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Best Players of The 2020s

A wide-open era with new champions almost every year — Giannis, the Nuggets' Jokic, and a global wave of skilled big men and shot-making guards spreading the floor like never before.

The 2020s have been the most open era in memory: a different champion nearly every season, and a global wave of talent redefining what positions mean. Giannis Antetokounmpo bulldozed from the perimeter to the rim, while Nikola Jokic made the playmaking center the most valuable archetype in the sport — a throwback size with a point guard's vision.

Spacing is now assumed, not a strategy. Offenses run through skilled big men as hubs, guards shoot off the dribble from range, and defenses survive by switching everything. The pools are rich in versatile scorers and modern bigs who can both finish and create, which makes for high-ceiling, high-efficiency rosters.

Because the era is so deep and balanced, 2020s draws give you real choice: build around a do-everything big like Jokic or Giannis, or assemble a five-out roster of shot-makers. Either can win — the decade's lesson is that skill and versatility travel, so draft players who do more than one thing well.

Top 15 overall

  1. 1Nikola JokicC25.9 ppg · 12.0 rpg · 8.9 apg92
  2. 2Giannis AntetokounmpoPF29.7 ppg · 11.7 rpg · 6.0 apg91
  3. 3Joel EmbiidC29.3 ppg · 10.5 rpg · 3.9 apg89
  4. 4Victor WembanyamaC23.4 ppg · 11.0 rpg · 3.6 apg88
  5. 5Luka DoncicPG30.2 ppg · 8.8 rpg · 8.7 apg86
  6. 6Luka DoncicPG31.9 ppg · 7.8 rpg · 8.1 apg85
  7. 7James HardenSG33.3 ppg · 6.4 rpg · 7.8 apg84
  8. 8Anthony DavisC24.8 ppg · 10.9 rpg · 3.2 apg83
  9. 9Kevin DurantPF29.0 ppg · 7.1 rpg · 5.9 apg82
  10. 10Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPG28.0 ppg · 5.1 rpg · 5.7 apg82
  11. 11LeBron JamesPF25.7 ppg · 7.6 rpg · 7.9 apg82
  12. 12Kawhi LeonardSF25.1 ppg · 6.4 rpg · 4.1 apg82
  13. 13Domantas SabonisC18.9 ppg · 13.1 rpg · 6.9 apg82
  14. 14Karl-Anthony TownsC23.8 ppg · 9.5 rpg · 3.9 apg82
  15. 15Jimmy ButlerPF21.0 ppg · 6.0 rpg · 5.7 apg80

Best by position

PG

  1. 1Luka DoncicPG30.2 ppg · 8.8 rpg · 8.7 apg86
  2. 2Luka DoncicPG31.9 ppg · 7.8 rpg · 8.1 apg85
  3. 3Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPG28.0 ppg · 5.1 rpg · 5.7 apg82
  4. 4Stephen CurryPG27.2 ppg · 4.9 rpg · 5.7 apg78
  5. 5Tyrese HaliburtonPG19.5 ppg · 3.8 rpg · 10.1 apg78

SG

  1. 1James HardenSG33.3 ppg · 6.4 rpg · 7.8 apg84
  2. 2Donovan MitchellSG26.7 ppg · 4.6 rpg · 5.3 apg77
  3. 3Kyrie IrvingSG25.5 ppg · 4.9 rpg · 5.1 apg74
  4. 4Desmond BaneSG17.8 ppg · 4.6 rpg · 3.7 apg69
  5. 5Devin BookerSG26.5 ppg · 4.3 rpg · 5.9 apg69

SF

  1. 1Kawhi LeonardSF25.1 ppg · 6.4 rpg · 4.1 apg82
  2. 2Paul GeorgeSF23.0 ppg · 6.0 rpg · 4.5 apg77
  3. 3Kevin DurantSF26.0 ppg · 5.5 rpg · 4.8 apg73
  4. 4Deni AvdijaSF20.4 ppg · 7.1 rpg · 5.2 apg72
  5. 5Khris MiddletonSF18.3 ppg · 5.3 rpg · 5.0 apg70

PF

  1. 1Giannis AntetokounmpoPF29.7 ppg · 11.7 rpg · 6.0 apg91
  2. 2Kevin DurantPF29.0 ppg · 7.1 rpg · 5.9 apg82
  3. 3LeBron JamesPF25.7 ppg · 7.6 rpg · 7.9 apg82
  4. 4Jimmy ButlerPF21.0 ppg · 6.0 rpg · 5.7 apg80
  5. 5Jayson TatumPF26.6 ppg · 8.1 rpg · 4.6 apg79

C

  1. 1Nikola JokicC25.9 ppg · 12.0 rpg · 8.9 apg92
  2. 2Joel EmbiidC29.3 ppg · 10.5 rpg · 3.9 apg89
  3. 3Victor WembanyamaC23.4 ppg · 11.0 rpg · 3.6 apg88
  4. 4Anthony DavisC24.8 ppg · 10.9 rpg · 3.2 apg83
  5. 5Domantas SabonisC18.9 ppg · 13.1 rpg · 6.9 apg82

Teams of The 2020s

Los Angeles LakersBrooklyn NetsWashington WizardsDetroit PistonsSacramento KingsPhoenix SunsPortland Trail BlazersDallas MavericksUtah JazzPhiladelphia 76ersAtlanta HawksToronto RaptorsChicago BullsHouston RocketsGolden State WarriorsLA ClippersNew Orleans PelicansMilwaukee BucksCleveland CavaliersCharlotte HornetsMemphis GrizzliesOklahoma City ThunderMinnesota TimberwolvesBoston CelticsIndiana PacersSan Antonio SpursDenver NuggetsNew York KnicksMiami HeatOrlando Magic

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