NBA MVP Rankings - 13 Apr

There is only a single game remaining in the NBA season, and for the 4th season in a row, Nikola Jokic is the best player in the league, and my pick to win the MVP. A few other players made good cases for the honor, but when the best player in the league has his team tied for first place on the last day of the season, he has to be the winner. Here are my final MVP rankings of the season, along with several updates to my all-time player rankings:

Most Valuable Player

1 (1) Nikola Jokic - C - DEN

26.5 Pts (#9), 12.3 Reb (#4), 9.0 Ast (#3), 1.3 Stl (#13), 0.9 Blk, .582 FG% (#11), .359 3P%, .819 FT%

2 (2) Giannis Antetokounmpo - PF - MIL

30.4 Pts (#2), 11.5 Reb (#6), 6.5 Ast (#14), 1.2 Stl, 1.1 Blk (#17), .611 FG% (#7), .274 3P%, .657 FT%

3 (3) Luka Doncic - PG - DAL

33.9 Pts (#1), 9.2 Reb (#15), 9.8 Ast (#2), 1.4 Stl (#7), 0.5 Blk, .487 FG%, .382 3P%, .786 FT%

4 (4) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - PG - OKC

30.3 Pts (#3), 5.6 Reb, 6.2 Ast (#17), 2.0 Stl (#1), 0.9 Blk, .536 FG%, .358 3P%, .873 FT% (#18)

5 (7) Jalen Brunson - PG - NYK

28.6 Pts (#4), 3.6 Reb, 6.7 Ast (#12), 0.9 Stl, 0.2 Blk, .480 FG%, .402 3P%, .845 FT%

6 (6) Jayson Tatum - PF - BOS

26.9 Pts (#7), 8.1 Reb, 4.9 Ast, 1.0 Stl, 0.6 Blk, .471 FG%, .376 3P%, .833 FT%

7 (10) Anthony Davis - C - LAL

24.6 Pts (#15), 12.7 Reb (#3), 3.5 Ast, 1.2 Stl, 2.4 Blk (#2), .553 FG% (#19), .274 3P%, .814 FT%

8 (NR) LeBron James - PF - LAL

25.6 Pts (#14), 7.2 Reb, 8.2 Ast (#6), 1.2 Stl, 0.5 Blk, .540 FG% (#20), .413 3P%, .746 FT%

9 (5) Domantas Sabonis - C - SAC

19.4 Pts, 13.7 Reb (#1), 8.2 Ast (#5), 0.9 Stl, 0.6 Blk, .593 FG% (#9), .388 3P%, .701 FT%

10 (8) Tyrese Haliburton - PG - IND

20.3 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 10.9 Ast (#1), 1.2 Stl (#20), 0.7 Blk, .477 FG%, .367 3P%, .857 FT%

Honorable Mention: Damian Lillard - PG - MIL, Victor Wembanyama - C - SAS, Joel Embiid - C - PHI, Anthony Edwards - SG - MIN, Devin Booker - PG - PHX, Trae Young - PG - ATL, Kevin Durant - PF - PHX

All-Time Player Rank Changes

Kevin Durant has passed Karl Malone to move up to #13

Stephen Curry has passed Bob Cousy to move up to #16

Anthony Davis has passed Pau Gasol to move up to #54

Draymond Green has passed Reggie Miller to move up to #63

Joel Embiid has passed Gus Williams, Dennis Rodman, and Tom Heinsohn to move up to #89

Luka Doncic has passed Shawn Kemp and Walter Davis to move up to #97

NCAA Basketball Rankings - Final

UConn was #4 in my rankings when March Madness began, but over the past 3 weeks they left no doubt that they are the best team in the country, winning every game by at least 10 points for the second postseason in a row. Here are my full final rankings of the season:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1	4	UConn	-21.05	37	3
2	2	Purdue	-19.76	34	5
3	1	Houston	-19.42	32	5
4	3	Auburn	-18.52	27	8
5	5	Arizona	-18.28	27	9
6	6	Tennessee	-17.36	27	9
7	7	North Carolina	-17.1	29	8
8	10	Duke	-16.25	27	9
9	8	Iowa State	-15.85	29	8
10	9	Illinois	-15.8	29	9
11	11	Alabama	-15.23	25	12
12	13	Creighton	-15.15	25	10
13	12	Marquette	-14.81	27	10
14	17	Gonzaga	-14.01	27	8
15	14	Baylor	-13.19	24	11
16	18	Michigan State	-13.17	20	15
17	16	Kentucky	-12.79	23	10
18	15	BYU	-12.76	23	11
19	28	Clemson	-12.72	24	12
20	19	Wisconsin	-12.46	22	14
21	20	Colorado	-12.37	26	11
22	25	St. John's	-12.08	20	13
23	21	Florida	-11.98	24	12
24	23	New Mexico	-11.44	26	10
25	24	Mississippi St	-11.43	21	14
26	27	Dayton	-11.43	25	8
27	22	Kansas	-11.4	23	11
28	29	Wake Forest	-11.38	21	14
29	30	San Diego State	-11.28	26	11
30	36	Texas	-11.27	21	13
31	31	Indiana State	-11.26	32	7
32	26	Nebraska	-11.13	23	11
33	34	Saint Mary's	-10.82	26	8
34	39	Pittsburgh	-10.64	22	11
35	32	Texas Tech	-10.58	23	11
36	35	Florida Atlantic	-10.57	25	9
37	33	TCU	-10.57	21	13
38	38	Cincinnati	-10.52	22	15
39	42	Texas A&M	-10.49	21	15
40	37	Villanova	-10.46	18	16
41	40	Washington St	-10.26	25	10
42	44	Colorado State	-10.14	25	11
43	43	Oklahoma	-9.874	20	12
44	47	Northwestern	-9.839	22	12
45	45	Nevada	-9.824	26	8
46	48	Utah	-9.746	22	15
47	46	Drake	-9.735	28	7
48	49	Grand Canyon	-9.73	30	5
49	41	Ohio State	-9.715	22	14
50	62	NC State	-9.585	26	15
51	51	Utah State	-9.261	28	7
52	53	Iowa	-9.186	19	15
53	50	James Madison	-9.083	32	4
54	67	Seton Hall	-8.926	25	12
55	52	South Carolina	-8.898	26	8
56	55	Boise State	-8.856	22	11
57	58	Oregon	-8.762	24	12
58	57	Providence	-8.582	21	14
59	59	Xavier	-8.577	16	18
60	61	Virginia Tech	-8.571	19	15
61	54	McNeese	-8.523	30	4
62	56	Princeton	-8.273	24	5
63	63	Washington	-8.176	17	15
64	60	Bradley	-8.056	23	12
65	65	Maryland	-7.88	16	17
66	66	Virginia	-7.555	23	11
67	68	Samford	-7.506	29	6
68	69	Memphis	-7.488	22	10
69	64	UCF	-7.477	17	16
70	70	SMU	-7.401	20	13
71	75	San Francisco	-7.297	23	11
72	71	UC Irvine	-7.265	24	10
73	77	Boston College	-7.259	20	16
74	74	Butler	-7.225	18	15
75	78	VCU	-7.082	24	14
76	73	Appalachian St	-7.015	27	7
77	72	Yale	-6.934	23	10
78	81	Minnesota	-6.685	19	15
79	76	Kansas State	-6.681	19	15
80	80	UMass	-6.619	20	11
81	82	Penn State	-6.464	16	17
82	87	Florida State	-6.462	17	16
83	79	Richmond	-6.44	23	10
84	85	UNLV	-6.378	21	13
85	83	North Texas	-6.333	19	15
86	86	South Florida	-6.252	25	8
87	84	Duquesne	-6.127	25	12
88	90	USC	-6.107	15	18
89	88	Ole Miss	-6.052	20	12
90	94	Syracuse	-6.028	20	12
91	89	Cornell	-6	22	8
92	96	Georgia	-5.909	20	17
93	91	Charleston	-5.64	27	8
94	93	Louisiana Tech	-5.628	22	10
95	92	Vermont	-5.529	28	7
96	102	Miami	-5.476	15	17
97	95	Loyola-Chicago	-5.427	23	10
98	99	Saint Joseph's	-5.397	21	14
99	97	St. Bonaventure	-5.352	20	13
100	98	George Mason	-5.33	20	12
101	100	LSU	-4.943	17	16
102	103	Indiana	-4.937	19	14
103	104	Rutgers	-4.764	15	17
104	101	High Point	-4.709	26	9
105	107	UCLA	-4.591	16	17
106	105	Morehead State	-4.547	26	9
107	106	UNC Wilmington	-4.439	21	10
108	108	Hofstra	-4.32	20	13
109	109	West Carolina	-4.209	22	10
110	122	Seattle	-4.169	22	14
111	111	Northern Iowa	-4.109	19	14
112	112	Drexel	-4.011	20	12
113	113	UAB	-3.999	23	12
114	110	Akron	-3.982	24	11
115	115	Stanford	-3.836	14	18
116	114	Belmont	-3.686	20	13
117	117	Santa Clara	-3.576	20	13
118	116	Charlotte	-3.513	19	12
119	118	Arkansas	-3.475	16	17
120	121	UT Arlington	-3.366	20	14
121	119	UMass Lowell	-3.28	22	10
122	128	Oakland	-3.226	24	12
123	120	Southern Illinois	-3.147	19	13
124	123	Troy	-3.003	20	12
125	124	Oklahoma St	-2.844	12	20
126	127	Davidson	-2.794	15	17
127	141	Tarleton	-2.76	25	10
128	135	Georgia Tech	-2.672	14	18
129	126	UC San Diego	-2.58	21	12
130	130	Youngstown St	-2.571	22	10
131	125	Colgate	-2.535	25	10
132	139	Notre Dame	-2.526	13	20
133	129	Toledo	-2.458	20	12
134	133	Michigan	-2.386	8	24
135	132	Liberty	-2.357	18	14
136	145	South Dakota St	-2.347	22	12
137	136	Towson	-2.289	20	14
138	131	West Kentucky	-2.169	22	12
139	142	Eastern Wash	-2.158	21	11
140	140	Tulane	-2.154	14	17
141	138	Ohio	-2.151	20	13
142	143	Chattanooga	-2.103	21	12
143	144	UNC Greensboro	-2.066	21	11
144	137	Arkansas State	-2.066	19	17
145	134	Longwood	-1.987	21	14
146	147	California	-1.962	13	19
147	146	Arizona State	-1.96	14	18
148	149	Fort Wayne	-1.903	23	13
149	150	St. Thomas	-1.843	20	13
150	148	Weber State	-1.832	20	12
151	151	Louisiana	-1.573	19	14
152	152	Missouri State	-1.516	17	16
153	154	Sam Houston St	-1.415	21	12
154	153	UNC Asheville	-1.389	22	12
155	157	Winthrop	-1.272	17	15
156	156	Lipscomb	-1.25	20	12
157	159	Delaware	-1.101	19	14
158	158	Montana	-1.101	24	11
159	161	Bryant	-1.099	20	13
160	155	Fairfield	-1.09	23	13
161	162	Wichita State	-1.086	15	19
162	163	Wright State	-1.085	18	14
163	164	Missouri	-1.056	8	24
164	160	Quinnipiac	-0.929	24	10
165	166	Murray State	-0.724	12	20
166	167	Stony Brook	-0.702	20	15
167	168	Furman	-0.566	17	16
168	165	Texas A&M-CC	-0.413	21	12
169	169	West Virginia	-0.354	9	23
170	170	Oregon State	-0.255	13	19
171	172	Stephen F Austin	-0.246	18	15
172	171	Long Beach St	0.0383	21	15
173	173	Kent State	0.1778	17	17
174	174	UC Davis	0.1939	20	13
175	175	East Tennessee St	0.3855	19	16
176	176	Monmouth	0.4408	18	15
177	179	Hawaii	0.5062	20	14
178	177	Brown	0.5619	13	18
179	178	Little Rock	0.6663	21	13
180	180	Lamar	0.6745	19	14
181	184	North Kentucky	0.707	18	15
182	181	UTEP	0.727	18	16
183	183	Texas State	0.7874	17	18
184	186	Wyoming	0.8407	15	17
185	192	Utah Valley	0.8865	16	16
186	182	Stetson	0.9144	22	13
187	189	Merrimack	0.9333	21	12
188	187	Illinois State	0.9369	15	17
189	188	Eastern Kentucky	0.9963	17	14
190	200	Norfolk State	1.044	24	11
191	185	Saint Peter's	1.0643	19	14
192	196	Cleveland State	1.1099	20	14
193	190	Marist	1.1249	18	13
194	191	Penn	1.2098	11	18
195	194	Tulsa	1.2338	16	15
196	195	UIC	1.2736	12	21
197	199	Fordham	1.2949	13	20
198	193	Gardner-Webb	1.3051	17	16
199	207	Loyola Marymount	1.3076	12	19
200	197	Jacksonville St	1.3209	14	18
201	201	Evansville	1.3277	17	17
202	198	Wofford	1.334	17	15
203	202	Temple	1.3952	16	20
204	203	Maine	1.4519	15	17
205	204	UT Martin	1.4546	21	11
206	205	Radford	1.4664	16	17
207	206	North Colorado	1.5042	19	14
208	209	La Salle	1.5523	16	17
209	208	East Carolina	1.5981	15	18
210	210	Iona	1.7155	16	17
211	212	UMKC	1.7226	16	16
212	211	N Carolina Cent	1.743	18	13
213	224	Georgetown	1.853	9	23
214	214	Georgia State	1.9096	14	17
215	217	Vanderbilt	1.9326	9	23
216	218	Saint Louis	1.969	13	20
217	215	Columbia	1.9858	13	14
218	220	New Hampshire	2.0026	16	15
219	219	George Washington	2.0442	15	17
220	216	Rider	2.0693	15	17
221	225	Southern	2.105	18	14
222	233	Louisville	2.1362	8	24
223	222	Rhode Island	2.1976	12	20
224	221	Harvard	2.2035	14	13
225	223	Albany	2.222	13	19
226	234	Cal Baptist	2.2447	16	17
227	230	North Dakota	2.2923	18	14
228	226	North Florida	2.3565	16	16
229	229	UC Santa Barbara	2.3566	16	15
230	227	Mt. St. Mary's	2.3589	13	19
231	231	Central Conn	2.3653	20	11
232	239	Abilene Christian	2.4118	16	18
233	228	North Alabama	2.4208	15	17
234	213	Austin Peay	2.4507	19	16
235	235	Milwaukee	2.473	20	15
236	237	Green Bay	2.5373	18	14
237	232	Nicholls	2.6016	20	14
238	236	Bowling Green	2.6557	20	14
239	238	Northeastern	2.6789	12	20
240	240	CSU Northridge	2.8201	19	15
241	241	Rice	2.8936	11	21
242	243	UC Riverside	2.9053	16	18
243	242	Lehigh	2.9217	14	18
244	244	Mercer	2.963	16	17
245	247	Texas Southern	3.015	16	17
246	245	Western Illinois	3.0718	21	12
247	248	CSU Fullerton	3.2622	14	18
248	249	Kennesaw St	3.2925	15	16
249	246	Montana State	3.3325	17	18
250	250	Marshall	3.3509	13	20
251	251	Florida Gulf Coast	3.3803	14	18
252	252	Miami (OH)	3.4066	15	17
253	253	Jacksonville	3.4373	16	17
254	266	Grambling	3.4904	21	15
255	254	Southern Miss	3.5316	16	16
256	262	Pepperdine	3.5855	13	20
257	257	CSU Bakersfield	3.588	13	19
258	255	Queens	3.5976	14	19
259	261	The Citadel	3.6114	11	21
260	260	Idaho State	3.6478	14	20
261	259	Omaha	3.657	15	18
262	267	Southern Utah	3.6686	10	21
263	258	Ball State	3.6752	15	16
264	256	Canisius	3.6942	14	18
265	263	Presbyterian	3.7863	14	19
266	264	Binghamton	3.8224	15	15
267	265	Niagara	3.9032	16	16
268	269	San Jose State	3.9632	9	23
269	271	Denver	3.9992	17	17
270	268	Howard	4.0352	18	17
271	270	Bucknell	4.0663	14	19
272	273	Portland State	4.068	17	15
273	272	UT San Antonio	4.079	11	21
274	276	North Dakota St	4.0806	15	17
275	274	Fresno State	4.0926	12	21
276	275	South Alabama	4.1505	16	16
277	277	UMBC	4.2912	11	21
278	279	Wagner	4.3115	17	16
279	278	SIU-Edwardsville	4.3589	17	16
280	280	Air Force	4.5075	9	22
281	282	American	4.5742	16	16
282	281	Delaware State	4.6029	15	19
283	284	Sacred Heart	4.6364	16	16
284	283	Central Michigan	4.6368	18	14
285	285	S Carolina Upstate	4.8331	10	20
286	286	Tennessee St	4.84	18	15
287	288	Le Moyne	4.92	15	17
288	291	Bethune-Cookman	5.0693	17	17
289	287	SE Louisiana	5.0789	15	17
290	292	Chicago State	5.1256	13	18
291	289	Boston U	5.1382	16	17
292	290	Oral Roberts	5.2238	12	19
293	294	Alcorn State	5.2612	14	18
294	297	Jackson State	5.5315	15	17
295	293	Florida Intl	5.5483	11	22
296	299	Alabama State	5.6904	13	19
297	296	Georgia Southern	5.6973	9	24
298	305	Utah Tech	5.8641	11	20
299	295	Mid Tennessee	5.8792	14	20
300	298	Eastern Illinois	5.9066	14	18
301	302	San Diego	5.9682	18	15
302	300	UL Monroe	6.0462	11	19
303	301	North Illinois	6.0854	11	20
304	304	Campbell	6.1296	14	18
305	303	New Mexico St	6.1931	13	19
306	306	West Michigan	6.303	12	20
307	307	Bellarmine	6.4139	8	23
308	308	South Carolina St	6.5923	14	18
309	309	Charleston South	6.6757	10	20
310	311	William & Mary	6.7647	10	23
311	313	Valparaiso	6.7703	7	25
312	310	Old Dominion	6.7944	7	25
313	314	Robert Morris	6.7977	10	22
314	312	Sacramento St	6.8101	10	24
315	316	North Arizona	6.8502	14	19
316	315	Elon	6.9384	13	19
317	317	Navy	7.124	13	18
318	319	Portland	7.4495	12	21
319	325	DePaul	7.6918	3	29
320	321	Fairleigh Dickinson	7.6974	15	17
321	318	Northwestern St	7.7163	9	23
322	323	Idaho	7.7969	11	21
323	320	Texas A&M-Com	7.8512	13	20
324	322	Lafayette	7.9005	11	21
325	326	Ark-Pine Bluff	7.9162	13	18
326	324	South Dakota	7.9287	12	20
327	328	Prairie View A&M	8.2781	10	21
328	332	Alabama A&M	8.4245	12	23
329	327	Morgan State	8.4643	11	20
330	329	Coastal Carolina	8.6393	9	22
331	330	Southern Indiana	8.6632	8	24
332	333	NJIT	9.176	7	21
333	331	New Orleans	9.2332	10	23
334	334	Tennessee Tech	9.2551	10	21
335	335	Dartmouth	9.3335	6	21
336	336	Eastern Michigan	9.6979	13	18
337	339	Florida A&M	9.765	6	23
338	337	Manhattan	9.7876	7	23
339	338	Hampton	9.9229	9	24
340	340	Central Arkansas	10.056	9	23
341	341	Army	10.123	10	22
342	343	UT Rio Grande	10.318	6	25
343	342	Incarnate Word	10.509	8	23
344	344	Maryland-E Shore	10.658	9	20
345	345	Loyola (MD)	10.843	7	25
346	346	Long Island	10.888	7	22
347	347	Holy Cross	11.073	10	23
348	348	N Carolina A&T	11.257	7	25
349	349	Cal Poly	11.381	4	28
350	350	Houston Baptist	11.88	6	23
351	351	SE Missouri St	11.951	9	22
352	352	St. Francis (PA)	11.985	8	22
353	353	Lindenwood	12.142	9	22
354	354	Stonehill	12.253	4	27
355	355	Detroit Mercy	12.523	1	31
356	356	Buffalo	12.949	4	27
357	357	VMI	13.497	4	28
358	359	Pacific	13.656	6	26
359	358	Siena	13.717	4	28
360	360	Coppin State	14.889	2	27
361	361	IUPUI	15.487	6	26
362	362	Miss Valley St	16.164	1	30