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2001 NBA Draft

Best players 2001 NBA Draft

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Michael Bradley1311

The worldwide ranking generated by 96 votes

30 / 30

Michael Bradley1311

Trenton Hassell1307

Eddie Griffin1271

Vladimir Radmanovic1244

Joe Johnson1228

DeSagana Diop1226

Pau Gasol1226

Gerald Wallace1224

Kedrick Brown1223

#10

Jamaal Tinsley1220

#11

Gilbert Arenas1209

#12

Joseph Forte1204

#13

Rodney White1198

#14

Steven Hunter1197

#15

Eddy Curry1197

#16

Brendan Haywood1196

#17

Shane Battier1195

#18

Jeryl Sasser1195

#19

Kwame Brown1180

#20

Kirk Haston1179

#21

Jason Collins1176

#22

Samuel Dalembert1174

#23

Jason Richardson1174

#24

Zach Randolph1161

#25

Tony Parker1159

#26

Tyson Chandler1157

#27

Brandon Armstrong1155

#28

Richard Jefferson1153

#29

Raul Lopez1152

#30

Troy Murphy1110

What the community says

Rank your favorite players from the 2001 NBA draft. Discover the prospects from a legendary year with Pau Gasol, Tony Parker and Gilbert Arenas.

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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