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As we button up the 2025-26 Phoenix Suns season, I imagine this is what it feels like to be a teacher in May. The school year ends, the kids head home, and those final few days become administrative. You’re putting away files, cleaning the classroom, shutting off the lights before heading into summer break.
That’s kind of what we’ve been doing here at Bright Side as we say goodbye to the 2025-26 Suns. It was an unexpectedly fun season, and our view of the players on this roster changed over time. That’s the purpose of SunsRank. To look at who these players were and who they became over the course of the year.
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Before we reveal the complete community rankings, I wanted to take a moment to show how the Bright Side writing team viewed the roster by season’s end. Below are the rankings from our writers, along with some explanation as to why certain players landed higher or lower on individual ballots.
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Player
John Voita
Brandon Duenas
Holden Sherman
Bruce Veliz
Rod Argent
Kevin Humphrey
John Doeshass
Pano
1
Devin Booker
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Dillon Brooks
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
Jalen Green
3
6
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
Collin Gillespie
4
3
7
4
4
5
5
5
5
Mark Williams
5
4
5
7
5
8
6
3
6
Grayson Allen
6
8
4
6
8
3
5
6
7
Jordan Goodwin
7
5
6
5
6
6
7
7
8
Oso Ighodaro
9
7
9
9
9
7
8
8
9
Royce O’Neale
8
9
8
8
7
9
9
9
10
Rasheer Fleming
11
10
11
10
10
10
10
10
11
Ryan Dunn
12
11
12
11
11
11
11
11
12
Khaman Maluach
10
12
14
12
12
13
12
12
13
Haywood Highsmith
15
13
10
14
13
12
13
12
14
Jamaree Bouyea
13
15
13
13
15
15
15
13
15
Amir Coffey
14
14
15
15
14
14
14
15
16
Isaiah Livers
17
16
15
16
16
17
16
14
17
Koby Brea
16
17
17
17
17
16
17
16
18
CJ Huntley
18
18
16
18
18
18
17
17
Take a few minutes and look through the rankings. You’ll probably find yourself agreeing with one writer more than another. You might question why someone had a player ranked too high or too low compared to your own list. That’s part of the fun.
To dig into that a little more, we did a small Q&A session with the writing team to better understand some of their rankings.
Brandon, you had the lowest ranking on Jalen Green, ranking him 6th. Why is he that low on your SunsRank?
Availability is the best ability. The bottom line is that Jalen Green only played in 32 games this season, and he had some very rough stretches as he worked his way…
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Publish date : 2026-05-13 21:00:00
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