10 NBA Players Under 25 Who Will Make the Biggest Impact Over the Next Decade

My rankings for the most impactful young stars — the players who will drive winning for the next 10 years

Brandin Podziemski, Amen Thompson, Alperen Şengün, and Anthony Edwards are just four of the 10 bright young stars featured below. (Ellen Schmidt/Eakin Howard/Ellen Schmidt/Getty Images)

NBA superstars LeBron James, Steph Curry, and Chris Paul are — presumably — not far from retirement. Filling their shoes are stars still in their prime: Nikola Jokić, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Luka Dončić.

Let’s look today at the next group coming up, and focus on impact on winning.

Here are the 10 players under 25 years old that I have the most confidence will play high-impact NBA basketball over the next decade.