NBA playoff predictions: Ranking the Top 15 players for the 2026 postseason
HoopsHype ranks the Top 15 players of the 2026 NBA Playoffs, including reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, former champ Nikola Jokic and more.
The NBA has MVP trophies for just about everything at this point: regular season, Finals, NBA Cup, Conference Finals, All-Star... The one award still missing from the collection is a Playoffs MVP, something the ABA actually handed out back in its day, by the way. If such an honor existed today, these would be our Top 15 candidates to win it, with how deep each player's team is expected to go in the postseason factored heavily into the equation.
1. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ( Oklahoma City Thunder ) 2025-26 stats : 31. 1 ppg, 4.
3 rpg, 6. 6 apg, 1. 4 spg, 55.
3 FG%, 38. 6 3PT% Global Rating ranking : 1st overall (26. 79) With the Thunder prohibitive favorites to repeat as champions and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander putting together one of the best guard campaigns (according to many metrics) in NBA history, this was an obvious choice.
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