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The Top Ranked ACC Basketball Players of the 1980s
Notes: The rankings are based on college stats.
What players did in the pros does not factor into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | College |
| 1 | Ralph Sampson | Virginia |
| 2 | Michael Jordan | North Carolina |
| 3 | Johnny Dawkins | Duke |
| 4 | Danny Ferry | Duke |
| 5 | James Worthy | North Carolina |
| 6 | Len Bias | Maryland |
| 7 | Sam Perkins | North Carolina |
| 8 | J.R. Reid | North Carolina |
| 9 | Kenny Smith | North Carolina |
| 10 | Albert King | Maryland |
| 11 | Mark Price | Georgia Tech |
| 12 | Brad Daugherty | North Carolina |
| 13 | Al Wood | North Carolina |
| 14 | Horace Grant | Clemson |
| 15 | Mike Gminski | Duke |
| 16 | Lorenzo Charles | NC State |
| 17 | Jeff Lamp | Virginia |
| 18 | Mark Alarie | Duke |
| 19 | Adrian Branch | Maryland |
| 20 | Gene Banks | Duke |
| 21 | Buck Williams | Maryland |
| 22 | Othell Wilson | Virginia |
| 23 | Muggsy Bogues | Wake Forest |
| 24 | Derrick Lewis | Maryland |
| 25 | Thurl Bailey | NC State |
| 26 | Tom Hammonds | Georgia Tech |
| 27 | Vince Taylor | Duke |
| 28 | John Salley | Georgia Tech |
| 29 | Sidney Lowe | NC State |
| 30 | Rodney Monroe | NC State |
| 31 | Billy Williams | Clemson |
| 32 | Larry Nance | Clemson |
| 33 | Ben Coleman | Maryland |
| 34 | Joe Wolf | North Carolina |
| 35 | Chucky Brown | NC State |
| 36 | Chris Washburn | NC State |
| 37 | Frank Johnson | Wake Forest |
| 38 | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina |
| 39 | Dave Henderson | Duke |
| 40 | Jeff Lebo | North Carolina |
| 41 | Danny Young | Wake Forest |
| 42 | Steve Hale | North Carolina |
| 43 | Olden Polynice | Virginia |
| 44 | Tommy Amaker | Duke |
| 45 | Hawkeye Whitney | NC State |
| 46 | Greg Manning | Maryland |
| 47 | Brook Steppe | Georgia Tech |
| 48 | Brian Oliver | Georgia Tech |
| 49 | Duane Ferrell | Georgia Tech |
| 50 | Anthony Teachey | Wake Forest |
| 51 | Richard Morgan | Virginia |
| 52 | Charles Shackleford | NC State |
| 53 | Dennis Scott | Georgia Tech |
| 54 | Ernest Graham | Maryland |
| 55 | Vinny Del Negro | NC State |
| 56 | Vincent Hamilton | Clemson |
| 57 | Nate McMillan | NC State |
| 58 | Steve Bucknall | North Carolina |
| 59 | Elden Campbell | Clemson |
| 60 | Kenny Green | Wake Forest |
| 61 | Bruce Dalrymple | Georgia Tech |
| 62 | Jimmy Black | North Carolina |
| 63 | Spud Webb | NC State |
| 64 | Chris Corchiani | NC State |
| 65 | Kevin Strickland | Duke |
| 66 | Andrew Kennedy | Virginia |
| 67 | Sam Ivy | Wake Forest |
| 68 | Kevin Madden | North Carolina |
| 69 | Lenny Horton | Georgia Tech |
| 70 | Matt Doherty | North Carolina |
| 71 | Craig Neal | Georgia Tech |
| 72 | Bennie Bolton | NC State |
| 73 | John Crotty | Virginia |
| 74 | Chris Dodds | Clemson |
| 75 | Alvis Rogers | Wake Forest |
| 76 | Dereck Whittenburg | NC State |
| 77 | Bryant Stith | Virginia |
| 78 | Scott Williams | North Carolina |
| 79 | Jeff Jones | Virginia |
| 80 | Grayson Marshall | Clemson |
| 81 | John Johnson | Virginia |
| 82 | Robert Brickey | Duke |
| 83 | Kenny Dennard | Duke |
| 84 | Chip Engelland | Duke |
| 85 | Raymond Jones | Clemson |
| 86 | John Toms | Wake Forest |
| 87 | Tony Massenburg | Maryland |
| 88 | John Campbell | Clemson |
| 89 | Rudy Archer | Maryland |
| 90 | Delaney Rudd | Wake Forest |
| 91 | Keith Gatlin | Maryland |
| 92 | Horace Wyatt | Clemson |
| 93 | Guy Morgan | Wake Forest |
| 94 | Rick Carlisle | Virginia |
| 95 | Tom Sheehey | Virginia |
| 96 | Phil Henderson | Duke |
| 97 | Quin Snyder | Duke |
| 98 | Cozell McQueen | NC State |
| 99 | Craig Robinson | Virginia |
| 100 | Jim Braddock | North Carolina |
| 101 | Michael Tait | Clemson |
| 102 | Brian Howard | NC State |
| 103 | Warren Martin | North Carolina |
| 104 | Bobby Conrad | Clemson |
| 105 | Yvon Joseph | Georgia Tech |
| 106 | George Thomas | Georgia Tech |
| 107 | Murray Jarman | Clemson |
| 108 | Dave Popson | North Carolina |
| 109 | Rick Fox | North Carolina |
| 110 | Jim Johnstone | Wake Forest |
| 111 | Mark Cline | Wake Forest |
| 112 | Scott Parzych | NC State |
| 113 | Jeff Adkins | Maryland |
| 114 | Dale Davis | Clemson |
| 115 | Terry Gannon | NC State |
| 116 | Ernie Myers | NC State |
| 117 | Lee Raker | Virginia |
| 118 | John Johnson | Maryland |
| 119 | Charles Pittman | Maryland |
| 120 | Mel Kennedy | Virginia |
| 121 | Herman Veal | Maryland |
| 122 | Bob Bender | Duke |
| 123 | Fred Gilliam | Clemson |
| 124 | Mike Helms | Wake Forest |
| 125 | Bison Dele | Maryland |
| 126 | Derrick Forrest | Clemson |
| 127 | Jerry Pryor | Clemson |
| 128 | David Shaffer | Clemson |
| 129 | Cal Boyd | Wake Forest |
| 130 | Chris King | Wake Forest |
| 131 | Clyde Austin | NC State |
| 132 | David Carlyle | Wake Forest |
| 133 | Glen McCants | Clemson |
| 134 | Fred Hall | Georgia Tech |
| 135 | Jerrod Mustaf | Maryland |
| 136 | Glenn Corbit | Clemson |
| 137 | Tim Kincaid | Clemson |
| 138 | Lee Goza | Georgia Tech |
| 139 | Steve Hood | Maryland |
| 140 | Larry Middleton | Clemson |
| 141 | Maurice Bradford | Georgia Tech |
| 142 | Tom Emma | Duke |
| 143 | Jay Bilas | Duke |
| 144 | Marc Campbell | Clemson |
| 145 | Christian Laettner | Duke |
| 146 | Dutch Morley | Maryland |
| 147 | Billy King | Duke |
| 148 | John Smith | Duke |
| 149 | Russell Pierre | NC State |
| 150 | Brent Dabbs | Virginia |
| 151 | Jim Miller | Virginia |
| 152 | Tom Jones | Maryland |
| 153 | Jeff Baxter | Maryland |
| 154 | Derrick McQueen | Wake Forest |
| 155 | Kenny Drummond | NC State |
| 156 | Anthony Jenkins | Clemson |
| 157 | Art Jones | NC State |
| 158 | Rod Watson | Wake Forest |
| 159 | Reggie Jackson | Maryland |
| 160 | Chuck Nevitt | NC State |
| 161 | Danny Pearson | Georgia Tech |
| 162 | Marion Cash | Clemson |
| 163 | Dan Meagher | Duke |
| 164 | Pete Chilcutt | North Carolina |
| 165 | Warren Wallace | Clemson |
| 166 | Michael Owens | Virginia |
| 167 | Tim Mullen | Virginia |
| 168 | Greg Nared | Maryland |
| 169 | Mitchell Wiggins | Clemson |
| 170 | Ricky Stokes | Virginia |
| 171 | Avie Lester | NC State |
| 172 | Bill Batts | Virginia |
| 173 | Stu Lyon | Georgia Tech |
| 174 | Benny McKaig | Wake Forest |
| 175 | Mike Giomi | NC State |
| 176 | Anthony Byrd | Georgia Tech |
| 177 | Clarke Bynum | Clemson |
| 178 | Ranzino Smith | North Carolina |
| 179 | Charlie Thomas | Wake Forest |
| 180 | King Rice | North Carolina |
| 181 | Dave Colescott | North Carolina |
| 182 | Mike Pepper | North Carolina |
| 183 | Kenny Matthews | NC State |
| 184 | Lee Garber | Wake Forest |
| 185 | Alaa Abdelnaby | Duke |
| 186 | Kerry O'Brien | Georgia Tech |
| 187 | Chris Michael | Clemson |
| 188 | Dave Dickerson | Maryland |
| 189 | Kenny Turner | Virginia |
| 190 | Brian Howard | Georgia Tech |
| 191 | Rich Yonakor | North Carolina |
| 192 | Ralph Kitley | Wake Forest |
| 193 | Walt Williams | Maryland |
| 194 | Bill Ross | Clemson |
| 195 | Matt Blundin | Virginia |
| 196 | Teyon McCoy | Maryland |
| 197 | Robert Siler | Wake Forest |
| 198 | Craig Watts | NC State |
| 199 | Darrick Simms | Virginia |
| 200 | Tom Calloway | Virginia |
| 201 | Johnny McNeil | Georgia Tech |
| 202 | Kenton Edelin | Virginia |
| 203 | Mike Eppley | Clemson |
| 204 | Mike Tissaw | Duke |
| 205 | Walker Lambiotte | NC State |
| 206 | John Mann | Georgia Tech |
| 207 | Greg Koubek | Duke |
| 208 | Antoine Ford | Georgia Tech |
| 209 | Tim Harvey | Georgia Tech |
| 210 | Doug McNeely | Duke |
| 211 | Jeff Wolf | North Carolina |
| 212 | Buzz Peterson | North Carolina |
| 213 | Maurice Brittian | Georgia Tech |
| 214 | Michael Brown | Clemson |
| 215 | Mark Fothergill | Maryland |
| 216 | Karl Brown | Georgia Tech |
| 217 | Mike Scott | Wake Forest |
| 218 | Scott Petway | Georgia Tech |
| 219 | Tony Black | Wake Forest |
| 220 | Kelsey Weems | NC State |
| 221 | Sylvester Charles | Wake Forest |
| 222 | John Virgil | North Carolina |
| 223 | Curtis Hunter | North Carolina |
| 224 | Pete Holbert | Maryland |
| 225 | Greg Wilson | Georgia Tech |
| 226 | Arthur Larkins | Wake Forest |
| 227 | Garland Jefferson | Virginia |
| 228 | Martin Nessley | Duke |
| 229 | Will Singleton | Wake Forest |
| 230 | Donnell Bruce | Clemson |
| 231 | David Young | Clemson |
| 232 | Taylor Baldwin | Maryland |
| 233 | Antonio Johnson | Wake Forest |
| 234 | Harvey Grant | Clemson |
| 235 | Terry Gates | Virginia |
| 236 | Dan Merrifield | Virginia |
| 237 | Curtis Williams | Virginia |
| 238 | Anthony Sherrod | Georgia Tech |
| 239 | Dave Kowalski | Georgia Tech |
| 240 | Joe Ward | Clemson |
| 241 | Quentin Jackson | NC State |
| 242 | Steve Shaw | Georgia Tech |
| 243 | Greg Wendt | Duke |
| 244 | David Whitmore | Georgia Tech |
| 245 | Rob Noyes | Georgia Tech |
| 246 | Chuck Dahms | Wake Forest |
| 247 | Panagiotis Fasoulas | NC State |
| 248 | Phil Medlin | Wake Forest |
| 249 | Terry Long | Maryland |
| 250 | Ricky Jones | Clemson |
| 251 | Pete Budko | North Carolina |
| 252 | Jim Suddath | Duke |
| 253 | Chris Brust | North Carolina |
| 254 | Todd Sanders | Wake Forest |
| 255 | Ivan Powell | Maryland |
| 256 | Kirkland Howling | Clemson |
| 257 | Michael Best | Clemson |
| 258 | James Munlyn | Georgia Tech |
| 259 | Alan Dickens | Wake Forest |
| 260 | Cedric Lewis | Maryland |
| 261 | David Morris | Wake Forest |
| 262 | Glenn Mayers | Wake Forest |
| 263 | Allen Williams | Duke |
| 264 | Lewis Lattimore | Virginia |
| 265 | Alvin Battle | NC State |
| 266 | Steve Rivers | Maryland |
| 267 | Larry Linney | Duke |
| 268 | John Hendler | Wake Forest |
| 269 | Mickey Hinnant | NC State |
| 270 | Jeff Daniel | Virginia |
| 271 | Todd Anderson | Duke |
| 272 | Greg Keith | Wake Forest |
| 273 | Sean Tyson | Clemson |
| 274 | Chuck Kepley | Wake Forest |
| 275 | Anthony Oliver | Virginia |
| 276 | Chris Duncan | Clemson |
| 277 | Scott Davis | Wake Forest |
| 278 | Hubert Davis | North Carolina |
| 279 | Jeff Klein | Virginia |
| 280 | Max Perry | NC State |
| 281 | Kenny Johnson | Virginia |
| 282 | Brian Davis | Duke |
| 283 | Harlan Graham | Clemson |
| 284 | Mark Karver | Maryland |
| 285 | Bill Jackman | Duke |
| 286 | Cecil Exum | North Carolina |
| 287 | Brian D'Amico | NC State |
| 288 | Teviin Binns | NC State |
| 289 | Doug Newburg | Virginia |
| 290 | Andy Kennedy | NC State |
| 291 | Hartmut Ortmann | Wake Forest |
| 292 | Jesse Martin | Maryland |
| 293 | Weldon Williams | Duke |
| 294 | Dave Cole | Georgia Tech |
| 295 | Steve Neal | Georgia Tech |
| 296 | Daric Keys | Wake Forest |
| 297 | John Dyslin | Virginia |
| 298 | Jeff Denny | North Carolina |
| 299 | John Thompson | NC State |
| 300 | Michael Christian | Georgia Tech |
| 301 | Rick McKinstry | Clemson |
| 302 | George McClain | NC State |
| 303 | Tim Martin | Virginia |
| 304 | Craig Wessel | Wake Forest |
| 305 | Dean Carpenter | Virginia |
| 306 | Joe Cook | Duke |
| 307 | Milan Belich | Clemson |
| 308 | Kenny Vaughns | Wake Forest |
| 309 | Brent Bair | Virginia |
| 310 | Anthony Solomon | Virginia |
| 311 | Tom Gugliotta | NC State |
| 312 | Dennis Calvert | Wake Forest |
| 313 | Chuck Driesell | Maryland |
| 314 | Clay Buckley | Duke |
| 315 | Eric Kenny | North Carolina |
| 316 | Ed Farmer | Maryland |
| 317 | Colby Brown | Clemson |
| 318 | Harold Thompson | NC State |
| 319 | Lance Blanks | Virginia |
| 320 | Crawford Palmer | Duke |
| 321 | Tony Karasek | Wake Forest |
| 322 | Steve Ray | Wake Forest |
| 323 | Marty Hensley | North Carolina |
| 324 | Rod Mitchell | Clemson |
| 325 | Donnie Perkins | NC State |
| 326 | Paul Diebert | Wake Forest |
| 327 | Tom Wise | Wake Forest |
| 328 | Jeff Holstein | Clemson |
| 329 | Jay Bryan | Duke |
| 330 | Dirk Katstra | Virginia |
| 331 | Henry Lee | Georgia Tech |
| 332 | Jeb Barlow | North Carolina |
| 333 | Ken Lambiotte | Virginia |
| 334 | Andre Reyes | Maryland |
| 335 | John Brownlee | North Carolina |
| 336 | David Lee | NC State |
| 337 | Louis Collins | Virginia |
| 338 | Willie Reese | Georgia Tech |
| 339 | Rodney Hyatt | North Carolina |
| 340 | Jeff McGill | Wake Forest |
| 341 | Steve Warden | Wake Forest |
| 342 | Jack Mansell | Georgia Tech |
| 343 | Mike Warren | NC State |
| 344 | John Bilney | Maryland |
| 345 | Dinky Proctor | NC State |
| 346 | Jon Robinson | Maryland |
| 347 | Mark Cooke | Virginia |
| 348 | Anthony Blackman | Clemson |
| 349 | Darryl Cheeley | Wake Forest |
| 350 | Michael Norwood | North Carolina |
| 351 | David Gregg | Maryland |
| 352 | Rodney Butts | NC State |
| 353 | Sean Green | NC State |
| 354 | Steve Peck | Georgia Tech |
| 355 | Keith Walker | Clemson |
| 356 | Cliff Morris | North Carolina |
| 357 | Jamie Knox | NC State |
| 358 | John Martinson | Georgia Tech |
| 359 | Bryan Palmer | Maryland |
| 360 | Darren Cross | Virginia |
| 361 | Dave New | Georgia Tech |
| 362 | Phil Nevin | Maryland |
| 363 | Kenny Poston | NC State |
| 364 | Chris Couch | Clemson |
| 365 | David Henderson | Maryland |
| 366 | Ed Bynum | Clemson |
| 367 | Joe Jenkins | North Carolina |
| 368 | Mitch Kasoff | Maryland |
| 369 | Dean Shaffer | North Carolina |
| 370 | Lynwood Robinson | North Carolina |
| 371 | Mike Hillman | Wake Forest |
| 372 | Wingo Smith | Virginia |
| 373 | Timo Makkonen | North Carolina |
| 374 | Dave Boisvert | Georgia Tech |
| 375 | George Burgin | Duke |
| 376 | Marvin Key | Clemson |
| 377 | James Daye | North Carolina |
| 378 | Mitch Cullen | Wake Forest |
| 379 | Brian Domalik | Georgia Tech |
| 380 | Wally Lancaster | Maryland |
| 381 | Phil Weber | NC State |
| 382 | David Mills | Georgia Tech |
| 383 | Rodney Walker | Maryland |
| 384 | Bob Fuzy | Clemson |
| 385 | John Hall | Clemson |
| 386 | David May | North Carolina |
| 387 | Emmett Lay | NC State |
| 388 | Billy Robinson | Wake Forest |
| 389 | Jon Goodman | Duke |
| 390 | Don Witherspoon | Clemson |
| 391 | Gordon Whitted | Duke |
| 392 | Matt Brust | North Carolina |
| 393 | Rob Metcalf | Virginia |
| 394 | Robert Stone | Clemson |
| 395 | Vince Broadnax | Maryland |
| 396 | Richard Ford | Duke |
| 397 | Ed Woods | Maryland |
| 398 | Jim Corrigan | Duke |
| 399 | Jim Runcie | Virginia |
| 400 | Jon Weingart | Duke |
| 401 | Rey Essex | Duke |
| 402 | Quinton Leonard | NC State |
| 403 | Clay Dade | Wake Forest |
| 404 | Gary Roper | North Carolina |
| 405 | Greg White | Georgia Tech |
| 406 | Terry Shackleford | NC State |
| 407 | Brad Williamson | Wake Forest |
| 408 | Ed Bleynat | Clemson |
| 409 | John Greene | North Carolina |
| 410 | Stewart Wallace | Wake Forest |
| 411 | Bill Akins | North Carolina |
| 412 | Chris Boozer | Clemson |
| 413 | Michael Carr | Georgia Tech |
| 414 | Pat Holland | Maryland |
| 415 | Ron Williams | Georgia Tech |
| 416 | Toby Nidiffer | Georgia Tech |
| 417 | Walt Densmore | NC State |
| 418 | Roland Whitley | NC State |
| 419 | Ron Price | Virginia |
| 420 | Scott Gardner | Georgia Tech |
| 421 | Tom Worstell | Maryland |
| 422 | Andy Berndt | Duke |
| 423 | Vince Crump | Duke |
| 424 | Doug Elstun | North Carolina |
| 425 | Kyle White | Wake Forest |
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