Who is the best NBA player of the 2020s?
The decade is still running and the argument moves every season. Two players at a time, one pick each, and the standings are whatever the voters make them.
1Nikola JokicThree MVP awards in four years and a title in 2023, from the 41st pick of his draft.
2Giannis AntetokounmpoBack-to-back MVPs, a Finals MVP in 2021, and a fifty-point game to close it out.
3Luka DoncicHas averaged a near triple-double for multiple seasons and carried Dallas to the Finals.
4Stephen CurryWon a fourth title and his first Finals MVP in 2022, still the best shooter alive.
5Kevin DurantTwo Finals MVPs before the decade and an Olympic gold in 2024 as the leading scorer.
6LeBron JamesWon the 2020 title and became the league's all-time leading scorer in 2023.
7Joel EmbiidMVP in 2023 and two scoring titles, when healthy the most difficult centre to guard.
8Jayson TatumCarried Boston to the 2024 championship after two Finals runs in five years.
9Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderTurned into a scoring champion and an MVP candidate in the space of three seasons.
10Kawhi LeonardTwo Finals MVPs with two franchises and a defensive record few forwards match.
11Anthony DavisThe defensive spine of the 2020 title team and a career of two-way dominance.
12Devin BookerTook Phoenix to the 2021 Finals and has a seventy-point game on his record.
13Damian LillardClosed the decade's most famous first-round series with a shot from the logo.
14Jimmy ButlerDragged undermanned Miami teams to two Finals as a fifth seed and an eighth.
15Donovan MitchellA perennial forty-point threat who has carried two franchises deep into the playoffs.
16Victor WembanyamaArrived in 2023 and immediately led the league in blocks as a rookie.
17Anthony EdwardsTook Minnesota past Denver in 2024 and became the face of the next generation.
18Tyrese HaliburtonLed the league in assists and turned Indiana into one of the fastest teams in years.
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