SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Senior Maxime Raynaud has been named a top-10 candidate for the 2025 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, presented annually to the nation’s top center. Raynaud is no stranger to national praise this season, as he was also named to the Wooden Trophy and Oscar Robertson Trophy watch lists.
The only ACC player recognized, Raynaud leads the ACC in scoring (20.2 ppg) and rebounding (11.7 rpg), and he ranks third nationally in rebounds and 11th in scoring. The Paris native leads the country with 19 double-doubles, three ahead of the rest of the country and six ahead of every other power conference player. He is one double-double away from tying Adam Keefe (1991-92) for Stanford’s single-season record.
He would join a select group of players to win both the league's scoring and rebounding titles, which has only been done 13 previous times in ACC history - nine of those players won ACC Player of the Year, and only twice since the 1950s (1964 and 1978) has the scoring/rebounding leader not been the ACC Player of the Year. The last five to accomplish the feat have all earned the ACC's top award: Marvin Bagley III (Duke, 2018), Tyler Hansbrough (UNC, 2008), Antawn Jamison (UNC, 1998), Tim Duncan (Wake, 1997) and Horace Grant (Clemson, 1987).
Stanford has never had a player finish higher than third on the national rebounding leaderboard (Curtis Borchardt, 2001-02), while his scoring average is on pace to be a top-10 single-season average in program history.
The annual Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, named after the Class of 1995 Hall of Famer and three-time NCAA Champion, celebrates its 11th year by honoring the top centers in Division I men’s college basketball. Raynaud would be the first player in ACC history to earn the award.
| 2025 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Top-10 Candidates |
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| Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton |
| Asa Newell, Georgia |
| Hunter Dickinson, Kansas |
| Derik Queen, Maryland |
| Vladislav Goldin, Michigan |
| Dawson Garcia, Minnesota |
| Nate Bittle, Oregon |
| Oscar Cluff, South Dakota State |
| Robbie Avila, Saint Louis |
| Maxime Raynaud, Stanford |