NBA's Top 100: Sports Illustrated's list through the years

Sports Illustrated has released its very popular and highly controversial Top 100 NBA players ranking. The Blazers are not happy about it. DeMar DeRozan and Isaiah Thomas hate it.

You can have a look here at how players have moved up and down in the list since SI put together its first ranking three years ago.

But first, a few takeaways:

* LeBron James has been No. 1 every year. Kevin Durant has been stuck at No. 2 every time…

* Meaning Stephen Curry has yet to crack the Top 2 even after back-to-back MVP awards.

* Only 51 players have made the Top 100 every year. Aside from James and Durant, Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook are the only ones in the Top 10 four times in a row.

* DeRozan gets very little love from Sports Illustrated: The Raptors guard’s best ranking is No. 46 (this season). The year he was selected for the All-Star Game for the first time he wasn’t even listed in the Top 100.

* All teams have at least one player in this year’s Top 100 list. There’s five with five players each: Golden State, San Antonio, Cleveland, Boston and Utah.

Key: Players who made the All-Star Game that year in bold.

	2014	2015	2016	2017
Steven Adams				40
Arron Afflalo		81
LaMarcus Aldridge	18	12	12	11
Ryan Anderson	57	59	72	89
Giannis Antetokounmpo			100	48
Carmelo Anthony	10	11	15	24
Trevor Ariza		83	65	81
Omer Asik	69	64
Matt Barnes	97
Nicolas Batum	51	43	55	43
Kent Bazemore				90
Bradley Beal		76	62	58
Bismack Biyombo				91
Eric Bledsoe	95	33	33	49
Andrew Bogut		65	76	83
Devin Booker				100
Carlos Boozer	71
Chris Bosh	17	18	22	37
Avery Bradley				72
Kobe Bryant	9	24	54
Jimmy Butler	90	98	18	16
Andrew Bynum	60
Jose Manuel Calderon	70	88
Clint Capela				79
DeMarre Carroll			81	73
Vince Carter	86
Tyson Chandler	27	39	36
Mike Conley	39	32	27	26
DeMarcus Cousins	53	27	14	12
Jamal Crawford	76	86
Jae Crowder				53
Stephen Curry	15	8	4	3
Anthony Davis	41	6	3	8
Luol Deng	55	55	56	60
DeMar DeRozan	–	61	61	46
Boris Diaw		100
Goran Dragic	88	35	42	61
Andre Drummond	63	37	35	29
Tim Duncan	6	5	11
Kevin Durant	2	2	2	2
Monta Ellis	68	66	57
Tyreke Evans	65	84	58
Kenneth Faried	75	77	86	87
Derrick Favors	87	79	37	28
Evan Fournier				95
Danilo Gallinari	45	62	73	47
Kevin Garnett	28
Marc Gasol	14	16	9	22
Pau Gasol	36	49	40	41
Rudy Gay	64	67	52	80
Paul George	25		20	9
Taj Gibson		75	90
Manu Ginobili	56	41		97
Rudy Gobert			39	33
Aaron Gordon				99
Marcin Gortat		58	63	55
Danny Granger	72
Danny Green	96	96	50	69
Draymond Green			16	13
Blake Griffin	19	10	8	10
James Harden	11	13	5	7
Tobias Harris			78	77
Gordon Hayward	67	57	31	27
Roy Hibbert	23	52	95
George Hill	79		80	56
Jrue Holiday	48	50	59
Rodney Hood				85
Al Horford	22	25	21	18
Dwight Howard	7	9	19	34
Serge Ibaka	29	19	25	42
Andre Iguodala	33	29	44	44
Ersan Ilyasova	61	91
Kyrie Irving	20	21	23	25
Jarrett Jack	99
Reggie Jackson			94	54
LeBron James	1	1	1	1
Al Jefferson	44	26	47
Brandon Jennings	91
Amir Johnson	84	71	89	86
Joe Johnson	59	51	82
Nikola Jokic				78
DeAndre Jordan		38	29	20
Enes Kanter				88
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist			85
Andrei Kirilenko	49	85
Brandon Knight			79	98
Kyle Korver	98	74	46	70
Ty Lawson	42	44	51
David Lee	46	60
Kawhi Leonard	37	28	10	6
Damian Lillard	47	22	24	21
Brook Lopez	30	36	38	38
Robin Lopez		82	84	82
Kevin Love	13	7	17	30
Kyle Lowry	81	30	34	14
Ian Mahinmi				76
Shawn Marion	92
Kevin Martin	73	99
Wesley Matthews		72	99	92
OJ Mayo	77
CJ McCollum				50
Khris Middleton			45	39
Paul Millsap	38	34	32	15
Greg Monroe	52	68	48	63
Markieff Morris			64
Donatas Motiejunas			98
Timofey Mozgov			68
Steve Nash	54
Nenê	58	63
Joakim Noah	21	17	43
Nerlens Noel			97	84
Dirk Nowitzki	16	14	28	31
Victor Oladipo				74
Tony Parker	4	15	53
Chandler Parsons	94	56	66	51
Chris Paul	3	3	6	4
Nikola Pekovic	50	48
Paul Pierce	32	46	71
Mason Plumlee				93
Kristaps Porzingis				68
Zach Randolph	35	42	49	64
JJ Redick	82	93	93	59
Rajon Rondo	26	40
Derrick Rose	12	23	60
Ricky Rubio	93	87	87	71
Larry Sanders	43	78
Josh Smith	34	53	96
JR Smith	83	95		96
Tiago Splitter	74	70	74
Lance Stephenson		73
Amare Stoudemire	85
Jeff Teague	78	92	41	57
Isaiah Thomas		90	88	45
Klay Thompson	89	54	26	19
Tristan Thompson			70	52
Karl-Anthony Towns				23
Jonas Valanciunas		80	77	62
Anderson Varejao	66	97
Nikola Vucevic	100	89	67	75
Dwyane Wade	8	20	30	32
John Wall	40	31	13	17
Kemba Walker		94		36
David West	31	47
Russell Westbrook	5	4	7	5
Hassan Whiteside			69	35
Andrew Wiggins			91	67
Deron Williams	24	45	83
Louis Williams	80		92
Marvin Williams				65
Thaddeus Young	62	69	75	66
Cody Zeller				94

 

 

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