NBA Rank 2025 - Player rankings from 100 to 51 - ESPN

NBA Rank is back and ready to count down the best players in the league for the 2025-26 season. Which players made the top 100 this year and who missed the mark?

From Sixth Man of the Year Candidates like Naz Reid and Alex Caruso to surprising sophomores, players across the league have proved to our voters that they deserve a spot on the list of best players entering next season.

To get the final NBA Rank prediction, we asked our expert panel to vote on player-versus-player matchups from more than 20,000 possible pairings and to choose based on which player will be better in 2025-26.

Our countdown tips off with our ranking of players Nos. 100-51, which includes some surprise risers and fallers from last year's rank and a few reigning champions. The rollout continues Wednesday with Nos. 50-11 and Thursday with the season's top 10 players.

Note: ESPN's NBA Rank panel, made up of more than 150 reporters, editors, producers and analysts, was asked to rank players based on their predicted contributions — quality and quantity — for the 2025-26 regular season only. Due to their long-term injuries, Jayson Tatum, Tyrese Haliburton, Damian Lillard, Kyrie Irving, Dejounte Murray and Fred VanVleet are not part of this season's rankings. Signature stats provided by ESPN Research.

2024 NBA Rank: 53

Barrett averaged a career-high 21.1 points per game last season for the Raptors, his first full season playing for his hometown team after being acquired by Toronto midway through the 2023-24 campaign. Barrett's role entering this season is a bit in flux; however, a goal for the team is to combine his talents with the newly acquired Brandon Ingram and ascending star Scottie Barnes. — Tim Bontemps

Signature stat: Last season, Barrett