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Top 100 NBA Players 2026

Name the top 100 players in basketball for the 2025–26 season according to ESPN.
Doesn't include players expected to miss most or all of this season (Tyrese Haliburton, Jayson Tatum, Damian Lillard, etc.)
This is probably the worst list ESPN's ever put out, I'm not exaggerating.
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Rank
Team
Player
1
Nuggets
Nikola Jokic
2
Thunder
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
3
Lakers
Luka Doncic
4
Bucks
Giannis Antetokounmpo
5
Spurs
Victor Wembanyama
6
Timberwolves
Anthony Edwards
7
Warriors
Stephen Curry
8
Lakers
LeBron James
9
Rockets
Kevin Durant
10
Knicks
Jalen Brunson
11
Thunder
Jalen Williams
12
Pistons
Cade Cunningham
13
Cavaliers
Evan Mobley
14
Mavericks
Anthony Davis
15
Cavaliers
Donovan Mitchell
16
Suns
Devin Booker
17
Magic
Paolo Banchero
18
Warriors
Jimmy Butler
19
Celtics
Jaylen Brown
20
Clippers
Kawhi Leonard
21
Heat
Bam Adebayo
22
Pacers
Pascal Siakam
23
Clippers
James Harden
24
Thunder
Chet Holmgren
25
Rockets
Alperen Sengun
26
Celtics
Derrick White
27
Knicks
Karl-Anthony Towns
28
76ers
Tyrese Maxey
29
Hawks
Trae Young
30
Raptors
Scottie Barnes
31
Grizzlies
Jaren Jackson Jr.
32
Magic
Franz Wagner
33
Grizzlies
Ja Morant
34
Kings
Domantas Sabonis
35
Spurs
De'Aaron Fox
36
Clippers
Ivica Zubac
37
Rockets
Amen Thompson
38
Cavaliers
Darius Garland
39
Magic
Desmond Bane
40
Nuggets
Aaron Gordon
41
Knicks
OG Anunoby
42
Timberwolves
Julius Randle
43
Jazz
Lauri Markkanen
44
Hawks
Jalen Johnson
45
Cavaliers
Jarrett Allen
46
Nuggets
Jamal Murray
47
76ers
Joel Embiid
48
Knicks
Mikal Bridges
49
Timberwolves
Rudy Gobert
50
Hawks
Kristaps Porzingis
51
Warriors
Draymond Green
52
Mavericks
Cooper Flagg
53
Thunder
Alex Caruso
54
76ers
Paul George
55
Hawks
Dyson Daniels
56
Thunder
Isaiah Hartenstein
57
Bucks
Myles Turner
58
Pelicans
Trey Murphy III
59
Magic
Jalen Suggs
60
Lakers
Austin Reaves
61
Pelicans
Zion Williamson
62
Nuggets
Christian Braun
63
Hornets
LaMelo Ball
64
Thunder
Luguentz Dort
65
Pacers
Aaron Nesmith
66
Trail Blazers
Deni Avdija
67
Nuggets
Cameron Johnson
68
Heat
Tyler Herro
69
Knicks
Josh Hart
70
Nets
Michael Porter Jr.
71
Bulls
Coby White
72
Kings
Zach LaVine
73
Mavericks
Dereck Lively II
74
Rockets
Jabari Smith Jr.
75
Timberwolves
Jaden McDaniels
76
Hornets
Brandon Miller
77
Raptors
Brandon Ingram
78
Trail Blazers
Toumani Camara
79
Hawks
Onyeka Okongwu
80
Kings
DeMar DeRozan
81
Pacers
Andrew Nembhard
82
Heat
Norman Powell
83
Warriors
Jonathan Kuminga
84
Pistons
Tobias Harris
85
Pistons
Jaden Ivey
86
Clippers
Bradley Beal
87
Nuggets
Jonas Valanciunas
88
Grizzlies
Zach Edey
89
Heat
Andrew Wiggins
90
Timberwolves
Naz Reid
91
Trail Blazers
Jrue Holiday
92
Knicks
Mitchell Robinson
93
Raptors
Jakob Poeltl
94
Spurs
Devin Vassell
95
Mavericks
PJ Washington
96
Hawks
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
97
Celtics
Payton Pritchard
98
Jazz
Walker Kessler
99
Spurs
Stephon Castle
100
Raptors
RJ Barrett
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31 Comments
Mattr
+9
Level 66
Sep 26, 2025
the recency bias towards the thunder by ESPN is diabolical. Jdub is a great player, but may possibly be becoming overrated.
JohnnyYeet
+4
Level 66
Oct 4, 2025
Yeah, he has no business being above AD, Spida, DBook, and a few others, at least for me. Chet also is nowhere near the 24th-best player in the NBA, and Derrick White at 26th is just nasty
gullitrottel
+5
Level 46
Oct 14, 2025
All-Star Tyler Herro 14 places behind Paul George smh
JohnnyYeet
+1
Level 66
Nov 4, 2025
I think they're banking on PG returning fully healthy and to prime form, because he was excellent in 2024, which was his last season on the Clips. They don't want to assume he's washed already, only for him to come back and ball out. Then they'd look even dumber.

Of course he hasn't played this season yet so jury's still out on how good he is.

GuessMDS
+3
Level 27
Oct 15, 2025
WHY IS JONAS VALENCUNAS ON THE LIST.

I don't actually think espn watches basketball, so many of these are so far off it has to be rage bait

Archer1212
+2
Level 65
Oct 22, 2025
JV is actually a really good player and probably deserving of being on this list. there are several other players who have no business being ranked here, as well as several omissions. no Benedict Mathurin? no Russ? no Shaeden Sharpe?
vitriden
+3
Level 84
Oct 30, 2025
Russ probably didn't have a team when they compiled the list.
Archer1212
+3
Level 65
Oct 22, 2025
you're right. this list is absolute trash. yikes.
Neodymium
+2
Level 63
Oct 30, 2025
WHY IS MY GOAT LEBRON NOT #1

my sunshine!

(I have never seen a game of professional basketball in my life)

JohnnyYeet
+2
Level 66
Nov 4, 2025
He's past his prime now, but what's crazy is that he had a case for best player in the league pretty much every year from 2006 to 2020. Absolute dominance.
thatguy6767
+1
Level 20
May 6, 2026
in 2020 it was giannis
jeffreyjeffjeff
+2
Level 95
Oct 30, 2025
Did I miss one, or are there no Washington Wizards on the list? A team without a single player in the top 100 is crazy.

I'm not saying there's an egregious omission, only that it's shocking how bad that team is.

Cyclonus
+1
Level 88
Oct 30, 2025
That might actually be reasonable. I mean, CJ McCollum and Khris Middleton are looking kinda washed at this point... Kyshawn George and Alex Sarr have looked decent, but I'm not sure they've necessarily surpassed anyone on this list. And everyone else on the team has either been a mediocre player for years, or is too young or has logged too few minutes to really rank them.
MasterRocket
+1
Level 83
Oct 31, 2025
I think CJ McCollum definitely deserves a spot over some here.
Cyclonus
+1
Level 88
Nov 4, 2025
McCollum was easily top 50 for many years of his career, and even probably top 20 for a few seasons. But this list is just for this current season, and he's really looking pretty washed this year. That said, I wouldn't actually have any major objection to him being somewhere towards the end of this top 100 list... but I also don't think it's too outrageous to leave him off.

The only thing there is, if he was on the list when he's not even the best player on the Wizards, then you'd also probably have to put Kyshawn George and Alex Sarr on the list... and which 3 players would you drop to do that?

Cyclonus
+1
Level 88
Oct 30, 2025
I got 82... largely from having the team names as a hint... I probably would have gotten like 50 without that. I think the names on this list are more or less reasonable, but the order in which they're ranked could, of course, be heavily argued, heh.
Gumbledalf
+1
Level 77
Nov 2, 2025
Nice, I knew 7 and guessed another 13 just based on popular last names.
buscfc93
+1
Level 83
Nov 2, 2025
No Vooch? Indeed the worst ESPN's list.
Emperorpotato
+1
Level 40
Nov 2, 2025
This list is so bad
nerdalert
+2
Level 89
Nov 3, 2025
They need to let Draymond off these lists at some point, if he ever even deserved to be on. And Jimmy Butler, as much as I love him, is not a Top 50 player anymore, let alone 18th.
JohnnyYeet
+1
Level 66
Nov 4, 2025
I disagree with both takes. Draymond is averaging very similar stats to what he was in his prime, and same goes for Jimmy. Sure neither are what they were 5-10 years ago but they are still very capable players and Golden State is doing very well.

If Jimmy was a consensus top 10 player averaging 20 7 6 he's definitely top 50 averaging 21 6 5.

#50 on this list is Kristaps Porzingis, who's currently averaging 18 7 3 and is injured almost all the time. Jimmy is definitely better than him.

TheLightRider
+2
Level 43
Nov 3, 2025
How Cooper Flagg is listed as the 53rd best player in the league before playing a single minute in the NBA is beyond me.
oort
+4
Level 60
Nov 4, 2025
No Josh Giddey is absurd
JohnnyYeet
+1
Level 66
Nov 4, 2025
Yeah, part of me thinks that they intentionally avoided him after all the controversy that he was in.

Though it could also be the fact that he was unsigned basically the entire offseason and they only put signed players on here. Russ isn't on this list either.

HutHutVikes
+1
Level 65
Nov 4, 2025
Wow, you were right. This list is hot garbage.
johnsonncn5
+1
Level 66
Nov 5, 2025
In what world is Alex Caruso better than LaMelo Ball?
hi111223
+1
Level 70
Nov 8, 2025
ESPN, this is crazy. First off, they need to grade defense, and there should not be this many western conference players in here. Western conference is getting glazed. Also LeBron is not the eighth best player in the league right now, he has a legacy but he is not 8 maybe like 30.
Ash26
+1
Level 52
Nov 11, 2025
Josh Giddey not even top 100 yet top 8th in MVP rn
Lpro
+1
Level 58
Jan 11, 2026
There is no way that James Harden, Derrick White, and AD are all below EVAN MOBLEY for God's sake
geodeaffr
+1
Level 34
Jan 20, 2026
Tbf, off the back of DPOY and #1 in the east (albeit an underwhelming post-season), putting him at 13 wasn't the most outrageous thing ESPN did here.
bunbud
+1
Level 61
Apr 26, 2026
This is actual rage bait
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