AJ Dybantsa Tops 2026 NBA Draft Top 75 Big Board as 4 Prospects Separate

3 articles · Updated · NBC Sports · Jun 19

BYU forward AJ Dybantsa heads a new top-75 big board for the 2026 NBA Draft, which opens June 23 in Brooklyn, with Darryn Peterson, Cameron Boozer and Caleb Wilson rounding out a widely favored top tier.
That top four is viewed as a cut above the rest of a class many scouts consider one of the deepest in recent memory, even as the board stresses it ranks talent rather than predicts draft order.
Washington owns the No. 1 pick, and Dybantsa is framed as a clean fit after the Wizards added Trae Young in January, though Peterson's camp has pushed to get the Kansas guard into the top-pick debate.
After Arkansas guard Darius Acuff Jr. at No. 5, the board projects a run on guards before shifting toward frontcourt help, underscoring how teams later in the first round could still find value across the class.