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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Leon Bond III

Iowa State · Guard · Senior · 6-5 · #7

Transfer from Northern Iowa

#560Overall
+0.53Projected impact
  • #281 guard in the country
  • #298 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 17 minutes a game) at Iowa State: a smaller role than he had at Northern Iowa (32.8 min).

Projected minutes
17
Spot in the rotation
#4

From the Statboy preseason model. It updates once games start.

▸What is impact?

Impact is how many points per game a player adds to his team. 0 is an average player, so a plus number means he's better than average and a minus number means he's below. It's Statboy's own number, based on everything he does on the court and the level he played against.

Last season: the basics

2025-26 at Northern Iowa: 36 games, 36 starts, 32.8 minutes a game.

  • Points per game11.971st
  • Rebounds per game4.788th
  • Assists per game1.543rd
  • Steals per game0.848th
  • Blocks per game0.797th
  • Turnovers per game1.159th
  • Field goal %47.3%(164-347)85th
  • 3-point %36.2%(46-127)66th
  • Free throw %75.0%(54-72)43rd

Last season: advanced

Percentiles compare him with every Division I guard who played 300+ minutes.

  • Usage rate20.2%style

    Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor

  • Offensive rating110.149th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating97.897th

    Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)

  • True shooting %56.5%65th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %53.9%76th

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.3948th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %15.3%23rd

    Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor

  • Free-throw rate20.7%22nd

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.13979th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Leon Bond III

The closest matches among every guard in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.

  • Tyrone Riley IV

    Oregon · G · Junior

    75%match

    Transfer from San Francisco

    +0.56 impact · 12.2 pts · 4.8 reb · 1.2 ast

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  • Sam Lewis

    Virginia · G · Senior

    73%match

    Returning

    +0.78 impact · 10.6 pts · 3.6 reb · 1.4 ast

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  • Quentin Jones

    Saint Louis · G · Senior

    72%match

    Returning

    +0.91 impact · 9.1 pts · 3.9 reb · 2.9 ast

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  • Gavin Griffiths

    Temple · G · Senior

    71%match

    Returning

    +0.28 impact · 10.1 pts · 4.9 reb · 1.4 ast

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  • Tyler Hendricks

    Oklahoma · G · Senior

    70%match

    Transfer from Utah Valley

    +0.87 impact · 11.8 pts · 4.3 reb · 1.9 ast

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  • Karter Knox

    Louisville · G · Junior

    69%match

    Transfer from Arkansas

    +1.04 impact · 8.1 pts · 4.5 reb · 1.2 ast

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Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).