The 2026 NBA Draft Combine officially began on Sunday, May 10 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago and runs through Sunday, May 17. It is not open to the public.

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The Kansas star doesn't have to show NBA teams he might be the best prospect in this draft class based on talent. They know that. But if he's to be the No. 1 pick, Peterson will have to prove to the Washington Wizards front office that the mysterious health issues surrounding his availability with the Jayhawks were indeed just a one-off due to the introduction of creatine into his workout regimen. Peterson's medical evaluation with the NBA at the scouting combine is likely to be scrutinized as much as any prospect.

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Ament began this season at Tennessee rated as a potential top-10 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. An intriguing but inconsistent freshman year has him hovering with a group of prospects who could go in the lottery or fall to late in the first round. Ament is perhaps the most intriguing because of his length as a wing and long-term development possibilities. He could benefit from the measurement portion of the combine. Ament nearly returned to the Vols for a lucrative NIL offer, according to multiple reports, so his draft position will determine whether he made the right decision.

Peat, like Ament, watched his draft stock slide a bit despite a relatively successful freshman season at Arizona. There are concerns about Peat's lack of perimeter shooting and whether his physical style can translate to the NBA. What his measurements are at the combine, as well as how we he does in shooting drills, will help dictate if he's closer to a potential lottery pick or more like a fringe first-round pick.

The 6-foot-10 center played just four games at Kentucky this past season after spending his first year of college at Arizona State and suffering a torn ACL. The former five-star recruit has been pegged as a potential lottery pick for years and showed flashes of becoming a defensive force as Arizona State. He can show NBA evaluators in Chicago that he has put the knee injury behind him and cement his status as a lottery pick and possible steal in this deep class.

Graves blossomed into a 6-foot-9 two-way playmaker as a redshirt freshman while helping Santa Clara make the NCAA tournament. He has to decide whether to stay in the NBA draft or return to college as one of the most coveted players in the transfer portal. As a 19-year-old who was an under-the-radar recruit out of high school in Louisiana, Graves fits the mold of a player whose stock could improve with a strong showing at the combine. Former Santa Clara standout and current Oklahoma City Thunder star Jalen Williams did just that in 2022 when he became a first-round draft pick.

The defending national champions have three players invited to the NBA combine and two have left open the possibility of returning to the Wolverines. Aday Mara seems more likely stay in the draft than Morez Johnson, Jr., but there's a possibility both go pro. Michigan coach Dusty May has replenished the Wolverines' roster through the transfer portal, but bringing back either one of these two impact players would place Michigan squarely in the national championship hunt again.

Perhaps no school could benefit more from a poor showing at the combine than the Razorbacks (even though coach John Calipari would never say that out loud). Guards Meleek Thomas and Billy Richmond III have both declared for the draft while maintaining their college eligibility to return to Arkansas. Both could be late first-round picks or even second-round picks, and therefore have the potential to earn more money next season staying in college. If both are back at Arkansas, or maybe even just one, the Razorbacks will be a national title contender despite losing likely top-10 pick Darius Acuff, Jr.

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• Matt Able, North Carolina State
• Darius Acuff Jr., Arkansas
• Amari Allen, Alabama
• Nate Ament, Tennessee
• Christian Anderson, Jr., Texas Tech
• Tobe Awaka, Arizona
• Flory Bidunga, Kansas
• Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA
• John Blackwell, Wisconsin
• Cameron Boozer, Duke
• Kylan Boswell, Illinois
• Nick Boyd, Wisconsin
• Jaden Bradley, Arizona
• Trevon Brazile, Arkansas
• Maliq Brown, Duke
• Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville
• Braydon Burries, Arizona
• Cameron Carr, Baylor
• Chris Cenac, Jr., Houston
• Rueben Chinyelu, Florida
• Ryan Conwell, Louisville
• AJ Dybantsa, BYU
• Zuby Ejiofor, St. John's
• Isaiah Evans, Duke
• Jeremy Fears Jr., Michigan State
• Kingston Flemings, Houston
• Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Tennessee
• Allen Graves, Santa Clara
• Keyshawn Hall, Auburn
• Juke Harris, Wake Forest
• Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State
• Morez Johnson Jr., Michigan
• Alex Karaban, UConn
• Jack Kayil, Alba Berlin (Germany)
• Sergio de Larrea, Valencia (Spain)
• Tobi Lawal, Virginia Tech
• Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan
• Karim Lopez, New Zealand Breakers (NBL)
• Aday Mara, Michigan
• Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
• Baba Miller, Cincinnati
• Dillon Mitchell, St. John's
• Milan Momcilovic, Iowa State (also in transfer portal)
• Malachi Moreno, Kentucky
• Izaiyah Nelson, South Florida
• Tyler Nickel, Vanderbilt
• Ebuka Okorie, Stanford*
• Felix Okpara, Tennessee
• Ugonna Onyenso, Virginia
• Otega Oweh, Kentucky
• Koa Peat, Arizona
• Darryn Peterson, Kansas
• Labaron Philon, Alabama
• Jayden Quaintance, Kentucky
• Tarris Reed Jr., UConn
• Billy Richmond III, Arkansas
• Richie Saunders, BYU
• Emanuel Sharp, Houston
• Braden Smith, Purdue
• Hannes Steinbach, Washington
• Bennett Stirtz, Iowa
• Andrej Stojakovic, Illinois
• Peter Suder, Miami (Ohio)
• Luigi Suigo, Mega (Serbia)
• Dailyn Swain, Texas
• Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt
• Meleek Thomas, Arkansas
• Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
• Milos Uzan, Houston
• Henri Veesaar, North Carolina
• Keaton Wagler, Illinois
• Caleb Wilson, North Carolina
• Tounde Yessoufou, Baylor

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NBA draft prospects, teams with most at stake during scouting combine