The college basketball regular season has officially come to an end, but there are still a few statistics with unsettled leaderboards. BYU's AJ Dybantsa is the current leader in points per game, and is widely considered the best prospect in the 2026 NBA Draft, but a few other players are still in contention.
College Basketball: Points Per Game Leader Predictions
Dybantsa has averaged 25.3 points per game over 34 games heading into the NCAA Tournament. A big factor in Dybantsa's surge up this leaderboard was a season-ending injury to his teammate, Richie Saunders. Dybantsa has taken 18 or more shots in each of his past five games, including 21 or more attempts in four of those games, while the Cougars adjust to life without Saunders.
In those five games, Dybantsa is averaging 27.4 points per game. He hasn't posted a stat line with fewer than 20 points since scoring 17 against Kansas on January 31. Dybantsa is also the overwhelming favorite here because his team will probably have trouble advancing deep in the NCAA Tournament, and given the injury to Saunders, the only way Dybantsa would lose his grip on the scoring title is by playing too many games.
The next highest odds belong to Northwestern's Nick Martinelli. However, the Wildcats won't be playing in the postseason, so his final scoring average of 23.0 points per game is exactly where his number will sit for the rest of the season. Unless Dybantsa has a terrible NCAA Tournament, his average won't drop more than two points per game, so Martinelli definitely isn't a good play here.
The next two highest odds are the only two players with a realistic shot to dethrone Dybantsa. Stanford's Ebuka Okorie had an amazing freshman season and is averaging 22.8 points per game. While he is 2.5 points per game behind the stellar BYU freshman, Okorie has an easier path forward, as Stanford will be playing in the College Basketball Crown, not the NCAA Tournament.
Okorie would have to put up some legendary postseason performances, but if he could replicate his 40-point night against Georgia Tech, or his 33-point game against NC State in the regular season finale, he could have a chance to finish with a higher scoring average than Dybantsa.
Arkansas' Darius Acuff Jr. is in a similar position. Acuff is averaging 22.9 points per game, and while he will face better competition and defenses in the NCAA Tournament, Acuff did score 30, 24, and 37 in the SEC Tournament. If he can score like that in the Big Dance, he will also have a shot at Dybantsa's crown.
Pick: Cases can be made for Acuff and Okorie, but I'm buying Dybantsa.
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