Top 10 NBA players at 2025 EuroBasket: Where Jokic and Doncic stack up abroad

The absence of the Summer Olympics means fans will miss seeing NBA stars like Stephen Curry, LeBron James, and Kevin Durant compete internationally. However, EuroBasket 2025, scheduled from August 27 to September 14, offers an alternative for NBA enthusiasts to enjoy high-level international basketball. The tournament will feature 24 teams, including France and Serbia—both of which lost to Team USA in the knockout rounds of the 2024 Olympics—and will showcase numerous NBA players from European powerhouses like Serbia, Germany, France, Greece, and Slovenia.

A ranking of the top 10 NBA players expected to participate in EuroBasket 2025 has been compiled based on projected performance for the 2025-26 NBA season. The evaluation uses the RAPTOR metric, which combines individual statistics and team impact, along with Basketball-Reference’s projection system that factors in age and past performance. It is noted that these projections reflect full-season NBA form, which may differ from current tournament readiness due to factors like aging curves and roster finalizations. The list has been updated to include Lauri Markkanen, replacing Nikola Jović in the top 10.

Nikola Jokić ranks first, with the Denver Nuggets center holding the highest RAPTOR over the past five seasons. He leads a Serbian team favored to win EuroBasket, seeking redemption after their Olympic semifinal loss to the United States and aiming to end Serbia’s title drought since 2001. Giannis Antetokounmpo, though not yet confirmed to play, ranks second. Despite his individual dominance in past international tournaments, including high scoring averages in the Olympics and EuroBasket, his Greek team has struggled to achieve top results, finishing eighth in the 2024 Olympics and fifth in EuroBasket 2022.