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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of the 1920s
Notes: This list is based on pro stats.
What players did in college is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS |
| 1 | Soup Campbell | SG |
| 2 | Benny Borgmann | SG |
| 3 | Joe Brennan | PF |
| 4 | Chick Passon | PG |
| 5 | Barney Sedran | PF |
| 6 | Harry Riconda | SF |
| 7 | Tom Barlow | SG |
| 8 | Davey Banks | PG |
| 9 | Johnny Beckman | SF |
| 10 | Frank Boyle | SF |
| 11 | Carl Husta | SF |
| 12 | Marty Friedman | PG |
| 13 | Nat Hickey | SG |
| 14 | Elmer Ripley | PG |
| 15 | Liz Powell | SG |
| 16 | Eddie Dolin | C |
| 17 | Russell Saunders | PF |
| 18 | Stretch Meehan | C |
| 19 | George Glasco | SF |
| 20 | Marty Barry | SG |
| 21 | Dick Leary | C |
| 22 | Leo Malone | C |
| 23 | Red Conaty | SF |
| 24 | Nat Holman | SG |
| 25 | Ray Kennedy | SG |
| 26 | George Norman | SF |
| 27 | Frank Bruggy | PF |
| 28 | Dave Kerr | C |
| 29 | Garry Schmeelk | PF |
| 30 | Charlie Powers | C |
| 31 | Eddie White | PF |
| 32 | Willie Buob | SG |
| 33 | Roy Steele | PF |
| 34 | Rody Cooney | SG |
| 35 | Al Remmele | SF |
| 36 | Chief Muller | C |
| 37 | Yummy Armpriester | PF |
| 38 | Bernie Dunn | C |
| 39 | Mike Smolick | SG |
| 40 | Dutch Guenther | PF |
| 41 | Doc Newman | SF |
| 42 | Jerry Sullivan | C |
| 43 | Frank Eggert | SF |
| 44 | Dave Wassmer | PF |
| 45 | Al Schuler | SF |
| 46 | Charley Swartz | SF |
| 47 | Mike Johnson | SF |
| 48 | Joe Berger | SG |
| 49 | Eddie Burke | SF |
| 50 | Artie Powers | PF |
| 51 | Willie Scrill | SF |
| 52 | John Russell | SG |
| 53 | Em Grayson | SF |
| 54 | Snooks Dowd | SG |
| 55 | Lefty Topel | SF |
| 56 | Joe Tripp | PF |
| 57 | Dutch Dehnert | PF |
| 58 | Willie Marrin | PG |
| 59 | Nick Harvey | PG |
| 60 | Jack Lawrence | C |
| 61 | Harold Hiser | SG |
| 62 | Joe Dreyfus | SF |
| 63 | Joe Lapchick | C |
| 64 | Al Kellett | C |
| 65 | Willie Kampmeier | SF |
| 66 | Lou Rabin | PF |
| 67 | Pete Gilligan | SF |
| 68 | Cliff Anderson (1903) | C |
| 69 | Ernie Reich | SF |
| 70 | Herm Bergkamp | PF |
| 71 | Neil Deighan | C |
| 72 | Willie McDonald | PG |
| 73 | Gil Schwab | SF |
| 74 | Teddy Kearns | SF |
| 75 | Stevie Stevenson | PG |
| 76 | Bob Griebe | C |
| 77 | Jimmy Brown | SG |
| 78 | Babe Artus | PF |
| 79 | Bucky Harris | SF |
| 80 | Tom Dunleavy | PF |
| 81 | Bill McElwain | SF |
| 82 | Chris Leonard | C |
| 83 | Bob Grody | C |
| 84 | Honey Russell | PF |
| 85 | Dick Smyth | PF |
| 86 | Curly Christian | SG |
| 87 | Len Shepherd | PF |
| 88 | Maurice Tome | C |
| 89 | Hank Thomas | SF |
| 90 | Walter Garland | SG |
| 91 | Rich Deighan | C |
| 92 | Skeets Wright | PF |
| 93 | Mickey Husta | PG |
| 94 | Lou Sugarman | PG |
| 95 | George Smith | C |
| 96 | Jerry Conway | C |
| 97 | Harry Knoblauch | C |
| 98 | Swede Grimstead | C |
| 99 | Pete Barry | SF |
| 100 | Frank Shimek | SF |
| 101 | Tommy Haverty | SG |
| 102 | Tommy Sheehan | SF |
| 103 | Babe Klotz | C |
| 104 | Joe Scrone | PF |
| 105 | Lou Schneiderman | SG |
| 106 | Jimmy Clinton | PF |
| 107 | Stretch Miller | C |
| 108 | Tommo O'Neil | SG |
| 109 | Chet Lucia | SG |
| 110 | Eddie Connolly | PF |
| 111 | Sonny Deegler | PF |
| 112 | Hod Nester | SG |
| 113 | Inky Reagan | PF |
| 114 | Shang Chadwick | C |
| 115 | Ziddy Trautwein | SG |
| 116 | Leo Duval | C |
| 117 | Eddie Matthews | C |
| 118 | Horse Haggerty | C |
| 119 | Hank Knudsen | C |
| 120 | Stretch Harvey | C |
| 121 | Cliff Rider | SG |
| 122 | Austin Meehan | PG |
| 123 | George Morris | SG |
| 124 | Chuck Mallery | PG |
| 125 | Hank McDermott | PF |
| 126 | Stretch McIntyre | C |
| 127 | Matt Brucker | SF |
| 128 | Charles Stewart | SG |
| 129 | Bucky Williams | PG |
| 130 | Whitey Wickhorst | SF |
| 131 | Tom Barry | SG |
| 132 | Gaza Chizmadia | C |
| 133 | Ralph Miller | PF |
| 134 | Jack Noll | PF |
| 135 | Billy Sullivan | SF |
| 136 | Skin Healey | C |
| 137 | Billy Black | PF |
| 138 | Fritz Weller | PF |
| 139 | Tom Cosgrove | C |
| 140 | Gerald Fitzgerald | SG |
| 141 | Whitey Bernot | C |
| 142 | Tillie Voss | C |
| 143 | Cy Simendinger | SF |
| 144 | Al Lehr | C |
| 145 | Lester Wible | SF |
| 146 | Sam Moorehead | PF |
| 147 | Joe Evers | SF |
| 148 | Cud Connors | PF |
| 149 | Andy Suils | PF |
| 150 | Joe Hyde | SG |
| 151 | Jim Pelcher | PF |
| 152 | Frank Roxbury | SG |
| 153 | Bobby Jackson (1894) | PF |
| 154 | Gil Ely | C |
| 155 | Phil Douglass | SF |
| 156 | Ray Cross | PF |
| 157 | Russ Fossett | PG |
| 158 | Merle Harris | SG |
| 159 | Walt Gailey | PF |
| 160 | Lou Fahrer | SF |
| 161 | Kid Franckle | SG |
| 162 | Stan Povey | SG |
| 163 | Homer Stonebraker | C |
| 164 | Sam Lennox | PF |
| 165 | Bobby Reynics | PG |
| 166 | Danny McNichol | SF |
| 167 | Zolly Lewonis | SG |
| 168 | Frank Peris | SF |
| 169 | Bill Dowd | PF |
| 170 | Herm Butch | PF |
| 171 | Buddy Bushman | PF |
| 172 | Hobby Fyfe | PF |
| 173 | Wobby Hammond | SF |
| 174 | Joe Wallace | C |
| 175 | Min Calhoun | SG |
| 176 | Duke Van Vliet | C |
| 177 | Dick Copeland | PG |
| 178 | Teddy Feldt | SF |
| 179 | Pat Herlihy | C |
| 180 | Phil Barlow | C |
| 181 | Butch Schaub | SG |
| 182 | Charlie Tettemer | PF |
| 183 | Kisky Feldman | PG |
| 184 | Nig Foster | SG |
| 185 | Gus Yerkes | SG |
| 186 | Jay Smith | SF |
| 187 | Red Skurnick | PG |
| 188 | Red Barak | C |
| 189 | Frank Stuchbury | SG |
| 190 | Gete Baggaley | SG |
| 191 | Brad Hall | SG |
| 192 | Jimmy Knox | SG |
| 193 | Babe Allen | SF |
| 194 | Bill Bergin | PF |
| 195 | Jack Tierney | SG |
| 196 | Jimmy Gordon | SG |
| 197 | Willie McCarter | SG |
| 198 | Russell Reese | SG |
| 199 | Yump Johnson | SG |
| 200 | Willie Miller | SG |
| 201 | Ernie Wakefield | PG |
| 202 | Jim Picken | SF |
| 203 | Jimmy Malcolm | SG |
| 204 | Buttsey Collins | SF |
| 205 | Jake Fuller | PG |
| 206 | Paul Mooney | PF |
| 207 | Ike Mahoney | SG |
| 208 | Jimmy Connors | SF |
| 209 | Turk Jones | SG |
| 210 | Lefty Kintzing | C |
| 211 | Eddie O'Brien | SG |
| 212 | Harry Voegeli | SF |
| 213 | Jack Cremens | C |
| 214 | Reds Sherr | C |
| 215 | Siggy Makofski | SF |
| 216 | Johnny Glascott | SG |
| 217 | Ed Long | SG |
| 218 | Fritz Knothe | SF |
| 219 | Whippet Butler | PG |
| 220 | Lou Coopey | SG |
| 221 | Hersh Mosier | C |
| 222 | Kelly McBride | C |
| 223 | Jerk Waters | SF |
| 224 | Pip Koehler | SF |
| 225 | Joe Kellmurray | SG |
| 226 | Tommy Smith (1895) | PG |
| 227 | Hillard Hoffman | SG |
| 228 | Mike Mumby | SG |
| 229 | Eddie Kearney | C |
| 230 | Joe Neidl | PF |
| 231 | Ray Corl | SF |
| 232 | Ray Marshall | PG |
| 233 | Walter Costello | SF |
| 234 | Jake Moskow | SF |
| 235 | Moon Klinzing | SF |
| 236 | Jimmy Murnane | SG |
| 237 | Joe Johnson (1891) | SF |
| 238 | George Ramsey | C |
| 239 | Mike Gibbons | SF |
| 240 | Harry Knorr | SF |
| 241 | Andy Sears | SG |
| 242 | Bill Uhlen | PF |
| 243 | Mark Harper | C |
| 244 | Phil Gleason | SF |
| 245 | Kid Dark | SF |
| 246 | Eddie Lynch | SF |
| 247 | Tom Shea | PG |
| 248 | Joe Schwarzer | SF |
| 249 | Cleon Hyde | C |
| 250 | Ralph Powers | SF |
| 251 | Walter Margie | SF |
| 252 | Ray Livingston | PG |
| 253 | Chet Brewer | C |
| 254 | George Boone | SF |
| 255 | Eddie McLaughlin | SG |
| 256 | Hank Greve | PF |
| 257 | Cliff Sturgis | PG |
| 258 | Beeler Fleming | PG |
| 259 | Charlie Dondero | PG |
| 260 | Tacks Sheridan | PG |
| 261 | George Brucker | SF |
| 262 | Main Rich | SF |
| 263 | Dutch Dorman | SG |
| 264 | Howard McNally | SF |
| 265 | Bill Vincent | PG |
| 266 | Chick Calnan | SG |
| 267 | Fred Steagall | C |
| 268 | Hank O'Day | C |
| 269 | Russ Jetter | SG |
| 270 | Sam Siegel | C |
| 271 | Wally Colender | SF |
| 272 | Jackie Collins | PG |
| 273 | Eddie Hayes | SF |
| 274 | Hughie Black | PG |
| 275 | Tony Calland | PG |
| 276 | Bib Frost | PF |
| 277 | George Clough | SF |
| 278 | Kerry Sullivan | SF |
| 279 | Al Stewart | SF |
| 280 | Eddie Stuchbury | SG |
| 281 | Harry Bruchs | SG |
| 282 | Wop Costello | SF |
| 283 | Harold Murray | SF |
| 284 | Al Grendow | PF |
| 285 | Pete Dolan | SG |
| 286 | Rob Hilbert | SF |
| 287 | Ben Butch | PF |
| 288 | Harry Cunneff | SF |
| 289 | Joe Owens | PG |
| 290 | Walter Phelan | PF |
| 291 | Jack Nugent | PF |
| 292 | Leo Donohue | SG |
| 293 | Bill Hepinstall | PG |
| 294 | Dutch Eschholz | SF |
| 295 | Tom Berry | C |
| 296 | Garra Conway | PF |
| 297 | Billy Dwyer | PG |
| 298 | Tom Driscoll | PG |
| 299 | Dave MacMillan | C |
| 300 | Jimmy Mahon | SG |
| 301 | Ray Fitzgerald | SG |
| 302 | Walt Swenson | PF |
| 303 | Joe Bowe | SF |
| 304 | Johnny Whitty | SG |
| 305 | Chut Long | SF |
| 306 | Manny Hirsch | PG |
| 307 | Fred Crippa | PG |
| 308 | Harold Cunningham | PF |
| 309 | Al Kapl | PF |
| 310 | Art Johnson | SF |
| 311 | Admiral Martin | SF |
| 312 | Hollis Witbeck | SF |
| 313 | Joe Ashmead | C |
| 314 | Babe Donoghue | PF |
| 315 | Babe Messner | SG |
| 316 | Bill Henderson | SF |
| 317 | John Frank | C |
| 318 | George Dietrich | SG |
| 319 | Ed Benzoni | SG |
| 320 | Ecky Calder | PF |
| 321 | Wat Tyler | SF |
| 322 | Whitey Littell | SF |
| 323 | Eddie Gottlieb | PG |
| 324 | Aus Unger | SG |
| 325 | Ally McWilliams | C |
| 326 | Carl Marriott | PF |
| 327 | Irv Pahl | SG |
| 328 | Johnny Lees | PF |
| 329 | Tony Schiffer | SG |
| 330 | Shan Kellmurray | PG |
| 331 | Arthur Robertson | PF |
| 332 | Devil Ferris | PG |
| 333 | Harry McCrystal | SG |
| 334 | Howard Cann | C |
| 335 | Ken Loeffler | SF |
| 336 | Russ Ogden | SF |
| 337 | Winnie Kinkaide | SG |
| 338 | Leap Leary | SG |
| 339 | Ross Steele | SG |
| 340 | Edgar Bredbenner | C |
| 341 | Honey Anowski | PG |
| 342 | Moyer Krakovitch | SF |
| 343 | Toots Levine | SF |
| 344 | Joe Reagan | PF |
| 345 | Harry Hough | SF |
| 346 | Abe Schartoff | PF |
| 347 | Buckets Sandomire | SG |
| 348 | Chuck Huntington | C |
| 349 | Doc Hennessey | SG |
| 350 | Joe Murray | SG |
| 351 | Hass Bradshaw | C |
| 352 | Bill Barrett | PF |
| 353 | Bill Campbell | SF |
| 354 | Bill Grave | C |
| 355 | Jackie Williams | SG |
| 356 | Jake Schimmel | PF |
| 357 | Mio Boggio | SF |
| 358 | Roland Leach | SG |
| 359 | Randy Miller | PG |
| 360 | Owl Patrick | PF |
| 361 | Jiggs O'Dell | SF |
| 362 | Sap Whittemore | SF |
| 363 | Charles Sievert | PG |
| 364 | Johnny Nolan | SF |
| 365 | Peck Lee | C |
| 366 | Tom Purcell | SF |
| 367 | Vic Hanson | SF |
| 368 | Hugh Kling | SF |
| 369 | Herb Steen | SG |
| 370 | Dutch Schultheiss | SF |
| 371 | Hayner Davidson | SF |
| 372 | Calvin McNutt | SG |
| 373 | Louie Smith | PG |
| 374 | Harry Dadson | PF |
| 375 | Andy McMahon | SF |
| 376 | Army Armstrong | SF |
| 377 | Artie Rowe | C |
| 378 | Chauncey Allen | PF |
| 379 | Cy Estrin | SF |
| 380 | Ed McCarthy | C |
| 381 | Joe Brown (1899) | SG |
| 382 | Joe Burns | PF |
| 383 | Ray Grayson | SG |
| 384 | Bill Van Osten | PF |
| 385 | Jammy Moskowitz | SF |
| 386 | Red Breckenridge | SF |
| 387 | Roy Roche | PG |
| 388 | Stanley Reese | PG |
| 389 | Charley Newman | PG |
| 390 | Patcher Pfaff | SF |
| 391 | Pete Miller | PF |
| 392 | Trim McKinstry | SF |
| 393 | Yans Wallace | SF |
| 394 | Arthur Eaton | SG |
| 395 | Frank Maguire | PF |
| 396 | Jimmy Dessen | SF |
| 397 | Ralph Faris | SF |
| 398 | Duke Dunne | PF |
| 399 | Fay Inman | PF |
| 400 | Sid Sankovic | PF |
| 401 | Bob Gibson | SF |
| 402 | Carl Fox | PF |
| 403 | Charley Graff | PG |
| 404 | Ernie Seifert | SF |
| 405 | Fred Morris | C |
| 406 | Jimmy Doyle (1892) | PF |
| 407 | Red Craven | SF |
| 408 | Red Hughes | SG |
| 409 | Biz Miller | PF |
| 410 | Sam Dienes | SG |
| 411 | Bee McAllister | PG |
| 412 | Chick Davies | SF |
| 413 | Eddie Mitchell | C |
| 414 | Eddie Reyle | SG |
| 415 | Jim Cullen | C |
| 416 | Marty O'Brien | PF |
| 417 | Rube Cashman | PF |
| 418 | George Simpson | C |
| 419 | Jack Miller | SG |
| 420 | Red McBride | C |
| 421 | Sam Curlett | SF |
| 422 | Stubby Laskoski | SG |
| 423 | Buddy Arnold | SG |
| 424 | Joe Sheridan | PG |
| 425 | Sandy Phillips | SF |
| 426 | Bill Gengenbach | C |
| 427 | Billy Fletcher | SG |
| 428 | Fiddle Morley | SF |
| 429 | Floppy Turner | C |
| 430 | Howard Wood | C |
| 431 | Nick Bach | SG |
| 432 | Sammy Buch | SG |
| 433 | Shirt Horan | SG |
| 434 | Bill Moriarty | SF |
| 435 | Bud Burris | SF |
| 436 | Claude Posson | PG |
| 437 | Eddie Roach | SG |
| 438 | Frank Moynihan | SF |
| 439 | Okie O’Connor | SG |
| 440 | Rusty Saunders | C |
| 441 | J. McGowan | C |
| 442 | Dewey Sullivan | C |
| 443 | Babe Lyman | PG |
| 444 | Emmett Dowling | PF |
| 445 | Irv Goldberg | SG |
| 446 | Jerry Harrigan | SF |
| 447 | Bruno Smokiewicz | C |
| 448 | Joe Dermody | PG |
| 449 | Buck Pierson | PG |
| 450 | Ed Huddy | SF |
| 451 | Lloyd Wilson | PF |
| 452 | Chick McGuiggan | PG |
| 453 | Eddie Wallower | SG |
| 454 | Kid Dickson | SF |
| 455 | Tommy Clark | SF |
| 456 | Bill Jennings | PF |
| 457 | Joe Murphy | PF |
| 458 | Mutz Stahler | PG |
| 459 | Red Pugh | SG |
| 460 | Butch Sailer | SF |
| 461 | String Nash | SF |
| 462 | Bob Hilbert | SF |
| 463 | Eggie Bilson | PF |
| 464 | Freddie Wesslock | SF |
| 465 | George Cottrell | PF |
| 466 | Heine Henschel | SF |
| 467 | Leo Martin | C |
| 468 | Red Van Almen | SG |
| 469 | Tom Casey | PG |
| 470 | Alois Getzinger | C |
| 471 | Carl Schilling | SF |
| 472 | Joe Madden | PF |
| 473 | Rollo Longstreet | PF |
| 474 | Joe Hartman | PF |
| 475 | Louie Burns | PG |
| 476 | Will Mutzer | SG |
| 477 | Ed Wachter | C |
| 478 | Joe King (1894) | SF |
| 479 | Norm MacDonald | C |
| 480 | Tubby Raskin | SG |
| 481 | Jack Spalt | PF |
| 482 | Eddie Watson | C |
| 483 | J.W. Strayer | SG |
| 484 | Jerry Fay | C |
| 485 | Jimmy Ahlbach | PG |
| 486 | Quack Harvey | SF |
| 487 | Reese Jones | C |
| 488 | Bill Murphy | PF |
| 489 | Henry Kiley | PF |
| 490 | Mickey Gross | PG |
| 491 | Mickey Maister | SF |
| 492 | Dip Murray | PF |
| 493 | Earl Moser | PF |
| 494 | Fats Wyka | PF |
| 495 | Frank Conlin | SF |
| 496 | Harry Passon | SG |
| 497 | Herman Lee | SG |
| 498 | Joe Martin | SF |
| 499 | Joe O'Connell | C |
| 500 | Bill Fasel | C |
| 501 | John Curtin | PF |
| 502 | Lou Martin | SG |
| 503 | Blubs Alberding | SF |
| 504 | Al Cooper | PF |
| 505 | Curly Burns | SF |
| 506 | Lynn Fleming | SG |
| 507 | Ralph Grobe | PF |
| 508 | John Murphy | C |
| 509 | Charley O'Neil | SG |
| 510 | J.D. Mosier | PF |
| 511 | Lenny Sachs | SG |
| 512 | Milas Shoun | C |
| 513 | Min Bradshaw | C |
| 514 | Dyke Shaffer | PG |
| 515 | Eddie Case | SF |
| 516 | Leland Schell | PG |
| 517 | Alex Isabelle | SG |
| 518 | Howard Ross | SF |
| 519 | Al Reich | C |
| 520 | Don Grant | PF |
| 521 | Ev Reilly | PF |
| 522 | Trixie Messinger | SF |
| 523 | Bill Leonard | C |
| 524 | Paulie Adamo | SF |
| 525 | Pete Henry | SF |
| 526 | Bert Lewis | C |
| 527 | Bill Brown (1903) | C |
| 528 | Charlie Lajeskie | PF |
| 529 | Eddie Goetz | C |
| 530 | Bill McCleary | PF |
| 531 | Jimmy Lynch | PF |
| 532 | Joe Endries | PG |
| 533 | Joey Sheehan | SF |
| 534 | Ray Knapp | PF |
| 535 | Frank DeBoskey | PF |
| 536 | Red Lavan | PF |
| 537 | Carl Hartelius | PF |
| 538 | Chuck Sime | SG |
| 539 | Keiran Watters | SF |
| 540 | Mount Norris | SF |
| 541 | Pep Fasce | SG |
| 542 | Howie Meyers | SG |
| 543 | Lefty Stern | PG |
| 544 | Roy Boosey | SF |
| 545 | Everett Dakin | SG |
| 546 | Harry Gill | PG |
| 547 | Laurie Walquist | SG |
| 548 | John Schrey | PF |
| 549 | Jude Baesman | C |
| 550 | Teddy Meisel | SF |
| 551 | Frank Fritz | SF |
| 552 | Bruce Gregory | SF |
| 553 | Frank Gill | PF |
| 554 | Binker Brett | SG |
| 555 | Hank Baude | SG |
| 556 | Paul White (1903) | SF |
| 557 | Art Dexter | SG |
| 558 | Steve Olszewski | PG |
| 559 | Ben Rhodes | SG |
| 560 | Ted Howard | SG |
| 561 | Francis O'Neil | PF |
| 562 | Jimmy Calderella | SG |
| 563 | Charles Brodt | SG |
| 564 | Tom Millington | SF |
| 565 | Mike Roberts | SG |
| 566 | Fred Smith | PG |
| 567 | Ralph Schilling | SG |
| 568 | Cy Minsky | SG |
| 569 | Sol Goldstein | PF |
| 570 | Jack Pelletier | SG |
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