Conference · Division I · 2025–26
Big Ten Conference men’s basketball rosters: size, height, turnover, home states
The Big Ten Conference lists 18 Division I men's basketball programs and 278 players on 2025–26 rosters — an average roster of 15.4, an average listed height of 6'6", 64% of players new this season, and 27% from the college's own state.
Computed from 278 player-seasons · 2024–25 to 2025–26 · updated Sep 22, 2026
Taller than the rest of Division I: 6'6" against 6'5".
Over Big Ten Conference players with a listed height, the average is 6'6"; across every Division I program at strength it is 6'5" — 0.8 inches taller.
Turnover in line with Division I: 64% of players are new this season.
Players not on the same program's 2024–25 roster, at programs listed at strength both seasons: 64% in the Big Ten Conference, 63% across Division I. Turnover is where next season's spots are.
As local as Division I: 27% of players come from the college's own state.
Of Big Ten Conference players with a home on record, 27% list the college's own state and 6% a home outside the US; across Division I the shares are 25% and 7%. The single largest home state is California (7%).
Big Ten Conference against Division I
Big Ten
n = 278
Division I
n = 5,532
| Big Ten | Division I | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roster size | 15.4 | 15.4 | +0 |
| Avg height | 6'6" | 6'5" | +0.8 in |
| Freshmen | 31% | 27% | +4 pts |
| New this season | 64% | 63% | +1 pts |
| In-state | 27% | 25% | +2 pts |
| Outside the US | 6% | 7% | −1 pts |
Big Ten Conference programs on 2025–26 rosters
Programs| Program | State | Players | Avg height | Freshmen | New this season | In-state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | Illinois | 15 | 6'7" | 33% | 53% | 31% |
| Indiana | Indiana | 17 | 6'6" | 29% | 88% | 20% |
| Iowa | Iowa | 15 | 6'7" | 47% | 87% | 14% |
| Maryland | Maryland | 16 | 6'5" | 44% | 94% | 0% |
| Michigan | Michigan | 16 | 6'6" | 31% | 56% | 7% |
| Michigan State | Michigan | 15 | 6'6" | 33% | 40% | 27% |
| Minnesota | Minnesota | 15 | 6'5" | 20% | 87% | 33% |
| Nebraska | Nebraska | 16 | 6'7" | 19% | 50% | 43% |
| Northwestern | Illinois | 15 | 6'6" | 33% | 53% | 27% |
| Ohio State | Ohio | 15 | 6'6" | 20% | 53% | 50% |
| Oregon | Oregon | 17 | 6'7" | 18% | 53% | 31% |
| Penn State | Pennsylvania | 13 | 6'7" | 62% | 77% | 9% |
| Purdue | Indiana | 16 | 6'6" | 25% | 25% | 44% |
| Rutgers | New Jersey | 15 | 6'6" | 47% | 67% | 0% |
| UCLA | California | 15 | 6'6" | 23% | 40% | 50% |
| USC | California | 17 | 6'7" | 18% | 82% | 31% |
| Washington | Washington | 16 | 6'7" | 38% | 88% | 17% |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 14 | 6'7" | 29% | 57% | 36% |
Where Big Ten Conference players come from
Home states| Home | Players | Share |
|---|---|---|
| California | 18 | 7% |
| Illinois | 18 | 7% |
| Indiana | 18 | 7% |
| Outside the US | 15 | 6% |
| Minnesota | 13 | 5% |
| New York | 13 | 5% |
| Ohio | 13 | 5% |
| Florida | 12 | 5% |
How to read this page
Every number is over Big Ten Conference programs whose 2025–26 roster lists at least 8 players. "Avg height" is over players with a listed height; "Freshmen" over players with a readable class label; "New this season" is the share of players not on the same program's 2024–25 roster, at programs listed at strength in both seasons; "In-state" and "Outside the US" are over players with a home on record.
A conference-level measure is shown only when 30 players carry the fact behind it, a program-level one when 8 do — a dash is a cell under the floor, not a zero. The Division I figures are pooled over every Division I program at strength, the same rule the conferences-compared page uses.
What this means for a recruit looking at the Big Ten
How to read itThis conference recruits about as locally as its division.
27% of its players list the college's own state, and California alone supplies 7%. A recruit outside those states is competing against a wider field for the same spots.
Rosters here turn over at the division's pace.
64% of 2025–26 players were not on the same program's roster the season before. The program table shows which rosters turned over most — those are the programs with spots to fill.
Height differences between conferences are real but small next to the level.
0.8 inches separates the Big Ten from the Division I average. Pick the level first, then the conference; the program pages carry each roster's own numbers.
Those are the Big Ten's rosters. Where does your profile fit?
Depth Chart scores your size, position, level and recruiting profile against all 1,060 programs.
Methodology
Source · sample · scope278 player-seasons · 1,060 programs · 2024–25 to 2025–26
Definitions and scope
- Source
- Official 2025–26 rosters (and 2024–25 for turnover) published by the athletics sites of NCAA Division I men's basketball programs, collected by Depth Chart.
- Conference
- The canonical conference each program plays in this season, realignment notes folded away; a program whose move has not happened yet counts in the conference it plays in.
- Floors
- A conference needs 5 programs at strength and 30 players to get a page; each conference measure needs 30 players carrying the fact; each program measure 8.
- Home
- A player's home state as the roster lists it; a value that is not a US state or DC is outside the US.
- Sample
- 278 players on 2025–26 rosters at the 18 Big Ten Conference programs counted.
- Computed
- Sep 22, 2026 · methodology conference-pages-1
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