The 2025 draft, redrafted
Hoops Redraft rates 55 players from the 2025 draft. One of them reached 70 or better in at least one season. By the game's numbers the best career in the class belongs to Cooper Flagg, the first pick. The latest pick in the redraft's top five is Maxime Raynaud, who went 42nd.
The board below is the real order: where each man was taken and by whom, his rating in 2025-26, his best season and the number of seasons he is rated. Ratings are scaled inside each season, so 50 is that year's average player and 70 is a star. Most of these careers are still going: the file runs to 2025-26, so the redraft is a reading of the story so far.
Play from 2020-21 The file ends in 2025-26, so no run reaches the 2025 draft yet. The latest start is 2020-21.
The redraft
The class again, in the order the game's numbers would take it: by career value, which adds up how far each of his seasons sits above an average player. A long good career beats one great season.
- Cooper Flagg, forward, same spot as the real draft. Peak 71 in 2025-26, 1 rated season.
- Derik Queen, centre, taken 13th by Atlanta. Peak 68 in 2025-26, 1 rated season.
- Kon Knueppel, forward, taken 4th by Charlotte. Peak 67 in 2025-26, 1 rated season.
- Jeremiah Fears, guard, taken 7th by New Orleans. Peak 66 in 2025-26, 1 rated season.
- Maxime Raynaud, centre, taken 42nd by Sacramento. Peak 64 in 2025-26, 1 rated season.
- Dylan Harper, guard, taken 2nd by San Antonio. Peak 63 in 2025-26, 1 rated season.
- Cedric Coward, forward, taken 11th by Portland. Peak 63 in 2025-26, 1 rated season.
- V. J. Edgecombe, guard, taken 3rd by Philadelphia. Peak 62 in 2025-26, 1 rated season.
- Ace Bailey, forward, taken 5th by Utah. Peak 61 in 2025-26, 1 rated season.
- Ryan Kalkbrenner, centre, taken 34th by Charlotte. Peak 59 in 2025-26, 1 rated season.
Steals and misses
Taken well after his career said he should have gone:
- Maxime Raynaud: 42nd in the real draft, 5th in the redraft. Peak 64.
- Ryan Kalkbrenner: 34th in the real draft, 10th in the redraft. Peak 59.
- Derik Queen: 13th in the real draft, 2nd in the redraft. Peak 68.
Top-ten picks the redraft moves furthest down:
- Khaman Maluach: 10th in the real draft, 36th in the redraft. Peak 43.
- Egor DĂ«min: 8th in the real draft, 14th in the redraft. Peak 54.
- V. J. Edgecombe: 3rd in the real draft, 8th in the redraft. Peak 62.
The real board
| Pick | Player | Pos | Club | Rookie | Peak | Seasons | Redraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooper FlaggDuke | F | Dallas | 71 | 71 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Dylan HarperRutgers | G | San Antonio | 63 | 63 2025 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | V. J. EdgecombeBaylor | G | Philadelphia | 62 | 62 2025 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Kon KnueppelDuke | F | Charlotte | 67 | 67 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ace BaileyRutgers | F | Utah | 61 | 61 2025 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Tre JohnsonTexas | G | Washington | 56 | 56 2025 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Jeremiah FearsOklahoma | G | New Orleans | 66 | 66 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Egor DĂ«minBYU | G | Brooklyn | 54 | 54 2025 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Collin Murray-BoylesSouth Carolina | F | Toronto | 56 | 56 2025 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Khaman MaluachDuke | C | Houston | 43 | 43 2025 | 1 | 36 |
| 11 | Cedric CowardWashington State | F | Portland | 63 | 63 2025 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Noa EssengueRatiopharm Ulm | F | Chicago | 29 | 29 2025 | 1 | 55 |
| 13 | Derik QueenMaryland | C | Atlanta | 68 | 68 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Carter BryantArizona | F | San Antonio | 46 | 46 2025 | 1 | 27 |
| 16 | Yang HansenQingdao Eagles | C | Memphis | 36 | 36 2025 | 1 | 45 |
| 17 | Joan BeringerCedevita Olimpija | C | Minnesota | 46 | 46 2025 | 1 | 28 |
| 18 | Walter Clayton Jr.Florida | G | Washington | 48 | 48 2025 | 1 | 24 |
| 19 | Nolan TraoréSaint-Quentin | G | Brooklyn | 52 | 52 2025 | 1 | 18 |
| 20 | Kasparas JakuÄŤionisIllinois | G | Miami | 49 | 49 2025 | 1 | 21 |
| 21 | Will RileyIllinois | F | Utah | 56 | 56 2025 | 1 | 13 |
| 22 | Drake PowellNorth Carolina | G | Atlanta | 46 | 46 2025 | 1 | 29 |
| 23 | Asa NewellGeorgia | F | New Orleans | 45 | 45 2025 | 1 | 33 |
| 24 | Nique CliffordColorado State | G | Oklahoma City | 54 | 54 2025 | 1 | 15 |
| 25 | Jase RichardsonMichigan State | G | Orlando | 44 | 44 2025 | 1 | 34 |
| 26 | Ben SarafRatiopharm Ulm | G | Brooklyn | 47 | 47 2025 | 1 | 25 |
| 27 | Danny WolfMichigan | F | Brooklyn | 54 | 54 2025 | 1 | 16 |
| 28 | Hugo GonzálezReal Madrid | F | Boston | 46 | 46 2025 | 1 | 30 |
| 29 | Liam McNeeleyUConn | F | Phoenix | 40 | 40 2025 | 1 | 42 |
| 30 | Yanic Konan NiederhäuserPenn State | C | LAC | 46 | 46 2025 | 1 | 31 |
| 31 | Rasheer Fleming | F | Minnesota | 43 | 43 2025 | 1 | 37 |
| 32 | Noah PendaLe Mans Sarthe | F | Boston | 46 | 46 2025 | 1 | 32 |
| 33 | Sion JamesDuke | G | Charlotte | 49 | 49 2025 | 1 | 22 |
| 34 | Ryan KalkbrennerCreighton | C | Charlotte | 59 | 59 2025 | 1 | 10 |
| 35 | Johni BroomeAuburn | F | Philadelphia | 32 | 32 2025 | 1 | 52 |
| 36 | Adou ThieroArkansas | F | Brooklyn | 36 | 36 2025 | 1 | 46 |
| 37 | Chaz LanierTennessee | G | Detroit | 35 | 35 2025 | 1 | 49 |
| 38 | Kam JonesMarquette | G | San Antonio | 41 | 41 2025 | 1 | 40 |
| 39 | Alijah MartinFlorida | G | Toronto | 35 | 35 2025 | 1 | 50 |
| 40 | Micah PeavyGeorgetown | F | Washington | 43 | 43 2025 | 1 | 38 |
| 41 | Koby BreaKentucky | G | Golden State | 36 | 36 2025 | 1 | 47 |
| 42 | Maxime RaynaudStanford | C | Sacramento | 64 | 64 2025 | 1 | 5 |
| 43 | Jamir WatkinsFlorida State | G | Utah | 49 | 49 2025 | 1 | 23 |
| 44 | Brooks BarnhizerNorthwestern | F | Oklahoma City | 38 | 38 2025 | 1 | 44 |
| 45 | Rocco Zikarsky | C | Chicago | 35 | 35 2025 | 1 | 51 |
| 46 | Amari WilliamsKentucky | C | Orlando | 36 | 36 2025 | 1 | 48 |
| 48 | Javon SmallWest Virginia | G | Memphis | 54 | 54 2025 | 1 | 17 |
| 49 | Tyrese ProctorDuke | G | Cleveland | 47 | 47 2025 | 1 | 26 |
| 50 | Kobe SandersNevada | G/F | New York | 51 | 51 2025 | 1 | 19 |
| 51 | Mohamed DiawaraCholet Basket | F | LAC | 44 | 44 2025 | 1 | 35 |
| 53 | John TonjeWisconsin | G | Utah | 32 | 32 2025 | 1 | 53 |
| 54 | Taelon PeterLiberty | G | Indiana | 41 | 41 2025 | 1 | 41 |
| 55 | Lachlan Olbrich | F | LAL | 40 | 40 2025 | 1 | 43 |
| 56 | Will RichardFlorida | G | Memphis | 50 | 50 2025 | 1 | 20 |
| 57 | Max ShulgaVCU | G | Orlando | 30 | 30 2025 | 1 | 54 |
| 59 | Jahmai MashackTennessee | G | Houston | 42 | 42 2025 | 1 | 39 |
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