We’re less than a month away from the start of the 2025-26 NBA season, which makes this a great time to go through our positional rankings at Rotoworld. We’ll be starting in the backcourt with the guards and continuing on with forwards and centers as the week progresses.
We covered the guards with our first position rankings article, so we’ll now move to the forwards. From a fantasy standpoint, this position has been dominated in recent years by Giannis Antetokounmpo, with Anthony Davis and Kevin Durant among the others who have offered elite value. But there are some young talents who stand to be the future of the position, led by Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams.
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Here’s how we value the top 50 forwards in fantasy basketball for the 2025-26 season, starting with Giannis.
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1. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Positions: PF/C
2024-25 Stats: 30.4 points, 11.9 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 0.9 steals, 1.2 blocks
Antetokounmpo was his usual dominant self for the Bucks in 2024-25, averaging at least 30 points, 11 rebounds and six assists per game for the second consecutive season. He focused even more on dominating inside the arc, with the 63 three-point attempts being the fewest in a season for the Bucks star since 2014-15. Antetokounmpo, a first-team All-NBA selection who finished third in MVP voting, shot 62 percent from two. However, he only made 61.7 percent of his free throw attempts, and selecting him in the first round likely kicks off a team build in which free throw percentage is punted. As for his team situation, the Bucks underwent a significant overhaul this past offseason. Damian Lillard (Portland) and Brook Lopez (LA Clippers) are out, but the team signed Myles Turner to a four-year deal in free agency.
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2. Anthony Davis, Dallas Mavericks
Positions: PF/C
2024-25 Stats: 24.7 points, 11.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.2 steals, 2.2 blocks, 0.7 three-pointers
Davis was a major part of…
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