NBA positional rankings for 2022-23 season: Top 22 players at every position

Point guard: <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-point-guard-rankings-stephen-curry-luka-doncic-battle-for-top-spot-where-does-ben-simmons-land/" target="_blank">Top 22 list
Shooting guard: <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-shooting-guard-rankings-picking-top-22-at-the-position-from-devin-booker-to-gary-payton-ii/" target="_blank">Top 22 list
Small forward: <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-small-forward-rankings-jayson-tatum-kawhi-leonard-fight-for-no-1-spot-on-top-22-list/" target="_blank">Top 22 list
Power forward: <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-power-forward-rankings-giannis-kevin-durant-lebron-james-lead-stacked-list-ahead-of-2022-23-season/" target="_blank">Top 22 list
Center: <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-center-rankings-nikola-jokic-and-joel-embiid-headline-the-position-but-who-else-cracks-top-10/" target="_blank">Top 22 list

CBS Sports ranks the best players at each position, including Giannis, Luka and LeBron

By Sam Quinn

Sep 22, 2022 at 11:43 am ET • 1 min read

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The 2022-23 NBA season is only weeks away, and with basketball soon upon us, we at CBS Sports feel it's time to set the stage for what should be an incredible year. The first and most pressing question we must ask ourselves before every season is who are the best players in the league?

Fortunately, we've done our homework. Below you can find everything related to our rankings of the best players in the league. That will include not only our list of the 100 best players, but the 22 best players at each position as well.

While change is the NBA's only constant and the season ahead of us will surely force us to reconsider every name on these lists, they serve as a snapshot of where we stand before the season tips off.