We ranked the NBA's players from 1 (the best) to 400 based largely on our projections of their statistical production this season as well as other factors related to past performance and potential. The categories considered were points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocked shots, field goal percentage, free throws made and three-pointers made. We also took into account each player's career stats as well as his role on the team, his prospects for improving or declining, his injury history and his physical condition. Using these criteria, we determined each player's PVR, which appears next to his name in his team's projected lineup.
| Player |
PVR |
| Tim Duncan |
1 |
| Kevin Garnett |
2 |
| Shaquille O'Neal |
3 |
| Tracy McGrady |
4 |
| Dirk Nowitzki |
5 |
| Kobe Bryant |
6 |
| Shawn Marion |
7 |
| Paul Pierce |
8 |
| Jermaine O'Neal |
9 |
| Allen Iverson |
10 |
| Jason Kidd |
11 |
| Elton Brand |
12 |
| Antoine Walker |
13 |
| Gary Payton |
14 |
| Steve Francis |
15 |
| Stephon Marbury |
16 |
| Vince Carter |
17 |
| Jamal Mashburn |
18 |
| Shareef Abdur-Rahim |
19 |
| Ray Allen |
20 |
| Sam Cassell |
21 |
| Yao Ming |
22 |
| Karl Malone |
23 |
| Pau Gasol |
24 |
| Amare Stoudemire |
25 |
| Glenn Robinson |
26 |
| Ben Wallace |
27 |
| Rasheed Wallace |
28 |
| Chris Webber |
29 |
| Steve Nash |
30 |
| Jalen Rose |
31 |
| Michael Finley |
32 |
| Andre Miller |
33 |
| Lamar Odom |
34 |
| Richard Hamilton |
35 |
| Gilbert Arenas |
36 |
| Nick Van Exel |
37 |
| Predrag Stojakovic |
38 |
| Jerry Stackhouse |
39 |
| Jason Terry |
40 |
| Kenyon Martin |
41 |
| Carmelo Anthony |
42 |
| Juwan Howard |
43 |
| Baron Davis |
44 |
| Matt Harpring |
45 |
| Antawn Jamison |
46 |
| LeBron James |
47 |
| Andrei Kirilenko |
48 |
| Wally Szczerbiak |
49 |
| Ron Artest |
50 |
| Rashard Lewis |
51 |
| Richard Jefferson |
52 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas |
53 |
| Eric Snow |
54 |
| Latrell Sprewell |
55 |
| Ricky Davis |
56 |
| Brian Grant |
57 |
| Antonio Davis |
58 |
| Mike Bibby |
59 |
| Allan Houston |
60 |
| Troy Murphy |
61 |
| Cuttino Mobley |
62 |
| Corey Maggette |
63 |
| Chauncey Billups |
64 |
| Tony Parker |
65 |
| Keith Van Horn |
66 |
| Caron Butler |
67 |
| Desmond Mason |
68 |
| Drew Gooden |
69 |
| Donyell Marshall |
70 |
| Mike Miller |
71 |
| Michael Redd |
72 |
| Bonzi Wells |
73 |
| Keon Clark |
74 |
| Tayshaun Prince |
75 |
| Eddie Jones |
76 |
| Jason Williams |
77 |
| Jason Richardson |
78 |
| P.J. Brown |
79 |
| Alvin Williams |
80 |
| Larry Hughes |
81 |
| Tim Thomas |
82 |
| Bobby Jackson |
83 |
| Nenê |
84 |
| David Wesley |
85 |
| Jamal Crawford |
86 |
| Darius Miles |
87 |
| Brent Barry |
88 |
| Eddy Curry |
89 |
| Joe Smith |
90 |
| Theo Ratliff |
91 |
| Zach Randolph |
92 |
| Radoslav Nesterovic |
93 |
| Kenny Thomas |
94 |
| Troy Hudson |
95 |
| Doug Christie |
96 |
| Kurt Thomas |
97 |
| Emanuel Ginobili |
98 |
| Marcus Camby |
99 |
| Tyson Chandler |
100 |
| Brad Miller |
101 |
| Toni Kukoc |
102 |
| Hedo Turkoglu |
103 |
| Stephen Jackson |
104 |
| Kerry Kittles |
105 |
| Tyronn Lue |
106 |
| Devean George |
107 |
| Jamaal Magloire |
108 |
| Jamaal Tinsley |
109 |
| Anfernee Hardaway |
110 |
| Gordan Giricek |
111 |
| Reggie Miller |
112 |
| Raef LaFrentz |
113 |
| T.J. Ford |
114 |
| Voshon Lenard |
115 |
| Dwyane Wade |
116 |
| Dale Davis |
117 |
| Malik Rose |
118 |
| Derek Anderson |
119 |
| Kwame Brown |
120 |
| Carlos Boozer |
121 |
| Al Harrington |
122 |
| Aaron McKie |
123 |
| Carlos Arroyo |
124 |
| James Posey |
125 |
| Mike James |
126 |
| Shane Battier |
127 |
| Clifford Robinson |
128 |
| Derrick Coleman |
129 |
| Damon Stoudamire |
130 |
| Scottie Pippen |
131 |
| Lorenzen Wright |
132 |
| Eddie Griffin |
133 |
| Mike Dunleavy |
134 |
| Lamond Murray |
135 |
| Ron Mercer |
136 |
| Dikembe Mutombo |
137 |
| Vlade Divac |
138 |
| Wesley Person |
139 |
| Michael Olowokandi |
140 |
| Marko Jaric |
141 |
| Sasha Pavlovic |
142 |
| Robert Horry |
143 |
| Howard Eisley |
144 |
| Adonal Foyle |
145 |
| Antonio McDyess |
146 |
| Jake Tsakalidis |
147 |
| Tyrone Hill |
148 |
| Corliss Williamson |
149 |
| Vladimir Radmanovic |
150 |
| Elden Campbell |
151 |
| Scot Pollard |
152 |
| Joe Johnson |
153 |
| Eric Williams |
154 |
| Dion Glover |
155 |
| Jim Jackson |
156 |
| Erick Dampier |
157 |
| Jerome Williams |
158 |
| Marcus Fizer |
159 |
| Chris Bosh |
160 |
| J.R. Bremer |
161 |
| Brian Skinner |
162 |
| Derek Fisher |
163 |
| Pat Garrity |
164 |
| Maurice Taylor |
165 |
| Erick Strickland |
166 |
| Travis Best |
167 |
| Earl Boykins |
168 |
| Donnell Harvey |
169 |
| Mehmet Okur |
170 |
| Anthony Peeler |
171 |
| Antonio Daniels |
172 |
| Kevin Ollie |
173 |
| Darrell Armstrong |
174 |
| Eric Piatkowski |
175 |
| Tony Battie |
176 |
| Shandon Anderson |
177 |
| Morris Peterson |
178 |
| Dajuan Wagner |
179 |
| Rodney White |
180 |
| Quentin Richardson |
181 |
| Jumaine Jones |
182 |
| Kenny Anderson |
183 |
| Ruben Patterson |
184 |
| Eduardo Najera |
185 |
| Lucious Harris |
186 |
| Calbert Cheaney |
187 |
| Alonzo Mourning |
188 |
| Predrag Drobnjak |
189 |
| Greg Ostertag |
190 |
| Gerald Wallace |
191 |
| Nazr Mohammed |
192 |
| Rasual Butler |
193 |
| George Lynch |
194 |
| Jon Barry |
195 |
| John Salmons |
196 |
| Malik Allen |
197 |
| Danny Fortson |
198 |
| Charlie Ward |
199 |
| Darko Milicic |
200 |
| |
| Player |
PVR |
| Bruce Bowen |
201 |
| Jerome James |
202 |
| Keyon Dooling |
203 |
| Brendan Haywood |
204 |
| Rodney Rogers |
205 |
| Tony Delk |
206 |
| Glen Rice |
207 |
| Andrew DeClercq |
208 |
| Stromile Swift |
209 |
| Bob Sura |
210 |
| Anthony Carter |
211 |
| Raja Bell |
212 |
| Speedy Claxton |
213 |
| Gary Trent |
214 |
| Jonathan Bender |
215 |
| Anthony Mason |
216 |
| Kendall Gill |
217 |
| Bo Outlaw |
218 |
| Clarence Weatherspoon |
219 |
| Christian Laettner |
220 |
| Earl Watson |
221 |
| Jerome Moiso |
222 |
| Jared Jeffries |
223 |
| Kelvin Cato |
224 |
| Milt Palacio |
225 |
| Eddie Robinson |
226 |
| Mickael Pietrus |
227 |
| Tom Gugliotta |
228 |
| Alan Henderson |
229 |
| Reggie Evans |
230 |
| Steve Blake |
231 |
| Ira Newble |
232 |
| Chucky Atkins |
233 |
| Marcus Banks |
234 |
| Marc Jackson |
235 |
| Chris Kaman |
236 |
| Jacque Vaughn |
237 |
| Maciej Lampe |
238 |
| Boris Diaw |
239 |
| Kirk Hinrich |
240 |
| Jahidi White |
241 |
| Zoran Planinic |
242 |
| Vin Baker |
243 |
| Shammond Williams |
244 |
| Eddie House |
245 |
| Dan Dickau |
246 |
| Steven Hunter |
247 |
| Robert Traylor |
248 |
| Michael Ruffin |
249 |
| Melvin Ely |
250 |
| Zarko Cabarkapa |
251 |
| Aaron Williams |
252 |
| Kedrick Brown |
253 |
| Austin Croshere |
254 |
| Qyntel Woods |
255 |
| Josh Howard |
256 |
| Rafer Alston |
257 |
| Chris Whitney |
258 |
| Nikoloz Tskitishvili |
259 |
| Jason Collins |
260 |
| Dan Gadzuric |
261 |
| Greg Buckner |
262 |
| Troy Bell |
263 |
| Adrian Griffin |
264 |
| Walter McCarty |
265 |
| Ansu Sesay |
266 |
| Shawn Bradley |
267 |
| Luke Ridnour |
268 |
| Rick Fox |
269 |
| Jarron Collins |
270 |
| Brevin Knight |
271 |
| Lee Nailon |
272 |
| Jeff McInnis |
273 |
| Vitaly Potapenko |
274 |
| Jake Voskuhl |
275 |
| Joel Przybilla |
276 |
| Jarvis Hayes |
277 |
| Fred Hoiberg |
278 |
| David West |
279 |
| Dejan Koturovic |
280 |
| Moochie Norris |
281 |
| Reece Gaines |
282 |
| Bryon Russell |
283 |
| DeShawn Stevenson |
284 |
| Zeljko Rebraca |
285 |
| Udonis Haslem |
286 |
| Francisco Elson |
287 |
| Lonny Baxter |
288 |
| Samaki Walker |
289 |
| Monty Williams |
290 |
| Michael Doleac |
291 |
| Jelani McCoy |
292 |
| Michael Curry |
293 |
| Sean Lampley |
294 |
| Tony Massenburg |
295 |
| Kevin Willis |
296 |
| Sean Rooks |
297 |
| Mark Madsen |
298 |
| Jeff Foster |
299 |
| Chris Mihm |
300 |
| Loren Woods |
301 |
| Bimbo Coles |
302 |
| Jiri Welsch |
303 |
| Damon Jones |
304 |
| Kendrick Perkins |
305 |
| Scott Williams |
306 |
| Horace Grant |
307 |
| Ryan Bowen |
308 |
| Rick Brunson |
309 |
| Michael Dickerson |
310 |
| Marcus Haislip |
311 |
| Slava Medvedenko |
312 |
| Mike Wilks |
313 |
| Stacey Augmon |
314 |
| Anthony Johnson |
315 |
| Corie Blount |
316 |
| Ervin Johnson |
317 |
| Chris Wilcox |
318 |
| Luke Walton |
319 |
| Cherokee Parks |
320 |
| Casey Jacobsen |
321 |
| Marquis Daniels |
322 |
| Calvin Booth |
323 |
| Dahntay Jones |
324 |
| Samuel Dalembert |
325 |
| Brian Scalabrine |
326 |
| Jeryl Sasser |
327 |
| Popeye Jones |
328 |
| Othella Harrington |
329 |
| DeSagana Diop |
330 |
| Damone Brown |
331 |
| Ruben BoumtjeBoumtje |
332 |
| Josh Howard |
333 |
| Wang Zhizhi |
334 |
| Mark Blount |
335 |
| Etan Thomas |
336 |
| Roger Mason Jr. |
337 |
| Tariq Abdul-Wahad |
338 |
| Vincent Yarbrough |
339 |
| Mike Sweetney |
340 |
| Chris Marcus |
341 |
| Darvin Ham |
342 |
| Brian Cook |
343 |
| Bostjan Nachbar |
344 |
| Ken Johnson |
345 |
| Kareem Rush |
346 |
| Michael Bradley |
347 |
| Ronald Murray |
348 |
| Marcus Hatten |
349 |
| Tremaine Fowlkes |
350 |
| Juan Dixon |
351 |
| Bryce Drew |
352 |
| Quincy Lewis |
353 |
| Ryan Humphrey |
354 |
| Mengke Bateer |
355 |
| Jamal Sampson |
356 |
| Frank Williams |
357 |
| Fred Jones |
358 |
| Smush Parker |
359 |
| Chris Andersen |
360 |
| Curtis Borchardt |
361 |
| Brandon Hunter |
362 |
| Tracy Murray |
363 |
| Lindsey Hunter |
364 |
| Scott Padgett |
365 |
| Olden Polynice |
366 |
| Kareem Reid |
367 |
| Leandrinho Barbosa |
368 |
| Keith Bogans |
369 |
| Chris Crawford |
370 |
| Jamison Brewer |
371 |
| John Amaechi |
372 |
| Dan Langhi |
373 |
| Brian Cardinal |
374 |
| Slavko Vranes |
375 |
| Kyle Korver |
376 |
| John Wallace |
377 |
| Michael Stewart |
378 |
| Jannero Pargo |
379 |
| Shane Heal |
380 |
| George McCloud |
381 |
| Alex Scales |
382 |
| Kirk Haston |
383 |
| Jason Hart |
384 |
| Jason Kapono |
385 |
| Mark Strickland |
386 |
| Stanley Roberts |
387 |
| Darius Songaila |
388 |
| Matt Carroll |
389 |
| Sam Clancy |
390 |
| Evan Eschmeyer |
391 |
| Eric Chenowith |
392 |
| Ben Davis |
393 |
| Gabe Muoneke |
394 |
| Cezary Trybanski |
395 |
| Raul Lopez |
396 |
| Lawrence Funderburke |
397 |
| Jon Stefansson |
398 |
| Zaza Pachulia |
399 |
| Ndudi Ebi |
400 |
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