Transfer portal rankings

Portal rankings usually count recruiting stars. These count production: the wins above replacement each transfer put up the season before he moved, summed for every FBS team's arrivals and departures, and what each one has done since.

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021

Moves made for the 2024 season, valued by the 2023 season; 2024 WAR for the full season beside it.

Biggest moves

The 25 transfers with the most WAR in 2023, at their old school, and their WAR in 2024 after the move. A dash means no FBS snaps that season.

#	Player	Move	2023	2024
1	Diego PaviaQB · 3★New Mexico State → Vanderbilt	New Mexico State → Vanderbilt	2.60	2.50
2	Jordan McCloudQB · 3★James Madison → Texas State	James Madison → Texas State	2.54	2.18
3	Dequan FinnQB · 4★Toledo → Baylor	Toledo → Baylor	2.42	0.08
4	Cam WardQB · 4★Washington State → Miami	Washington State → Miami	2.34	2.02
5	Dillon GabrielQB · 4★Oklahoma → Oregon	Oklahoma → Oregon	2.29	2.32
6	Will HowardQB · 4★Kansas State → Ohio State	Kansas State → Ohio State	1.97	2.36
7	Kurtis RourkeQB · 4★Ohio → Indiana	Ohio → Indiana	1.96	1.57
8	KJ JeffersonQB · 3★Arkansas → UCF	Arkansas → UCF	1.87	0.34
9	E.J. WarnerQB · 3★Temple → Rice	Temple → Rice	1.77	1.45
10	Jayden MaiavaQB · 4★UNLV → USC	UNLV → USC	1.64	0.43
11	TJ FinleyQB · 3★Texas State → Western Kentucky	Texas State → Western Kentucky	1.58	0.02
12	Kyle McCordQB · 4★Ohio State → Syracuse	Ohio State → Syracuse	1.52	3.58
13	Chandler RogersQB · 3★North Texas → California	North Texas → California	1.45	−0.01
14	Cam FancherQB · 3★Marshall → Florida Atlantic	Marshall → Florida Atlantic	1.43	0.86
15	Jase BauerQB · 3★Central Michigan → Sam Houston	Central Michigan → Sam Houston	1.40	0.29
16	Grayson McCallQB · 4★Coastal Carolina → NC State	Coastal Carolina → NC State	1.35	0.16
17	DJ UiagaleleiQB · 4★Oregon State → Florida State	Oregon State → Florida State	1.32	1.01
18	Tyler Van DykeQB · 4★Miami → Wisconsin	Miami → Wisconsin	1.16	0.13
19	Taylen GreenQB · 3★Boise State → Arkansas	Boise State → Arkansas	1.14	2.31
20	Austin SmithQB · 2★Eastern Michigan → Austin Peay	Eastern Michigan → Austin Peay	1.06	-
21	Athan KaliakmanisQB · 3★Minnesota → Rutgers	Minnesota → Rutgers	1.01	1.73
22	Blake ShapenQB · 3★Baylor → Mississippi State	Baylor → Mississippi State	0.98	0.38
23	Cole SnyderQB · 3★Buffalo → Eastern Michigan	Buffalo → Eastern Michigan	0.94	1.45
24	Brendan SorsbyQB · 4★Indiana → Cincinnati	Indiana → Cincinnati	0.93	1.66
25	Riley LeonardQB · 4★Duke → Notre Dame	Duke → Notre Dame	0.91	2.77

Every FBS team, 2024

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In is the arrivals' WAR in 2023 at their old schools, Out the departures' WAR here that season, and Net the difference. The 2024 columns are what the same players have done since.

#	Team	Moves in / out	In	Out	Net	In, 2024	Out, 2024
1	Oregon	14 / 20	2.36	0.00	+2.36	2.39	0.37
2	UCF	25 / 26	2.34	0.19	+2.15	1.00	0.01
3	Vanderbilt	22 / 22	2.94	0.82	+2.13	2.82	0.19
4	Indiana	30 / 40	3.29	1.25	+2.04	2.57	1.91
5	USC	17 / 29	2.08	0.12	+1.95	1.07	0.23
6	Rice	10 / 3	1.77	0.00	+1.77	1.49	0.00
7	Florida State	17 / 18	1.66	0.05	+1.61	1.14	0.68
8	Texas State	31 / 22	3.52	1.92	+1.61	2.53	0.12
8	California	23 / 22	2.03	0.42	+1.61	0.26	0.69
10	Syracuse	19 / 29	1.71	0.15	+1.56	3.77	0.00
11	Western Kentucky	24 / 27	1.58	0.09	+1.49	0.17	0.29
12	Sam Houston	13 / 5	1.41	0.00	+1.41	0.61	0.00
13	Baylor	16 / 15	2.57	1.23	+1.34	0.21	0.49
14	Notre Dame	9 / 18	1.40	0.08	+1.32	3.03	0.10
14	Kentucky	12 / 22	1.37	0.04	+1.33	1.04	0.00
16	NC State	16 / 22	1.86	0.56	+1.30	0.90	0.64
17	Wisconsin	16 / 23	1.36	0.16	+1.20	0.53	0.92
18	Miami	14 / 28	2.98	1.95	+1.04	2.50	1.47
19	Louisville	28 / 29	1.04	0.06	+0.98	2.26	0.14
20	Washington	27 / 34	1.02	0.08	+0.94	2.27	0.09
21	North Carolina	10 / 22	0.96	0.06	+0.90	1.41	0.56
22	Ohio State	7 / 25	2.66	1.76	+0.90	2.63	4.12
23	Missouri	15 / 19	0.83	0.00	+0.83	0.57	0.17
24	Cincinnati	24 / 32	0.92	0.19	+0.73	1.92	0.10
25	Georgia	11 / 25	0.70	0.00	+0.70	0.50	0.92
26	Tulsa	12 / 24	1.00	0.37	+0.63	0.42	1.24
27	San Diego State	24 / 36	0.77	0.15	+0.62	0.93	0.05
27	BYU	9 / 16	0.62	0.00	+0.62	0.00	0.00
29	South Carolina	22 / 26	1.08	0.47	+0.61	0.82	0.67
29	Memphis	30 / 24	0.62	0.01	+0.61	0.78	0.32
31	Florida Atlantic	21 / 34	1.53	0.96	+0.57	1.42	0.22
32	Mississippi State	18 / 26	1.87	1.34	+0.53	0.96	1.93
32	LSU	9 / 25	0.80	0.27	+0.53	0.23	0.00
34	Texas	10 / 24	0.52	0.08	+0.44	0.32	1.21
35	Boston College	10 / 17	0.54	0.12	+0.42	0.96	0.29
36	Iowa	4 / 11	0.37	−0.02	+0.39	0.46	0.76
37	Ole Miss	25 / 23	0.92	0.59	+0.33	0.28	0.68
38	Tennessee	9 / 15	0.24	0.00	+0.24	0.10	0.00
39	Oklahoma State	8 / 11	0.32	0.09	+0.23	0.01	0.23
40	Virginia Tech	7 / 18	0.33	0.11	+0.22	0.36	0.11
41	Nevada	23 / 23	0.39	0.18	+0.21	0.69	0.14
42	Akron	16 / 22	0.28	0.10	+0.18	0.77	0.04
43	East Carolina	17 / 33	0.57	0.40	+0.17	1.03	0.51
44	Charlotte	29 / 30	0.26	0.10	+0.16	0.54	0.26
45	Michigan	7 / 17	0.11	0.00	+0.11	0.16	0.05
46	Jacksonville State	21 / 14	0.10	0.00	+0.10	2.88	0.00
47	Arkansas State	18 / 20	0.21	0.11	+0.09	0.01	0.16
48	Rutgers	6 / 15	1.01	0.92	+0.08	1.94	1.50
48	SMU	21 / 15	0.08	0.00	+0.08	0.64	0.00
50	Virginia	13 / 16	0.07	0.00	+0.07	0.16	0.00
51	Maryland	8 / 13	0.28	0.24	+0.05	0.10	0.18
51	Troy	10 / 20	0.11	0.06	+0.04	0.22	0.08
53	Northwestern	6 / 12	0.39	0.37	+0.02	0.21	0.79
53	Auburn	15 / 22	0.32	0.30	+0.02	0.23	0.32
53	Iowa State	7 / 21	0.26	0.24	+0.02	0.15	0.44
56	Penn State	6 / 13	0.13	0.12	+0.01	0.02	0.33
56	West Virginia	13 / 25	0.06	0.05	+0.01	0.03	0.21
58	Bowling Green	13 / 14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.00
58	Navy	0 / 6	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
58	Wyoming	4 / 13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00
58	Georgia Tech	12 / 32	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.89
58	UTSA	16 / 11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
58	Kansas	11 / 13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
58	Northern Illinois	6 / 18	0.00	0.00	−0.00	0.00	0.00
58	Southern Miss	17 / 7	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	0.00
58	Army	0 / 9	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
58	Louisiana	8 / 6	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
58	Kennesaw State	10 / 3	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
69	Purdue	18 / 28	0.32	0.36	−0.04	0.12	0.07
69	UAB	19 / 21	0.00	0.04	−0.04	0.00	0.00
69	UL Monroe	16 / 25	0.00	0.03	−0.03	0.00	0.00
72	Hawai'i	7 / 10	0.14	0.19	−0.06	0.10	0.06
73	Stanford	4 / 14	0.00	0.07	−0.07	0.00	0.11
74	Colorado	41 / 41	0.26	0.34	−0.08	0.60	0.86
75	Arizona	25 / 26	0.55	0.64	−0.09	0.31	1.07
75	Tulane	22 / 24	0.13	0.21	−0.08	0.18	0.03
75	Georgia Southern	12 / 17	0.00	0.09	−0.09	0.10	0.09
78	Arizona State	30 / 28	0.32	0.43	−0.11	2.70	0.17
78	New Mexico	28 / 23	0.15	0.26	−0.11	0.40	0.14
78	Fresno State	7 / 11	0.00	0.10	−0.10	0.11	0.10
81	TCU	23 / 19	0.63	0.75	−0.11	0.30	1.75
81	South Florida	14 / 20	0.04	0.15	−0.11	0.18	0.26
83	Eastern Michigan	21 / 24	1.16	1.33	−0.17	1.74	0.15
84	Clemson	0 / 11	0.00	0.18	−0.18	0.00	0.08
85	Florida International	10 / 16	0.00	0.19	−0.19	0.00	0.66
86	Florida	16 / 23	0.27	0.47	−0.20	0.23	0.71
86	Liberty	18 / 17	0.05	0.24	−0.20	0.01	0.19
86	Pittsburgh	14 / 20	0.00	0.20	−0.20	1.65	0.47
89	Alabama	14 / 38	0.20	0.44	−0.24	0.10	1.59
89	South Alabama	16 / 14	0.01	0.25	−0.25	0.10	0.04
89	Kent State	16 / 17	0.00	0.24	−0.24	0.00	0.03
92	Illinois	12 / 23	0.00	0.27	−0.26	0.19	0.08
93	Texas Tech	16 / 23	0.42	0.69	−0.27	0.48	1.84
94	Houston	27 / 31	0.12	0.40	−0.28	0.09	0.39
94	Air Force	0 / 11	0.00	0.28	−0.28	0.00	0.00
96	Western Michigan	12 / 23	0.08	0.37	−0.29	0.23	0.20
97	Nebraska	8 / 10	0.29	0.60	−0.30	0.44	0.23
97	Middle Tennessee	12 / 26	0.00	0.30	−0.30	0.11	0.02
99	Georgia State	31 / 34	0.31	0.62	−0.31	1.74	0.25
100	App State	15 / 21	0.00	0.34	−0.34	0.00	0.33
101	Arkansas	22 / 30	1.74	2.08	−0.35	2.76	2.24
102	Michigan State	24 / 39	0.51	0.92	−0.40	1.68	3.74
103	Texas A&M	26 / 30	0.51	0.95	−0.44	0.19	0.10
103	UCLA	23 / 17	0.08	0.52	−0.44	0.28	0.40
105	San José State	16 / 25	0.00	0.45	−0.45	1.11	0.32
106	Colorado State	11 / 19	0.01	0.53	−0.52	0.00	0.36
107	Marshall	28 / 32	1.09	1.63	−0.54	1.49	0.90
108	Utah State	21 / 25	0.82	1.40	−0.58	1.15	0.74
109	Minnesota	12 / 18	0.38	1.01	−0.63	1.68	1.73
109	Massachusetts	29 / 23	0.11	0.73	−0.63	0.48	0.36
109	Ball State	11 / 13	0.00	0.63	−0.63	0.36	0.59
112	Old Dominion	17 / 32	0.06	0.76	−0.70	0.21	0.18
113	Duke	18 / 18	0.43	1.16	−0.73	1.33	2.96
114	Wake Forest	5 / 15	0.46	1.21	−0.75	1.22	0.68
115	Utah	11 / 24	0.28	1.13	−0.85	0.10	0.86
116	UConn	24 / 20	0.27	1.18	−0.91	1.14	0.20
117	Louisiana Tech	15 / 22	0.11	1.09	−0.98	0.19	1.36
118	Buffalo	17 / 16	0.10	1.16	−1.06	0.26	1.67
119	Miami (OH)	5 / 10	0.08	1.20	−1.13	0.06	0.10
120	UTEP	26 / 36	0.06	1.32	−1.25	1.18	0.49
121	Boise State	8 / 14	0.06	1.34	−1.28	0.13	2.54
122	Kansas State	10 / 17	0.95	2.25	−1.30	0.24	2.63
123	Central Michigan	6 / 16	0.00	1.40	−1.40	0.17	0.29
124	UNLV	19 / 19	0.09	1.78	−1.69	1.77	0.45
125	Coastal Carolina	18 / 29	0.24	2.01	−1.77	0.20	0.23
126	Temple	15 / 31	0.09	2.01	−1.92	1.54	1.45
127	North Texas	26 / 36	0.75	2.77	−2.03	1.94	0.44
128	Oregon State	16 / 25	0.08	2.20	−2.12	1.32	3.03
129	Oklahoma	16 / 25	0.37	2.61	−2.24	0.14	3.20
130	Toledo	8 / 11	0.00	2.42	−2.42	0.00	0.08
131	Washington State	12 / 26	0.05	2.70	−2.65	0.09	3.19
132	James Madison	27 / 20	0.53	3.37	−2.84	0.43	2.73
133	Ohio	22 / 25	0.00	2.95	−2.95	0.70	1.82
134	New Mexico State	14 / 38	0.17	3.41	−3.24	0.40	3.21

How it works

Each player's value is YardLine's wins above replacement: every play's expected points credited to the players involved, adjusted for the opponent, against a typical backup. Only quarterbacks, skill players and specialists have a number of their own, because public play-by-play doesn't say which linemen or defenders were on the field. So a team that rebuilt its offensive line through the portal gets no credit for it here; the move counts show every position.

A move is valued by the season before it, so a team's portal class can be ranked as soon as the window closes, and the season after shows how it played out. WAR counts only snaps between FBS teams while the game was in doubt, so a transfer up from the FCS shows a dash before the move and adds nothing to his new team's In.

CFBD's portal list names players but doesn't identify them, so each entry is matched to the rosters of both schools. That ties about 19 in 20 skill-position transfers to a player; the rest count in the moves but add no WAR. The list updates every Tuesday.