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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Zoom Diallo

Kentucky · Guard · Junior · 6-6 · #5

Transfer from Washington

#128Overall
+1.36Projected impact
  • #54 guard in the country
  • #54 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 22 minutes a game) at Kentucky, as a primary scorer and lead playmaker: a smaller role than he had at Washington (29.6 min).

Projected minutes
22
Spot in the rotation
#3

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 Washington: 33 games, 29 starts, 29.6 minutes a game.

  • Points per game15.789th
  • Rebounds per game3.978th
  • Assists per game4.594th
  • Steals per game0.738th
  • Blocks per game0.011th
  • Turnovers per game2.56th
  • Field goal %48.9%(196-401)90th
  • 3-point %31.5%(23-73)35th
  • Free throw %82.5%(104-126)76th

Last season: advanced

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

  • Usage rate28.0%style

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

  • Offensive rating114.867th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating111.637th

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

  • True shooting %56.9%68th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %51.7%62nd

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.7569th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %23.1%57th

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

  • Free-throw rate31.4%53rd

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.14884th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Zoom Diallo

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

  • Robert Wright III

    BYU · G · Junior

    77%match

    Returning

    +1.83 impact · 18.1 pts · 3.5 reb · 4.6 ast

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  • Noah Otshudi

    Marshall · G · Senior

    74%match

    Returning

    +0.12 impact · 14.5 pts · 3.4 reb · 3.5 ast

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  • Baraka Okojie

    George Mason · G · Senior

    73%match

    Transfer from Mercer

    +1.05 impact · 19.7 pts · 3.1 reb · 5.3 ast

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  • Colby Garland

    Georgia Tech · G · Senior

    72%match

    Transfer from San José State

    +0.84 impact · 20.3 pts · 3.3 reb · 4.6 ast

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  • Jackson Paveletzke

    Ohio · G · Senior

    72%match

    Returning

    +0.69 impact · 17.3 pts · 3.1 reb · 5.2 ast

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  • Preston Edmead

    NC State · G · Sophomore

    72%match

    Transfer from Hofstra

    +1.05 impact · 16.1 pts · 3.5 reb · 4.4 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).