Maxime Raynaud

Career Highlights:

  • Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year (2024)
  • All-Pac-12 second team (2024)
  • Stanford Athletic Board Conference Athlete of the Year (2024)
  • NABC Honors Court (2024)

As a Junior (2023-24):

  • Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year
  • All-Pac-12 second team
  • Stanford Athletic Board Conference Athlete of the Year
  • NABC Honors Court
  • Appeared in 32 games with 31 starts
  • Averaged 15.5 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game
  • Ranked 11th in the Pac-12 in scoring and third in rebounding, placed sixth in field goal percentage (56.7%). Ranked 33rd nationally in rebounds and 18th in defensive rebounds
  • Seventh-most rebounds in a single season in Stanford history (306)
  • Posted 12 double-doubles. First Stanford player with 12 or more since Reid Travis had 16 in 2016-17
  • Career high 29 points on two occasions, at Arizona (Feb. 4) and vs. Oregon State (Feb. 24)
  • Secured a career-high 17 rebounds in a win at Arizona State (Feb. 1)
  • Three games of at least 15 points and 15 rebounds, first Stanford player to accomplish the feat since Curtis Borchardt in 2001-02
  • 11 games of 20 or more points, including nine against Pac-12 opposition

As a Sophomore (2022-23):

  • Appeared in 33 games with 23 starts
  • Averaged 8.8 points and a team-leading 6.1 rebounds per game, shot 54 percent from the field
  • Ranked seventh in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage and 12th in rebounding
  • Scored a career-high 22 points against Pacific (Nov. 7)
  • Tallied two double doubles, against Chicago State (17 pts, 13 reb, Jan. 25) and UCLA (12 pts, 10 reb, Feb. 16)
  • Averaged 11.0 points and 7.2 rebounds on 54 percent shooting from Jan. 14 through the end of the season (17 games). Was one of just four players in the Pac-12 to meet those benchmarks over the stretch.

As a Freshman (2021-22):

  • Appeared in 29 games with five starts
  • Averaged 4.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game
  • Notched first-career double-double in second-career game with 16 points and 10 rebounds at Santa Clara (Nov. 12)
  • Ranked third among Pac-12 freshmen in rebounds per game, sixth in scoring
  • Scored in double figures five times
  • Shot 54.1 percent from the floor, with is seventh in Stanford freshman history
  • Made 42.3 percent of 3-point attempts, which is ninth-best in Stanford freshman history
  • Closed Pac-12 play averaging 7.7 points and 5.3 rebounds over final seven games

International

  • Won gold medal, led France in scoring at the 2023 FIBA U-20 European Championships in Greece
  • Won a silver medal with France at the FIBA U16 European Championships in 2019 in Italy
  • Selected to 2020 FIBA U17 World Championships in Bulgaria, but tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Before Stanford

  • Part of Stanford’s third top-20 recruiting class in four years
  • Prior to attending Stanford, played for Espoirs Nanterre, where he averaged 12.8 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. Teammate of Victor Wembanyama, the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft.
  • Inside-out player who can stretch his game to the 3-point line.
  • Participated in the Adidas Next Generation Tournament in Valencia, Spain with Espoirs Nanterre, and finished in the top three in scoring, rebounding and blocks
  • Part of French national team system.
  • Attended the prestigious Lycee Henri IV, the most selective high school in Paris
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