The beauty of the NBA is that the debates are democratic. No single person’s opinion carries more weight than another’s.
And the other beautiful part of the NBA is that it is built for rankings — the best players, the best teams, the best eras — no topic is off limits. USA TODAY Sports dropped its Top 25 player rankings for the 2025-26 NBA season Thursday, Oct. 2, coinciding with the tip-off of the NBA preseason.
To come up with our list, we polled 12 of our NBA experts and asked them each to rank their Top 25 players, then used the weighted average of those lists.
Think we got anything wrong? Now, we want to hear from you. We’d love to see your Top 20 ranking, using the field of players from our Top 20. (Yes, just 20 because that’s all we can fit in the interactive ranking tool).
Make your voice heard and cast your vote in the poll at the bottom of this article. Voting closes Thursday, Oct. 9. We’ll share the results in an upcoming article.
USA TODAY Sports Top 25 NBA Player Ranking
Rank your own Top 20 players for the 2025-26 NBA season
