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Best Players of The 2020s

A wide-open era with new champions almost every year — Giannis, the Nuggets' Jokić, 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 Jokić 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 Jokić 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 JokićC25.9 ppg · 12.0 rpg · 8.9 apg89
  2. 2Joel EmbiidC29.3 ppg · 10.5 rpg · 3.9 apg86
  3. 3Giannis AntetokounmpoPF29.7 ppg · 11.7 rpg · 6.0 apg85
  4. 4Victor WembanyamaC23.4 ppg · 11.0 rpg · 3.6 apg83
  5. 5Kevin DurantPF29.0 ppg · 7.1 rpg · 5.9 apg81
  6. 6Anthony DavisC24.8 ppg · 10.9 rpg · 3.2 apg80
  7. 7Luka DončićPG31.9 ppg · 7.8 rpg · 8.1 apg80
  8. 8James HardenSG33.3 ppg · 6.4 rpg · 7.8 apg80
  9. 9Karl-Anthony TownsC23.8 ppg · 9.5 rpg · 3.9 apg80
  10. 10Luka DončićPG30.2 ppg · 8.8 rpg · 8.7 apg79
  11. 11Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPG28.0 ppg · 5.1 rpg · 5.7 apg79
  12. 12Kawhi LeonardSF25.1 ppg · 6.4 rpg · 4.1 apg79
  13. 13Stephen CurryPG27.2 ppg · 4.9 rpg · 5.7 apg78
  14. 14Karl-Anthony TownsC22.2 ppg · 12.3 rpg · 3.0 apg77
  15. 15Jimmy ButlerPF21.0 ppg · 6.0 rpg · 5.7 apg76

Best by position

PG

  1. 1Luka DončićPG31.9 ppg · 7.8 rpg · 8.1 apg80
  2. 2Luka DončićPG30.2 ppg · 8.8 rpg · 8.7 apg79
  3. 3Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPG28.0 ppg · 5.1 rpg · 5.7 apg79
  4. 4Stephen CurryPG27.2 ppg · 4.9 rpg · 5.7 apg78
  5. 5Kyrie IrvingPG27.1 ppg · 4.9 rpg · 5.8 apg75

SG

  1. 1James HardenSG33.3 ppg · 6.4 rpg · 7.8 apg80
  2. 2Donovan MitchellSG26.7 ppg · 4.6 rpg · 5.3 apg75
  3. 3Kyrie IrvingSG25.5 ppg · 4.9 rpg · 5.1 apg72
  4. 4Devin BookerSG26.5 ppg · 4.3 rpg · 5.9 apg68
  5. 5Desmond BaneSG17.8 ppg · 4.6 rpg · 3.7 apg67

SF

  1. 1Kawhi LeonardSF25.1 ppg · 6.4 rpg · 4.1 apg79
  2. 2Paul GeorgeSF23.0 ppg · 6.0 rpg · 4.5 apg74
  3. 3Kevin DurantSF26.0 ppg · 5.5 rpg · 4.8 apg71
  4. 4Deni AvdijaSF20.4 ppg · 7.1 rpg · 5.2 apg69
  5. 5Khris MiddletonSF18.3 ppg · 5.3 rpg · 5.0 apg69

PF

  1. 1Giannis AntetokounmpoPF29.7 ppg · 11.7 rpg · 6.0 apg85
  2. 2Kevin DurantPF29.0 ppg · 7.1 rpg · 5.9 apg81
  3. 3Jimmy ButlerPF21.0 ppg · 6.0 rpg · 5.7 apg76
  4. 4LeBron JamesPF25.7 ppg · 7.6 rpg · 7.9 apg76
  5. 5Jayson TatumPF26.6 ppg · 8.1 rpg · 4.6 apg75

C

  1. 1Nikola JokićC25.9 ppg · 12.0 rpg · 8.9 apg89
  2. 2Joel EmbiidC29.3 ppg · 10.5 rpg · 3.9 apg86
  3. 3Victor WembanyamaC23.4 ppg · 11.0 rpg · 3.6 apg83
  4. 4Anthony DavisC24.8 ppg · 10.9 rpg · 3.2 apg80
  5. 5Karl-Anthony TownsC23.8 ppg · 9.5 rpg · 3.9 apg80

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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