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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Mississippi
Notes: This is a list of the greatest pro players that were born in this state.
Where players grew up or went to school does not factor into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Rookie Yr | Birthplace | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Spencer Haywood | PF | 1970 | Silver City | 77 |
| 2 | Chet Walker | SF | 1963 | Bethlehem | 185 |
| 3 | Monta Ellis | SG | 2006 | Jackson | 261 |
| 4 | Al Jefferson | C | 2005 | Monticello | 281 |
| 5 | Sam Lacey | C | 1971 | Indianola | 296 |
| 6 | Danny Manning | PF | 1989 | Hattiesburg | 322 |
| 7 | Antonio McDyess | PF | 1996 | Quitman | 339 |
| 8 | John Johnson | SF | 1971 | Carthage | 340 |
| 9 | Purvis Short | SF | 1979 | Hattiesburg | 403 |
| 10 | Mo Williams | PG | 2004 | Jackson | 446 |
| 11 | Clarence Weatherspoon | PF | 1993 | Crawford | 510 |
| 12 | Slick Watts | PG | 1974 | Rolling Fork | 634 |
| 13 | Derrick McKey | PF | 1988 | Meridian | 655 |
| 14 | George Wilson | C | 1965 | Meridian | 816 |
| 15 | George T. Johnson | C | 1973 | Tylertown | 824 |
| 16 | Larry Smith | PF | 1981 | Rolling Fork | 838 |
| 17 | E.C. Coleman | PF | 1974 | Flora | 904 |
| 18 | Lindsey Hunter | PG | 1994 | Utica | 935 |
| 19 | Erick Dampier | C | 1997 | Jackson | 944 |
| 20 | Mike Green | C | 1974 | McComb | 1026 |
| 21 | Cornell Warner | PF | 1971 | Jackson | 1051 |
| 22 | Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | PG | 1991 | Gulfport | 1058 |
| 23 | Archie Dees | PF | 1959 | Ethel | 1067 |
| 24 | Ed Manning | SF | 1968 | Summit | 1093 |
| 25 | Sonny Boswell | SG | 1937 | Greenville | 1110 |
| 26 | Terry Catledge | PF | 1986 | Houston | 1145 |
| 27 | Ira Harge | C | 1965 | Anguila | 1210 |
| 28 | Nick Weatherspoon | SF | 1974 | Greenwood | 1235 |
| 29 | Willie Norwood | SF | 1972 | Carrolton | 1412 |
| 30 | Othella Harrington | PF | 1997 | Jackson | 1435 |
| 31 | Wendell Ladner | SF | 1971 | Necaise Crossing | 1545 |
| 32 | Harvey Catchings | C | 1975 | Jackson | 1614 |
| 33 | Cliff Meely | PF | 1972 | Rosedale | 1647 |
| 34 | Travis Outlaw | SF | 2004 | Starkville | 1750 |
| 35 | Cleveland Buckner | PF | 1962 | Yazoo City | 2086 |
| 36 | James Robinson | PG | 1994 | Jackson | 2137 |
| 37 | Rickey Brown | C | 1981 | Madison County | 2413 |
| 38 | Ollie Darden | PF | 1968 | Aberdeen | 2452 |
| 39 | Ronnie Lester | PG | 1981 | Canton | 2485 |
| 40 | Melvin Booker | PG | 1996 | Pascagoula | 2607 |
| 41 | Rodney Hood | SG | 2015 | Meridian | 2636 |
| 42 | Rowland Garrett | SF | 1973 | Canton | 2681 |
| 43 | Alphonso Ford | SG | 1994 | Greenwood | 2777 |
| 44 | Billy Ray Bates | SG | 1980 | Kosciusko | 2868 |
| 45 | Bob Quick | SF | 1969 | Thornton | 2977 |
| 46 | Wyatt Boswell | PG | 1943 | Greenville | 3055 |
| 47 | Dewitt Menyard | C | 1968 | Columbus | 3119 |
| 48 | Isaiah Canaan | SG | 2014 | Biloxi | 3265 |
| 49 | Jim Ware | PF | 1967 | Natchez | 3269 |
| 50 | Roosevelt Hudson | SG | 1943 | Unknown | 3434 |
| 51 | Drew Eubanks | C | 2019 | Starkville | 3483 |
| 52 | Hillery Brown | SF | 1943 | Jackson | 3489 |
| 53 | Quitman Sullins | C | 1962 | Boonville | 3538 |
| 54 | Plummer Lott | SF | 1968 | Jackson | 3583 |
| 55 | Randolph Keys | SF | 1989 | Collins | 3764 |
| 56 | Arvesta Kelly | PG | 1968 | Jackson | 3818 |
| 57 | Jonathan Bender | SF | 2000 | Picayune | 3923 |
| 58 | Tommie Bowens | PF | 1968 | Okolona | 4162 |
| 59 | Ronald Dupree | SF | 2004 | Biloxi | 4243 |
| 60 | Johnny O'Bryant | PF | 2015 | Cleveland | 4339 |
| 61 | Thermon Blacklidge | PF | 1942 | Moselle | 4394 |
| 62 | Antonio Harvey | PF | 1994 | Pascagoula | 4413 |
| 63 | Earl Barron | C | 2006 | Clarksdale | 4458 |
| 64 | Audie Norris | C | 1983 | Jackson | 4465 |
| 65 | Charles A. Jones | C | 1985 | Scooba | 4558 |
| 66 | Joe Courtney | PF | 1993 | Jackson | 4670 |
| 67 | Clay Johnson | SG | 1982 | Yazoo City | 4703 |
| 68 | Sedric Toney | PG | 1986 | Columbus | 4749 |
| 69 | Gerald Glass | SG | 1991 | Greenwood | 4842 |
| 70 | Litterial Green | PG | 1993 | Pascagoula | 4912 |
| 71 | Terence Davis | SG | 2020 | Southaven | 5000 |
| 72 | Eddie Hughes | PG | 1988 | Greenville | 5097 |
| 73 | Henry Ward | SG | 1976 | Jackson | 5262 |
| 74 | John Smith | C | 1969 | Columbus | 5381 |
| 75 | Leland Mitchell | SG | 1968 | Kiln | 5461 |
| 76 | Lancaster Gordon | SG | 1985 | Jackson | 5529 |
| 77 | Wardell Jackson | SF | 1975 | Yazoo City | 5644 |
| 78 | Alonzo Bradley | SF | 1978 | Utica | 5739 |
| 79 | Kenny Payne | SF | 1990 | Laurel | 5744 |
| 80 | Joel Hitt | C | 1940 | Goss | 5840 |
| 81 | Trey Johnson | SG | 2008 | Jackson | 5877 |
| 82 | Dee Brown (1984) | PG | 2007 | Jackson | 5932 |
| 83 | Mike Ratliff | C | 1973 | New Albany | 6090 |
| 84 | Michael Phelps | SG | 1986 | Vicksburg | 6145 |
| 85 | Latavious Williams | C | 2011 | Starkville | 6523 |
| 86 | Quinndary Weatherspoon | SG | 2020 | Canton | 6679 |
| 87 | Justin Reed | PF | 2005 | Jackson | 6730 |
| 88 | Keith Edmonson | SG | 1983 | Gulfport | 6869 |
| 89 | Jackie Butler | C | 2005 | McComb | 6882 |
| 90 | Gene Short | SF | 1976 | Macon | 7008 |
| 91 | Maurice Carter | SG | 2004 | Jackson | 7055 |
| 92 | Earnie Killum | SG | 1971 | Clarksdale | 7438 |
| 93 | Tang Hamilton | SF | 2002 | Jackson | 7760 |
| 94 | J.P. Prince | SF | 2011 | Jackson | 7956 |
| 95 | Sylvester Norris | C | 1980 | Jackson | 8254 |
| 96 | Eric Washington | PG | 1998 | Pearl | 8728 |
| 97 | Robert Woodard | SG | 2021 | Columbus | 8906 |
| 98 | John Stroud | SF | 1981 | New Albany | 8933 |
| 99 | D.J. Stewart | SG | 2022 | Avon | 8978 |
| 100 | Jeremy Wise | PG | 2011 | Jackson | 9482 |
| 101 | Cornelius Cash | PF | 1977 | Macon | 9547 |
| 102 | Louis Davis | SG | 1994 | Natchez | 10070 |
| 103 | Shaq Buchanan | PG | 2020 | Madison | 10071 |
| 104 | Dyron Nix | SF | 1990 | Meridian | 10083 |
| 105 | Jasper Johnson | PF | 2008 | Hollandale | 10093 |
| 106 | Jesse Pate | SG | 1997 | Jackson | 10128 |
| 107 | Courtney Fells | SG | 2010 | Shannon | 10136 |
| 108 | Dwayne Whitfield | PF | 1996 | Aberdeen | 10428 |
| 109 | Brandon Boston | SF | 2022 | Pearl | 10802 |
| 110 | Ricky Love | PF | 1978 | Houston | 10959 |
| 111 | Darius Rice | PF | 2005 | Jackson | 11154 |
| 112 | Taze Moore | SF | 2023 | Southaven | 11333 |
| 113 | Jerod Ward | PF | 1999 | Jackson | 11430 |
| 114 | Je'Kel Foster | PG | 2007 | Natchez | 11453 |
| 115 | Floyd Kerr | PG | 1970 | Oxford | 11533 |
| 116 | Jason Forte | SG | 2007 | Bay Springs | 11694 |
| 117 | Red Stroud | PG | 1968 | Forest | 12134 |
| 118 | Marion Hilliard | PF | 1977 | Crystal Springs | 12144 |
| 119 | Graylin Warner | SF | 1985 | Tylertown | 12277 |
| 120 | Aaron Sellers | PF | 1969 | Mendenhall | 12301 |
| 121 | Leroy Hurd | PF | 2005 | Moss Point | 12457 |
| 122 | Gavin Ware | PF | 2017 | Starkville | 13146 |
| 123 | Vincent Jones | C | 2001 | Jackson | 13380 |
| 124 | Patric Fairs | SG | 1988 | Cleveland | 13694 |
| 125 | Marcus Fleming | PF | 2003 | Fayette | 13860 |
| 126 | Vernel Singleton | SF | 1993 | Natchez | 14019 |
| 127 | Herman Veal | SF | 1985 | Jackson | 14402 |
| 128 | Andre Stringer | PG | 2015 | Jackson | 14494 |
| 129 | Lester Fonville | C | 1988 | Mound Bayou | 14654 |
| 130 | Cedric Carter | PF | 1999 | Natchez | 15477 |
| 131 | Garrison Brooks | PF | 2023 | Meridian | 15500 |
| 132 | Jarvis Gunter | PF | 2009 | Columbus | 15613 |
| 133 | Marcus Mann | PF | 1997 | Carthage | 15829 |
| 134 | Marcus Bullard | SG | 1999 | Gulfport | 15882 |
| 135 | Jarvis Williams | SF | 2010 | Jackson | 16012 |
| 136 | Jarkel Joiner | PG | 2024 | Oxford | 16242 |
| 137 | Shan Foster | SG | 2009 | Laurel | 16351 |
| 138 | Jason Parker | PG | 2005 | Oxford | 16705 |
| 139 | Dwight Stewart | PF | 1996 | Holly Springs | 16757 |
| 140 | Romero Osby | PF | 2014 | Meridian | 16872 |
| 141 | Chancellor Nichols | PF | 1992 | Jackson | 17093 |
| 142 | Byron Allen | C | 2007 | Leland | 17268 |
| 143 | Jarvis Summers | SG | 2016 | Jackson | 17385 |
| 144 | K.J. Williams | PF | 2024 | Cleveland | 17464 |
| 145 | Tony Watts | PG | 1993 | Rolling Fork | 17554 |
| 146 | Aaron Harper | SF | 2005 | Jackson | 17665 |
| 147 | Terrence Simmons | SG | 2009 | Durant | 17844 |
| 148 | Reece Hampton | SF | 2009 | Greenwood | 18063 |
| 149 | Ryan Bond | C | 1997 | Greenville | 18436 |
| 150 | Thomas Terrell | SF | 2004 | Brookhaven | 18712 |
| 151 | Carlos Funchess | SF | 1992 | Magee | 18857 |
| 152 | Nick Gamble | PF | 2008 | Tylertown | 19040 |
| 153 | Kenny Dawkins | PG | 2010 | Holly Springs | 19174 |
| 154 | Charles Thomas (1986) | SF | 2009 | Jackson | 19378 |
| 155 | Elbert Rogers | PF | 1993 | Pascagoula | 19541 |
| 156 | Daniel Coleman | PG | 2020 | Richton | 19601 |
| 157 | John Knight | SG | 2023 | Jackson | 19916 |
| 158 | Mychal Ammons | SG | 2015 | Vicksburg | 19996 |
| 159 | Maurice Bolden | SF | 2013 | Jackson | 20093 |
| 160 | Ladarius White | SG | 2016 | McComb | 20352 |
| 161 | Ravern Johnson | SF | 2012 | Lyon | 20372 |
| 162 | LaQuinton Ross | SF | 2015 | Jackson | 20497 |
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