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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Mississippi 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 |
| Aberdeen (Aberdeen) | Dwayne Whitfield | PF | 1996 | 10428 |
| Bay Springs (Bay Springs) | Jason Forte | SG | 2007 | 11694 |
| Biloxi (Biloxi) | Isaiah Canaan | SG | 2014 | 3265 |
| Biloxi (Biloxi) | Ronald Dupree | SF | 2004 | 4243 |
| Blair (Hattiesburg) | Purvis Short | SF | 1979 | 403 |
| Blair (Hattiesburg) | Gene Short | SF | 1976 | 7008 |
| Brookhaven (Brookhaven) | Glen Whisby | C | 1996 | 5665 |
| Brookhaven (Brookhaven) | Thomas Terrell | SF | 2004 | 18712 |
| Callaway (Jackson) | Joe Courtney | PF | 1993 | 4670 |
| Callaway (Jackson) | Malik Newman | SG | 2019 | 8721 |
| Callaway (Jackson) | Charles Thomas (1986) | SF | 2009 | 19378 |
| Callaway (Jackson) | John Knight | SG | 2023 | 19916 |
| Central (Cleveland) | K.J. Williams | PF | 2024 | 17464 |
| Central (Madison) | Shaq Buchanan | PG | 2020 | 10071 |
| Clarksdale (Clarksdale) | Earl Barron | C | 2006 | 4458 |
| Clinton (Clinton) | Joel Hitt | C | 1940 | 5840 |
| Clinton (Clinton) | Jerod Ward | PF | 1999 | 11430 |
| Coahoma County (Clarksdale) | Ravern Johnson | SF | 2012 | 20372 |
| Collins (Collins) | Randolph Keys | SF | 1989 | 3764 |
| Columbus (Columbus) | Robert Woodard | SG | 2021 | 8906 |
| Durant (Durant) | Terrence Simmons | SG | 2009 | 17844 |
| East Kemper (Scooba) | Charles A. Jones | C | 1985 | 4558 |
| East Side (Cleveland) | Johnny O'Bryant | PF | 2015 | 4339 |
| Elzy (Greenwood) | Alphonso Ford | SG | 1994 | 2777 |
| Elzy (Greenwood) | Gerald Glass | SG | 1991 | 4842 |
| Flora (Flora) | E.C. Coleman | PF | 1974 | 904 |
| Forest (Forest) | Red Stroud | PG | 1968 | 12134 |
| Forest Hill (Jackson) | Maurice Carter | SG | 2004 | 7055 |
| Forest Hill (Jackson) | Andre Stringer | PG | 2015 | 14494 |
| Gentry (Indianola) | Sam Lacey | C | 1971 | 296 |
| Gentry (Indianola) | Tyrone Washington | PF | 2000 | 12184 |
| Gulfport (Gulfport) | Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | PG | 1991 | 1058 |
| Gulledge (Tylertown) | George T. Johnson | C | 1973 | 824 |
| Harrison Central (Gulfport) | Tim Bowers | PG | 2005 | 5803 |
| Higgins (McComb) | Mike Green | C | 1974 | 1026 |
| Hill (Jackson) | Harvey Catchings | C | 1975 | 1614 |
| Hill (Jackson) | Plummer Lott | SF | 1968 | 3583 |
| Hill (Jackson) | Audie Norris | C | 1983 | 4465 |
| Hill (Jackson) | Lancaster Gordon | SG | 1985 | 5529 |
| Hill (Jackson) | Sylvester Norris | C | 1980 | 8254 |
| Hinds County Agricultural (Utica) | Alonzo Bradley | SF | 1978 | 5739 |
| Hollandale (Hollandale) | Jasper Johnson | PF | 2008 | 10093 |
| Holly Springs (Holly Springs) | Kenny Dawkins | PG | 2010 | 19174 |
| Houston (Houston) | Terry Catledge | PF | 1986 | 1145 |
| Jackson (Camden) | Quinndary Weatherspoon | SG | 2020 | 6679 |
| Jefferson County (Fayette) | Marcus Fleming | PF | 2003 | 13860 |
| Kennedy (Mound Bayou) | Lester Fonville | C | 1988 | 14654 |
| Kiln (Kiln) | Leland Mitchell | SG | 1968 | 5461 |
| Lanier (Jackson) | Monta Ellis | SG | 2006 | 261 |
| Lanier (Jackson) | Cornell Warner | PF | 1971 | 1051 |
| Lanier (Jackson) | Arvesta Kelly | PG | 1968 | 3818 |
| Lanier (Jackson) | Tang Hamilton | SF | 2002 | 7760 |
| Lanier (Jackson) | Darius Rice | PF | 2005 | 11154 |
| Lanier (Jackson) | Charles Rhodes | PF | 2009 | 15183 |
| Lawrence County (Monticello) | Erick Dampier | C | 1997 | 944 |
| Leland (Leland) | Byron Allen | C | 2007 | 17268 |
| Magee (Magee) | Carlos Funchess | SF | 1992 | 18857 |
| Marshall (Carrolton) | Willie Norwood | SF | 1972 | 1412 |
| McAdams (Camden) | Billy Ray Bates | SG | 1980 | 2868 |
| McComb (McComb) | Ladarius White | SG | 2016 | 20352 |
| Memorial (Picayune) | Jonathan Bender | SF | 2000 | 3923 |
| Meridian (Meridian) | Derrick McKey | PF | 1988 | 655 |
| Meridian (Meridian) | Rodney Hood | SG | 2015 | 2636 |
| Moss Point (Moss Point) | Devin Booker | SG | 2016 | 150 |
| Moss Point (Moss Point) | Melvin Booker | PG | 1996 | 2607 |
| Moss Point (Moss Point) | Litterial Green | PG | 1993 | 4912 |
| Moss Point (Moss Point) | Leroy Hurd | PF | 2005 | 12457 |
| Motley (Columbus) | Clarence Weatherspoon | PF | 1993 | 510 |
| Murrah (Jackson) | Mo Williams | PG | 2004 | 446 |
| Murrah (Jackson) | Lindsey Hunter | PG | 1994 | 935 |
| Murrah (Jackson) | Othella Harrington | PF | 1997 | 1435 |
| Murrah (Jackson) | James Robinson | PG | 1994 | 2137 |
| Murrah (Jackson) | Trey Johnson | SG | 2008 | 5877 |
| Murrah (Jackson) | Ryan Lorthridge | SG | 1995 | 6727 |
| Murrah (Jackson) | Jesse Pate | SG | 1997 | 10128 |
| Natchez (Natchez) | Je'Kel Foster | PG | 2007 | 11453 |
| Natchez (Natchez) | Cedric Carter | PF | 1999 | 15477 |
| North Central (Hancock) | Wendell Ladner | SF | 1971 | 1545 |
| Northeast Jones (Laurel) | Kenny Payne | SF | 1990 | 5744 |
| Northeast Lauderdale (Meridian) | Romero Osby | PF | 2014 | 16872 |
| Oxford (Oxford) | Jarkel Joiner | PG | 2024 | 16242 |
| Pascagoula (Pascagoula) | Antonio Harvey | PF | 1994 | 4413 |
| Pascagoula (Pascagoula) | Elbert Rogers | PF | 1993 | 19541 |
| Pearl (Pearl) | Eric Washington | PG | 1998 | 8728 |
| Pearl (Pearl) | Brandon Boston | SF | 2022 | 10802 |
| Prentiss (Prentiss) | Al Jefferson | C | 2005 | 281 |
| Provine (Jackson) | Justin Reed | PF | 2005 | 6730 |
| Provine (Jackson) | Jarvis Summers | SG | 2016 | 17385 |
| Provine (Jackson) | Aaron Harper | SF | 2005 | 17665 |
| Quitman (Quitman) | Antonio McDyess | PF | 1996 | 339 |
| Quitman (Quitman) | Kelly McCarty | SG | 1999 | 3247 |
| Rainey (Rainey) | Thermon Blacklidge | PF | 1942 | 4394 |
| Richton (Richton) | Daniel Coleman | PG | 2020 | 19601 |
| Riverside (Avon) | D.J. Stewart | SG | 2022 | 8978 |
| Rogers (Canton) | Rowland Garrett | SF | 1973 | 2681 |
| Rolling Fork (Rolling Fork) | Tony Watts | PG | 1993 | 17554 |
| Shannon (Shannon) | Courtney Fells | SG | 2010 | 10136 |
| Simmons (Hollandale) | Larry Smith | PF | 1981 | 838 |
| South Leake (Walnut Grove) | Marcus Mann | PF | 1997 | 15829 |
| South Natchez (Natchez) | Vernel Singleton | SF | 1993 | 14019 |
| Southaven (Southaven) | Terence Davis | SG | 2020 | 5000 |
| Southaven (Southaven) | Taze Moore | SF | 2023 | 11333 |
| Starkville (Starkville) | Travis Outlaw | SF | 2004 | 1750 |
| Starkville (Starkville) | Gavin Ware | PF | 2017 | 13146 |
| Vicksburg (Vicksburg) | Michael Phelps | SG | 1986 | 6145 |
| Vicksburg (Vicksburg) | Mychal Ammons | SG | 2015 | 19996 |
| Weather (Rolling Fork) | Slick Watts | PG | 1974 | 634 |
| West Union (Myrtle) | John Stroud | SF | 1981 | 8933 |
| Weston (Greenville) | Ryan Bond | C | 1997 | 18436 |
| Wingfield (Jackson) | Jarvis Williams | SF | 2010 | 16012 |
| Wingfield (Jackson) | Maurice Bolden | SF | 2013 | 20093 |
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