With approximately a month before the league kicks off, the major sports media sites are once again releasing their predictions for the upcoming 2021-22 NBA season, the championship odds and their player rankings. It’s like clockwork. Every season we see these lists not only does it build buzz for the season, but lists like “the best 100 players” are money in the bank, easy bets that garner thousands of clicks.

As they’ve done the last several years, Sports Illustrated has put out their annual player rankings under their Top 100 NBA Players of 2021-22 marquee. Throughout the week starting on Monday, they’ll release sections of the list beginning with 100-51 followed by 50-31, 30-11, 10-6, and finally their top five players.

Full List: SI’s Top 100 NBA Players of 2021-22 

So are you ready to blow your top and get unnecessarily frustrated? Good, here’s Sports Illustrated’s full list for the 2021-22 NBA season.

As mentioned, SI.com is releasing the list in sections throughout the week, so we’ll continue updating the above rankings until it’s the full list of all hundred players.

How did Sports Illustrated rank players?

Sports Illustrated determined this year’s list with contributions from a stable of their NBA writers. SI wasn’t forthcoming with the exact methodology, but says that they came up with their rankings “through a combination of data and subjective evaluation.”

SI knew it wasn’t good enought so to ensure their comments sections weren’t completely lit on fire by infuriating the internet, they wanted their readers to know that their list didn’t include incoming rookies, wasn’t about their potential past this next season and other important context to keep in mind when looking over the list.

…rankings are specifically for the upcoming season and do not take into account players’ long-term prospects or career arcs beyond 2021-22…. rookies were not considered. This is not a representation of a player’s trade value or contract value, and it does not account for the impact of his salary relative to his production. The possibility of growth or decline are factors, tied to players’ age and career stage. The list attempts to account for the entirety of a player’s impact: offense, defense, structural or otherwise, and tends to favor those with the most malleable skill-sets.

It’s nice that Sports Illustrated’s panel included all those considerations, but let’s be honest, no one reads these caveats and if they do, they certainly don’t let them get in their feelings . All the fans really want to know is what type of freaking hack would rank De’Andre Hunter over Klay Thompson?!