The bench press portion of the NBA Combine isn’t anywhere near as important as it is in the NFL Combine, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun to discuss.
If anything, it’s interesting to see how top basketball prospects compare in strength to the average human being since the bench total they use for reps in the NBA combine – 185 pounds (just about 84 kilograms) – is far more attainable for the regular person than the NFL’s 225-pound bench press.
The most famous NBA Combine bench press story to this day is Kevin Durant failing to hit even one rep of 185 pounds. One MVP and two championships later, Durant now says top prospects should skip the combine all together.
Likely sound advice for the players in the running for the No. 1 pick.
Anyway, below, we present the bench press rankings from NBA All-Stars at the Draft Combine.
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Draft combine ranking: No. 1 in 2009
Draft position: No. 1
Jennifer Stewart-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 6 in 2007
Draft position: No. 3
Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 9 in 2008
Draft position: No. 5
Jack Arent/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 7 in 2009
Draft position: No. 3
Harry How/Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 10 in 2005
Draft position: No. 3
Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 5 in 2013
Draft position: No. 2
Streeter Lecka/Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 19 in 2006
Draft position: No. 47
Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 15 in 2003
Draft position: No. 6
Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 14 in 2004
Draft position: No. 20
Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 18 in 2005
Draft position: No. 30
Jack Arent/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 14 in 2011
Draft position: No. 30
Jeff Gross/Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 21 in 2003
Draft position: No. 51
Justin Ford-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 32 in 2007
Draft position: No. 4
Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 16 in 2012
Draft position: No. 6
Jack Arent/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 18 in 2009
Draft position: No. 19
Robert Laberge/Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 20 in 2002
Draft position: No. 34
Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 18 in 2011
Draft position: No. 60
David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 29 in 2001
Draft position: No. 10
Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 31 in 2008
Draft position: No. 4
Rich Storry/Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 9 in 2017
Draft position: No. 14
Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 32 in 2002
Draft position: No. 9
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Draft combine ranking: No. 34 in 2007
Draft position: No. 9
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Draft combine ranking: No. 29 in 2001
Draft position: No. 30
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Draft combine ranking: No. 24 in 2000
Draft position: No. 43
Eliot J. Schechter/Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 33 in 2003
Draft position: No. 18
John W. McDonough/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 25 in 2012
Draft position: No. 9
John Hefti-Imagn Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 25 in 2009
Draft position: No. 7
Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 20 in 2010
Draft position: No. 9
Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 44 in 2005
Draft position: No. 4
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Draft combine ranking: No. 44 in 2005
Draft position: No. 17
Bart Young/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 17 in 2017
Draft position: No. 13
Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 39 in 2008
Draft position: No. 1
Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 46 in 2003
Draft position: No. 5
John Hefti-Imagn Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 30 in 2012
Draft position: No. 35
Harry How/Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 46 in 2003
Draft position: No. 4
Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 23 in 2015
Draft position: No. 13
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Draft combine ranking: No. 52 in 2008
Draft position: No. 35
Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 35 in 2011
Draft position: No. 16
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Draft combine ranking: No. 53 in 2006
Draft position: No. 2
Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 33 in 2012
Draft position: No. 3
Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 31 in 2013
Draft position: No. 27
Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 36 in 2011
Draft position: No. 9
Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 28 in 2018
Draft position: No. 33
Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 55 in 2008
Draft position: No. 10
Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 56 in 2003
Draft position: No. 3
Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 49 in 2004
Draft position: No. 1
Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 37 in 2009
Draft position: No. 17
Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 63 in 2006
Draft position: No. 6
Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 54 in 2004
Draft position: No. 5
Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 39 in 2011
Draft position: No. 11
Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 54 in 2004
Draft position: No. 7
Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 38 in 2009
Draft position: No. 9
Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 66 in 2003
Draft position: No. 29
Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 39 in 2017
Draft position: No. 22
Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 39 in 2010
Draft position: No. 10
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 46 in 2012
Draft position: No. 39
Howard Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 57 in 2004
Draft position: No. 9
Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 67 in 2003
Draft position: No. 47
Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 46 in 2011
Draft position: No. 15
Jamie Squire/ Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 68 in 2002
Draft position: No. 10
Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
Draft combine ranking: No. 69 in 2001
Draft position: No. 2
Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Draft combine ranking: No. 75 in 2007
Draft position: No. 2
