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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Tennessee
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 | Oscar Robertson | SG | 1961 | Charlotte | 8 |
| 2 | Bailey Howell | PF | 1960 | Middleton | 85 |
| 3 | Penny Hardaway | PG | 1994 | Memphis | 203 |
| 4 | Campy Russell | SF | 1975 | Jackson | 428 |
| 5 | Clyde Lee | PF | 1967 | Nashville | 489 |
| 6 | Lou Williams | PG | 2006 | Memphis | 521 |
| 7 | Bingo Smith | SF | 1970 | Memphis | 589 |
| 8 | Rich Jones | PF | 1970 | Memphis | 671 |
| 9 | J.J. Redick | SG | 2007 | Cookeville | 820 |
| 10 | Bob Harris | PF | 1950 | Linden | 831 |
| 11 | Les Hunter | PF | 1965 | Nashville | 841 |
| 12 | Rick Roberson | C | 1970 | Memphis | 876 |
| 13 | Lorenzen Wright | PF | 1997 | Memphis | 948 |
| 14 | Ted McClain | SG | 1972 | Nashville | 968 |
| 15 | Johnny Neumann | SG | 1972 | Memphis | 1047 |
| 16 | Ron Mercer | SG | 1998 | Nashville | 1175 |
| 17 | Tom Marshall | SF | 1955 | Mount Juliet | 1213 |
| 18 | Lester Conner | PG | 1983 | Memphis | 1215 |
| 19 | Corey Brewer | SF | 2008 | Portland | 1273 |
| 20 | Popeye Jones | PF | 1994 | Dresden | 1373 |
| 21 | Don Ray | PF | 1950 | Mount Juliet | 1619 |
| 22 | Alvin Scott | SF | 1978 | Cleveland | 1704 |
| 23 | Tony Delk | PG | 1997 | Covington | 1736 |
| 24 | Trenton Hassell | SF | 2002 | Clarksville | 1831 |
| 25 | Vincent Askew | SG | 1988 | Memphis | 1951 |
| 26 | Elston Turner | SG | 1982 | Knoxville | 1967 |
| 27 | Elliot Perry | PG | 1992 | Memphis | 2020 |
| 28 | Charles Davis | SF | 1982 | Nashville | 2643 |
| 29 | Anthony Roberts | SF | 1978 | Chattanooga | 2893 |
| 30 | Brandan Wright | PF | 2008 | Nashville | 2962 |
| 31 | Cedric Henderson | SF | 1989 | Memphis | 2966 |
| 32 | Talmadge Bennett | SF | 1938 | Nashville | 2983 |
| 33 | Cameron Payne | PG | 2016 | Memphis | 3055 |
| 34 | Marcus Haislip | PF | 2003 | Lewisburg | 3193 |
| 35 | Larry Finch | SG | 1974 | Memphis | 3293 |
| 36 | David Vaughn | C | 1975 | Nashville | 3322 |
| 37 | Mike Butler | SG | 1969 | Memphis | 3362 |
| 38 | Andre Turner | PG | 1987 | Memphis | 3403 |
| 39 | Lowery Kirk | PF | 1962 | Hornsby | 3522 |
| 40 | Shawne Williams | PF | 2007 | Memphis | 3549 |
| 41 | George Price | PF | 1962 | Germantown | 3642 |
| 42 | Qyntel Woods | SF | 2003 | Memphis | 3658 |
| 43 | Hank McDowell | PF | 1982 | Memphis | 3714 |
| 44 | Abdul Jeelani | PF | 1980 | Bells | 3762 |
| 45 | Duke Hogue | C | 1963 | Knoxville | 3796 |
| 46 | Tarik Black | C | 2015 | Memphis | 3822 |
| 47 | Eddie Wollen | SF | 1949 | Memphis | 3918 |
| 48 | Lester Hudson | PG | 2010 | Tennessee | 4025 |
| 49 | Ian Clark | SG | 2014 | Memphis | 4120 |
| 50 | Rodney Carney | SF | 2007 | Memphis | 4121 |
| 51 | Calvin Garrett | SF | 1981 | Parsons | 4464 |
| 52 | William Bedford | C | 1987 | Memphis | 4521 |
| 53 | Alex Renfroe | PG | 2010 | Hermitage | 4541 |
| 54 | George Finley | C | 1962 | Chattanooga | 4558 |
| 55 | Chris Garner | PG | 1998 | Memphis | 4648 |
| 56 | Keith Herron | SG | 1979 | Memphis | 4661 |
| 57 | Milas Shoun | C | 1938 | Mountain City | 4722 |
| 58 | William Fitts | SG | 1938 | Smithville | 4760 |
| 59 | Jamont Gordon | PG | 2009 | Nashville | 4879 |
| 60 | John Jenkins | SG | 2013 | Nashville | 5005 |
| 61 | Paul Thompson | SG | 1984 | Smyrna | 5031 |
| 62 | Darryl Jackson | SF | 2022 | Nashville | 5076 |
| 63 | Elliot Williams | PG | 2012 | Memphis | 5113 |
| 64 | Slim Shoun | C | 1928 | Mountain City | 5150 |
| 65 | Antonius Cleveland | SG | 2018 | Memphis | 5337 |
| 66 | Darius Thompson | SG | 2019 | Murfreesboro | 5405 |
| 67 | Corey Beck | PG | 1996 | Memphis | 5468 |
| 68 | Ryan Stack | PF | 1999 | Nashville | 5489 |
| 69 | Jimmie Hunter | SG | 2001 | Memphis | 5513 |
| 70 | Carlos Clark | SG | 1984 | Somerville | 5558 |
| 71 | Derrick Byars | PF | 2012 | Memphis | 5753 |
| 72 | Galen Young | SF | 2000 | Memphis | 5819 |
| 73 | Chris Chiozza | PG | 2019 | Memphis | 5837 |
| 74 | Jeremiah Martin | PG | 2020 | Memphis | 5847 |
| 75 | Jarnell Stokes | PF | 2015 | Memphis | 6057 |
| 76 | Ronnie Robinson | PF | 1974 | Memphis | 6082 |
| 77 | Frank Russell | SG | 1973 | Jackson | 6084 |
| 78 | James Wilkes | SF | 1981 | Nashville | 6196 |
| 79 | David Harrison | C | 2005 | Nashville | 6218 |
| 80 | Dwight Waller | SF | 1969 | Brownsville | 6234 |
| 81 | Ryan Lorthridge | SG | 1995 | Nashville | 6615 |
| 82 | Michael Wilson | PG | 1984 | Memphis | 6653 |
| 83 | McKinley Singleton | PG | 1987 | Memphis | 6754 |
| 84 | Bill Ligon | SG | 1975 | Nashville | 6788 |
| 85 | Jemerrio Jones | SF | 2019 | Nashville | 6825 |
| 86 | Coty Clarke | SF | 2016 | Antioch | 7267 |
| 87 | Casey Prather | SG | 2015 | Jackson | 7285 |
| 88 | Willie White | SG | 1985 | Memphis | 7461 |
| 89 | Antonio Burks | PG | 2005 | Memphis | 7654 |
| 90 | Garrison Mathews | SG | 2020 | Franklin | 7661 |
| 91 | Jordan Bone | PG | 2020 | Nashville | 7754 |
| 92 | Joe Gaines | PF | 1973 | Mount Pleasant | 7803 |
| 93 | Otis Howard | PF | 1979 | Oak Ridge | 7845 |
| 94 | Sylvester Gray | SF | 1989 | Millington | 7868 |
| 95 | Tyler Stone | SF | 2015 | Memphis | 8075 |
| 96 | Johnathan Williams | C | 2019 | Memphis | 8108 |
| 97 | Kirk Haston | SF | 2002 | Loblesville | 8146 |
| 98 | Braxton Key | SF | 2021 | Nashville | 8538 |
| 99 | Reed Rawlings | SF | 2001 | Chattanooga | 8787 |
| 100 | Darnell Mee | SG | 1994 | Cleveland | 8832 |
| 101 | Chad McClendon | SF | 1996 | Madisonville | 8960 |
| 102 | Johnny Taylor | SF | 1998 | Chattanooga | 9065 |
| 103 | Terrico White | SG | 2011 | Memphis | 9109 |
| 104 | Octavius Ellis | PF | 2017 | Memphis | 9176 |
| 105 | Malcolm Mackey | PF | 1994 | Chattanooga | 9230 |
| 106 | Ron Slay | PF | 2004 | Memphis | 9334 |
| 107 | Austin Nichols | PF | 2018 | Memphis | 9637 |
| 108 | James Wiseman | C | 2021 | Nashville | 9930 |
| 109 | Ron Widby | SF | 1968 | Knoxville | 9952 |
| 110 | Steve Hamer | C | 1997 | Memphis | 9959 |
| 111 | Dontae' Jones | SF | 1998 | Nashville | 10199 |
| 112 | Odell Bradley | PF | 2005 | Nashville | 10200 |
| 113 | Tommy Woods | PF | 1968 | Alcoa | 10263 |
| 114 | Tony Harris (1979) | PG | 2002 | Memphis | 10396 |
| 115 | Desonta Bradford | SG | 2019 | Humboldt | 10449 |
| 116 | Reggie Upshaw | SF | 2018 | Chattanooga | 10591 |
| 117 | Anthony Mason Jr. | SF | 2011 | Memphis | 11194 |
| 118 | Scooter McFadgon | SF | 2006 | Memphis | 11293 |
| 119 | Dedric Lawson | PF | 2020 | Memphis | 11315 |
| 120 | Jerry Dover | PG | 1972 | Memphis | 11413 |
| 121 | Kennedy Chandler | PG | 2023 | Memphis | 11434 |
| 122 | Jaylen Barford | PG | 2019 | Jackson | 11667 |
| 123 | Bobby Parks | SG | 1985 | Grand Junction | 11741 |
| 124 | Keith Hilliard | PG | 1983 | Memphis | 11808 |
| 125 | Stephen Zimmerman | C | 2017 | Hendersonville | 12202 |
| 126 | Willie Brown | SG | 1970 | Nashville | 12326 |
| 127 | Randy Culpepper | PG | 2012 | Memphis | 12362 |
| 128 | Adonis Thomas | SF | 2014 | Memphis | 12399 |
| 129 | Demonte Harper | SG | 2012 | Nashville | 12447 |
| 130 | Lee Humphrey | PG | 2008 | Maryville | 12533 |
| 131 | Ron Rippetoe | SF | 1970 | Donelson | 12564 |
| 132 | Gerald Robinson | PG | 2013 | Nashville | 12604 |
| 133 | Willie Taylor | PF | 1970 | Mason | 12667 |
| 134 | Marvin Alexander | C | 1989 | Memphis | 12709 |
| 135 | Vincent Yarbrough | SF | 2003 | Cleveland | 12711 |
| 136 | Cory Bradford | PG | 2003 | Memphis | 12801 |
| 137 | Jalen Crutcher | PG | 2022 | Memphis | 12824 |
| 138 | Curtis Green | PG | 1985 | Memphis | 12858 |
| 139 | Daryan Selvy | SF | 2003 | Memphis | 13168 |
| 140 | Ed Odom | SG | 1981 | Chattanooga | 13794 |
| 141 | Ron Huery | SF | 1992 | Memphis | 13913 |
| 142 | Keon Johnson | PG | 2022 | Knoxville | 14030 |
| 143 | Tony Windless | SG | 1993 | Memphis | 14261 |
| 144 | Kenyon McNeaill | PG | 2015 | Memphis | 14315 |
| 145 | JeQuan Lewis | PG | 2018 | Dickson | 14466 |
| 146 | Sergio Kerusch | SG | 2012 | Memphis | 14481 |
| 147 | Jonathan Stark | PG | 2019 | Munford | 14517 |
| 148 | Tony Key | C | 2002 | Portland | 14896 |
| 149 | Doug Roth | C | 1990 | Knoxville | 14963 |
| 150 | Ty Greene | PG | 2016 | Knoxville | 14997 |
| 151 | Damarcus Hence | SG | 2005 | Memphis | 15182 |
| 152 | Matt Hoover | SF | 2001 | Selmer | 15224 |
| 153 | Mark Buford | C | 1994 | Memphis | 15556 |
| 154 | John Kimbrell | C | 1987 | Loretto | 15571 |
| 155 | Ferrakohn Hall | SF | 2014 | Memphis | 15622 |
| 156 | Glean Eddy | SF | 2007 | Nashville | 15764 |
| 157 | Chris Crawford (1992) | SG | 2015 | Memphis | 15816 |
| 158 | Johnny Goodman | SF | 2003 | Chattanooga | 15849 |
| 159 | Adrian Banks | SG | 2009 | Memphis | 15992 |
| 160 | Charles Hathaway | C | 2002 | Nashville | 16223 |
| 161 | Wayne Chism | PF | 2011 | Jackson | 16263 |
| 162 | Markel Crawford | SG | 2019 | Memphis | 16369 |
| 163 | Oliver Simmons | PF | 2001 | Nashville | 16630 |
| 164 | Julian Terrell | PF | 2007 | Nashville | 16794 |
| 165 | Brock Gillespie | PG | 2006 | Clarksville | 17020 |
| 166 | Lamarcus Golden | PG | 1997 | Memphis | 17208 |
| 167 | Greg Spurling | C | 1987 | Knoxville | 17244 |
| 168 | Anthony Douglas | PF | 1994 | Memphis | 17397 |
| 169 | Brandon Wharton | SG | 2000 | Nashville | 17401 |
| 170 | Courtney Pigram | PG | 2010 | Memphis | 17412 |
| 171 | Antwaine Wiggins | SF | 2013 | Greeneville | 17445 |
| 172 | Jeremy Williams | SF | 2012 | Memphis | 17540 |
| 173 | Brian Collins | SG | 2007 | Nashville | 17678 |
| 174 | Joe Jackson | PG | 2015 | Shelby | 17690 |
| 175 | Detric Golden | PG | 2002 | Memphis | 17750 |
| 176 | Adam Sonn | C | 2004 | Nashville | 17942 |
| 177 | Marlon Towns | SG | 2001 | Memphis | 18017 |
| 178 | Dedrick Dye | PG | 2004 | Clinton | 18055 |
| 179 | Cheyenne Gibson | SG | 1991 | Memphis | 18191 |
| 180 | Marques Maybin | SG | 2002 | Clarksville | 18244 |
| 181 | Willie Kemp | PG | 2011 | Bolivar | 18275 |
| 182 | Dwight Boyd | SG | 1989 | Memphis | 18310 |
| 183 | Kevin Spurling | C | 1987 | Knoxville | 18433 |
| 184 | Steve Mitchell | PG | 1987 | Memphis | 18637 |
| 185 | Mardracus Wade | PG | 2015 | Memphis | 18823 |
| 186 | JaJuan Smith | PG | 2009 | Cleveland | 18835 |
| 187 | Nick King | SF | 2019 | Memphis | 18906 |
| 188 | Pierre Henderson-Niles | PF | 2011 | Memphis | 18980 |
| 189 | Courtney Bohannon | SF | 2008 | Memphis | 19075 |
| 190 | Nino Johnson | PF | 2016 | Memphis | 19216 |
| 191 | Arlyn Bowers | PG | 1992 | Memphis | 19440 |
| 192 | Demetrius Denzel-Dyson | SG | 2019 | Covington | 19449 |
| 193 | DeAngelo Riley | PF | 2012 | Memphis | 19656 |
| 194 | Drew Barham | SG | 2015 | Cordova | 19658 |
| 195 | Reginald Becton | PF | 2014 | Memphis | 19756 |
| 196 | Leslie McDonald | SG | 2015 | Memphis | 19773 |
| 197 | C.J. Anderson | SG | 2019 | Memphis | 19982 |
| 198 | Daryl Odom | SG | 1985 | Nashville | 20010 |
| 199 | Reuben Clayton | SG | 2012 | Memphis | 20154 |
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