College basketball transfer portal by the numbers: What 2026 data reveals

Nearly 5,000 men's college basketball players entered the transfer portal this window (4,949 to be exact).

Believe it or not, that's actually down from last season's number of 5,428, which was a five-year high from all three NCAA levels — Division I, II, III.

Per transfer portal data reviewed by USA TODAY Sports this week after the women's and men's windows closed, April 20 and 21, respectively, the overall number of transfers is down, but movement in Power Four conferences increased.

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A year after 477 players entered the men’s basketball portal from P-4 programs, that figured climbed this week to 480; the women’s P-4 numbers jumped 10% from 305 to 336.

The ACC led the way in men's and women's basketball with 232 entrants, with the Big 12 close behind at 213.

Among the Power conferences on the men’s side, the numbers were the following:

• ACC: 138
• Big 12: 127
• SEC: 110
• Big Ten: 105

Conferences trackers: ACC | SEC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Big East

The women’s side saw total portal entrants down, year over year, from 2,801 to 2,570.

Here's the P-4 breakdown for the women this year:

• ACC: 94
• Big 12: 86
• SEC: 80
• Big Ten: 76

No league appeared to be hit any harder, per team, than men’s basketball in the Southern Conference. The 10-team league saw a total of 82 men’s portal entrants this month. It had 76 one year ago.

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:

• 2025-26: 4,939 (2,605 D-I)
• 2024-25: 5,438 (2,754 D-I)
• 2023-24: 4,343  (2,146 D-I)
• 2022-23: 3,663 (1,843 D-I)
• 2021-22: 3,355 (1,788 D-I)

How many women's college basketball players entered transfer portal? NCAA portal numbers:

• 2025-26: 2,570 (1,561 D-I)
• 2024-25; 2,801 (1,571 D-I)
• 2023-24: 2,507 (1,414 D-I)
• 2022-23: 2,244 (1,242 D-I)
• 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