2025 NBA Draft: Top 30 prospects — and a few to know for Day 2

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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