Chad Ford of ESPN has covered every NBA Draft since 2000 and he's ranked the top 25 prospects over the past 15 years.

This ranking is based solely on each prospect's perceived potential when coming into the draft.

1. LeBron James (2003)
2. Greg Oden (2007)
3. Yao Ming (2002)
4. Kevin Durant (2007)
5. Anthony Davis (2012)
6. Darko Milicic (2003)
7. Carmelo Anthony (2003)
8. Jay Williams (2002)
9. Joel Embiid (2014)
10. Andrew Wiggins (2014)
11. Derrick Rose (2008)
12. Jabari Parker (2014)
13. Blake Griffin (2009)
14. Ricky Rubio (2009)
15. Chris Paul (2005)
16. John Wall (2010)
17. Michael Beasley (2008)
18. Dwight Howard (2004)
19. O.J. Mayo (2008)
20. Marvin Williams (2004)
21. Adam Morrison  (2006)
22. Nikoloz Tskitishvili (2002)
23. Kwame Brown (2001)
24. Shaun Livingston (2004)
25. Emeka Okafor (2004)