Declaring the No. 1 prospect in a class is an arduous, difficult task, for a number of reasons. But someone has to do it.

The goal with these rankings is always to project into the future to get it right in the long term, even if high school recruiting rankings ultimately have little impact on players' careers once they get to college and beyond. In some cases it becomes more complex when players jump onto the radar at different points in their basketball careers -- some well before they enter high school -- making things more fluid than one would expect.

We'll update our player rankings in early October. Before that happens, let's look at the top players in each group -- particularly who's in the running to be the No. 1 player.

See the current player rankings:

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