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Andrew Wiggins' uninterrupted reign atop the rookie rankings is over.

Despite sustaining a steady upward trajectory for most of the season, Wiggins' chief competitor has engineered a productivity spike at just the right time.

Nerlens Noel, the man who almost certainly would have been the top pick in his own draft class last year, has overtaken Wiggins, who has been the best player of his class by a significant margin. We'll dig deeper into the numbers later on, but I thought it'd be good to prepare you for the shock of seeing Wiggins someplace besides No. 1 now.

The rest of the rankings got a thorough shakeup as well. A pair of new entries round out the final two spots, and every single player in the top eight has changed positions since the last edition.

Note: These rankings aren't designed to determine which player has the most talent or will become the biggest star once fully formed. Instead, we're focusing on how each rookie has played this season, with specific focus on recent performance.