

Jusuf Nurki\u0107<\/p>\n

C
\nUTA<\/p>\n

35<\/p>\n

Isaiah Hartenstein<\/p>\n

C
\nOKC<\/p>\n

36<\/p>\n

Daniel Gafford<\/p>\n

C
\nDAL<\/p>\n

37<\/p>\n

Collin Murray-Boyles<\/p>\n

C, PF
\nTOR<\/p>\n

38<\/p>\n

Derik Queen<\/p>\n

C, PF
\nNOP<\/p>\n

39<\/p>\n

Jakob Poeltl<\/p>\n

C
\nTOR<\/p>\n

40<\/p>\n

Wendell Carter Jr.<\/p>\n

C
\nORL<\/p>\n

41<\/p>\n

Sandro Mamukelashvili<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nLAL<\/p>\n

42<\/p>\n

Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nGSW<\/p>\n

43<\/p>\n

Aaron Gordon<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nDEN<\/p>\n

44<\/p>\n

Moussa Diabat\u00e9<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nCHA<\/p>\n

45<\/p>\n

Bobby Portis Jr.<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nMIA<\/p>\n

46<\/p>\n

Brook Lopez<\/p>\n

C
\nLAC<\/p>\n

47<\/p>\n

Draymond Green<\/p>\n

PF, C
\nGSW<\/p>\n

48<\/p>\n

Paul Reed<\/p>\n

C, PF
\nDET<\/p>\n

49<\/p>\n

P.J. Washington<\/p>\n

C, PF, SF
\nDAL<\/p>\n

50<\/p>\n

Oso Ighodaro<\/p>\n

C, PF
\nPHX<\/p>\n

Click here to see Dan Titus\u2019 full center list.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh off a championship run with the New York Knicks, Karl-Anthony Towns ranks among the top fantasy basketball…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,288136,105],"class_list":["post-638483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-nba-fantasy-rankings-category-league-centers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}