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

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

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Jeremias Engelmann
Sep 03, 2025
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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.

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Basketball analyst. Creator of ESPN's Real Plus-Minus. Formerly with the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks
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