NBA MVP Rankings - 27 Dec

There are a lot of new faces in the MVP race this month, with a few players making their first-ever appearance in the top 10 today. Injuries to many of the previous top 10 created more space, but the two most recent MVPs are still the favorites. Here are my full current rankings, with previous ranking in parentheses and career highs in bold, plus a few more updates to the all-time player rankings:

Most Valuable Player

1 (1) Nikola Jokic - C - DEN

29.8 Pts, 12.1 Reb (#1), 11.0 Ast (#1), 1.4 Stl, 0.8 Blk, .609 FG%, .440 3P%, .851 FT%

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

32.1 Pts, 4.9 Reb, 6.5 Ast, 1.5 Stl, 0.8 Blk, .551 FG%, .425 3P%, .884 FT%

3 (6) Cade Cunningham - PG - DET

26.5 Pts, 6.3 Reb, 9.6 Ast, 1.6 Stl, 0.8 Blk, .461 FG%, .328 3P%, .818 FT%

4 (4) Luka Doncic - PG - LAL

33.7 Pts, 8.5 Reb, 8.7 Ast, 1.5 Stl, 0.6 Blk, .461 FG%, .322 3P%, .801 FT%

5 (NR) Jalen Brunson - PG - NYK

29.3 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 6.5 Ast, 0.8 Stl, 0.1 Blk, .478 FG%, .381 3P%, .844 FT%

6 (NR) Jalen Johnson - SF - ATL

23.8 Pts, 10.4 Reb, 8.3 Ast, 1.4 Stl, 0.4 Blk, .525 FG%, .368 3P%, .821 FT%

7 (8) Donovan Mitchell - SG - CLE

30.7 Pts, 4.6 Reb, 5.4 Ast, 1.4 Stl, 0.3 Blk, .499 FG%, .390 3P%, .853 FT%

8 (NR) Jamal Murray - PG - DEN

25.4 Pts, 4.3 Reb, 7.0 Ast, 1.1 Stl, 0.3 Blk, .491 FG%, .460 3P%, .884 FT%

9 (5) Tyrese Maxey - PG - PHI

30.8 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 7.0 Ast, 1.7 Stl, 0.9 Blk, .458 FG%, .394 3P%, .891 FT%

10 (NR) Jaylen Brown - SF - BOS

29.4 Pts, 6.3 Reb, 4.9 Ast, 1.2 Stl, 0.5 Blk, .502 FG%, .369 3P%, .783 FT%

Honorable Mention: James Harden - PG - LAC; Jalen Duren - C - DET; Josh Giddey - PG - CHI; Victor Wembanyama - C - SAS; Giannis Antetokounmpo - PF - MIL

All-Time Player Rank Changes

Stephen Curry passed Jerry West to move up to #12

Russell Westbrook passed Chris Paul to move up to #18

Nikola Jokic passed Oscar Robertson to move up to #22

Anthony Davis passed Dolph Schayes and Gary Payton to move up to #46

Luka Doncic passed Kyrie Irving to move up to #59

Trae Young passed Dennis Rodman, Tom Heinsohn, and Mike Conley to move up to #93

NCAA Basketball Rankings - 22 Dec

Michigan is still the top team in the country this week, but not by as wide a margin as before, as both Arizona and Vanderbilt have closed the gap with the Wolverines, and all 3 are currently undefeated. Michigan State joined their in-state rivals in the top 10 this week after 2 more wins raised their record to 11-1, and Utah State joined the top 25 after destroying Colorado State to open conference play in the Mountain West. Here are my full current rankings:

Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L
1	1	Michigan	-23.92	11	0
2	3	Arizona	-20.62	11	0
3	5	Vanderbilt	-20.47	12	0
4	2	Duke	-19.8	11	1
5	6	Iowa State	-18.21	12	0
6	4	Gonzaga	-17.97	12	1
7	7	UConn	-17.34	12	1
8	9	Purdue	-16.41	11	1
9	8	BYU	-15.5	11	1
10	11	Michigan State	-14.9	11	1
11	10	Kansas	-14.75	9	3
12	12	Florida	-14.05	8	4
13	14	Georgia	-13.59	10	1
14	17	Illinois	-13.51	8	3
15	20	Iowa	-13.42	10	2
16	21	Houston	-13.24	11	1
17	15	Nebraska	-13.19	12	0
18	16	Alabama	-13.13	9	3
19	18	Tennessee	-12.83	9	3
20	23	Saint Louis	-12.76	11	1
21	31	Utah State	-12.76	10	1
22	13	Virginia	-12.65	10	1
23	19	Louisville	-12.5	10	2
24	26	Texas Tech	-12.26	9	3
25	24	LSU	-12.02	10	1
26	22	Arkansas	-11.99	9	3
27	34	Belmont	-11.93	12	1
28	28	North Carolina	-11.77	11	1
29	32	Tulsa	-11.58	11	1
30	30	McNeese	-11.54	10	2
31	27	Indiana	-11.45	9	3
32	39	Villanova	-11.26	9	2
33	37	Seton Hall	-11.21	11	1
34	33	Saint Mary's	-10.96	10	2
35	25	St. John's	-10.85	7	4
36	29	Miami	-10.79	11	2
37	36	Hofstra	-10.68	9	4
38	41	SMU	-10.65	10	2
39	63	Baylor	-10.62	9	2
40	49	NC State	-10.55	9	4
41	60	UCF	-10.52	10	1
42	50	Kentucky	-10.51	8	4
43	45	Washington	-10.4	7	4
44	54	Akron	-10.31	9	3
45	48	VCU	-10.07	8	4
46	43	USC	-9.701	12	1
47	53	Yale	-9.468	11	1
48	42	UC San Diego	-9.238	10	2
49	35	Clemson	-9.231	10	3
50	72	Miami (OH)	-9.079	12	0
51	55	Butler	-8.939	9	3
52	66	Texas	-8.794	8	4
53	51	Columbia	-8.742	9	3
54	44	Auburn	-8.674	8	4
55	47	Lipscomb	-8.667	7	5
56	46	Winthrop	-8.521	8	6
57	40	Oklahoma	-8.517	8	3
58	70	Ohio State	-8.48	8	3
59	52	William & Mary	-8.453	9	3
60	62	Missouri	-8.421	10	2
61	56	Utah Valley	-8.41	10	3
62	61	Sam Houston St	-8.294	7	4
63	64	New Mexico	-8.176	10	2
64	38	Oklahoma St	-8.137	11	1
65	77	Texas A&M	-8.086	9	3
66	97	Illinois State	-7.941	10	3
67	79	Bowling Green	-7.675	9	3
68	57	Wisconsin	-7.657	7	4
69	84	South Florida	-7.642	7	5
70	83	UCLA	-7.601	9	3
71	73	George Washington	-7.409	8	4
72	78	Murray State	-7.397	10	3
73	111	Grand Canyon	-7.289	7	4
74	142	Creighton	-7.132	7	5
75	95	Cornell	-7.077	6	5
76	59	Colorado	-7.061	10	2
77	68	Wyoming	-6.91	9	3
78	90	Oakland	-6.904	6	7
79	75	Colorado State	-6.883	9	3
80	67	George Mason	-6.86	11	1
81	130	Arkansas State	-6.693	9	4
82	80	Stephen F Austin	-6.65	9	2
83	109	Northern Iowa	-6.579	9	2
84	102	Kansas State	-6.567	8	4
85	74	Virginia Tech	-6.548	11	2
86	86	St. Thomas	-6.523	10	4
87	71	Notre Dame	-6.465	9	4
88	100	Montana State	-6.423	5	7
89	112	California	-6.371	12	1
90	85	Boise State	-6.184	8	4
91	69	Cal Baptist	-6.151	10	3
92	65	Santa Clara	-6.15	9	4
93	93	Rhode Island	-6.15	8	4
94	81	Pacific	-6.141	9	4
95	89	Northwestern	-5.965	7	5
96	132	Quinnipiac	-5.816	9	4
97	96	Austin Peay	-5.798	5	5
98	91	Mercer	-5.63	7	5
99	87	Wright State	-5.611	5	7
100	113	Youngstown St	-5.474	8	5
101	140	Stanford	-5.457	10	2
102	116	Wichita State	-5.407	8	5
103	82	TCU	-5.379	9	3
104	76	Arizona State	-5.374	9	4
105	99	High Point	-5.317	10	3
106	128	UT Rio Grande	-5.3	5	6
107	103	Troy	-5.285	8	5
108	117	Idaho	-5.282	8	4
109	58	Wake Forest	-5.254	9	4
110	118	Richmond	-5.217	10	2
111	98	Dayton	-5.213	9	4
112	152	UT Martin	-5.085	9	4
113	88	Providence	-5.037	7	6
114	106	Southern Illinois	-4.934	6	7
115	121	Florida Atlantic	-4.912	8	4
116	92	San Diego State	-4.91	6	4
117	107	North Dakota St	-4.895	10	4
118	104	Colgate	-4.742	6	6
119	115	West Virginia	-4.736	8	4
120	114	Marshall	-4.719	7	5
121	122	St. Bonaventure	-4.451	11	2
122	135	Nevada	-4.375	9	3
123	110	UT Arlington	-4.363	7	4
124	108	Siena	-4.285	9	3
125	126	UAB	-4.269	9	4
126	137	Seattle	-4.22	10	2
127	105	North Colorado	-4.211	9	3
128	160	Liberty	-4.191	8	3
129	150	South Carolina	-4.11	7	4
130	168	Cincinnati	-4.018	7	5
131	136	Towson	-3.995	7	5
132	119	Ole Miss	-3.992	7	5
133	125	Toledo	-3.96	6	6
134	158	Bradley	-3.945	9	4
135	120	UNC Wilmington	-3.893	10	2
136	169	Grambling	-3.874	5	6
137	154	Elon	-3.748	7	5
138	123	Coastal Carolina	-3.669	7	6
139	172	Buffalo	-3.633	10	2
140	127	Lindenwood	-3.51	8	4
141	129	West Kentucky	-3.508	7	4
142	167	Kent State	-3.477	10	2
143	94	East Tennessee St	-3.427	8	5
144	161	Incarnate Word	-3.276	6	6
145	138	Marist	-3.211	8	3
146	174	Iona	-3.19	9	4
147	145	Robert Morris	-3.169	10	4
148	139	Syracuse	-3.156	8	4
149	151	Texas A&M-CC	-3.033	5	6
150	146	South Alabama	-2.988	9	4
151	101	Idaho State	-2.828	7	6
152	124	Southern Miss	-2.724	7	6
153	231	Pittsburgh	-2.579	7	6
154	179	Minnesota	-2.538	7	5
155	148	Florida State	-2.412	6	6
156	171	Memphis	-2.4	4	7
157	181	Kennesaw St	-2.399	8	4
158	200	Tarleton	-2.355	9	4
159	187	SE Missouri St	-2.307	6	6
160	202	UC Davis	-2.176	6	5
161	144	Hampton	-2.15	6	7
162	159	S Carolina Upstate	-2.147	8	7
163	176	Portland State	-2.087	6	5
164	163	Loyola Marymount	-1.806	8	4
165	191	New Mexico St	-1.772	7	3
166	133	Tennessee St	-1.73	7	5
167	166	UC Riverside	-1.718	6	7
168	165	San Francisco	-1.7	8	5
169	178	Long Island	-1.684	6	6
170	193	Drake	-1.672	7	6
171	134	Penn State	-1.623	8	4
172	197	Furman	-1.607	9	4
173	198	CSU Fullerton	-1.535	5	8
174	180	Hawaii	-1.534	10	2
175	186	Eastern Michigan	-1.527	6	6
176	162	Northeastern	-1.524	4	6
177	143	UIC	-1.515	4	8
178	157	Weber State	-1.493	5	7
179	170	Davidson	-1.454	8	3
180	184	Harvard	-1.44	6	6
181	153	UC Irvine	-1.429	8	5
182	131	Central Conn	-1.386	6	5
183	173	Norfolk State	-1.373	6	8
184	149	Xavier	-1.3	9	4
185	185	Utah Tech	-1.205	7	6
186	237	Oregon	-1.145	6	6
187	194	Central Arkansas	-1.116	5	8
188	208	Maryland	-1.073	6	6
189	205	Charleston South	-1.06	8	6
190	156	Mid Tennessee	-0.952	7	4
191	141	North Kentucky	-0.856	9	5
192	201	Georgetown	-0.846	8	4
193	175	SIU-Edwardsville	-0.818	7	5
194	225	Fort Wayne	-0.79	8	6
195	196	Vermont	-0.779	8	6
196	182	Southern	-0.768	4	8
197	233	Temple	-0.715	7	5
198	164	Alabama State	-0.656	3	8
199	183	Mississippi St	-0.579	7	5
200	248	Fairfield	-0.572	7	5
201	155	Indiana State	-0.557	7	6
202	229	Washington St	-0.527	5	8
203	195	East Texas A&M	-0.512	6	6
204	216	Sacred Heart	-0.484	5	7
205	189	Green Bay	-0.464	6	7
206	211	Navy	-0.461	8	5
207	232	Denver	-0.453	7	7
208	210	DePaul	-0.446	8	5
209	207	North Texas	-0.41	8	4
210	234	Abilene Christian	-0.245	7	5
211	206	South Dakota St	-0.213	7	7
212	223	UC Santa Barbara	-0.212	8	4
213	177	UMass	-0.139	8	4
214	190	Louisiana Tech	0.0101	6	4
215	227	Utah	0.0149	8	4
216	266	Howard	0.0262	9	5
217	212	Duquesne	0.0412	6	5
218	188	Old Dominion	0.0989	4	9
219	254	Wofford	0.1579	7	5
220	236	James Madison	0.1725	7	6
221	218	New Orleans	0.3885	3	8
222	199	Brown	0.4501	5	7
223	228	Florida Gulf Coast	0.5123	5	7
224	221	Boston College	0.5271	5	6
225	220	Prairie View A&M	0.5961	5	6
226	147	Tennessee Tech	0.6144	6	7
227	240	Florida Intl	0.6262	6	4
228	250	Nicholls	0.6789	3	8
229	243	Bellarmine	0.8229	5	6
230	252	Samford	0.8337	7	6
231	215	UMass Lowell	0.8543	5	9
232	267	Dartmouth	0.8969	5	6
233	235	CSU Northridge	0.9522	7	5
234	239	Georgia Southern	1.039	10	5
235	241	Milwaukee	1.0555	6	6
236	217	Monmouth	1.103	6	7
237	203	Bethune-Cookman	1.1648	3	8
238	230	Appalachian St	1.2852	8	6
239	249	Wagner	1.3595	4	6
240	246	Detroit Mercy	1.4352	5	7
241	244	Fordham	1.5371	8	4
242	238	Queens	1.5659	5	7
243	264	Oregon State	1.6028	7	6
244	242	Fresno State	1.6425	6	6
245	274	Charleston	1.6794	7	6
246	214	Marquette	1.6865	5	8
247	209	Campbell	1.7104	5	7
248	298	N Carolina A&T	1.7147	7	4
249	247	Boston U	1.7515	5	8
250	245	American	1.797	7	5
251	224	Cal Poly	1.8147	5	9
252	258	UNLV	1.8643	5	6
253	255	Mercyhurst	1.8745	7	5
254	275	Ark-Pine Bluff	1.8866	3	10
255	269	Penn	2.002	6	5
256	260	Merrimack	2.0364	6	7
257	272	Northwestern St	2.0737	3	8
258	276	Eastern Kentucky	2.13	4	9
259	278	Georgia Tech	2.183	8	4
260	287	Jacksonville St	2.2372	5	6
261	226	UNC Asheville	2.2606	6	8
262	192	Stony Brook	2.2841	8	5
263	273	Chattanooga	2.3268	6	7
264	213	Eastern Wash	2.377	2	10
265	285	UAlbany	2.3884	4	10
266	256	West Carolina	2.419	4	7
267	301	Omaha	2.4193	7	7
268	261	Saint Joseph's	2.4296	7	4
269	292	La Salle	2.4348	4	9
270	280	Charlotte	2.531	6	7
271	281	SE Louisiana	2.619	4	8
272	282	San Jose State	2.6535	5	7
273	251	Valparaiso	2.7077	6	6
274	263	Le Moyne	2.798	5	7
275	253	Rutgers	2.8952	6	6
276	279	New Hampshire	3.0083	4	8
277	204	Lamar	3.0629	5	6
278	259	Presbyterian	3.1858	6	8
279	291	Southern Utah	3.2485	4	9
280	219	Montana	3.2631	6	7
281	284	UMBC	3.2884	6	6
282	304	Stonehill	3.3051	3	9
283	268	North Arizona	3.3511	5	7
284	262	Houston Christian	3.389	5	7
285	271	Jacksonville	3.4048	5	7
286	290	North Illinois	3.4538	5	7
287	314	Sacramento St	3.455	4	7
288	299	Oral Roberts	3.4788	5	9
289	283	Ohio	3.5611	5	7
290	293	Rice	3.5613	6	7
291	295	Bryant	3.6116	3	9
292	289	Portland	3.6492	7	5
293	300	Maryland-E Shore	3.7245	4	12
294	325	San Diego	3.7407	5	6
295	294	New Haven	3.8122	5	6
296	297	Morehead State	3.8472	5	7
297	305	Princeton	4.1081	3	10
298	315	Mt. St. Mary's	4.16	4	9
299	286	Drexel	4.2628	6	7
300	270	North Florida	4.3796	2	10
301	277	North Alabama	4.3892	5	6
302	222	Holy Cross	4.4094	5	8
303	321	Chicago State	4.4413	2	11
304	306	Long Beach St	4.4888	3	10
305	302	West Georgia	4.5669	6	5
306	335	Longwood	4.5812	7	7
307	313	Bucknell	4.6109	3	10
308	311	VMI	4.6871	5	8
309	308	UNC Greensboro	4.7316	4	9
310	303	Alcorn State	4.7507	1	10
311	296	Texas State	4.7848	8	6
312	327	Loyola (MD)	4.8175	4	9
313	265	West Michigan	4.8181	5	7
314	318	Radford	4.8607	6	8
315	323	North Dakota	4.9026	5	10
316	310	Army	4.9057	5	7
317	257	Alabama A&M	4.9446	6	6
318	309	UT San Antonio	4.9828	4	7
319	288	South Dakota	4.9953	7	7
320	307	UTEP	5.1233	3	7
321	336	Pepperdine	5.1315	5	8
322	324	Central Michigan	5.2613	4	8
323	334	Little Rock	5.2831	3	9
324	317	Evansville	5.2865	4	9
325	312	Missouri State	5.5105	5	5
326	319	N Carolina Cent	5.6593	4	10
327	326	Saint Peter's	5.8077	4	5
328	320	Manhattan	6.1947	5	8
329	328	Texas Southern	6.2055	1	8
330	343	Georgia State	6.3517	3	10
331	330	Stetson	6.3644	4	8
332	331	Eastern Illinois	6.4287	3	8
333	333	Canisius	6.4805	5	7
334	322	Lehigh	6.5078	4	9
335	338	IU Indianapolis	6.6052	4	9
336	344	Tulane	6.6256	9	4
337	329	Jackson State	6.8722	1	11
338	342	Fairleigh Dickinson	7.0356	3	8
339	341	CSU Bakersfield	7.0843	5	8
340	332	Ball State	7.2366	3	9
341	340	Lafayette	7.3822	3	10
342	345	Western Illinois	7.581	4	8
343	348	Niagara	7.6198	3	9
344	355	Louisiana	7.6549	2	11
345	337	Maine	7.7087	1	13
346	339	Delaware	7.7278	4	7
347	346	NJIT	7.8514	4	8
348	351	Kansas City	8.3115	2	11
349	349	Rider	8.6012	1	9
350	353	Florida A&M	8.8869	3	7
351	316	Southern Indiana	8.9206	3	9
352	360	East Carolina	9.5039	5	7
353	352	Air Force	9.5631	3	9
354	350	Cleveland State	9.6683	4	10
355	359	The Citadel	9.9956	3	10
356	354	South Carolina St	10.65	1	12
357	357	Delaware State	10.689	5	9
358	356	St. Francis (PA)	10.814	2	11
359	347	UL Monroe	11.103	3	10
360	364	Loyola-Chicago	11.206	4	9
361	361	Coppin State	11.692	2	13
362	362	Morgan State	12.893	2	10
363	358	Miss Valley St	13.028	1	11
364	365	Gardner-Webb	13.772	2	13
365	363	Binghamton	14.105	3	10