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The exact number of players who place their names in the NCAA Transfer Portal each year is known by the NCAA, but it is not made public. However, each year for the last 10 years, the recruiting website Verbalcommits.com has kept track of known transfers, and their numbers are probably about as accurate as anyone's.
Here are the number of transfers each of the last 10 years (click on year to see list of transfers)-
2021- currently at 984, but will go much higher
2020- 1026- this is the all-time high for a year
2019- 991
2018- 882
2017- 904
2016- 800
2015- 829
2014- 752
2013- 672
2012- 577
These lists of transfers include mainly D1 scholarship players, but also a few non-scholarship D1 players and a few non-Division I players.
The trend has been an increasing number of transferring players, and with several new transfer rules enacted or expected to be enacted (grad-transfer rule, extra year of eligibility, and immediate eligibility), this year will easily set a new record once all the transfers are in.
There are about 350 Division I schools, and they average 12-13 scholarship players each year. That is about 4,500 scholarship players at the D1 level, and over the past 3 years, about 1,000 of them transfer. That is approximately 22% of all D1 players, and averages out to about 3 transfers per team for all 350 D1 teams.
Here are the number of transfers each of the last 10 years (click on year to see list of transfers)-
2021- currently at 984, but will go much higher
2020- 1026- this is the all-time high for a year
2019- 991
2018- 882
2017- 904
2016- 800
2015- 829
2014- 752
2013- 672
2012- 577
These lists of transfers include mainly D1 scholarship players, but also a few non-scholarship D1 players and a few non-Division I players.
The trend has been an increasing number of transferring players, and with several new transfer rules enacted or expected to be enacted (grad-transfer rule, extra year of eligibility, and immediate eligibility), this year will easily set a new record once all the transfers are in.
There are about 350 Division I schools, and they average 12-13 scholarship players each year. That is about 4,500 scholarship players at the D1 level, and over the past 3 years, about 1,000 of them transfer. That is approximately 22% of all D1 players, and averages out to about 3 transfers per team for all 350 D1 teams.
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