NBA Fantasy Rankings: Category league small forwards

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The 2026-27 fantasy basketball draft season is here. Soon enough, the points and categories won will start to count. It’s the perfect time to study our 9-category small forward rankings, courtesy of Yahoo Fantasy Basketball analyst Dan Titus.

Some of the game’s most exciting stars have small forward eligibility on Yahoo, so you can find some serious stat-stuffers at the position. Dan’s overall small forward list is in the table below, and be sure to save and bookmark this page as it’ll be the living, breathing, updating hub for Dan’s SF rankings for 9-category drafts.

Small Forward Draft Rankings (9-Category)

Rank

Player

Position

Team

Anthony Edwards

PG, SF, SG

MIN

Jayson Tatum

SF, PF

BOS

Cooper Flagg

PF, SF, SG

DAL

Jalen Johnson

PF, SF

ATL

Kevin Durant

HOU

Scottie Barnes

C, PF, SF, SG

TOR

Austin Reaves

LAL

Josh Giddey

PG, SG, SF

CHI

Trey Murphy III

NOP

Amen Thompson

Brandon Miller

CHA

Lauri Markkanen

UTA

Desmond Bane

SG, SF

ORL

Kawhi Leonard

Jalen Williams

OKC

LeBron James

PHI

Jaylen Brown

Deni Avdija

POR

Michael Porter Jr.

BKN

OG Anunoby

NYK

Franz Wagner

Pascal Siakam

C, PF, SF

IND

Paolo Banchero

Kon Knueppel

SF, SG

Mikal Bridges

Brandon Ingram

SG, SF, PF

LAC

Paul George

Dyson Daniels

Ausar Thompson

DET

Jaden McDaniels

Matas Buzelis

Josh Hart

Norman Powell

Cedric Coward

MEM

Andrew Wiggins

MIA

Caleb Wilson

Miles Bridges

PHX

AJ Dybantsa

WAS

Peyton Watson

CLE

Keegan Murray

SAC

Zach LaVine

Ayo Dosunmu

Quentin Grimes

Rui Hachimura

Herbert Jones

Cason Wallace

Anthony Black

DeMar DeRozan

DEN

RJ Barrett

Yaxel Lendeborg

GSW

Click here to see Dan Titus’ full SF list.

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