With the start of the 2018-19 season just around the corner, Sports Illustrated has published its list of the best players in the league.

In their ‘Top 100 NBA Players of 2019’ list, they counted down this week from 100 as they ranked the top players in the league with several members of the Thunder making the cut.

Newly acquired point guard Dennis Schroder placed at number 80 on the list, with Steven Adams coming in at number 38 and Paul George just missing the top 10 at number 11.

Of course, Russell Westbrook was the team’s highest-ranked player at number seven.

An excerpt of SI discussing Westbrook:

Say what you will about Westbrook, but the man shows up. When his team’s season is on the brink, Westbrook will take every damn shot necessary to keep things afloat. While other players awkwardly feel out the dynamic of a playoff series, Westbrook charges in, forcing everyone on the court to respond to him. It’s almost incomprehensible that someone who drives as hard as Westbrook could be as healthy as he’s been prior to undergoing knee surgery this week. Durability is a skill in itself, and Westbrook—even as his legend grows—doesn’t get nearly enough credit for his availability in the wake of hard fouls, harder falls, and freaking dents in the side of his face.

As Russ placed at No. 7 on the list, Giannis Antentokounmpo, Anthony Davis, James Harden, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and LeBron James rounded out the rest of the list by SI.

At first glance, it appears as though the ranking for Russ is accurate as a case can be made that the players above Russ deserve to be at their respective places on the list.

While he ranks at number seven overall, he would be the second or third highest-ranked point guard on the list (depending on how you classify Harden) which appears to be in line with his place in the NBA.

Sports Illustrated indicated that there was no definitive criterion for determining these rankings as they “were assigned based on a fluid combination of subjective assessment and objective data.”

The ranking for Westbrook was also issued before it was announced on Wednesday that he underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee after he experienced some inflammation this past weekend.

In any case, the ranking for Westbrook appears to be accurate.