Fantasy Basketball Mock Draft 2025-26: Category League Results & Analysis 2.0

Dive into our 2025-26 Fantasy Basketball Mock Draft results with in-depth statistical analysis. Discover top picks, rising stars and sleeper potential.

August 20, 2025

Fantasy Basketball Mock Draft 2025-26: Category League Results & Analysis 2.0

By:

Alex Barutha

August 20, 2025

NBA Mock Draft

On Friday, I held the second official RotoWire Category League Fantasy Basketball Mock Draft for the 2025-26 NBA season.

The players below are sorted by where they went in the mock draft, but I also included how that compares to our Top 200 Fantasy Basketball Rankings Cheat Sheet and Fantrax ADP data. From there, I included their variance across the three datasets, and included the highest and lowest each player falls in any of the three.

Below the results, I'll quickly break down some of the more interesting findings.

Fantasy Basketball Mock Draft Results

Player	MOCK	RANKINGS	ADP	VARIANCE	HIGHEST	LOWEST
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	1	3	2	0.6666666667	1	3
Nikola Jokic	2	1	1	0.2222222222	1	2
Victor Wembanyama	3	2	3	0.2222222222	2	3
Luka Doncic	4	4	4	0	4	4
Giannis Antetokounmpo	5	6	5	0.2222222222	5	6
Cade Cunningham	6	7	6	0.2222222222	6	7
Anthony Edwards	7	5	7	0.8888888889	5	7
Karl-Anthony Towns	8	13	8	5.555555556	8	13
Trae Young	9	9	11	0.8888888889	9	11
Anthony Davis	10	8	9	0.6666666667	8	10
Domantas Sabonis	11	12	18	9.555555556	11	18
LeBron James	12	14	20	11.55555556	12	20
Evan Mobley	13	19	20	9.555555556	13	20
Amen Thompson	14	32	28	59.55555556	14	32
Donovan Mitchell	15	20	17	4.222222222	15	20
James Harden	16	11	10	6.888888889	10	16
Devin Booker	17	10	12	8.666666667	10	17
Kevin Durant	18	24	16	11.55555556	16	24
Tyrese Maxey	19	16	21	4.222222222	16	21
Stephen Curry	20	21	13	12.66666667	13	21
Scottie Barnes	21	18	25	8.222222222	18	25
LaMelo Ball	22	22	26	3.555555556	22	26
Jalen Brunson	23	27	22	4.666666667	22	27
Josh Giddey	24	17	31	32.66666667	17	31
Jalen Williams	25	15	19	16.88888889	15	25
Jaren Jackson	26	34	23	21.55555556	23	34
Jalen Johnson	27	23	28	4.666666667	23	28
Alperen Sengun	28	33	30	4.222222222	28	33
Dyson Daniels	29	37	35	11.55555556	29	37
Cooper Flagg	30	41	36	20.22222222	30	41
Bam Adebayo	31	25	29	6.222222222	25	31
Paolo Banchero	32	29	35	6	29	35
Chet Holmgren	33	28	32	4.666666667	28	33
De'Aaron Fox	34	30	33	2.888888889	30	34
Jaylen Brown	35	35	40	5.555555556	35	40
Myles Turner	36	51	40	40.22222222	36	51
Franz Wagner	37	40	42	4.222222222	37	42
Derrick White	38	26	35	26	26	38
Ja Morant	39	38	46	12.66666667	38	46
Jamal Murray	40	50	42	18.66666667	40	50
Tyler Herro	41	36	38	4.222222222	36	41
Pascal Siakam	42	31	34	21.55555556	31	42
Desmond Bane	43	43	42	0.2222222222	42	43
Jalen Duren	44	62	64	80.88888889	44	64
Alex Sarr	45	59	80	206.8888889	45	80
Ivica Zubac	46	45	46	0.2222222222	45	46
Austin Reaves	47	44	47	2	44	47
Zion Williamson	48	46	62	50.66666667	46	62
Deni Avdija	49	55	55	8	49	55
Trey Murphy	50	42	51	16.22222222	42	51
Kawhi Leonard	51	56	49	8.666666667	49	56
Darius Garland	52	47	48	4.666666667	47	52
Brandon Miller	53	48	68	72.22222222	48	68
Joel Embiid	54	39	49	38.88888889	39	54
Walker Kessler	55	57	65	18.66666667	55	65
Jarrett Allen	56	74	58	64.88888889	56	74
Jimmy Butler	57	67	56	24.66666667	56	67
Nikola Vucevic	58	49	47	22.88888889	47	58
Kristaps Porzingis	59	71	61	27.55555556	59	71
Ausar Thompson	60	111	100	480.2222222	60	111
Nikola Topic	61	266	288	10448.66667	61	288
Fred VanVleet	62	87	62	138.8888889	62	87
Zach LaVine	63	61	54	14.88888889	54	63
DeMar DeRozan	64	64	64	0	64	64
OG Anunoby	65	63	57	11.55555556	57	65
Jordan Poole	66	53	60	28.22222222	53	66
Jakob Poeltl	67	76	74	14.88888889	67	76
Lauri Markkanen	68	69	69	0.2222222222	68	69
Naz Reid	69	79	94	105.5555556	69	94
Donovan Clingan	70	84	85	46.88888889	70	85
Coby White	71	52	65	62.88888889	52	71
Immanuel Quickley	72	58	72	43.55555556	58	72
Anfernee Simons	73	89	77	46.22222222	73	89
Josh Hart	74	54	56	80.88888889	54	74
Julius Randle	75	66	69	14	66	75
Onyeka Okongwu	76	73	70	6	70	76
CJ McCollum	77	97	101	110.2222222	77	101
RJ Barrett	78	82	96	59.55555556	78	96
Rudy Gobert	79	83	68	40.22222222	68	83
Paul George	80	72	74	11.55555556	72	80
Mark Williams	81	96	79	57.55555556	79	96
Kel'el Ware	82	90	97	37.55555556	82	97
Michael Porter	83	68	78	38.88888889	68	83
Payton Pritchard	84	81	92	21.55555556	81	92
Jalen Green	85	60	70	105.5555556	60	85
Cameron Thomas	86	75	97	80.66666667	75	97
Miles Bridges	87	65	76	80.66666667	65	87
Jalen Suggs	88	95	84	20.66666667	84	95
Deandre Ayton	89	98	81	48.22222222	81	98
Draymond Green	90	100	95	16.66666667	90	100
Norman Powell	91	117	98	120.6666667	91	117
Jaden McDaniels	92	105	97	28.66666667	92	105
Andrew Nembhard	93	91	97	6.222222222	91	97
Bennedict Mathurin	94	116	119	124.2222222	94	119
Toumani Camara	95	107	101	24	95	107
John Collins	96	112	89	92.66666667	89	112
Nicolas Claxton	97	88	97	18	88	97
Matas Buzelis	98	99	114	53.55555556	98	114
D'Angelo Russell	99	108	115	42.88888889	99	115
Zaccharie Risacher	100	134	147	392.6666667	100	147
Malik Monk	101	78	99	108.2222222	78	101
Mikal Bridges	102	70	74	202.6666667	70	102
Brandon Ingram	103	77	85	118.2222222	77	103
Cameron Johnson	104	103	83	93.55555556	83	104
Stephon Castle	105	101	105	3.555555556	101	105
Scoot Henderson	106	94	105	29.55555556	94	106
Kyle Filipowski	107	114	118	20.66666667	107	118
Khaman Maluach	108	193	226	2470.888889	108	226
Herbert Jones	109	125	117	42.66666667	109	125
Shaedon Sharpe	110	86	96	96.88888889	86	110
Donte DiVincenzo	111	131	127	74.66666667	111	131
Bradley Beal	112	129	101	132.6666667	101	129
Keegan Murray	113	92	112	93.55555556	92	113
Kevin Porter	114	119	139	116.6666667	114	139
Bilal Coulibaly	115	115	118	2	115	118
Jaden Ivey	116	110	121	20.22222222	110	121
Kyrie Irving	117	171	112	713.5555556	112	171
Tobias Harris	118	122	108	34.66666667	108	122
Brandin Podziemski	119	102	120	68.22222222	102	120
Dejounte Murray	120	191	116	1186.888889	116	191
Isaiah Hartenstein	121	85	78	354.8888889	78	121
Zach Edey	122	118	123	4.666666667	118	123
Christian Braun	123	80	86	361.5555556	80	123
Keyonte George	124	113	117	20.66666667	113	124
Yves Missi	125	130	130	5.555555556	125	130
Ace Bailey	126	161	146	205.5555556	126	161
Jay Huff	127	146	148	89.55555556	127	148
Bobby Portis	128	104	122	104	104	128
P.J. Washington	129	136	128	12.66666667	128	136
Devin Vassell	130	93	97	274.8888889	93	130
Santi Aldama	131	120	130	24.66666667	120	131
Jabari Smith	132	135	133	1.555555556	132	135
Jonathan Kuminga	133	148	133	50	133	148
Khris Middleton	134	180	226	1410.666667	134	226
T.J. McConnell	135	123	143	67.55555556	123	143
Quentin Grimes	136	164	122	304.8888889	122	164
Andrew Wiggins	137	106	108	200.6666667	106	137
Cason Wallace	138	128	140	27.55555556	128	140
Dylan Harper	139	139	131	14.22222222	131	139
Ryan Dunn	140	215	193	990.8888889	140	215
Rasheer Fleming	141	220	361	8280.222222	141	361
Aaron Gordon	142	132	133	20.22222222	132	142
Tari Eason	143	109	103	310.2222222	103	143
De'Andre Hunter	144	150	138	24	138	150
Dereck Lively	145	121	125	110.2222222	121	145
Carlton Carrington	146	133	133	37.55555556	133	146
Moussa Diabate	147	228	223	1373.555556	147	228
Kon Knueppel	148	154	152	6.222222222	148	154
Sam Hauser	149	157	268	2949.555556	149	268
Isaiah Jackson	150	211	152	800.6666667	150	211
Neemias Queta	151	186	306	4405.555556	151	306
Scotty Pippen	152	138	144	32.88888889	138	152
Klay Thompson	153	152	141	29.55555556	141	153
Dennis Schroder	154	184	126	560.8888889	126	184
Jared McCain	155	153	141	38.22222222	141	155
Wendell Carter	156	166	143	88.66666667	143	166

The Undisputed Top Tier

The league's fantasy basketball superstars—Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Victor Wembanyama and Giannis Antetokounmpo—are consistently ranked at the very top. It's extremely rare that you'll find a draft this season that doesn't have some combination of those players rounding out the Top 5.

A Massive Wildcard

One drafter selected Nikola Topic (not Jokic, not Jovic) with the 61st overall pick, believing in his draft pedigree and potential as a Sixth Man of the Year candidate. Topic missed all of his true rookie season last year and probably would have been drafted higher than 12th in 2024 had that not been a baked-in risk. The Thunder's rotation is tight, but they're also known to experiment throughout the season, and especially when games get out of hand.

What is Ausar Thompson's Upside?

Amen is the brother getting all the hype, which makes it easy to forget about Ausar. The latter missed the beginning part of last season due to a blood clot issue, but he rounded into form by the end of the year. Could he see 30 minutes per game this year and take a massive leap? One drafter thinks so, and selected him 60th overall.

Is There Room for Jalen Williams to Grow?

Williams was selected 25th in this draft -- after ADP and our rankings. He was worth an early third-round pick last season and emerged as an All-Star-caliber two-way player for the Thunder. But how much growth potential does he have on a team with such an established hierarchy?

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Alex Sarr as a Sophomore Sleeper

Sarr was selected an aggressive 45th in this mock, much higher than ADP (80). He'll likely be a polarizing prospect this season. As a rookie, he shot terribly from the field. But he also played just 27 MPG and showed upside as a shot-blocker. A small boost in efficiency and a true starter's workload would go a long way to making Sarr a viable mid-round asset.