The 2020s in the NBA

The decade's most valuable players

1. 1
   Giannis Antetokounmpo

   F · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2024 (20.6)

   118.2
2. 2
   Luka Doncic

   G · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2024 (17.8)

   108.5
3. 3
   Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

   G · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2025 (19.1)

   101.3
4. 4
   James Harden

   G · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2020 (18.1)

   99.9
5. 5
   Domantas Sabonis

   F · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2024 (19.2)

   99.8
6. 6
   Nikola Jokic

   C · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2022 (16.2)

   99.2
7. 7
   Pascal Siakam

   F · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2022 (16)

   95.4
8. 8
   LeBron James

   F · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2024 (15.9)

   94.6
9. 9
   Jayson Tatum

   F · 6 seasons in the decade · best 2023 (17.5)

   93.8
10. 10
    Julius Randle

    F · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2023 (16.5)

    93.8
11. 11
    Rudy Gobert

    C · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2021 (15)

    93.4
12. 12
    DeMar DeRozan

    G · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2022 (14.1)

    89.9
13. 13
    Russell Westbrook

    G · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2021 (14.8)

    88.5
14. 14
    Anthony Davis

    F · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2024 (20.1)

    86.9
15. 15
    Mikal Bridges

    G · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2023 (13.8)

    86.3
16. 16
    De'Aaron Fox

    G · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2024 (14.9)

    85.3
17. 17
    Devin Booker

    G · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2025 (13.5)

    84.8
18. 18
    Jaylen Brown

    G · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2026 (15.4)

    84.5
19. 19
    Donovan Mitchell

    G · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2026 (14.5)

    83.8
20. 20
    Anthony Edwards

    G · 6 seasons in the decade · best 2023 (15.9)

    83.7
21. 21
    Tobias Harris

    F · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2022 (13)

    80
22. 22
    Kevin Durant

    F · 6 seasons in the decade · best 2024 (17.3)

    79.2
23. 23
    Bam Adebayo

    C · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2020 (12.9)

    78.8
24. 24
    Derrick White

    G · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2026 (14)

    77.7
25. 25
    Jrue Holiday

    G · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2020 (13)

    77.1

Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.

The decade's greatest single seasons

What this page stands on

VAL player-seasons in the corpus for each year of the decade — no rated seasons for 2027, 2028, 2029, so the ranking covers the rest of the decade only.