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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.
D3: 92.6% of Northeast players stay in their region, 46.9% of West players. From 13,406 2025–26 roster spots.
D1 forwards average 6'7" (Atlantic Sun Conference) to 6'9" (Big 12 Conference), from 16,511 2025–26 roster spots.
Coastal Athletic Association 2025–26 rosters, program by program: 13 programs, average roster 15.2, average height 6'6", 58% new this season, 22% in-state, beside Division I.
South Atlantic Conference 2025–26 rosters, program by program: 12 programs, average roster 16.6, average height 6'4", 53% new this season, 33% in-state, beside Division II.
Midwest Conference 2025–26 rosters, program by program: 10 programs, average roster 19.9, average height 6'3", 44% new this season, 48% in-state, beside Division III.
Old Dominion Athletic Conference 2025–26 rosters, program by program: 12 programs, average roster 16.8, average height 6'3", 40% new this season, 51% in-state, beside Division III.
United East Conference 2025–26 rosters, program by program: 14 programs, average roster 14.6, average height 6'2", 49% new this season, 43% in-state, beside Division III.
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference 2025–26 rosters, program by program: 11 programs, average roster 18.5, average height 6'4", 54% new this season, 42% in-state, beside Division II.
Great Lakes Valley Conference 2025–26 rosters, program by program: 14 programs, average roster 14.9, average height 6'4", 55% new this season, 53% in-state, beside Division II.