2026 College Basketball Transfer Portal: Surprising Trends That Could Change the Game Forever
Broken down further, SoCon teams like The Citadel had 19 players combined enter into the past two basketball portal cycles, while VMI added 18.
Here’s a look at total portal entrants across the past five seasons for both men’s and women’s college basketball:
How many men’s college basketball players entered transfer portal? NCAA portal numbers:
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2025-26: 4,939 (2,605 D-I)
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2024-25: 5,438 (2,754 D-I)
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2023-24: 4,343 (2,146 D-I)
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2022-23: 3,663 (1,843 D-I)
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2021-22: 3,355 (1,788 D-I)
How many women’s college basketball players entered transfer portal? NCAA portal numbers:
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2025-26: 2,570 (1,561 D-I)
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2024-25; 2,801 (1,571 D-I)
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2023-24: 2,507 (1,414 D-I)
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2022-23: 2,244 (1,242 D-I)
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2021-22: 2,154 (1,354 D-I)
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: College basketball transfer portal: How many players entered? What numbers reveal



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