Cooper Flagg planted his flag as the No. 1 prospect in the 2025 NBA Draft long before he guided Duke to the Final Four as an 18-year-old freshman.
The 6-foot-9 forward is viewed as the surefire top pick in the draft Wednesday, but how the rest of the class will develop behind him is anyone’s guess.
Here’s a look at our top 30 players, ranked Flagg to 30, available in this year’s draft with a few others to keep an eye on early on Day 2:
1. F Cooper Flagg, Duke
2. G Dylan Harper, Rutgers
3. F VJ Edgecombe, Baylor
4. G Jeremiah Fears, Oklahoma
5. F Ace Bailey, Rutgers
6. G Kon Knueppel, Duke
7. C Khaman Maluach, Duke
8. C Derik Queen, Maryland
9. G Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
10. G Tre Johnson, Texas
11. F Carter Bryant, Arizona
12. G Cedric Coward, Washington State
13. G Jase Richardson, Michigan State
14. G Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina
15. F Asa Newell, Georgia
16. G Noa Essengue, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
17. F Nique Clifford, Colorado State
18. F Rasheer Fleming, Saint Joseph’s
19. F Thomas Sorber, Georgetown
20. G Egor Demin, BYU
21. F Nolan Traoré, Saint-Quentin (France)
22. F Noah Penda, Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France)
23. F Liam McNeeley, Connecticut
24. G Will Riley, Illinois
25. C Danny Wolf, Michigan
26. C Joan Beringer, Cedevita Olímpija (Slovenia)
27. G Walter Clayton Jr., Florida
28. G Hugo González, Real Madrid (Spain)
29. G Ben Saraf, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
30. F Adou Thiero, Arkansas
If your team is holding a selection at the top of the second round when the clock starts ticking on Thursday night, here are the names you are hoping to hear called:
F Yanic Konan Niederhauser, Penn State
F Hansen Yang, Qingdao (China)
G Kam Jones, Marquette
F Maxime Raynaud, Stanford
G Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest
G Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
–Ethan Ward, Field Level Media
