Sixers star Tyrese Maxey ranked No. 11 player in the league on list

Philadelphia 76ers star Tyrese Maxey is performing like one of the top players in the league in 2025-26. The 6-year guard is averaging 29.1 points, 6.8 assists, and 4.1 rebounds while shooting 37.6% from deep and leading the Sixers to a resurgent year in the standings.

As time moves on, the Sixers will be looking to move forward with Maxey leading the way into the playoffs. This is a roster that can compete in the wide-open Eastern Conference and make a deep run past Round 2 for the first time since 2001.

Bleacher Report ranked the top 99 players in the NBA and Maxey comes in ranked No. 11 on the list:

Tyrese Maxey has come to personify coordinated chaos. He has taken the blazing speed at which he's always played and perfected the integration of unpredictable downshifting, forcing defenses into impossible situations.

A more comprehensive shot profile further disjoints anyone who lines up in front of him. There is not a level from which he can't score. Once upon a time, you wondered whether his jumper was predicated on taking minimal dribbles. Not anymore. He ranks eighth in unassisted two-pointers and fifth in unassisted triples.

Maxey doesn't have the passing versatility of other lead guards, but he doesn't need it. Havoc is his playmaking depth, and it has no bottom. His reads out of the bedlam he creates are at an all-time high, and the vanishingly small frequency with which he turns the ball over is equal parts evidence of his controlled anarchy and totally nonsensical.

Maxey will continue to try and lead this group to new heights as the Sixers look to win their first title since 1983. The franchise will also look to get out of Round 2 for the first time since 2001. With Maxey leading the way, the Sixers will always have a shot.

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