It’s no secret that Purdue returns a large chunk of its offensive production from last season. With the top three scorers from last season all returning — Trey Kaufman-Renn, Braden Smith, and Fletcher Loyer — the Boilermakers have earned their spot as favorites to win the 2025-26 Big Ten title.
Along with Kaufman-Renn, Smith, and Loyer, Purdue also returns CJ Cox and Gicarri Harris, both making significant impacts as freshmen. In total, the Boilermakers bring back 86% of their scoring production from the 2024-25 squad. That team averaged 77.9 points per game and finished with a 24-12 record.
What’s even more impressive about that figure is that Purdue’s returning scoring production is nearly 30% higher than the second-highest in the Big Ten — Ohio State at 59%. Only four teams in the conference are returning more than 50% of their scoring from last season, per college basketball insider Jon Rothstein.
Here’s a look at Purdue’s returning scoring production compares to the rest of the Big Ten.
Big Ten returning scoring production
- Purdue — 86%
- Ohio State — 59%
- UCLA — 55.5%
- Illinois — 52.1%
- Nebraska — 48.1%
- Oregon — 48%
- Northwestern — 47.2%
- Michigan State — 40.4%
- Michigan — 40.1%
- Wisconsin — 35.9%
- Washington — 19.8%
- Penn State — 14.6%
- Rutgers — 14.4%
- Minnesota — 8.2%
- USC — 2.9%
- Iowa — 1.7%
- Indiana — 0%
- Maryland — 0%
Purdue’s top returning scorers
THOUGHTS ON PURDUE’S FIRST PRACTICE: Purdue held its first summer practice of 2025 on Monday. Here are a few quick thoughts and takeaways from what we saw at Cardinal Court in early June. CLICK HERE
PURDUE PLAYER INTERVIEWS: Following Purdue’s first basketball practice of the summer, Trey Kaufman-Renn, Braden Smith, Daniel Jacobsen, and Fletcher Loyer all met with reporters. CLICK HERE
JACOBSEN EAGER TO GET BACK TO WORK: Purdue center Daniel Jacobsen missed almost his entire freshman season due to injury. Now that he’s back to full strength, the 7-foot-4 center is ready to get back to work. CLICK HERE
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