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What college basketball actually looks like, computed from 46,000 players and 1,060 programs. Updated as rosters change.
D1 guards average 6'3", forwards 6'8", centers 6'11" — and every level down is about an inch shorter at each position. Computed from 15,562 player-seasons on 2025–26 rosters.
25% D1 · 27% D2 · 48% D3 — the level distribution of 8,176 guards in the most common height band, and the whole ladder from 5'9" to 6'8". Five seasons of rosters.
D1 rosters list 15 players on average, D2 16, D3 17 — and guards are about two-thirds of every roster. From 1,017 programs' 2025–26 rosters, with the walk-on and redshirt caveat every parent should know.
IMG Academy has 165 players on college rosters in our data, ahead of Sunrise Christian Academy (81) and Montverde Academy (81). The 50 biggest feeders by level.
Mostly yes: from 2020–21 to 2025–26, D1 went from 6'5" (77.1") to 6'5" (77.5") — about 0.4" taller; D2 went from 6'4" (75.8") to 6'4" (76.1") — about 0.3" taller; D3 went from 6'3" (74.8") to 6'3" (74.9") — essentially unchanged. Computed from 83,239 player-seasons with a listed height.
7.2% of D1 players list a home outside the US; 4.0% of D2 players list a home outside the US; 2.0% of D3 players list a home outside the US (2025–26 rosters, among players with a home on record). The international pipeline concentrates at D1. Computed from 77,669 player-seasons with a home on record.
D1 conference average heights run from 6'4" (Northeast Conference) to 6'6" (Big East Conference), a 2.1" spread against a 2.5" average gap between D1 and D3. Computed from 16,149 player-seasons on 2025–26 rosters.
D1: 24.9% in-state, 44.4% within one state line · D2: 45.4% in-state, 67.9% within one state line · D3: 53.6% in-state, 74.8% within one state line. Computed from 13,244 player-seasons with a home on record, 2025–26 rosters.
58% of the 945 Wisconsin high-school players in our data stayed in Wisconsin for college; 18% reached Division I. Destinations, levels and the programs that take them most, from every season we hold.
36% of the 406 Washington high-school players in our data stayed in Washington for college; 38% reached Division I. Destinations, levels and the programs that take them most, from every season we hold.
36% of the 1,162 Virginia high-school players in our data stayed in Virginia for college; 37% reached Division I. Destinations, levels and the programs that take them most, from every season we hold.
43% of the 1,720 Texas high-school players in our data stayed in Texas for college; 46% reached Division I. Destinations, levels and the programs that take them most, from every season we hold.