Kevin Durant or Anthony Edwards: who to draft in 2026-27 fantasy basketball

Net Prophet ranks Kevin Durant 8th and Anthony Edwards 9th for the 2026-27 season, 1 pick apart. A category counts as won only when the projected gap clears 0.25 standard deviations of that category across the 177 ranked players this comparison is drawn from.

Kevin Durant wins 4 of the nine categories, Anthony Edwards wins 4, and 1 is too close to call.

Our board separates them by 1 pick; consensus ADP separates them by 10 picks, with Anthony Edwards going earlier in the room.
Anthony Edwards leads in PTS, 25.3 to 27.8 per game as the board projects them.
They do not fill the same slot: Kevin Durant is SF/PF, Anthony Edwards is SG/PG.
The board grades both "moderate" for availability.
Both rank inside the 177 players this comparison set is drawn from.

Draft position

Where each is ranked and where the room is taking them (2026-27).
Measure	Kevin Durant	Anthony Edwards
Net Prophet rank	#8	#9
Consensus ADP	#16	#6

Category by category

Projected per game for 2026-27, nine-category scoring. Turnovers count fewest-first.
Category	Kevin Durant	Anthony Edwards	Edge
PTS	25.3	27.8	Anthony Edwards wins
REB	5.1	5.1	too close to call
AST	4.9	4.4	Kevin Durant wins
STL	0.7	1.1	Anthony Edwards wins
BLK	1.0	0.7	Kevin Durant wins
3PM	2.0	3.2	Anthony Edwards wins
TO	2.9	2.7	Anthony Edwards wins
FG%	51.4%	47.7%	Kevin Durant wins
FT%	85.3%	82.4%	Kevin Durant wins

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