Top 25 regardless of class: Ranking the best players of 2026, 2027 and 2028

High schoolhouse nine hoops play is successful afloat swing. The large circuits person crisscrossed the country, with assemblage coaches successful attendance to ticker their apical recruiting priorities and uncover rising talent.

In today's ever-evolving recruiting scenery -- affected by the transportation portal, contiguous eligibility and NIL -- the worth of aboriginal recruitment for underclassmen is up for debate. Coaches proceed to enactment the baselines, and offers are flying, but what those offers genuinely mean is yet up to each subordinate and family. One happening remains certain: recruiting ne'er stops.

Since ESPN's past rankings update, the 2025 people has graduated. We've attended much than 20 large events and reviewed hundreds of games of movie -- including the U16 USA hoops trials implicit Memorial Day weekend. It's present clip to grow the rankings, to the ESPNW Top 100 for the 2026 class, the Super 60 for 2027 and the Terrific 25 for 2028.

But these players aren't conscionable competing against others successful their ain year. How bash the champion players crossed the 2026, 2027 and 2028 classes stack up collectively? The results are a combined apical 25 ranking of aboriginal assemblage and pro stars, with much value fixed to semipermanent projection.

A enactment astir immoderate of the names connected this list: Several players missed important clip with injury, and whitethorn beryllium ranked little arsenic a result.

1. Saniyah Hall, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 1 | G | 6-0 | Montverde Academy (FL)/Legends U P24 | Uncommitted

One of the nation's preeminent scorers, Hall is simply a physical, originative defender who tin people from anywhere. She punishes defenders successful the station and uses her magnitude and spot to decorativeness done interaction astatine the rim. She's an elite rival who seeks retired the toughest matchups -- and usually delivers. Hall is besides becoming much well-rounded arsenic she begins to asseverate herself defensively. Has visited South Carolina, UCLA, North Carolina, USC and Ohio State.

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2. Oliviyah Edwards, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 2 | F | 6-3 | Elite Sports Academy (WA)/Northwest Greyhounds 3SSB | Uncommitted

Edwards' framework and athleticism acceptable her apart. She handles the shot good with a bully shooting stroke, and blocking her retired is astir impossible. She destroys opponents connected the solid and tin defender immoderate position. Edwards' assertiveness sometimes wavers, but erstwhile it emerges, ticker out. Her matchup against Kaleena Smith connected the astir caller Adidas 3SSB halt near small uncertainty she's ascended to different level.

3. Kaleena Smith, people of 2027

2027 ESPNW 60 ranking: 1 | PG | 5-6 | Ontario Christian (CA) /7 Days Basketball 3SSB | Uncommitted

Despite her size and age, Smith is 1 of the champion players successful the country. She's rather an businesslike shot-maker but adjacent erstwhile she isn't scoring, she's mounting up a teammate for a shot. Smith is relaxed connected the tribunal and navigates antiaircraft schemes with ease. She's becoming a much vocal leader, too. Smith's recruitment has been wide-ranging, and she said she's been successful interaction with UConn, USC, TCU, Notre Dame, UCLA and South Carolina.

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4. Olivia Vukosa, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 3 | P | 6-4 | Christ the King (NY)/Philly Rise EYBL | Uncommitted

Vukosa is simply a skilled, mobile large who gracefully runs the level and tin agelong defenses beyond the arc. Still, her top interaction comes successful the paint, wherever she's among the champion successful the state astatine posting, sealing and finishing done contact. She's already a high-level rebounder with country to beryllium adjacent much aggressive, and she's shown flashes this outpouring of however she tin thrive successful next-level actions. Her last recruiting database consists of Texas, South Carolina, UConn, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio State and LSU.

5. Kate Harpring, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 4 | G | 5-10 | Marist School (GA)/Southeast All Stars 3SSB | Uncommitted

Harpring is simply a tough, carnal combo defender who thrives disconnected the bounce, getting to her pull-up oregon finishing astatine the rim. Her improving three-point changeable adds different furniture to her game. Defensively, she's fearless and embraces challenging matchups. With however often she draws contact, continued maturation astatine the escaped propulsion enactment would elevate her adjacent further. There are fewer guards similar her nationally. She's taken authoritative visits to UCLA, North Carolina, Iowa and Vanderbilt, and has offers from astir each large program, including UConn, South Carolina, Duke, Texas and Tennessee.

6. Jerzy Robinson, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 5 | G | 6-0 | Sierra Canyon (CA)/Sports Academy Swish EYBL | Uncommitted

Another carnal guard, Robinson confidently plays bully ball. She's comfy astatine either defender spot and has improved her shooting volume. Developing much violative ratio volition dictate her eventual ceiling, but for present Robinson benefits from a precocious measurement of escaped propulsion attempts. She was known arsenic a facilitator aboriginal successful her career, and that passing has started to amusement up erstwhile again, giving her crippled much-needed balance. She's a competitory defender and rebounder. Robinson's recruitment includes UConn, LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee, USC and UCLA.

7. Tatianna Griffin, people of 2028

2028 ESPNW 25 ranking: 1 | G | 6-0 | Ontario Christian (CA)/Team Why Not EYBL | Uncommitted

The rising sophomore is already dominating the 17U EYBL circuit with a uncommon physicality and polished perimeter game, averaging 18.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists done 2 sessions. Griffin's effectual grip allows her to make disconnected the bounce, and erstwhile a defender is connected her hip, it's over. She's an elite finisher with a complementary pull-up jumper and emerging 3-point shot, making her a nightmare to support 1-on-1. She's besides a determined defender. Expect each large programme to enlistee her.

8. Ivanna Wilson-Manyacka, people of 2027

2027 ESPNW 60 ranking: 2 | W/F | 6-2 | Bullis School (MD)/WV Thunder UA | Uncommitted

Few tin lucifer Wilson-Manyacka's operation of finesse, accomplishment and carnal force. She's improved her perimeter changeable implicit the past twelvemonth and added creativity to her handle. Defensively, she defends each 5 positions and is simply a two-way rebounder. Her violative ratio volition lone get amended arsenic she adds immoderate elemental elements to her game, specified arsenic moving without the shot and utilizing her talented rip-and-go to get defenders connected her hep -- and truthful astatine her mercy. Wilson-Manyacka's recruitment volition diagnostic apical programs from crossed the country.

9. Caroline Bradley, people of 2027

2027 ESPNW 60 ranking: 3 | P | 6-5 | Oak Grove HS (LA)/Arkansas Mavericks UA | Uncommitted

Bradley blends old-school physicality successful the overgarment with modern level spacing. She's a physical, diligent scorer with either manus successful the post, and has developed a bully pull-up jumper to antagonistic changeless double- and triple-teams. Her improved off-ball question and catch-and-shoot skills volition assistance successful shot surface actions successful college. Defensively, her footwork and method let her to play without fouling. She's the wide champion station successful her class, and elite programs are monitoring her progress.

10. Jezelle Banks, people of 2027

2027 ESPNW 60 ranking: 4 | PG | 5-8 | St. James Academy (VA)/Team Durant | Uncommitted

Banks is simply a joyful, entertaining constituent defender who is becoming much businesslike contempt her precocious usage rate. She's averaging an awesome 17.2 points, 5.2 assists (with a 2:1 assistance to turnover ratio) and 2.6 steals per crippled with Team Durant. She's becoming much nuanced and diligent speechmaking defenses successful the pick-and-roll, and her added shooting scope has made her tougher to defend. Banks is besides a savvy on-ball defender and rebounder for a pb guard. She seldom discusses her recruitment publicly, but each the large conferences are pursuing her. Expect Banks to constrictive her database soon.

11. McKenna Woliczko, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 6 | F | 6-2 | Archbishop Mitty (CA)/Jason Kidd Select P24 | Uncommitted

Woliczko won't play this summer, aft missing astir of inferior play with a genu injury. But she was stuffing the stat expanse earlier she went down, showing improved shooting and range. A blue-collar guardant who rebounds arsenic good arsenic anyone successful the state connected the violative glass, Woliczko's centrifugal is her assertion to fame. Her apical 10 schools: Florida State, Iowa, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, South Carolina, Stanford, Texas, Vanderbilt and USC.

12. Trinity Jones, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 7 | G | 6-1 | Bolingbrook HS (IL)/Mac Irvin Fire P24 | Uncommitted

A highly talented large defender with the vertical leap to elevate connected jumpers and decorativeness astatine the rim, Jones' elite skills rival anyone successful the country. She missed the precocious schoolhouse play with a genu wounded but returned arsenic aggravated and fierce arsenic ever successful the spring, peculiarly defensively. There's nary bounds connected her potential. She's looking heavy astatine LSU, TCU (which she has already officially visited), North Carolina, Clemson, Tennessee and Ole Miss.

13. Jordyn Jackson, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 8 | G/W | 6-1 | Sidwell Friends (DC)/Team Durant | Uncommitted

Jackson is improvement personified. Known for her framework and intensity, she refined her skills crossed the committee this twelvemonth to go a much businesslike full-time perimeter player. She tin interruption defenders down disconnected the dribble with a choky grip and attacking angles, and she tin powerfulness her mode to the rim for finishes disconnected of 2 feet. Most importantly, her abilities arsenic a shooter unit defenses to respect her jumper. She could marque a tally up the recruiting rankings earlier her precocious schoolhouse vocation is over. Jackson narrowed her recruitment to TCU, Alabama, Maryland, Ohio State, South Carolina and Miami.

14. Brihanna Crittendon, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 9 | F | 6-3 | Riverdale Ridge (CO)/Jason Kidd Select P24

The 2026 people is loaded with plaything forwards similar Crittendon, who has ever shown bully shooting interaction and gets casual buckets wrong due to the fact that of her size. She started to amusement her physicality and centrifugal much often astatine the extremity of this past precocious schoolhouse play and has sustained that consistency successful the nine circuit. Crittendon has scheduled visits with Tennessee, UCLA, Colorado and TCU, and is moving connected scheduling Texas and USC. She considers her recruitment wide open.

15. Jacy Abii, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 10 | G/W | 6-2 | Legion Prep (TX)/It's Fox Nation UA

Abii is different elite imaginable who missed her precocious schoolhouse play with a genu wounded and hasn't played nine yet either -- though she is expected to instrumentality soon. She's a large facilitator, cardinal scorer and long-range shooter who keeps her attack simple. She is besides a workhorse connected the solid and tin defender aggregate positions. Abii has taken authoritative visits to Notre Dame, Oregon, UCLA, North Carolina and TCU. She has scheduled Duke, LSU and Tennessee for the autumn and whitethorn adhd others.

16. Maddyn Greenway, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 11 | PG | 5-8 | Providence Academy (MN)/North Tartan EYBL | Committed to Kentucky Wildcats

Greenway's end-to-end velocity rivals that of immoderate precocious schooler. She pushes gait and instantly puts unit connected the paint. A smaller guard, she packs immoderate superior punch with her spot --it helps she's a multi-sport jock ( soccer, way and field). Greenway has evolved from a scoring combo defender to much of a constituent defender who distributes for others. But erstwhile it's clip to score, she'll bash truthful with volume, too. Greenway's a feisty defender wherever her competitiveness shines through.

17. Bella Flemings, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 12 | G | 6-0 | Brennan HS (TX)/San Antonio Finest UA | Uncommitted

A poised, carnal combo guard, Flemings uses her intelligence attack to marque others better. She has the spot and physicality of a forward, which helps her leverage interaction connected drives to decorativeness oregon administer to others. She is ultra-fundamental and is shooting the 3 with increasing efficiency. Her pull-up jumper and rebounding acceptable her apart, and her versatile framework allows her to log minutes astatine aggregate spots. She has 4 authoritative visits scheduled, and plans to perpetrate "to a beardown civilization and household environment" by mid-to-late October.

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18. Addison Bjorn, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 13 | W | 6-1 | Park Hill South (MO)/All Iowa Attack EYBL | Uncommitted

Bjorn is simply a agelong and skilled and dances with the shot successful her hand. Her increasing perimeter changeable gives her a balanced, dynamic violative game. She crashes the solid hard, though she doesn't ever emotion the carnal and rugged facet of playing guardant defensively. As she adds strength, her versatility volition request she embraces it. Bjorn's recruiting database presently has 15 programs, notably including Duke, UConn, North Carolina, Stanford, Texas and Notre Dame.

19. Haylen Ayers, people of 2027

2027 ESPNW 60 ranking: 5 | G | 6-0 | University School of Jackson/Tennessee Flight EYBL | Uncommitted

A big-time softball subordinate arsenic well, Ayers thrives successful surface actions and understands timing well, utilizing a minimal magnitude of dribbles to produce. She often logs pb defender minutes and is comfy astatine either defender spot. Defensively, she positions herself good and plays with accordant effort. As her shooting improves, her crippled volition further rise. UConn, Texas, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, North Carolina, South Carolina and UCLA are emerging arsenic cardinal contenders successful her recruitment.

20. Jordyn Palmer, people of 2027

2027 ESPNW 60 ranking: 6 | G/W | 6-1 | Westtown School (PA)/Philly Rise EYBL | Uncommitted

Palmer has a knack for speechmaking defenses and attacking accordingly to score. Once a defender is connected her hip, she's 1 of the champion finishers astatine the rim successful the country, and has exceptional interaction disconnected the glass. She has added scope and is pugnacious to cover. Defensively, she plays with a precocious IQ and picks her spots wisely. Palmer's recruitment includes each of the large powerfulness 4 players.

21. Micah Ojo, people of 2027

2027 ESPNW 60 ranking: 7 | G/W | 6-1 | Princess Anne (VA)/YKS P24 | Uncommitted

Ojo is becoming 1 of the nation's astir implicit players. The tall, agelong defender is pugnacious to rattle and tin play the 1 done 3 spots, reminiscent of erstwhile Stanford prima Haley Jones. But Ojo is an adjacent amended shooter astatine this stage. She finishes astatine the rim with ease, shoots from 3 with assurance and impacts the crippled with her magnitude and centrifugal connected defense. Recruiting involvement successful Ojo has surged, with each the large conferences intimately monitoring her.

22. Autumn Fleary, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 14 | PG | 5-7 | Sidwell Friends (DC)/Team Takeover EYBL | Uncommitted

Fleary plays similar an old-school East Coast constituent guard. She's shifty, crisp and comfy surviving successful the overgarment oregon making plays successful transition. She besides understands however to alteration gait successful the pick-and-roll, and has go a much accordant shooter. A savvy on-ball defender, Fleary's crippled volition scope caller heights arsenic she learns to equilibrium scoring with facilitation. Fleary's recruitment includes Maryland, Duke, LSU, North Carolina, UCLA, Texas, Notre Dame, and TCU.

23. Kaeli Wynn, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 15 | F | 6-2 | Mater Dei (CA)/Sports Academy Swish EYBL | Uncommitted

Wynn broke retired arsenic a brash, ultra-confident helping with the size, versatility and fundamentals to beryllium a matchup vantage anyplace connected the court. She tin accommodate to immoderate antiaircraft look and loves to disrupt opponents defensively. The girl of a coach, her centrifugal and savvy are evident. She'll miss the summertime owed to wounded but is expected to beryllium afloat steadfast for her elder year. Wynn volition instrumentality authoritative visits to Stanford and South Carolina, with others to follow.

24. Olivia Jones, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 16 | G | 5-11 | Long Island Lutheran (NY)/Exodus EYBL | Uncommitted

Young for her class, Jones has developed into a dynamic scorer, increasing physically and boosting her assurance and production. She tin onslaught disconnected the bounce, sound down shots and play either arsenic a pb defender oregon assertive scoring threat. Defensively, she's a rugged on-ball beingness and rebounds well. Jones' recruitment includes the likes of Miami, Indiana, Notre Dame, UCLA, North Carolina, UConn, Duke and Ole Miss.

25. Lilly Williams, people of 2026

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 17 | P | 6-5 | Howell HS (MI)/Michigan Mystics P24 | Committed to Michigan State Spartans

Good station play is rare, but Williams brings strength, accomplishment and mobility to the position, making her upside enormous. She runs the level effortlessly, protects the overgarment and is learning however to maximize her interaction connected some ends. Her precocious centrifugal sets her apart, and arsenic she develops patience and uses her magnitude much effectively, her crippled volition support growing. She's a fantastic aboriginal summation for Robyn Fralick and Michigan State.