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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Kentucky High Schools
Notes: This is a list of the greatest pro players who finished high school in this state.
What players did in high school or college does not factor into this list.
| School | Athlete | POS | Rookie Yr | Overall Rank |
| Allen County (Scottsville) | Jim McDaniels | C | 1972 | 1821 |
| Anderson County (Lawrenceburg) | Jimmy Conner | SG | 1976 | 5676 |
| Apollo (Owensboro) | Rex Chapman | SG | 1989 | 1172 |
| Apollo (Owensboro) | Marc Salyers | SF | 2002 | 8309 |
| Apollo (Owensboro) | Tyler Brown | SG | 2014 | 17732 |
| Ashland (Ashland) | Larry Conley | SG | 1968 | 13230 |
| Aspire Basketball Academy (Louisville) | Charles Bassey | C | 2022 | 10484 |
| Assumption (Louisville) | Joe Hurst | SG | 1987 | 17280 |
| Atherton (Louisville) | Charlie Tyra | C | 1958 | 648 |
| Atherton (Louisville) | Rick Wilson | SG | 1979 | 5875 |
| Ballard (Louisville) | Allan Houston | SG | 1994 | 327 |
| Ballard (Louisville) | Jeff Lamp | SF | 1982 | 3708 |
| Ballard (Louisville) | Jerry Eaves | PG | 1983 | 5044 |
| Ballard (Louisville) | Kelan Martin | SF | 2019 | 8549 |
| Ballard (Louisville) | DeJuan Wheat | PG | 1998 | 8973 |
| Ballard (Louisville) | Brandon Bender | PF | 2005 | 16288 |
| Bardstown (Bardstown) | James Brewer | PG | 1994 | 18348 |
| Benton (Benton) | Joe Holland | SF | 1950 | 1505 |
| Bowling Green (Bowling Green) | David Denton | PG | 1962 | 4172 |
| Bowling Green (Bowling Green) | Terry Taylor | SF | 2022 | 9423 |
| Bowling Green (Bowling Green) | Chane Behanan | PF | 2015 | 16627 |
| Breckenridge County (Hardinsburg) | Butch Beard | PG | 1970 | 597 |
| Bristow (Bristow) | Darel Carrier | SG | 1968 | 1169 |
| Bryan Station (Lexington) | Mel Turpin | C | 1985 | 2209 |
| Bryan Station (Lexington) | Shelvin Mack | PG | 2012 | 3176 |
| Bryan Station (Lexington) | Jack Givens | SF | 1979 | 4566 |
| Bryan Station (Lexington) | Tony E. Jackson | PG | 1981 | 11617 |
| Bullitt East (Mount Washington) | Derek Willis | PF | 2018 | 7888 |
| Caldwell County (Caldwell) | Greg Smith | SF | 1969 | 872 |
| Carr Creek (Carr Creek) | Glen Combs | SG | 1969 | 976 |
| Catholic (Lexington) | David Graves | SF | 2003 | 8848 |
| Catholic (Lexington) | Frank Kornet | PF | 1990 | 12886 |
| Catholic (Lexington) | Vee Sanford | SG | 2015 | 16011 |
| Catholic (Newport) | Dave Cowens | C | 1971 | 50 |
| Catholic (Newport) | Larry Staverman | PF | 1959 | 615 |
| Caverna (Horse Cave) | Clarence Glover | PF | 1972 | 8656 |
| Central (Louisville) | Bill C. Bradley | SG | 1968 | 5614 |
| Central (Louisville) | Ron King | SG | 1974 | 8195 |
| Central (Louisville) | Bob Miller | PF | 1984 | 10280 |
| Central (Louisville) | Dwayne Morton | SG | 1995 | 12053 |
| Christian County (Hopkinsville) | Chris Whitney | PG | 1994 | 2179 |
| Christian County (Hopkinsville) | Clarence Trotter | SG | 2012 | 13055 |
| Clark (Winchester) | Preston Knowles | PG | 2012 | 17081 |
| Clay (Lexington) | James Lee | SF | 1979 | 9036 |
| Corbin (Corbin) | Frank Selvy | SG | 1955 | 310 |
| Corbin (Corbin) | Jerry Bird | PF | 1959 | 2529 |
| Covington Catholic (Park Hills) | Paul Walther | SG | 1950 | 478 |
| Covington Catholic (Park Hills) | Dan Tieman | PG | 1963 | 3120 |
| Covington Catholic (Park Hills) | Bob Naber | SF | 1953 | 3665 |
| Daviess County (Owensboro) | Wayne Chapman | SG | 1969 | 4258 |
| Daviess County (Owensboro) | Bobby Rascoe | SG | 1968 | 4894 |
| Doss (Louisville) | Derek Anderson | SG | 1998 | 884 |
| Doss (Louisville) | Jeff Brooks | PF | 2012 | 4247 |
| Doss (Louisville) | Tony Williams (1978) | PF | 2001 | 17713 |
| Dunbar (Lexington) | Joe Hamilton | PG | 1971 | 1532 |
| Dunbar (Lexington) | Bobby Washington | PG | 1970 | 4710 |
| Dunbar Prep (Somerset) | Jack Fitzpatrick | PF | 1962 | 2243 |
| duPont Manual (Louisville) | Phil Bond | SG | 1978 | 8449 |
| duPont Manual (Louisville) | Dwayne Sutton | SG | 2021 | 18215 |
| Eastern (Louisville) | Kameron Woods | PF | 2016 | 15842 |
| Eastern (Middletown) | Felton Spencer | C | 1991 | 1774 |
| Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown) | Antwain Barbour | SG | 2005 | 13367 |
| Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown) | Maze Stallworth | SF | 2011 | 20490 |
| Fairdale (Louisville) | Forest Able | SG | 1957 | 2853 |
| Farmington (Farmington) | Adrian Smith | SG | 1962 | 404 |
| Flat Gap (Flat Gap) | Chuck Osborne | PF | 1962 | 3201 |
| Grant (Covington) | Tom Thacker | SG | 1964 | 1391 |
| Grant (Covington) | George Stone | SF | 1969 | 2099 |
| Hardin (Hardin) | John Padgett | C | 1949 | 11034 |
| Harlan (Harlan) | Wah Wah Jones | PF | 1950 | 1243 |
| Hazard (Hazard) | Johnny Cox | SG | 1963 | 1528 |
| Hazard (Hazard) | Sam Smith | SF | 1968 | 2499 |
| Holmes (Covington) | Elijah Pittman | PF | 2015 | 19517 |
| Holy Cross (Covington) | Antonio Campbell | PF | 2018 | 17965 |
| Hopkinsville (Hopkinsville) | Bird Averitt | PG | 1974 | 1590 |
| Jefferson (Louisville) | Ronald Thomas | PF | 1973 | 2925 |
| Knox Central (Barboursville) | John Mills | C | 1947 | 1953 |
| Kuttawa (Kuttawa) | Joe Fulks | PF | 1947 | 71 |
| Lafayette (Lexington) | Jeff Mullins | SG | 1965 | 230 |
| Lafayette (Lexington) | Vern Hatton | SG | 1959 | 1217 |
| Lafayette (Lexington) | Charles Hadden | PG | 1959 | 4506 |
| Lafayette (Lexington) | Tyler Wilkerson | PF | 2011 | 13825 |
| Lewis County (Vanceburg) | Ralph Davis | SG | 1961 | 1526 |
| Lexington (Lexington) | Dirk Minniefield | PG | 1986 | 4297 |
| Madison (Richmond) | Tex Ritter | SG | 1949 | 2043 |
| Madisonville (Madisonville) | Frank Ramsey | SF | 1955 | 289 |
| Male (Louisville) | Darrell Griffith | SG | 1981 | 521 |
| Male (Louisville) | Ralph Beard | PG | 1950 | 1374 |
| Male (Louisville) | Gene Rhodes | SG | 1953 | 2158 |
| Male (Louisville) | George Tinsley | SF | 1970 | 5427 |
| Male (Louisville) | Wesley Cox | SF | 1978 | 6280 |
| Male (Louisville) | Winston Bennett | SF | 1989 | 6744 |
| Male (Louisville) | Henry Bacon | SG | 1973 | 7009 |
| Male (Louisville) | Dallas Thornton | SF | 1969 | 7365 |
| Male (Louisville) | Jeremy Kelly | SG | 2007 | 12261 |
| Male (Louisville) | Larry O'Bannon | PG | 2006 | 13614 |
| Marshall County (Benton) | Dan Langhi | SF | 2001 | 6648 |
| Mason County (Maysville) | Darius Miller | SF | 2013 | 3264 |
| Mason County (Maysville) | Chris Lofton | PG | 2009 | 9103 |
| McHenry (McHenry) | John Givens | SG | 1951 | 1830 |
| Meade (Williamsport) | Donnie Butcher | SG | 1962 | 841 |
| Midway (Midway) | Paul Noel | SF | 1948 | 1357 |
| Millersburg Military Institute (Millersburg) | Tom Boerwinkle | C | 1969 | 639 |
| Millersburg Military Institute (Millersburg) | Michael Haynes | SG | 2005 | 14051 |
| Monarch (Louisville) | Louis Amundson | SF | 2007 | 3728 |
| Moore (Louisville) | Abdoulaye N'Diaye | C | 2008 | 15811 |
| Moore (Louisville) | Carlos Hurt | PG | 2006 | 16698 |
| Newport (Newport) | Jack F. Turner | SG | 1962 | 1839 |
| Newport (Newport) | Stanley Arnzen | SF | 1938 | 5963 |
| North Laurel (London) | Daniel Dillon | PG | 2009 | 10865 |
| North Oldham (Goshen) | Justin Powell | SG | 2024 | 20044 |
| Oldham County (LaGrange) | Donta Smith | SG | 2005 | 4907 |
| Olmstead (Olmstead) | Buck Sydnor | PG | 1947 | 4390 |
| Owensboro (Owensboro) | Cliff Hagan | SF | 1957 | 70 |
| Owensboro (Owensboro) | Bobby Watson | PG | 1955 | 2063 |
| Owensboro (Owensboro) | Kenny Higgs | PG | 1979 | 3997 |
| Owensboro (Owensboro) | Aric Holman | C | 2020 | 13523 |
| Owingsville (Owingsville) | Dan Swartz | SF | 1963 | 1791 |
| Paris (Paris) | Alvin Sims | SG | 1999 | 7781 |
| Pulaski County (Somerset) | Reggie Hanson | SF | 1998 | 10950 |
| Russellville (Russellville) | Bubba Wells | SG | 1998 | 12030 |
| Russellville (Russellville) | Pedro Bradshaw | SF | 2022 | 17675 |
| Ryle (Union) | Justin Doellman | PF | 2008 | 3780 |
| Sandy Hook (Sandy Hook) | Orbie Bowling | C | 1968 | 11061 |
| Scott County (Georgetown) | Jared Carter | C | 2010 | 19734 |
| Scottsville (Scottsville) | Odie Spears | SF | 1949 | 459 |
| Seneca (Louisville) | Wes Unseld | C | 1969 | 154 |
| Seneca (Louisville) | J.J. Eubanks | SG | 1992 | 19362 |
| Shady Grove (Shady Grove) | Blackie Towery | PF | 1949 | 670 |
| Shawnee (Louisville) | Rudy Macklin | SF | 1982 | 5631 |
| Shawnee (Louisville) | Tom Payne | C | 1972 | 8555 |
| Shelby County (Shelbyville) | A.J. Slaughter | SG | 2011 | 3517 |
| South Marshall (Benton) | Bob Warren | SG | 1969 | 1389 |
| St. Xavier (Louisville) | Scott Padgett | PF | 2000 | 3238 |
| St. Xavier (Louisville) | Lee Huber | PG | 1942 | 4077 |
| St. Xavier (Louisville) | Mike Silliman | SF | 1967 | 5794 |
| St. Xavier (Louisville) | Tom Hagan | SG | 1970 | 6758 |
| Tates Creek (Lexington) | Vince Taylor | SG | 1983 | 11616 |
| Taylor County (Campbellsville) | Clem Haskins | SG | 1968 | 520 |
| Trimble (Bedford) | Jack Tingle | PF | 1948 | 2742 |
| Trinity (Louisville) | Ray Spalding | PF | 2019 | 7249 |
| Trinity (Louisville) | Jay Scrubb | SG | 2021 | 8076 |
| Trinity (Louisville) | David Johnson | SG | 2022 | 14599 |
| Union County (Union County) | Larry Johnson (1954) | SG | 1978 | 8327 |
| University Heights (Hopkinsville) | Greg Buckner | PG | 2000 | 2670 |
| University Heights (Hopkinsville) | Scotty Hopson | SG | 2012 | 4936 |
| University Heights (Hopkinsville) | Isiah Victor | PF | 2002 | 8488 |
| University Heights (Hopkinsville) | Lamont Barnes | PF | 2001 | 11022 |
| Valley (Louisville) | Tim Brooks | PG | 1994 | 18830 |
| Versailles (Versailles) | Wilbur Schu | PG | 1947 | 3412 |
| Waggener (Louisville) | Paul Long | SG | 1968 | 3674 |
| Warren Central (Bowling Green) | Anthony Grundy | SG | 2006 | 7042 |
| Wayland (Wayland) | Kelly Coleman | SG | 1961 | 2644 |
| Western (Louisville) | Alonzo Evans | SG | 2006 | 16285 |
| Western (Paris) | Jim Tucker | PF | 1955 | 2645 |
| Wickliffe (Wickliffe) | Phil Rollins | PG | 1959 | 998 |
| Wickliffe (Wickliffe) | Kenny Rollins | PG | 1949 | 1406 |
| Williamsburg (Williamsburg) | Bill Miller | SF | 1953 | 4135 |
| Williamstown (Williamstown) | Arnie Risen | C | 1949 | 64 |
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