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NBA Fantasy 2021: Top Players By DFS Salary Tiers

SportAI ran the numbers to give you this 100% objective fantasy basketball draft projection for the 2021–2022 NBA season.

There are some interesting predictions made by our AI. Cutting through the noise of “fantasy gurus” and keyboard warriors, this is what the statistics and data have to say.

We’ve separated the projections into three different tiers based on projected DFS salaries. So you can make data-informed draft decisions across the board, or preview which players to watch for in DFS this year.

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Top-Tier Players: Projected Draft Kings Salary ~10k+

Rank Name Position Score+ (season)
1  Luka Doncic PG 99.96
2  James Harden PG/SG 99.94
3  Nikola Jokic C 99.94
4  Giannis Antetokounmpo PF 99.9
5  Stephen Curry PG 99.57
6  Joel Embiid C 99.48
7  LeBron James SF 99.43
8  Karl-Anthony Towns C 99.33
9  Damian Lillard PG 99.28
10  Jayson Tatum SF 99.24
11  Bradley Beal SG 99.16
12  Anthony Davis PF 99.12
13  Kevin Durant SF 99.09
14  Domantas Sabonis PF 98.93
15  Trae Young PG 98.77
16  Paul George SF 98.61
17  Russell Westbrook PG 98.52
18  Ja Morant PG 98.28
19  LaMelo Ball PG 98.07
20  De’Aaron Fox PG 97.77

Middle-Tier Players: Projected Draft Kings Salary ~7k-9k

Rank Name Positon Score+ (season)
1  Malcolm Brogdon PG 92.59
2  Cade Cunningham PG 90.85
3  Lonzo Ball PG 90.05
4  John Collins PF 89.93
5  Caris LeVert SG 89.54
6  Jonas Valanciunas C 88.98
7  Jusuf Nurkic C 88.73
8  Collin Sexton PG 88.47
9  Kevin Porter Jr. PG/SG 88.3
10 Tyrese Haliburton PF 87.81
11  Kyle Lowry PG 87.59
18  Pascal Siakam PF 87.27
12  Myles Turner PF 87.03
13  Jerami Grant PF 86.87
17  Jalen Green SG 86.77
14  Terry Rozier PG 86.52
15  Spencer Dinwiddie PG 86.19
16  Draymond Green PF 85.8
19  Jaren Jackson Jr. PF 85.66
20  Richaun Holmes PF 85.24
21  RJ Barrett SF 85.14
22  Derrick White PG 85.11
23  Kemba Walker PG 84.96
24  Mike Conley PG 84.58
25  Darius Garland PG 84.17
26  Jarrett Allen C 83.94
27  Jalen Suggs PG 83.56
31  P.J. Washington SF 83.35
28  Andrew Wiggins SF 82.89
29  Gordon Hayward SF 82.42
30  Buddy Hield SG 82.22
32  Keldon Johnson SG 81.97
33  Jakob Poeltl C 81.69
34  Wendell Carter Jr. C 81.28
35  Aaron Gordon PF 80.87
36  Saddiq Bey PF 80.55
37  Miles Bridges SF 80.22
39  OG Anunoby SF 80.04
40  Bogdan Bogdanovic SF 79.62
41  Harrison Barnes SF 79.28
42  Dillon Brooks SG/SF 79
43  Marcus Smart SG 78.97
44  Robert Covington C 78.5
45  Jordan Clarkson PG/SG 78.22
46  Bojan Bogdanovic SF 78.09
47  Cole Anthony PG/SG 77.67
38  Steven Adams C 77.25
48  Dennis Schroder PG 76.69
49 Robert Williams III C 76.5
50  Reggie Jackson PG 76.26

Value-Tier Players: Projected Draft Kings Salary ~4k-6k

Rank Name Positon Score+ (season)
1 Patrick Williams SF 72.49
2 James Wiseman C 71.89
3 Desmond Bane SG 69.19
4 Kevin Huerter SG 67.91
5 Brandon Clarke PF 67.79
6 Monte Morris PG 67.37
7 Doug McDermott SF 66.47
8 Isaac Okoro PF 65.79
9 Cameron Johnson SF 65.41
10 Seth Curry SG 65.28
11  Dorian Finney-Smith SF 65.08
12  Terance Mann SF 64.92
13  Nicolas Batum SF 64.84
14  Larry Nance Jr. PF 64.8
15  Duncan Robinson SG 64.52
16  Serge Ibaka PF 64.48
17  Kenyon Martin Jr. SF 64.32
18  Derrick Rose PG 64.12
19  Jordan Poole C 63.92
20  Ricky Rubio PG 63.68
21  Marc Gasol C 63.44
22  Danny Green SG 63.27
23  Isaiah Roby SF 62.99
24  Daniel Theis PF 62.83
25  Kentavious Caldwell-Pope SG 62.62
26  Luguentz Dort SG/SF 62.42
27  Dwight Powell PF 62.13
28  Donte DiVincenzo SG 61.97
29  Jalen Brunson PG 61.93
30  Khem Birch PF 61.76
31  Otto Porter Jr. SF 61.47
32  Tristan Thompson PF 61.43
33  Hassan Whiteside C 61.23
34  Royce O’Neale PF 61.18
35  Davion Mitchell PG 60.9
36  Alperen Sengün C 60.69
37  Josh Richardson SG 60.52
38  Daniel Gafford PF 60.48
39  Josh Okogie PG 60.19
40  Darius Bazley PF 59.94
41  Tyrese Maxey SG 59.9
42  Cameron Payne PG 59.77
43  Lou Williams SG 59.73
44  Elfrid Payton PG 59.69
45  Carmelo Anthony SF/PF 59.61
46  Patty Mills PG/SG 59.4
47  Justin Holiday SG/SF 59.11
48  Taurean Prince PF 58.9
49  Jonathan Isaac PF 58.69
50  Alec Burks SG 58.43
51  Jeremy Lamb SG 58.27
52  Gary Harris SG 57.97
53  Nerlens Noel C 57.76
54  Luke Kennard SG 57.63
55  Dwight Howard C 57.38
56  Coby White PG 57.08
57  Derrick Favors PF 56.83
58  Bruce Brown SG/SF 56.75
59  Rudy Gay SF 56.45
60  Davis Bertans SF 56.19
61  P.J. Tucker PF 56.11
62  Nemanja Bjelica PF 56.07
63  Naz Reid PF 55.9
64  Talen Horton-Tucker SG 55.85
65  Deni Avdija SF 55.64
66  Facundo Campazzo PG 55.6
67  Patrick Beverley PG 55.39
68  James Bouknight SG 55.26
69  Cedi Osman SF 55.22
70  Thomas Bryant PF 55.17
71  Tomas Satoransky SG/SF 54.96
72  Moses Brown SF 54.92
73  Kent Bazemore SF 54.87
74  Dario Saric PF 54.58
75  Matisse Thybulle SG/SF 54.4