Now that the NBA season has completed the first month of games, I thought it would be interesting to see how the Average Draft Picks stack up against the NBA’s current top-scorers. In the below table, you will find the top 50 scoring players in the NBA – according to the DSE scoring system – and where they were drafted in start-up leagues this year.
As the season progresses, I will post an updated table that will highlight players who climb or fall in the rankings. Any player taken in the Free-Agent rounds of the start-up draft whose +/- differential is greater than or equal to 10 has been marked in BOLD, whereas any player whose +/- differential is less than or equal to -10 has been ITALICIZED. It also worth noting there are 3 players taken in the DSE Minors draft ranked in the top-50 after the first month of the season is completed.
Player | Team | Position | Total Points | Rank | Draft Type | Draft # | + / - |
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Nikola Jokic | DEN | PF,C,Flx | 780 | 1 | F/A | 6 | 5 |
Nikola Vucevic | ORL | PF,C,Flx | 735 | 2 | F/A | 26 | 24 |
Luka Doncic | DAL | PG,SF,Flx | 638 | 3 | F/A | 1 | -2 |
Julius Randle | NY | PF,C,Flx | 625 | 4 | F/A | 52 | 48 |
LeBron James | LAL | PG,SF,PF,Flx | 616 | 5 | F/A | 14 | 9 |
Domantas Sabonis | IND | PF,C,Flx | 615 | 6 | F/A | 21 | 15 |
Giannis Antetokounmpo | MIL | SF,PF,C,Flx | 604 | 7 | F/A | 2 | -5 |
Anthony Davis | LAL | PF,C,Flx | 580 | 8 | F/A | 3 | -5 |
Stephen Curry | GS | PG,SG,Flx | 577 | 9 | F/A | 15 | 6 |
Andre Drummond | CLE | PF,C,Flx | 563 | 10 | F/A | 21 | 11 |
Joel Embiid | PHI | PF,C,Flx | 559 | 11 | F/A | 15 | 4 |
Rudy Gobert | UTA | C,Flx | 559 | 12 | F/A | 30 | 18 |
CJ McCollum | POR | PG,SG,Flx | 542 | 13 | F/A | 50 | 37 |
Jerami Grant | DET | SF,PF,Flx | 536 | 14 | F/A | 102 | 88 |
Kevin Durant | BKN | SF,PF,Flx | 530 | 15 | F/A | 23 | 8 |
Kawhi Leonard | LAC | SG,SF,Flx | 522 | 16 | F/A | 17 | 1 |
Damian Lillard | POR | PG,Flx | 520 | 17 | F/A | 13 | -4 |
Christian Wood | HOU | PF,C,Flx | 513 | 18 | F/A | 48 | 30 |
Malcolm Brogdon | IND | PG,SG,Flx | 513 | 19 | F/A | 65 | 46 |
Khris Middleton | MIL | SG,SF,Flx | 498 | 20 | F/A | 54 | 34 |
Clint Capela | ATL | PF,C,Flx | 482 | 21 | F/A | 44 | 23 |
James Harden | BKN | PG,SG,SF,Flx | 474 | 22 | F/A | 9 | -13 |
Paul George | LAC | SF,PF,Flx | 470 | 23 | F/A | 40 | 17 |
Trae Young | ATL | PG,Flx | 468 | 24 | F/A | 7 | -17 |
Brandon Ingram | NO | SG,SF,PF,Flx | 454 | 25 | F/A | 25 | 0 |
Fred VanVleet | TOR | PG,SG,Flx | 454 | 26 | F/A | 43 | 17 |
Dejounte Murray | SA | PG,SG,Flx | 451 | 27 | F/A | 70 | 43 |
Zach LaVine | CHI | PG,SG,SF,Flx | 448 | 28 | F/A | 28 | 0 |
Jaylen Brown | BOS | SG,SF,Flx | 448 | 29 | F/A | 33 | 4 |
RJ Barrett | NY | SG,SF,Flx | 447 | 30 | Minors | 12 | |
Chris Boucher | TOR | PF,C,Flx | 444 | 31 | F/A | 115 | 84 |
Jrue Holiday | MIL | PG,SG,SF,Flx | 439 | 32 | F/A | 48 | 16 |
Zion Williamson | NO | PF,Flx | 438 | 33 | Minors | 1 | |
Donovan Mitchell | UTA | PG,SG,Flx | 434 | 34 | F/A | 23 | -11 |
Bradley Beal | WAS | SG,Flx | 431 | 35 | F/A | 20 | -15 |
DeMar DeRozan | SA | SG,SF,Flx | 417 | 36 | F/A | 69 | 33 |
Mitchell Robinson | NY | C,Flx | 413 | 37 | F/A | 51 | 14 |
Mike Conley | UTA | PG,Flx | 413 | 38 | F/A | 133 | 95 |
John Collins | ATL | PF,C,Flx | 409 | 39 | F/A | 18 | -21 |
Deandre Ayton | PHO | C,Flx | 406 | 40 | F/A | 15 | -25 |
Jayson Tatum | BOS | SF,PF,Flx | 402 | 41 | F/A | 7 | -34 |
Pascal Siakam | TOR | PF,Flx | 401 | 42 | F/A | 29 | -13 |
Terry Rozier | CHA | PG,SG,Flx | 391 | 43 | F/A | 100 | 57 |
De'Aaron Fox | SAC | PG,Flx | 390 | 44 | F/A | 32 | -12 |
Gordon Hayward | CHA | SG,SF,Flx | 390 | 45 | F/A | 64 | 19 |
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | OKC | PG,SG,SF,Flx | 386 | 46 | F/A | 23 | -23 |
Jarrett Allen | CLE | PF,C,Flx | 383 | 47 | F/A | 57 | 10 |
Montrezl Harrell | LAL | PF,C,Flx | 383 | 48 | F/A | 65 | 17 |
LaMelo Ball | CHA | PG,Flx | 379 | 49 | Minors | 5 | |
Aaron Gordon | ORL | SF,PF,Flx | 378 | 50 | F/A | 58 | 8 |
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