With the season reaching its midway point, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the players that have submitted highlight after highlight from Week 1 to Week 14.

Here are the top five fantasy players so far in the 2024-2025 NBA regular season:

1. Nikola Jokić

Any conversation on fantasy favorites begins and ends with the basketball unicorn who’s claimed MVP honors in three of the last four seasons. Jokić has been the wire-to-wire frontrunner in total fantasy points (TFP) with 2409.9, and projects to be the first player this campaign to reach 2500 thanks to the on-court dominance he imposes on any given night.

The 10-year veteran center for the Denver Nuggets (27-16) – far and away the league leader with 19 triple-doubles against LeBron James’ next-closest nine – is the sole player averaging upward of 60 fantasy points per game (FPPG), and has notched 13 outings with 70 or more. He topped 80 in three of four games during Week 11 alone.

The six-time NBA All-Star comes at considerable cost with a salary of $20.9M, making him the game’s most expensive option. But for someone who’s dropped less than 50 fantasy points on four occasions and maintained a clean bill of health in missing just six games out of 43, Jokić is the surest thing in fantasy.

2. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

When it comes to the game’s purest scorers, Gilgeous-Alexander may very well be at the top of the list – he simply gets buckets. The seventh-year guard missed his first game all season last Friday and, on just his second outing afterwards, set a career high with 54 points that earned a season-best 83.1 in fantasy.

If the MVP was awarded now and by conventional definition – for the best player on the best team – Gilgeous-Alexander would be raking in the votes. He’s led the Oklahoma City Thunder (36-7) to first place in the Western Conference and into a tie for the NBA’s finest record, currently boasting 2291.9 TFP and 54.6 FPPG that are good for second and fourth, respectively, among all players.

Gilgeous-Alexander has notched 60 or more fantasy points 13 times over while rarely having an off night in the form of five contests with fewer than 40. Due to his $17.7M price tag, you’ll need to blow up your roster if you want to add him for the season’s latter stretch, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a more worthy investment.

3. Anthony Davis

A checkered injury past may have given some hesitancy to select Davis before season’s start. But as he continues to string together one of his finest efforts at 31 years old – third with 2032.1 TFP and sixth with 53.5 FPPG – there should be little question regarding the legitimacy of this star center’s MVP candidacy.

Now in his 13th season and sixth with theLakers (23-18), “The Brow” boasts a season-high mark of 73.8 fantasy points and has crossed the 60-point threshold 13 different times. Such performances have often come by way of the double-double – himself being one of just five players with 30 or more so far in 2024-2025.

Davis has appeared in 38 of 41 games and played 35-plus minutes in the vast majority of them, demonstrating that his body is doing well to weather the nightly beating of competition. The nine-time All-Star is priced accordingly at a not-so-cheap $16.9M, but having failed to crack 40 fantasy points on just four outings, warrants the trust of fantasy players everywhere.

4. Jayson Tatum

Doubts have risen about the reigning champion Boston Celtics (31-13) as of late regarding their 10-8 stretch. Tatum, though, has kept himself in high fantasy demand with a tendency to put up gaudy numbers on the regular. He has 19 games with 50 or more fantasy points to his name while scoring less than 40 in just seven affairs.

The NBA All-Star five years running has no equal in Boston when it comes to production – even if Jaylen Brown has been a quality second option. Tatum spearheads the squad with 2023.9 TFP and 49.4 FPPG, which also qualify for fourth- and eighth-best in the entire league, respectively. He’s been a consistent weapon while missing just three games across the season’s opening half.

As is the case with all on this list, acquiring this eighth-year forward/guard will cost you a pretty penny – $16.5M, to be exact, as the game’s ninth-most-expensive player. But the fact remains that, among all general managers, Tatum is owned by 15.5% – the fifth-highest mark among all fantasy options. And that number should increase if he improves his numbers moving forward.

5. Giannis Antetokounmpo

There exist few scoring threats quite like Antetokounmpo, and that’s been true since he first broke onto the All-Star scene back in 2016-2017. The 12th-year forward for the Milwaukee Bucks (24-17) has done more than enough thus far to turn heads in NBA Fantasy, currently sitting second with 57.8 FPPG and fifth with 2022.3 TFP.

“The Greek Freak” still holds the league-wide record this campaign for most single-game fantasy points, having produced a flabbergasting 98.3 against the Detroit Pistons (23-21) on Nov. 13, 2024, via 59 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists. None of Jokić, Gilgeous-Alexander, Davis or Tatum have been able to break 90.

Antetokounmpo’s $17.7M salary – as steep as it seems – is fitting for the kind of upside he brings to any roster. He’s scored less than 40 fantasy points just once and topped 60 in 14 games, in addition to playing 35 of the Bucks’ 41 outings. There’s a reason he’s finished in the top four of MVP voting for six consecutive seasons.