The 2026 NBA Draft Combine in Chicago produced the measurements that turn scouting hunches into numbers — and for the top of the class, the numbers largely confirmed the tape.
AJ Dybantsa: 6-8½ without shoes, a 7-0½ wingspan, and a 42.0-inch maximum vertical at 217 pounds. That is the prototypical jumbo-wing profile — plus-length and elite explosion on an already-mature 19-year-old frame. There is nothing in his physical testing that argues against the No. 1 projection; if anything, the vertical reframes how much athletic upside is still on the table.
Cameron Boozer: 6-8¼ and 252.8 pounds with a 7-1½ wingspan and a 35.0-inch max vertical. Boozer arrives NBA-strong — he could bang with pro fours tomorrow — and the wingspan is longer than his height-skeptics assumed. The 35-inch vertical is good, not elite, which is the entire crux of the "can he defend the four" debate that has him third on most boards rather than first.
Darryn Peterson: 6-4½ with a 6-9¾ wingspan, an 8-7 standing reach, and a 37½-inch max vertical at 199 pounds. For a lead guard, those are quietly excellent numbers — the reach and wingspan give him real positional size and defensive utility to go with the best shot-making profile in the class.
The combine rarely moves the very top of a draft, and it didn't here. But it removed doubts at the margins: Dybantsa's athleticism is real, Boozer's frame is pro-ready, and Peterson is bigger than the "score-first guard" label implied. For where everyone landed afterward, see our post-combine draft board.