NBA draft rankings: The top 100 prospects for 2018

Dec 12, 2017




   Jonathan GivonyESPN

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Who are the best prospects in the 2018 NBA draft?

You can find our updated top 100 rankings here throughout the season.

This top 100 differs from our mock drafts in one crucial way: The top 100 is an overall ranking of all draft-eligible prospects in the 2018 NBA draft, regardless of whether or not we believe they are likely to enter -- or ultimately stay in -- the draft.

The mock draft attempts to project which players should or will make themselves eligible in April. And down the road, it will also take into account NBA teams' needs, the draft order and things we've learned about front office tendencies.

The same methodology applies to all of the other rankings we will maintain throughout the season: NCAA freshmen, NCAA sophomores, NCAA juniors, NCAA seniors, point guards, shooting guards, small forwards, power forwards, centers and international draft prospects.

Read more about the latest risers and fallers here.
Draft rankings: Top 100
Player Pos Team Age Height Wingspan
1. Luka Doncic PG Real Madrid 18.7 6-8 N/A
2. Deandre Ayton C Arizona 19.3 7-0 7-5
3. Marvin Bagley III PF/C Duke 18.7 6-11 7-0½
4. Mohamed Bamba C Texas 19.5 7-0 7-9
5. Michael Porter Jr. SF/PF Missouri 19.4 6-10 7-0
6. Collin Sexton PG Alabama 18.9 6-2 6-7
7. Miles Bridges SF/PF Michigan St 19.7 6-6 6-9
8. Jaren Jackson Jr. PF/C Michigan St 18.2 6-10 7-4
9. Robert Williams PF/C Texas A&M 20.1 6-9 7-5½
10. Kevin Knox SF/PF Kentucky 18.3 6-9 7-0
11. Mikal Bridges SF Villanova 21.2 6-7 7-1½
12. Trae Young PG Oklahoma 19.2 6-2 6-4
13. Dzanan Musa SF Cedevita 18.5 6-9 6-8½
14. Bruce Brown SG Miami FL 21.3 6-3 6-8½
15. Lonnie Walker IV SG Miami FL 18.9 6-4 6-10½
16. Wendell Carter Jr. C Duke 18.6 6-10 7-3
17. Trevon Duval PG Duke 19.3 6-3 6-3½
18. Justin Jackson SF/PF Maryland 20.8 6-7 7-3
19. Troy Brown SG Oregon 18.3 6-7 6-8
20. Anfernee Simons SG Team Breakdown 18.5 6-4 6-7
21. Hamidou Diallo SG Kentucky 19.3 6-5 7-0
22. Mitchell Robinson C N/A 19.6 6-11 7-4
23. Nickeil Alexander-Walker PG Virginia Tech 19.2 6-5 6-9
24. Shake Milton PG/SG SMU 21.2 6-6 7-0
25. De'Anthony Melton PG/SG USC 19.5 6-3 6-8
26. Grayson Allen SG Duke 22.1 6-4 6-6½
27. Brandon McCoy C UNLV 19.5 6-11 7-1½
28. Nick Richards C Kentucky 20.0 6-11 7-5
29. Khyri Thomas SG Creighton 21.5 6-3 N/A
30. Chimezie Metu PF/C USC 20.7 6-10 6-10½
31. Jalen Hudson SG Florida 21.5 6-5 N/A
32. Austin Wiley C Auburn 18.9 6-11 7-5
33. Goga Bitadze C Mega Bemax 18.3 6-11 7-2
34. Marko Simonovic PF/C Siena 18.1 7-0 N/A
35. Rodions Kurucs SF/PF Barcelona 19.8 6-10 N/A
36. Tyus Battle SG/SF Syracuse 20.2 6-7 6-8
37. Aaron Holiday PG UCLA 21.1 6-1 6-6
38. Chandler Hutchison SG Boise St 21.6 6-7 N/A
39. Daniel Gafford PF/C Arkansas 19.1 6-11 7-2
40. PJ Washington PF Kentucky 19.3 6-8 7-3
41. Jarred Vanderbilt SF Kentucky 18.6 6-8 7-1
42. Brian Bowen SF N/A 19.1 6-7 6-9
43. Arnoldas Kulboka SF Capo D'Orlando 19.9 6-10 6-11
44. Bonzie Colson PF Notre Dame 21.9 6-5 6-11½
45. Devonte' Graham PG Kansas 22.8 6-2 N/A
46. Landry Shamet PG Wichita St 20.7 6-4 N/A
47. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander PG/SG Kentucky 19.4 6-6 7-0
48. Lamar Peters PG Mississippi St. 19.4 6-0 #N/A
49. Jevon Carter PG West Virginia 22.2 6-2 6-3
50. Isaac Bonga SF Frankfurt 18.0 6-9 7-0
51. Andrew Jones PG/SG Texas 20.0 6-4 6-6½
52. Alize Johnson PF Missouri St 21.6 6-9 N/A
53. Allonzo Trier SG Arizona 21.8 6-5 6-7
54. Lagerald Vick SF Kansas 20.9 6-5 N/A
55. Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk SG Kansas 20.5 6-8 6-5
56. Ethan Happ PF/C Wisconsin 21.5 6-10 N/A
57. Vincent Edwards SF Purdue 21.6 6-8 7-0
58. Jacob Evans SF Cincinnati 20.4 6-6 N/A
59. Terence Davis SG Mississippi 20.5 6-4 N/A
60. Tryggvi Hlinason C Valencia 20.1 7-1 N/A
61. Tony Carr PG Penn St 20.1 6-3 6-8
62. Keita Bates-Diop SF Ohio St 21.8 6-7 N/A
63. Abdoulaye N'doye PG Cholet 19.7 6-7 7-2
64. Ray Spalding PF Louisville 20.7 6-10 7-1
65. V.J. King SF Louisville 20.8 6-7 6-9½
66. Donta Hall PF/C Alabama 20.3 6-9 7-4
67. Rui Hachimura PF Gonzaga 19.8 6-8 N/A
68. Moritz Wagner C Michigan 20.6 6-11 7-0
69. DJ Hogg SF/PF Texas A&M 21.2 6-9 6-10½
70. Rawle Alkins SG Arizona 20.1 6-5 6-9
71. Aleksa Radanov SG FMP 19.8 6-8 N/A
72. Tadas Sedekerskis SF Burgos 19.8 6-10 6-9½
73. Isaac Haas C Purdue 22.1 7-2 7-4
74. Matisse Thybulle SG Washington 20.7 6-5 N/A
75. Jordan Murphy PF Minnesota 20.7 6-6 N/A
76. Jarrey Foster SG SMU 21.0 6-6 N/A
77. Kostja Mushidi SG Mega Bemax 19.4 6-5 7-1
78. Karim Jallow SF Bayern Muenchen 20.6 6-7 6-8
79. Kevin Hervey SF Texas Arlington 21.4 6-7 N/A
80. Johnathan Williams PF Gonzaga 22.5 6-9 7-0½
81. Sacha Killeya-Jones PF Kentucky 19.3 6-11 7-2
82. Anas Mahmoud C Louisville 22.5 7-0 N/A
83. Vasilis Charalampopoulos PF PAOK 20.9 6-9 N/A
84. Malik Pope SF San Diego St 21.3 6-10 7-2
85. John Konchar SG IPFW 21.7 6-6 N/A
86. Tyler Hall SG Montana St 20.7 6-4 N/A
87. Bryant Crawford PG Wake Forest 20.7 6-3 6-7
88. D'Marcus Simonds PG/SG Georgia St 20.1 6-3 N/A
89. Aric Holman PF/C Mississippi St. 20.4 6-10 N/A
90. Josh Okogie SG Georgia Tech 19.2 6-4 7-0
91. Vanja Marinkovic SG Partizan 20.9 6-7 6-7
92. Maximo Fjellerup SF/PF Bahia Blanca 20.0 6-7 N/A
93. Elie Okobo PG Pau-Orthez 20.1 6-3 N/A
94. Dakota Mathias SG Purdue 22.4 6-4 N/A
95. Jeffrey Carroll SF Oklahoma St 23.0 6-6 6-6½
96. Omer Yurtseven C N.C. State 19.4 7-0 7-1
97. Donte Grantham SF Clemson 22.7 6-8 N/A
98. Viny Okouo C Malaga 20.6 7-2 N/A
99. Milik Yarbrough SG/SF Illinois St 22.1 6-6 N/A
100. Theo Pinson SF North Carolina 22.1 6-6 6-11