The Houston Rockets finished the 2024-25 regular season with the second-best record (52-30) in the Western Conference, and yet they didn’t have a single All-NBA player.
“Sometimes you, sometimes me, always us,” was the team’s unofficial mantra.
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With that in mind, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Houston is among the league leaders in its volume of quantity players. In The Ringer’s June 2025 rankings of the NBA’s top-100 players (out of more than 500 in the league), the Rockets have six representatives in total.
Though the Rockets represent just one out of 30 teams (3.3%), they’ve nearly doubled that percentage in top-100 players (6.0%). In effect, Houston largely overcame its lack of superstar quality with a greater depth and quantity of very good players.
Here is a roundup of Houston’s six players on the list, along with a brief description of each from The Ringer. Deeper analysis is available at the full list.
No. 36: Alperen Sengun
Passing warlock with Rumble Pak physicality whose development arrow keeps pointing up.
No. 41: Amen Thompson
Apositional wonderregularly challenging the laws of space and time.
No. 64: Fred VanVleet
Houston’s no-nonsense primary caregiver, whose high-volume 3-point shooting and elite defensive instincts allow him to transcend his stature.
No. 88: Tari Eason
Lightning in a bottle of gasoline, quickly asserting himself as one of the most overwhelming perimeter defenders in the league.
No. 93: Dillon Brooks
Physical pot stirrer whose persona overshadows some tough shotmaking and hard-nosed defense.
No. 98: Jalen Green
Stupefying athlete with the veneer of an elite scorer. If only the underlying numbers painted the same portrait.
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The Ringer’s complete list of all top-100 NBA players can be viewed here.
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This article originally appeared on Rockets Wire: June 2025 update: The Ringer ranks six Rockets among NBA’s top 100