College Basketball Legends
The greatest players in NCAA college basketball history.
The All-Time Greatest College Basketball Players
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
All College Basketball Athletes
Browse 117 of the greatest college basketball players of all time.
American
Adrian Dantley
Small Forward
Adrian Dantley was a two-time consensus All-American at Notre Dame and the 1976 national college…
American
Albert King
Small Forward
Albert King was a two-time All-ACC selection and 1980 ACC Player of the Year for the Maryland…
American
Allen Iverson
Point Guard
Allen Iverson set Georgetown's career scoring-average record over two explosive seasons before…
American
Alonzo Mourning
Center
Alonzo Mourning anchored Georgetown's defense for four years, leading the nation in blocked shots…
Canadian
Andrew Wiggins
Small Forward
Andrew Wiggins set Kansas's freshman single-season scoring record in his lone college season.
American
Anfernee Hardaway
Point Guard
Penny Hardaway was a two-time Great Midwest Conference MVP who led Memphis State to the 1992 Elite…
American
Anthony Davis
Center/Power Forward
Anthony Davis dominated as a shot-blocker and led Kentucky to the 2012 national championship in his…
American
Austin Carr
Shooting Guard
Austin Carr set the NCAA tournament career scoring-average record and won 1971 national player of…
American
Ben Gordon
Shooting Guard
Ben Gordon was Final Four Most Outstanding Player as he led UConn to the 2004 national championship.
Australian
Ben Simmons
Point Guard/Power Forward
Ben Simmons had a historic statistical freshman season at LSU before turning pro after one year.
American
Bernard King
Small Forward
Bernard King was a three-time SEC Player of the Year and consensus All-American forward for…
American
Bill Bradley
Small Forward
Bill Bradley led Princeton to the 1965 Final Four and won consecutive Ivy League titles as a…
American
Bill Walton
Center
Bill Walton won three consecutive National Player of the Year awards while leading UCLA to two…
American
Billy Donovan
Point Guard
Billy Donovan led Providence to a surprise 1987 Final Four run as a senior All-Big East guard.
American
Blake Griffin
Power Forward
Blake Griffin swept national player of the year honors in 2009 while leading Oklahoma in scoring…
American
Bob Cousy
Point Guard
Bob Cousy led Holy Cross (not Boston College, despite the id) to the 1947 NCAA title and graduated…
American
Bob Dandridge
Small Forward/Power Forward
Bob Dandridge starred for Norfolk State in the CIAA, later becoming the first HBCU-only alum…
American
Bob McAdoo
Center/Power Forward
Bob McAdoo played just one season at North Carolina, leading the Tar Heels to the 1972 Final Four…
American
Bobby Hurley
Point Guard
Bobby Hurley set the NCAA career assists record while leading Duke to back-to-back national titles.
American
Brandon Knight
Point Guard/Shooting Guard
Brandon Knight was Kentucky's floor leader as a freshman, earning NCAA All-Region Most Outstanding…
Puerto Rican
Butch Lee
Point Guard
Butch Lee was Final Four MOP for Marquette's 1977 title team and won National Player of the Year…
American
Calbert Cheaney
Small Forward/Shooting Guard
Calbert Cheaney became the Big Ten's all-time leading scorer and swept national player of the year…
American
Carmelo Anthony
Small Forward
Carmelo Anthony led Syracuse to its first NCAA title as a freshman, earning Final Four Most…
American
Cazzie Russell
Small Forward/Shooting Guard
Cazzie Russell posted the highest career scoring average in Michigan history and won the 1966…
American
Charles Barkley
Power Forward
Charles Barkley starred as an undersized but dominant rebounder for Auburn, earning SEC Player of…
American
Chauncey Billups
Point Guard
Chauncey Billups was a two-time All-American-caliber scorer and playmaker for Colorado before…
American
Chris Webber
Power Forward
Chris Webber was the standout freshman-sophomore star of Michigan's iconic Fab Five, reaching…
American
Christian Laettner
Center/Power Forward
Christian Laettner led Duke to back-to-back national titles (1991-92) and hit the iconic…
American
Cliff Hagan
Forward
Cliff Hagan was a dominant hook-shot scorer who helped lead Kentucky to the 1951 NCAA championship…
American
Cotton Nash
Center/Forward
Cotton Nash was a three-time All-American at Kentucky who became the program's all-time leading…
American
Dan Issel
Center/Power Forward
Dan Issel set Kentucky's all-time career scoring and rebounding records, capped by a senior-year…
American
Danny Ainge
Point Guard/Shooting Guard
Danny Ainge led BYU in scoring all four seasons, setting numerous WAC and NCAA records including a…
American
Danny Manning
Small Forward/Power Forward
Danny Manning powered Kansas to the 1988 national title, earning Final Four Most Outstanding Player…
American
Darrell Griffith
Shooting Guard
Darrell Griffith led Louisville to the 1980 national championship and swept national Player of the…
American
David Thompson
Small Forward
David Thompson was a spectacular high-flying scorer who led NC State to the 1974 national title,…
Bahamian
DeAndre Ayton
Center
DeAndre Ayton dominated as a freshman at Arizona, earning Pac-12 Player of the Year honors in his…
American
Derrick Rose
Point Guard
Derrick Rose was CUSA Rookie of the Year and led Memphis to the 2008 national title game in his…
American
Dwyane Wade
Shooting Guard
Dwyane Wade elevated Marquette to its first Final Four in decades with a triple-double performance…
American
Elton Brand
Power Forward
Elton Brand was a dominant interior force at Duke, sweeping national Player of the Year honors as a…
American
Elvin Hayes
Center/Power Forward
Elvin Hayes was a dominant scorer/rebounder for Houston, famously outdueling Lew Alcindor in the…
American
Frank Ramsey
Small Forward/Guard
Frank Ramsey was a versatile scorer and rebounder at Kentucky, setting a career rebounding record…
American
Gail Goodrich
Shooting Guard
Gail Goodrich starred on UCLA's first two national championship teams under John Wooden, scoring 42…
American
Glen Rice
Small Forward/Shooting Guard
Glen Rice set an NCAA Tournament record with 184 points en route to leading Michigan to the 1989…
American
Glenn Robinson
Small Forward
Glenn 'Big Dog' Robinson dominated the Big Ten, winning consensus National Player of the Year…
American
Grant Hill
Small Forward
Grant Hill was a versatile star who helped Duke win back-to-back national titles in 1991 and 1992…
Nigerian
Hakeem Olajuwon
Center
Hakeem Olajuwon anchored Houston's high-flying Phi Slama Jama squads to three straight Final Fours,…
American
Isiah Thomas
Point Guard
Isiah Thomas led Bob Knight's Indiana Hoosiers to the 1981 national championship and was named…
American
J.J. Redick
Shooting Guard
J.J. Redick starred at Duke from 2002-2006, becoming the ACC's all-time leading scorer and a…
American
Jack Givens
Small Forward
Jack Givens led Kentucky to the 1978 NCAA championship, earning Final Four Most Outstanding Player…
American
Jamaal Wilkes
Small Forward
Keith 'Jamaal' Wilkes was a two-time consensus All-American forward who helped UCLA win…
American
James Worthy
Small Forward
James Worthy led North Carolina to the 1982 NCAA championship, sealing the win over Georgetown and…
American
Jason Williams
Point Guard
Jason 'Jay' Williams led Duke to the 2001 NCAA title and won back-to-back NABC Player of the Year…
American
Jerry Lucas
Power Forward/Center
Jerry Lucas led Ohio State to three straight NCAA finals (1960-62), winning the national…
American
Jerry West
Shooting Guard
Jerry West led West Virginia to the 1959 NCAA championship game and was named Final Four Most…
American
Jo Jo White
Point Guard
Jo Jo White starred for Kansas, famous for a disputed last-second shot vs. Texas Western in the…
Cameroonian
Joel Embiid
Center
Joel Embiid played a single, injury-curtailed season at Kansas before being drafted third overall…
American
John Stockton
Point Guard
John Stockton starred for four years at Gonzaga, capping his career as the school's first-ever WCAC…
American
John Wall
Point Guard
John Wall spent a single dominant season at Kentucky in 2009-10, winning National Player of the…
American
Johnny Dawkins
Point Guard
Johnny Dawkins starred at Duke from 1982-86, becoming a two-time All-American and 1986 National…
American
Keith Smart
Guard
After transferring from Garden City CC, Keith Smart played two seasons at Indiana, capped by his…
American
Kelly Tripucka
Small Forward/Shooting Guard
Kelly Tripucka led Notre Dame in scoring all four seasons, finishing as the program's fourth…
American
Kenny Anderson
Point Guard
Kenny Anderson played two standout seasons at Georgia Tech, leading the Lethal Weapon 3 to the 1990…
American
Kevin Durant
Small Forward
In his lone season at Texas, Kevin Durant became the first freshman ever to win a national college…
American
Larry Bird
Small Forward
Larry Bird averaged over 30 points per game across three seasons and led Indiana State to a 33-0…
American
Larry Johnson
Power Forward
Larry Johnson led UNLV to the 1990 NCAA title and swept national Player of the Year honors as a…
American
Len Bias
Small Forward
Len Bias became Maryland's all-time leading scorer and a consensus first-team All-American before…
American
Lew Alcindor
Center
Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) won three consecutive NCAA championships and…
American
Lonzo Ball
Point Guard
Lonzo Ball played a single, highly decorated freshman season at UCLA in 2016-17, leading the NCAA…
American
Lorenzo Charles
Forward
Lorenzo Charles hit the iconic buzzer-beating dunk to win the 1983 NCAA title and went on to a…
Slovenian
Luka Dončić
Point Guard/Small Forward
Luka Dončić turned pro with Real Madrid as a teenager and went straight from EuroLeague basketball…
British
Luol Deng
Small Forward
Luol Deng starred as a freshman at Duke in 2003-04, leading the Blue Devils to the Final Four…
American
Magic Johnson
Point Guard
Magic Johnson starred for two seasons at Michigan State, capped by leading the Spartans to the 1979…
American
Mark Aguirre
Small Forward
Mark Aguirre dominated college basketball at DePaul from 1978-1981, capturing multiple national…
American
Marques Johnson
Small Forward
Marques Johnson starred at UCLA from 1973-1977, winning a national title and sweeping national…
American
Michael Carter-Williams
Point Guard
Michael Carter-Williams played two seasons at Syracuse, emerging as a top point guard prospect in…
American
Michael Jordan
Shooting Guard
Michael Jordan played three seasons at North Carolina, winning a national title and sweeping…
American
Oscar Robertson
Point Guard
Oscar Robertson was a three-time national scoring leader and consensus All-American guard who set…
American
Patrick Ewing
Center
Patrick Ewing anchored Georgetown's defense for four years, leading the Hoyas to three title games…
American
Pervis Ellison
Center
Pervis Ellison started all four years at Louisville, earning Final Four MOP as a freshman in 1986…
American
Phil Ford
Point Guard
Phil Ford became UNC's all-time leading scorer and the ACC's career assists leader while winning…
American
Pistol Pete Maravich
Point Guard
Pete Maravich set the NCAA career scoring record of 3,667 points at 44.2 PPG over three varsity…
American
Ralph Sampson
Center
Ralph Sampson, a 7-foot-4 phenom, became only the second player ever (after Bill Walton) to win…
American
Ray Allen
Shooting Guard
Ray Allen starred for UConn from 1993-1996, becoming a unanimous All-American and setting the…
American
Richard Hamilton
Shooting Guard
Richard 'Rip' Hamilton starred at UConn from 1996-1999, capping his career by leading the Huskies…
American
Rick Barry
Small Forward
Rick Barry led the nation in scoring as a senior at Miami (FL), one of the highest-scoring careers…
American
Sam Bowie
Center
Sam Bowie played for Kentucky 1979-1984, missing two full seasons to stress fractures before a…
American
Sam Perkins
Power Forward/Center
Sam Perkins played for UNC 1980-1984, a three-time All-American who started on the Tar Heels' 1982…
American
Scott May
Small Forward
Scott May starred for Bob Knight's Hoosiers 1973-1976, capping his career as unanimous national…
American
Shane Battier
Small Forward
Shane Battier was a lockdown defender and 2001 consensus National Player of the Year who led Duke…
American
Shaquille O'Neal
Center
Shaquille O'Neal was a dominant LSU center who twice earned SEC Player of the Year and All-American…
American
Shawn Bradley
Center
Shawn Bradley set NCAA freshman shot-blocking records at BYU during his sole 1990-91 season before…
American
Sidney Wicks
Power Forward
Sidney Wicks starred alongside John Wooden's UCLA dynasty, helping the Bruins win three straight…
American
Sleepy Floyd
Point Guard/Shooting Guard
Sleepy Floyd is Georgetown's all-time leading scorer, starring alongside Patrick Ewing in the 1982…
American
Spencer Haywood
Forward/Center
Spencer Haywood led all of NCAA Division I in scoring and rebounding in 1968-69 at Detroit before…
American
Stacey Augmon
Small Forward
Stacey Augmon anchored UNLV's suffocating defense as a four-year starter, helping the Runnin'…
American
Stephon Marbury
Point Guard
In his lone college season, Stephon Marbury posted one of the finest freshman campaigns in ACC…
American
Terry Dischinger
Forward
Terry Dischinger averaged a double-double across three varsity seasons at Purdue, setting the…
American
Tom Gola
Forward/Center
Tom Gola remains the NCAA's all-time career rebounding leader, anchoring La Salle's 1954 NCAA and…
American
Troy Bell
Shooting Guard
Troy Bell rewrote Boston College's record books, finishing as the program's all-time leading scorer…
American
Tyler Hansbrough
Power Forward
Tyler Hansbrough became the ACC's all-time leading scorer and rebounder while leading North…
American
Walter Berry
Power Forward
Walter Berry starred two seasons at St. John's, culminating in a 1986 season that swept nearly…
American
Walter Davis
Shooting Guard
Walter Davis led North Carolina to the 1977 NCAA championship game, earning two All-ACC selections…
American
Wayman Tisdale
Power Forward
Wayman Tisdale was the first player named a first-team AP All-American in his freshman, sophomore,…
American
Wes Unseld
Center
Wes Unseld anchored Louisville's frontcourt for three seasons, leading the Missouri Valley…
American
Wilt Chamberlain
Center
Wilt Chamberlain played only two varsity seasons at Kansas under freshman-ineligibility rules,…
American
Zion Williamson
Power Forward
Zion Williamson was the only NCAA player in 2018-19 to average 20+ points, 8+ rebounds and 2+…
American
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Center
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played college ball under the name Lew Alcindor, going 88-2 over three varsity…
American
Elgin Baylor
Forward
Elgin Baylor led Seattle to the 1958 NCAA championship game as runner-up and was named Final Four…
American
Bill Russell
Center
Bill Russell led the University of San Francisco Dons to consecutive NCAA titles in 1955 and 1956,…
American
Sean Elliott
Small Forward
Sean Elliott was a two-time consensus All-American who led Arizona to the 1988 Final Four and won…
American
Stacey King
Center
Stacey King anchored Oklahoma's run-and-gun offense, earning consensus All-American honors in 1989…
American
Lionel Simmons
Small Forward
Lionel Simmons became one of the few NCAA players to score 3,000+ career points and grab 1,100+…
American
Bo Kimble
Shooting Guard
Bo Kimble led NCAA Division I in scoring at Loyola Marymount and became a national symbol of…
American
Greg Oden
Center
Greg Oden was a consensus All-American freshman center who led Ohio State to the 2007 NCAA…
American
O.J. Mayo
Shooting Guard
O.J. Mayo starred as a scoring freshman guard for USC before the season was later vacated due to an…
American
Michael Beasley
Power Forward
Michael Beasley had one of the greatest freshman seasons in NCAA history, leading the nation in…
Tanzanian
Hasheem Thabeet
Center
Hasheem Thabeet anchored UConn's defense for three seasons and led the Huskies to the 2009 Final…
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