Early season play, holiday tournaments, and the start of the new year bring an update for the 2025 On3 150

The 2025 On3 150 player rankings have been updated. In total, this is the fifth update for this class, debuting a top 50 in September of 2022, expanding to 75 in March of 2023, and broadening to a full 150 in July of 2023. This marks the third update of the full 150 we have had in this cycle and the first since October of 2023. This update is based on 1) in-person evaluations from high school games, practices, and workouts from October through January and 2) continued film study and intel gathered on prospects. 

Updated 2025 Rankings

Since the last update in October, the On3 team has attended numerous games and national high school events including the National Prep Showcase, Chick-Fil-A Classic, Battle in the Peach, Holiday Hoopsgiving, John Wall Holiday Invitational, The Bash, The Tarkanian Classic, Beach Ball Classic, and more. With multiple showcases and events taking place every week(end), On3 has also collected streams and combed through the film as we ensure the maximum exposure of countless events and players.  

The ranking process is a continual and often fluid one. On3 starts ranking recruits after their freshman-year travel season, before the start of their sophomore high school seasons. That recruit can look a lot different for our final ranking after their senior year championships and all-star games are played.

We have spent the last several weeks working on this 2025 update so that it will reflect the most accurate and current representation of the recruiting cycle. This work has resulted in 11 players making their debut in the 2025 On3 150. We have also continued collecting data and viewings of the previously ranked players, putting eyes on them throughout the 2025 ranking process.

These players are currently in the middle of their high school seasons. Our next 2025 On3 150 update will come around the start of the travel ball season. We are around the mid-point of the 2025 class recruiting cycle and there is still a lot of basketball to be played before the final update. 

The goal of rankings at On3 is to assess a prospect’s long-term potential. As we continue forward, a player’s performance on the court and their continued growth will outweigh the earlier rankings. Again, every player’s arc is different, and each ranking is a real-time snapshot. 

Updated 2025 Player Ranking

Here are some storylines from On3’s third update of a full 150 for the 2025 class.

Grading the 2025 On3 150

The basketball player rankings scale is as follows: Five-star prospects have grades 98-100, four-star recruits have grades 90-97, and three-star prospects have grades 80-89.

In this update, the first nine prospects were given five-star grades, with a rating of 98 or higher. The players ranked No. 10 through 110 are classified as four-star prospects with grades 90-97. The remainder of the 150, and the position rankings, are considered three-star prospects. 

We aim to assess a prospect’s long-term potential, ultimately manifested by the NBA Draft. The goal of the ranking is not to assess who had the best high school career or who will be the best college player. This is why we will shoot to end each cycle with 14 five-star prospects, following the lead of the NBA Draft Lottery. The vision is draft night.

AJ Dybantsa Remains in the No. 1 spot

AJ Dybantsa re-classified from the 2026 class to the 2025 class in October. With that re-classification, Dybantsa moved from the No. 1 player in the 2026 cycle, to the No. 1 overall player in the 2025 cycle. For this update, Dybantsa held steady at the top.

This summer, Dybantsa played up with the Expressions program on Nike’s EYBL E17 Circuit. The 6-foot-8 wing, at the time, was playing up two grades to average 17.1 points and 3.6 assists on 52.7 percent shooting during the circuit’s regular season.

In June, Dybantsa played with the USA U16 National Team in the FIBA Americas Championships. Dybantsa averaged 13.7 points, which finished tenth in the event while shooting 61.7 percent from the field. Dybantsa’s 3.8 assists per game were second on the USA team.

After winning the gold medal, Dybantsa played July, back with his Expressions travel team, in Nike’s E17 Peach Jam. Dybantsa led the event in scoring at 25.8 points per game, more than four points ahead of the next player. He shot 46.6 percent from the field and 81.6 percent from the free-throw line.

Dybantsa transferred this season to play at Napa (CA) Prolific Prep. They are currently 18-2 on the season and ranked No. 3 in MaxPreps National Top 10. Dybantsa is a wirey, 6-foot-8 wing. What separates him from his peers is his ability to score the basketball.

Dybantsa has a natural feel with the ball in his hands. He can get to his danger spots on the floor with minimal dribbles, and he plays balanced and with good footwork to rise up and knock down shots, at multiple levels, when he gets his defender off-balance. Dybantsa is a good passer, distributing properly weighted passes to teammates in the half-court or in transition.

Sitting in the same tier, maybe a half tier below, as Dybantsa is 6-foot-9 power forward Cameron Boozer. The conversation for the top spot in the class is really between these two. Boozer is a junior at Miami (FL) Christopher Columbus High, and won a Florida 7A state championship, an EYBL E16 championship, and a gold medal over the past 12 months. In the tier below Boozer is 6-foot-5 guard Darryn Peterson of Huntington (WV) Prep and 6-foot-9 forward Caleb Wilson of Atlanta (GA) Holy Innocents.

Nate Ament’s new five-star status

For the January 2023 update of the 2025 On3 150, we kept our five-star total at nine, and one new player earned his fifth star.  Nate Ament is a 6-foot-9 small forward out of Warrenton (VA) Highland High School. While the jump was not a big one, based on his early season progression, Ament moved up from No. 13 in the previous update to No. 8 in this one, earning his fifth star.

Players take big jumps in the latest 2025 On3 150 update

Each On3 150 ranking update is a snapshot in time with the goal of assessing a prospect’s long-term potential Xavion Staton, the 7-foot-0 center from Las Vegas (NV) Sierra Canyon High, jumped 50 spots in the recent 2025 On3 150 update. He is a premier shot-blocker who can move in ways others his size simply cannot. Staton moved from No. 89 to No. 30.

(50) C Xavion Staton from 89 to 39
(49) SF Dillan Shaw from 128 to 79
(46) PF Nick Randall from 103 to 57
(42) PF Spencer Ahrens from 116 to 74
(33) PG Kingston Flemings from 68 to 35
(30) SF Dwayne Aristode from 40 to 10
(29) PF Babatunde Durodola from 118 to 89
(25) PF Tylis Jordan from 45 to 20
(24) PG Acaden Lewis from 120 to 96
(23) PF Nigel Walls from 46 to 23

California has the most players in the 2025 On3 150

Seventeen prospects in the updated 2025 On3 150 play in California. The top-ranked guy who plays in the Golden State is the No. 1 overall player AJ Dybansta, the 6-foot-8 small forward from Napa (CA) Prolific Prep. In all, thirty-six states were represented in the update along with Canada.

California – 17
Texas – 14
Florida – 13
Georgia – 12
Indiana – 8
North Carolina – 8
Pennsylvania – 7
New York – 6
Connecticut – 5
Virginia – 5

Eleven players make their 2025 On3 150 debuts

Three players made their 2025 On3 150 debuts inside the top 100, and two others debuted in the update as four-star prospects. The highest-ranked newcomer is Long Island (NY) Long Island Lutheran guard Kayden Mingo, who made his debut at No. 90. In total, eleven players made their rankings debuts in this update.

PG Kayden Mingo, No. 90
PF London Jemison, No. 93
C Mekhi Ragland, No. 98
C Tacko Fawaz, No. 101
PF Cedric Taylor, No. 106
C Isaiah Medina, No. 125
SG Kelvin Odih, No. 129
SG Robert Moore, No. 133
SG JR Leonard, No. 144
PF Tyrin Jones, No. 148
CG Chris Jeffrey, No. 149