Jeremy Woo of ESPN.com has made a major change to his final big board ahead of next week’s draft, ranking Darryn Peterson at No. 1 ahead of AJ Dybantsa.

Peterson was Woo’s preseason choice as the top 2026 prospect, so he’s technically reclaiming the No. 1 spot after Dybantsa leapfrogged him during the 2025/26 season.

Learning more about Peterson, the context of his “strange season” at Kansas, and NBA teams’ comfort level with his medicals made Woo reverse course and put the 19-year-old back at No. 1. Woo suggests he rates Peterson and Dybantsa pretty similarly, but Peterson ultimately got the nod for the top spot due to his superior shot-making and potential to be “one of the best guards” in the NBA.

The 3-to-12 spots on Woo’s board remain unchanged, with the next adjustments coming in the teens.

Here’s more on the 2026 draft:

• J. Kyle Mann of The Ringer has also updated his big board, with Cameron Boozer coming in at No. 1, followed by Peterson, Dybantsa, Caleb Wilson and Keaton Wagler. Mann is significantly higher than Woo on Brayden Burries (No. 6 vs. No. 11 at ESPN), Jayden Quaintance (No. 10 vs. No. 22), Henri Veesaar (No. 19 vs. No. 28) and Baba Miller (No. 24 vs. No. 34), and substantially lower than Woo on Nate Ament (No. 20 vs. No. 9 at ESPN), Mikel Brown Jr. (No. 12 vs No. 7) and Aday Mara (No. 15 vs No. 10), among others. The biggest difference between the boards is Mann has a second-round grade (No. 36) on Karim Lopez, whom Woo has No. 14.
• Appearing on The Zach Lowe Show (link via The Ringer), Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress said he’s long had Peterson at the top of his draft board and has long expected the Wizards to give him serious consideration at No. 1. Givony admitted he hasn’t been digging into how the team specifically views Peterson, but noted that Washington tends to be secretive about its selection process. Givony is also excited to see what happens with no consensus top pick, comparing it to 2022, when the Magic unexpectedly took Paolo Banchero after being linked to Jabari Smith Jr. in the lead-up to that draft.
• In two separate stories for Andscape, Marc J. Spears interviews Brown, Ament, and their fathers ahead of Sunday’s holiday. “I’ve got probably the best upside in the draft,” Ament told Andscape on May 11. “I’m not even scratching the surface of the player I can be. Ever since I started playing basketball, every year I’ve gotten better and better. So, I do think that I’m just going to continue on that trend.”