Found this post recently. The Ringer put together a list of the top 100 NBA players ending the 2025-2026 season.
It should be noted that players are listed with the Teams they were with on June 16, so techincally Tobias Harris is listed with the Pistons, but his addition
to the Spurs in the upcoming season gives the Silver& Black eight players, the most for any team.
Victor Wembanyama is #2 on the list, just behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. SGA was the league MVP and Cluth POTY lewading his team to 64 wins. Wemby was runner-up for MVP and the DPOY and bested OKC in the Western Conference Finals on his way to the NBA Finals. Something tells me these could be reversed next season.
Stephon Castle at #26 is described as wrecking ball defender. His placement feels right given the surrounding players.
Dylan Harper and De’Aaron Fox are #45 and #46 respectively. Looks like the authors — Bill Simmons, Zach Lowe, Danny Chau, Kirk Goldsberry, Rob Mahoney, Michael Pina, and Justin Verrier — didn’t want to pick a favorite given the “who should come start and who should come off the bench” discussions swirling after the the Finals. Alas, they couldn’t tie, so they gave Harper a small edge.
Vassell is such an overlooked player at times. Given the manpower in that starting line-up, it’s easy to focus on their last three years of draft picks and shuffle Vassell back. Good to see the writers acknowledge his greatness.
Having Julian Champagnie and Keldon Joshnon at #98 and #99 feels like a 1-2 punch to close out the Spurs on the list. All seven of the Spurs double-figure scorers made the list. All five starters (at the end of the season) were on the list. And Harris’ inclusion makes the Spurs the team with the most going inot next season.
Noteable non-Spurs.
At age 38, Stephen Curry is still in the Top 10.
Call it sour grapes (and the fact that I mainly only watch Spurs games) buy Karl-Anthony Towns at #12 felt too high. I’ll have to revisot his regular season stats, but the Knicks biog man was non-factor in their close out Championship Game 5 and scored only 5 measly points in all five 4th quarters during the Finals. Is he really the fourth best big in the game?
Ex-Spurs guard Dejounte Murray came in ay #89. I didn’t even know he was still playing. Thought injuries had sidelined him.
Memphis and Sacramento had no players on the list while Chicago, Dallas, and Brooklyn had one apiece.
See the entire list HERE.
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