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2002 NBA Draft

Best 2002 NBA Draft players

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22contenders high-voltage

63votes

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Nikoloz Tskitishvili1311

The worldwide ranking generated by 63 votes

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Nikoloz Tskitishvili1311

Roger Mason Jr1286

Jiri Welsch1276

Jay Williams1261

Dan Gadzuric1249

Yao Ming1232

Drew Gooden1228

Dajuan Wagner1220

Jared Jeffries1205

#10

Fred Jones1201

#11

Vincent Yarbrough1200

#12

Carlos Boozer1196

#13

Nene1181

#14

Caron Butler1181

#15

Bostjan Nachbar1178

#16

Robert Archibald1178

#17

Melvin Ely1175

#18

Juan Dixon1157

#19

Mike Dunleavy1156

#20

Chris Wilcox1149

#21

Steve Logan1093

#22

Amar'e Stoudemire1087

What the community says

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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