2027 NBA Draft Centers
Updated October 17, 2026. No. 1 among centers is Texas center Matas Vokietaitis, who 15.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists a game last season. Massamba Diop of Gonzaga is next.
Top 8 centers
Updated October 17, 2026. Grades on 2025-26 production.
| Rk | Prospect | School | 2025-26 line | Grade | Mock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matas Vokietaitis C7' 0", 255 lbsJRDraft-eligible if he declares | Texas | 15.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists a game | 91.3 | 7th |
| 2 | Massamba Diop C7' 1", 245 lbsSODraft-eligible if he declares | Gonzaga stats at Arizona State | 13.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists a game | 90.7 | 8th |
| 3 | Somto Cyril C6' 11", 260 lbsJRDraft-eligible if he declares | Miami stats at Georgia | 9.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists a game | 89.6 | 12th |
| 4 | Patrick Ngongba II C6' 11", 250 lbsJRDraft-eligible if he declares | Duke | 10.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists a game | 85.9 | 17th |
| 5 | Na'jai Hines C6' 11", 278 lbsSODraft-eligible if he declares | UConn stats at Seton Hall | 6.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.6 assists a game | 85.5 | 18th |
| 6 | Rueben Chinyelu C6' 10", 265 lbsSR | Florida | 11.2 points, 11.5 rebounds and 0.7 assists a game | 85.5 | 25th |
| 7 | Motiejus Krivas C7' 2", 260 lbsSR | Arizona | 10.5 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists a game | 84.1 | Round 2+ |
| 8 | Moustapha Thiam C7' 2", 250 lbsJRDraft-eligible if he declares | Michigan stats at Cincinnati | 12.8 points, 7.1 rebounds and 0.5 assists a game | 83.7 | Round 2+ |
How the board is graded
The Parlae Desk's mock draft: our projection, updated every Tuesday.
- Until each team has played five games, the order is last season's final records, worst first; the lottery then reshuffles the top four.
- Each team's needs come from its own numbers: what its top two guards, forwards and centers produced last season, and the age of its best player at each spot.
- The board grades college players in the nine biggest conferences on last season's production at their position, with credit for youth, for size at the position and for a power conference schedule.
- Freshmen join the board once they have played college games, and international players are left off until we have numbers we trust.
Nothing here is a scouting report. Every stat is from the games played; the order of the board and the fit of a prospect to a team are our projection and change as the season does.
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By the Parlae deskBig board updated Oct 17, 2026 at 11:26 AM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number