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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Minnesota 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.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Rookie Yr | School | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Vern Mikkelsen | PF | 1950 | Askov (Askov) | 86 |
| 2 | Kevin McHale | PF | 1981 | Hibbing (Hibbing) | 148 |
| 3 | Dick Garmaker | SG | 1956 | Hibbing (Hibbing) | 253 |
| 4 | Howie Schultz | C | 1950 | Central (St. Paul) | 512 |
| 5 | Whitey Skoog | SG | 1952 | Brainerd (Brainerd) | 712 |
| 6 | Clint Wager | C | 1950 | Winona (Winona) | 728 |
| 7 | Mark Olberding | SF | 1976 | Melrose (Melrose) | 767 |
| 8 | Don Carlson | SG | 1947 | Edison (Minneapolis) | 950 |
| 9 | Rollie Seltz | SG | 1947 | Humboldt (St. Paul) | 1071 |
| 10 | Tony Jaros | SF | 1947 | Edison (Minneapolis) | 1094 |
| 11 | Kris Humphries | PF | 2005 | Hopkins (Minnetonka) | 1313 |
| 12 | Randy Breuer | C | 1984 | Lincoln (Lake City) | 1363 |
| 13 | Jim Petersen | PF | 1985 | St. Louis Park (St. Louis Park) | 1672 |
| 14 | Don E. Smith | SG | 1948 | Roosevelt (Minneapolis) | 1695 |
| 15 | Tyus Jones | PG | 2016 | Apple Valley (Apple Valley) | 1729 |
| 16 | Mark Landsberger | PF | 1978 | Mounds View (St. Paul) | 1828 |
| 17 | Jim Fritsche | PF | 1954 | Humboldt (St. Paul) | 1846 |
| 18 | Joe Hutton | SG | 1951 | Wilson (St. Paul) | 1931 |
| 19 | Louis Barle | PF | 1940 | Gilbert (Gilbert) | 2033 |
| 20 | Devean George | SG | 2000 | Benilde-St. Margaret (St. Louis Park) | 2290 |
| 21 | Joel Przybilla | C | 2001 | Monticello (Monticello) | 2314 |
| 22 | Johnny Horan | SF | 1956 | St. Thomas Military Academy (Mendota Heights) | 2458 |
| 23 | Don Bielke | C | 1956 | Wilson (St. Paul) | 2519 |
| 24 | Ron Johnson | PF | 1961 | New Prague (New Prague) | 2521 |
| 25 | Alan Anderson | SG | 2006 | De La Salle (Minneapolis) | 2561 |
| 26 | Harold Haskins | SF | 1951 | Alexandria (Alexandria) | 2949 |
| 27 | Ben Coleman | C | 1987 | North (Minneapolis) | 3030 |
| 28 | Jon Leuer | PF | 2012 | Orono (Orono) | 3063 |
| 29 | Kenneth Exel | SG | 1945 | Roosevelt (Minneapolis) | 3248 |
| 30 | Nate Wolters | PG | 2014 | Tech (St. Cloud) | 3545 |
| 31 | Mike Muscala | PF | 2014 | Roseville (Roseville) | 3567 |
| 32 | Matt Janning | SG | 2011 | Watertown-Mayer (Watertown) | 3655 |
| 33 | Cole Aldrich | C | 2011 | Jefferson (Bloomington) | 3900 |
| 34 | Chris Engler | C | 1983 | Stillwater (Stillwater) | 4126 |
| 35 | Eugene Lorendo | PF | 1943 | Gilbert (Gilbert) | 4220 |
| 36 | Khalid El-Amin | PG | 2001 | North (Minneapolis) | 4279 |
| 37 | Radoslav Rancik | PF | 2003 | St. Louis Park (St. Louis Park) | 4339 |
| 38 | Paul Maki | SG | 1942 | Aurora (Aurora) | 4698 |
| 39 | Donald Smith | SG | 1943 | Roosevelt (Minneapolis) | 4740 |
| 40 | Warren Ajax | PF | 1948 | Central (Minneapolis) | 4780 |
| 41 | George Svendsen | C | 1938 | Marshall (Minneapolis) | 4819 |
| 42 | Marcellus McMichael | SG | 1939 | Roosevelt (Minneapolis) | 4856 |
| 43 | Don Eliason | SF | 1947 | Harding (St. Paul) | 4971 |
| 44 | Tre Jones | PG | 2021 | Apple Valley (Apple Valley) | 5013 |
| 45 | Larry Mikan | SF | 1971 | Benilde (St. Louis Park) | 5184 |
| 46 | John Thomas | PF | 1998 | Roosevelt (Minneapolis) | 5191 |
| 47 | Doug Bolstorff | SG | 1958 | Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids) | 5623 |
| 48 | Iker Iturbe | SF | 1999 | Totino-Grace (Fridley) | 5805 |
| 49 | Oscar Olson | SF | 1940 | Braham (Braham) | 5955 |
| 50 | Patrick O'Bryant | C | 2007 | Blaine (Blaine) | 6080 |
| 51 | Trent Lockett | SG | 2014 | Hopkins (Minnetonka) | 6185 |
| 52 | Terry Kunze | SG | 1968 | Central (Duluth) | 7382 |
| 53 | David Roddy | SF | 2023 | Breck School (Golden Valley) | 7391 |
| 54 | Steve Lingenfelter | PF | 1982 | Jefferson (Bloomington) | 7692 |
| 55 | Amir Coffey | SG | 2020 | Hopkins (Minnetonka) | 7860 |
| 56 | Freddie Gillespie | PF | 2021 | East Ridge (Woodbury) | 8083 |
| 57 | Sam Jacobson | SG | 1999 | Park (Cottage Grove) | 8145 |
| 58 | Rick Rickert | PF | 2004 | East (Duluth) | 8302 |
| 59 | Jeff Nordgaard | PF | 1998 | Dawson-Boyd (Dawson) | 8714 |
| 60 | Arvid Kramer | C | 1980 | Fulda (Fulda) | 8724 |
| 61 | Zeke Nnaji | PF | 2021 | Hopkins (Minnetonka) | 9287 |
| 62 | Kevin Lynch | SG | 1992 | Jefferson (Bloomington) | 9544 |
| 63 | Trevor Mbakwe | C | 2014 | St. Bernard's (St. Paul) | 9767 |
| 64 | Jalen Suggs | SG | 2022 | Minnehaha Academy (Minneapolis) | 10066 |
| 65 | Ray Brown | SG | 2007 | Richfield (Richfield) | 10125 |
| 66 | J.P. Macura | SG | 2019 | North (Lakeville) | 10333 |
| 67 | McKinley Wright | PG | 2022 | Champlin Park (Champlin Park) | 10609 |
| 68 | Trevor Winter | C | 1999 | Slayton (Slayton) | 10838 |
| 69 | Reggie Lynch | C | 2019 | Edina (Edina) | 11119 |
| 70 | Tyrell Terry | PG | 2021 | De La Salle (Minneapolis) | 11211 |
| 71 | Jordan Taylor | PG | 2013 | Benilde-St. Margaret's (St. Louis Park) | 11330 |
| 72 | Martin Rancik | PF | 2002 | St. Louis Park (St. Louis Park) | 11524 |
| 73 | Daniel Oturu | PF | 2021 | Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul) | 11643 |
| 74 | Seth Hinrichs | SG | 2016 | MacCray (Clara City) | 11926 |
| 75 | Bob Martin | C | 1994 | Apple Valley (Apple Valley) | 12033 |
| 76 | Ade Murkey | SF | 2021 | St. Croix Lutheran (West St. Paul) | 12246 |
| 77 | Dusty Rychart | SF | 2003 | Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids) | 12391 |
| 78 | Tom Copa | C | 1992 | Coon Rapids (Coon Rapids) | 13110 |
| 79 | Troy Bell | PG | 2004 | Academy of Holy Angels (Richfield) | 13273 |
| 80 | Michael Bauer | PF | 2005 | Hastings (Hastings) | 13563 |
| 81 | Nick Horvath | PF | 2005 | Mounds View (Arden Hills) | 13904 |
| 82 | Ben Woodside | PG | 2010 | Albert Lea (Albert Lea) | 14131 |
| 83 | Lamont Mack | PF | 2010 | Tartan (Oakdale) | 14564 |
| 84 | Jerry Holman | C | 2004 | Humboldt (St. Paul) | 14622 |
| 85 | Michael Rostampour | PF | 2016 | Sibley (Mendota Heights) | 14629 |
| 86 | Ian McVey | PF | 2007 | Princeton (Princeton) | 14716 |
| 87 | Jeff Hagen | C | 2006 | Hopkins (Minnetonka) | 14732 |
| 88 | Royce White | PF | 2013 | Hopkins (Minnetonka) | 15407 |
| 89 | Zach Lofton | SG | 2019 | Columbia Heights (Columbia Heights) | 15497 |
| 90 | Matthew Hurt | PF | 2022 | Marshall (Rochester) | 15527 |
| 91 | Alec Brown | C | 2015 | Winona (Winona) | 15540 |
| 92 | Nuni Omot | SF | 2019 | Mahtomedi (Mahtomedi) | 15780 |
| 93 | Jared Berggren | PF | 2014 | Princeton (Princeton) | 17085 |
| 94 | Rodney Williams | SF | 2014 | Robbinsdale Cooper (New Hope) | 17696 |
| 95 | Ryan Wittman | SF | 2011 | Eden Prairie (Eden Prairie) | 17832 |
| 96 | Luke Anderson | SG | 2008 | Eagan (Eagan) | 18164 |
| 97 | Nick Jacobson | SG | 2005 | Roseville (Roseville) | 18219 |
| 98 | Sacar Anim | SG | 2021 | De La Salle (Minneapolis) | 18230 |
| 99 | Lawrence McKenzie | PG | 2009 | Henry (Minneapolis) | 18234 |
| 100 | Dan Vandervieren | C | 2012 | Hopkins (Minnetonka) | 18296 |
| 101 | Isaac Rosefelt | SF | 2008 | St. Thomas Military Academy (Mendota Heights) | 18440 |
| 102 | Kam Taylor | PG | 2008 | North (Minneapolis) | 19395 |
| 103 | Sanjay Lumpkin | SF | 2018 | Benilde-St. Margaret's (St. Louis Park) | 19627 |
| 104 | Jamal Abu-Shamala | SF | 2010 | Shakopee (Shakopee) | 19641 |
| 105 | Jefferson Mason | SG | 2011 | Robbinsdale Cooper (New Hope) | 19746 |
| 106 | Carlos Emory | SF | 2014 | Eastview (Apple Valley) | 19922 |
| 107 | Bruce Price | PG | 2009 | Southwest (Minneapolis) | 20040 |
| 108 | Al Nolen | PG | 2012 | Henry (Minneapolis) | 20081 |
| 109 | Landon Kirkwood | SG | 2023 | Brooklyn Center (Brooklyn Center) | 20103 |
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