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The Top Ranked Big 10 Basketball Players of the 2000s

 

Notes: The rankings are based on college stats.  What players did in the pros does not factor into this list.

Ranking Explanations

 

Rnk Athlete College
1 Alando Tucker Wisconsin
2 Greg Oden Ohio St.
3 A.J. Guyton Indiana
4 Dee Brown Illinois
5 Devin Harris Wisconsin
6 Luther Head Illinois
7 D.J. White Indiana
8 Jared Jeffries Indiana
9 Morris Peterson Michigan St.
10 Jason Richardson Michigan St.
11 Mateen Cleaves Michigan St.
12 Frank Williams Illinois
13 Deron Williams Illinois
14 Kirk Haston Indiana
15 Brian Cook Illinois
16 Eric Gordon Indiana
17 Charlie Bell Michigan St.
18 Scoonie Penn Ohio St.
19 Reggie Evans Iowa
20 Paul Davis Michigan St.
21 Drew Neitzel Michigan St.
22 Kris Humphries Minnesota
23 Mike Conley Ohio St.
24 Evan Turner Ohio St.
25 Maurice Ager Michigan St.
26 Kirk Penney Wisconsin
27 Kalin Lucas Michigan St.
28 Luke Recker Iowa
29 Jeff Horner Iowa
30 Adam Haluska Iowa
31 Michael Redd Ohio St.
32 Terence Dials Ohio St.
33 Marco Killingsworth Indiana
34 Ken Johnson Ohio St.
35 Cory Bradford Illinois
36 Brent Darby Ohio St.
37 Jamar Butler Ohio St.
38 Talor Battle Penn St.
39 Jarrett Stephens Penn St.
40 Joe Crispin Penn St.
41 Manny Harris Michigan
42 Daniel Horton Michigan
43 Jeff Newton Indiana
44 Titus Ivory Penn St.
45 Bernard Robinson Michigan
46 Carl Landry Purdue
47 Greg Brunner Iowa
48 Vincent Grier Minnesota
49 Jitim Young Northwestern
50 Gyasi Cline-Heard Penn St.
51 Kosta Koufos Ohio St.
52 Tom Coverdale Indiana
53 E'Twaun Moore Purdue
54 Chris Hill Michigan St.
55 Bracey Wright Indiana
56 Raymar Morgan Michigan St.
57 Shannon Brown Michigan St.
58 Willie Deane Purdue
59 DeShawn Sims Michigan
60 James Augustine Illinois
61 Michael Wilkinson Wisconsin
62 Brian Brown Ohio St.
63 Dean Oliver Iowa
64 Jamelle Cornley Penn St.
65 Chauncey Leslie Iowa
66 Rick Rickert Minnesota
67 Goran Suton Michigan St.
68 Pierre Pierce Iowa
69 Tyler Smith Iowa
70 Marcus Taylor Michigan St.
71 JaJuan Johnson Purdue
72 Brian Cardinal Purdue
73 Brian Butch Wisconsin
74 Warren Carter Illinois
75 Mike Davis Illinois
76 Robbie Hummel Purdue
77 Vedran Vukusic Northwestern
78 David Teague Purdue
79 Kevin Coble Northwestern
80 Lavell Blanchard Michigan
81 Dion Harris Michigan
82 Shaun Pruitt Illinois
83 Mark Vershaw Wisconsin
84 Stanley Pringle Penn St.
85 Geary Claxton Penn St.
86 Dusty Rychart Minnesota
87 Ron Lewis Ohio St.
88 Mike Robinson Purdue
89 Andre Hutson Michigan St.
90 Boban Savovic Ohio St.
91 Demetri McCamey Illinois
92 Robert Vaden Indiana
93 Tim Doyle Northwestern
94 Maurice Hargrow Minnesota
95 Othello Hunter Ohio St.
96 Jeff Hagen Minnesota
97 Marcus Landry Wisconsin
98 Jan Jagla Penn St.
99 Dan Coleman Minnesota
100 Craig Moore Northwestern
101 Tavaras Hardy Northwestern
102 Aaron Johnson Penn St.
103 Trevon Hughes Wisconsin
104 Roger Powell Illinois
105 Terrance Simmons Minnesota
106 Mike Bauer Minnesota
107 Je'Kel Foster Ohio St.
108 Jaraan Cornell Purdue
109 Alan Anderson Michigan St.
110 Lawrence McKenzie Minnesota
111 Michael Flowers Wisconsin
112 Tony Stockman Ohio St.
113 Adam Boone Minnesota
114 Robert Archibald Illinois
115 Jake Kelly Iowa
116 Joe Krabbenhoft Wisconsin
117 Brandon Watkins Penn St.
118 Courtney Sims Michigan
119 Lester Abram Michigan
120 Marcus Griffin Illinois
121 Matt Kiefer Purdue
122 A.J. Granger Michigan St.
123 Kammron Taylor Wisconsin
124 Zach Morley Wisconsin
125 Jon Diebler Ohio St.
126 Travarus Bennett Minnesota
127 Michael Lewis Indiana
128 Zach Randolph Michigan St.
129 Roderick Wilmont Indiana
130 Justin Johnson Iowa
131 Kevin Gaines Michigan
132 Chester Frazier Illinois
133 Carson Cunningham Purdue
134 J.J. Sullinger Ohio St.
135 Winston Blake Northwestern
136 Sergio McClain Illinois
137 Jamarcus Ellis Indiana
138 Kevin Burleson Minnesota
139 Matt Gatens Iowa
140 Travis Parker Penn St.
141 Damian Johnson Minnesota
142 Glen Worley Jr. Iowa
143 Roy Boone Wisconsin
144 Marlon Smith Penn St.
145 Jacob Jaacks Iowa
146 Dane Fife Indiana
147 Al Nolen Minnesota
148 David Lighty Ohio St.
149 Joel Przybilla Minnesota
150 Kenny Lowe Purdue
151 Marshall Strickland Indiana
152 Trent Meacham Illinois
153 John Allison Purdue
154 Brandon McKnight Purdue
155 Jerry Holman Minnesota
156 Daequan Cook Ohio St.
157 George Reese Ohio St.
158 Michael Thompson Northwestern
159 Travis Walton Michigan St.
160 Chris Young Michigan
161 Jared Reiner Iowa
162 Tom Pritchard Indiana
163 Rodney Smith Purdue
164 Andy Kowske Wisconsin
165 Aaron Jennings Northwestern
166 Travon Davis Wisconsin
167 William Buford Ohio St.
168 Brian Randle Illinois
169 Ben Johnson Minnesota/Northwestern
170 Sharif Chambliss Penn St./Wisconsin
171 Charlie Wills Wisconsin
172 Verdell Jones Indiana
173 Keaton Grant Purdue
174 T.J. Parker Northwestern
175 Earl Calloway Indiana
176 A.J. Moye Indiana
177 John-Blair Bickerstaff Minnesota
178 Mohamed Hachad Northwestern
179 Lawrence Westbrook Minnesota
180 Brent Petway Michigan
181 Armon Bassett Indiana
182 Zach Williams Ohio St.
183 Velimir Radinovic Ohio St.
184 Sean Connolly Ohio St.
185 Mike Tisdale Illinois
186 Rob Griffin Iowa
187 Kelvin Torbert Michigan St.
188 Josh Asselin Michigan
189 Greg McQuay Purdue
190 Jason Bohannon Wisconsin
191 Aaron Robinson Minnesota
192 Chris Booker Purdue
193 Gordon Watt Purdue
194 Chris Kramer Purdue
195 Tony Freeman Iowa
196 Brody Boyd Iowa
197 Mike Kelley Wisconsin
198 Mike Henderson Iowa
199 Durrell Summers Michigan St.
200 Brent Lawson Minnesota
201 Rich McBride Illinois
202 Marquise Gray Michigan St.
203 Aloysius Anagonye Michigan St.
204 Ben Luber Penn St.
205 Adam Ballinger Michigan St.
206 Jeff Peterson Iowa
207 Maynard Lewis Purdue
208 Danny Morrissey Penn St.
209 Graham Brown Michigan
210 Lewis Jackson Purdue
211 Ivan Harris Ohio St.
212 Erek Hansen Iowa
213 B.J. Mullens Ohio St.
214 Spencer Tollackson Minnesota
215 Andrew Jones Penn St.
216 Jarrad Odle Indiana
217 Jordan Crawford Indiana
218 Steve Lepore Northwestern
219 Matt Sylvester Ohio St.
220 Delvon Roe Michigan St.
221 Jon Bryant Wisconsin
222 Ekpe Udoh Michigan
223 Kyle Hornsby Indiana
224 Jon Crispin Penn St.
225 Boo Wade Wisconsin
226 Jerret Smith Michigan
227 Davor Duvancic Northwestern
228 David Jackson Penn St.
229 Devan Dumes Indiana
230 Jamal Crawford Michigan
231 Scott Martin Purdue
232 George Leach Indiana
233 Ivan Kartelo Purdue
234 Bryant Dillon Purdue
235 Jon Leuer Wisconsin
236 Calvin Brock Illinois
237 Freddie Owens Wisconsin
238 Chris Allen Michigan St.
239 David Thomas Michigan St.
240 Collier Drayton Northwestern
241 Chris Hunter Michigan
242 Nick Smith Illinois
243 Jason Burke Northwestern
244 Vince Scott Northwestern
245 Nick Williams Indiana
246 A.J. Ratliff Indiana
247 Ralph Sampson Jr. Minnesota
248 Sean Harrington Illinois
249 J'son Stamper Minnesota
250 Leon Jones Michigan
251 Shane Schilling Minnesota
252 Zack Novak Michigan
253 Chris Lutz Purdue
254 Darmetreis Kilgore Purdue
255 Clayton Hanson Wisconsin
256 Sean Sonderleiter Iowa
257 Kyle Galloway Iowa
258 Jeremie Simmons Ohio St.
259 Brandon Fuss-Cheatham Ohio St.
260 Lucas Johnson Illinois
261 Mike Walker Penn St.
262 Cyrus Tate Iowa
263 Brett Buscher Purdue
264 Stu Douglass Michigan
265 Blake Hoffarber Minnesota
266 Duez Henderson Iowa
267 Jamar Smith Illinois
268 John Shurna Northwestern
269 Austin Parkinson Purdue
270 Nemanja Calasan Purdue
271 Jason Chappell Wisconsin
272 Avery Queen Michigan
273 Stan Gaines Minnesota
274 Kyle Taber Indiana
275 Cleotis Brown Illinois
276 Erazem Lorbek Michigan St.
277 Doug Thomas Iowa
278 Lance Stemler Indiana
279 Rico Tucker Minnesota
280 Lynn Washington Indiana
281 Ron Coleman Michigan
282 Drew Naymick Michigan St.
283 Marcus Green Purdue
284 DeForrest Riley-Smith Penn St.
285 Kelvin Grady Michigan
286 Colton Iverson Minnesota
287 Mitch Ohnstad Minnesota
288 Jamal Abu-Shamala Minnesota
289 Dallas Lauderdale Ohio St.
290 DJ Jackson Penn St.
291 Seth Gorney Iowa
292 Kerwin Fleming Minnesota
293 Mike Chappell Michigan St.
294 Tarrance Crump Purdue
295 Jack Ingram Illinois
296 Ray Nixon Wisconsin
297 Brandon Hassell Penn St.
298 Marcus White Purdue
299 Paul Carter Minnesota
300 Kurt Looby Iowa
301 Gary Ware Purdue
302 Ndu Egekeze Penn St.
303 Dommanic Ingerson Michigan
304 Malik Story Indiana
305 Ryan Luehrsmann Iowa
306 Joe Marshall Purdue
307 Sean Kline Indiana
308 Jamaal Tate Penn St.
309 Sterling Williams Northwestern
310 Gavin Groninger Michigan
311 Devoe Joseph Minnesota
312 Maurice Linton Wisconsin
313 Draymond Green Michigan St.
314 Ryan Hogan Iowa
315 Rob Summers Penn St.
316 Jason Okrzesik Northwestern
317 Matt Trannon Michigan St.
318 Brandon Smith Michigan
319 Dominique Keller Illinois
320 Patrick Ewing Jr. Indiana
321 Melvin Buckley Purdue
322 Greg Stiemsma Wisconsin
323 Shun Jenkins Ohio St.
324 Jermain Davis Iowa
325 Damir Krupalija Illinois
326 Jeff Brooks Penn St.
327 Nate Minnoy Purdue
328 Peter Vignier Michigan
329 Zack Gibson Michigan
330 Donald Perry Indiana
331 Larry Richardson Indiana
332 Lewis Monroe Indiana
333 Matt Roth Indiana
334 Michael Jenkins II Northwestern
335 J.C. Mathis Michigan
336 Adam Wolfe Michigan St.
337 David Newman Northwestern
338 Laval Lucas-Perry Michigan
339 Anthony Wright Michigan
340 Rick Billings Ohio St.
341 Daren Tielsch Penn St.
342 Jeff Ryan Northwestern
343 C.J. Lee Michigan
344 Korey Spates Purdue
345 Nick Sinville Minnesota
346 Kevin Payton Minnesota
347 Bernard Cote Northwestern
348 Luka Mirkovic Northwestern
349 Mike Thompson Northwestern
350 Jeremy Nash Northwestern
351 Duany Duany Wisconsin
352 Milos Bogetic Penn St.
353 Matt Terwilliger Ohio St.
354 Will Dudley Ohio St.
355 Evan Seacat Northwestern
356 Daniel Moore Indiana
357 Emonte Jernigan Ohio St.
358 Ryan Tapak Indiana
359 John Andrews Michigan
360 Rodney Alexander Illinois
361 Dave Mader Wisconsin
362 Steve Esselink Minnesota
363 Maurice Joseph Michigan St.
364 Aaron Fuller Iowa
365 Chuck Bailey Michigan
366 Rod Thompson Iowa
367 Keaton Nankivil Wisconsin
368 Andre Owens Indiana
369 Jimmy Maley Northwestern
370 Limar Wilson Minnesota
371 Devan Bawinkel Iowa
372 Nick Dials Ohio St.
373 Jason Andreas Michigan St.
374 Alex Thompson Iowa
375 Tim Martin Ohio St.
376 Jarryd Cole Iowa
377 Xavier Price Purdue
378 Marcus Arnold Illinois
379 Joey Shaw Indiana
380 Josh Moore Michigan
381 Korie Lucious Michigan St.
382 Jonathan Williams Minnesota
383 Tim Bograkos Jr. Michigan St.
384 Andreas Helmigk Wisconsin
385 Devron Bostick Minnesota
386 Carlton Reed Iowa
387 Carl Jackson Penn St.
388 Errek Suhr Indiana
389 P.J. Hill Ohio St.
390 Brandon Smith Minnesota
391 Ed McCants Northwestern
392 Luke Jimenez Indiana
393 Tim Jarmusz Wisconsin
394 Cortney Scott Iowa
395 DeAndre Thomas Indiana
396 Jevohn Shepherd Michigan
397 Ben Allen Indiana
398 Brandon Cameron Penn St.
399 Isaiah Dahlman Michigan St.
400 Jason Price Iowa
401 Kyle Rowley Northwestern
402 Anthony Tucker Iowa
403 Brody Deren Northwestern
404 Sylvester Mayes Ohio St.
405 Blandon Ferguson Illinois
406 Mike White Indiana
407 Cobe Ocokoljic Ohio St.
408 Travis Busch Minnesota
409 Charles Davis Purdue
410 Nikola Baran Northwestern
411 Zach Puchtel Minnesota
412 Chris Hartley Purdue
413 Delco Rowley Michigan St.
414 Idong Ibok Michigan St.
415 Maurice Searight Michigan
416 Adam Wetzel Purdue
417 Chris Babb Penn St.
418 Ije Nwankwo Purdue
419 David Merritt Michigan
420 Sherrod Harrell Michigan
421 Drew Long Northwestern
422 Marcus Banta Penn St.
423 Ivan Peljusic Northwestern
424 Ryan Wildenborg Minnesota
425 Ivan Tolic Northwestern
426 Mike Capocci Northwestern
427 Andrew Ford Purdue
428 Ken Krimmel Penn St.
429 Jordan Taylor Wisconsin
430 Nick DeWitz Iowa
431 Kevin Gullikson Wisconsin
432 Joe Fermino Iowa
433 Ricky Bower Wisconsin
434 Cilk McSweeney Penn St.
435 James Hardy Indiana
436 Reed Baker Michigan
437 Matt Carroll Purdue
438 Dan Bohall Iowa
439 Alex Legion Illinois
440 David Palmer Iowa
441 Bryce Webster Minnesota
442 Chad Kerkhof Purdue
443 Kyle Wilson Illinois
444 Ugo Nwankwo Ohio St.
445 Jason McDougald Penn St.
446 J.R. Angle Iowa
447 Mike Roberts Indiana
448 Rashi Johnson Michigan St.
449 Bobby Riddell Purdue
450 Mike Gotfredson Michigan
451 Brian Carlwell Illinois
452 Kevin Fellows Penn St.
453 Jeff Jordan Illinois
454 Dani Wohl Michigan
455 Victor Chukwudebe Illinois
456 B.J. Vossekuil Penn St.
457 Doylan Robinson Ohio St.
458 Andrew Ott Penn St.
459 Kyle Madsen Ohio St.
460 Johnathan Uchendu Purdue
461 Neil Plank Wisconsin
462 Bill Cole Illinois
463 Shaun Smith Ohio St.
464 Herb Gibson Michigan
465 Cammeron Woodyard Penn St.
466 Kyle Sanden Minnesota
467 Xavier Keeling Indiana
468 Jerrance Howard Illinois
469 Richard Semrau Illinois
470 Matt Marinchick Ohio St.
471 Brett Melton Illinois
472 Ben Rand Iowa
473 Dan Vandervieren Purdue
474 Kevin Garrity Purdue
475 Aaron Spears Illinois
476 Mark Johnson Indiana
477 Brandon McGee Indiana
478 Robert Wilson Wisconsin
479 Kurt Spurgeon Iowa
480 Jason Smith Iowa
481 DeMarcus Ducre Michigan St.
482 Austin Thornton Michigan St.
483 Eric Wallace Ohio St.
484 Marcelo Gomes Iowa
485 Charles Jackson Illinois
486 Andrew Brommer Iowa
487 Josh Kimm Iowa
488 Leland Anderson Michigan
489 Joonas Suotamo Penn St.
490 K'Len Morris Michigan
491 Rotolu Adebiyi Michigan
492 Charles Bass Ohio St.
493 Mat Ishbia Michigan St.
494 Nate Mast Illinois
495 DeAaron Williams Wisconsin
496 Scott Witkowsky Penn St.
497 Adam Robinson Northwestern
498 Hayes Grooms Michigan
499 Jack Brownlee Iowa
500 Anthony Crater Ohio St.
501 Jake Hannon Michigan St.
502 Brandon Smith Michigan St.
503 Tanner Bronson Wisconsin
504 Ryan Heflin Ohio St.
505 Ashtyn Bell Michigan
506 Brett Wessels Iowa
507 Brandon Lee Northwestern
508 Ryan Keating Minnesota
509 Steve Holdren Illinois
510 Travis Best Purdue
511 Tom Herzog Michigan St.
512 Joe Cross Illinois
513 Justin Lorang Minnesota
514 Adam Liddell Purdue
515 Davide Curletti Northwestern
516 Julian Swartz Wisconsin
517 Kendric Price Michigan
518 Brayden Bell Ohio St.
519 Schyler King Penn St.
520 Walter Offutt Ohio St.
521 Tyree Bolden Minnesota
522 Nikola Obradovic Penn St.
523 Fred Nkemdi Illinois
524 Brett Finkelmeier Indiana
525 Maxwell Dubois Penn St.
526 Brian Westrick Michigan St.
527 Josh Crawford Iowa
528 Rob Fletcher Penn St.
529 Ryne Smith Purdue
530 Tom Geyer Indiana
531 Broderick Lewis Indiana
532 Engen Nurumbi Minnesota
533 Nate Salley Ohio St.
534 Matt Smriga Minnesota
535 Joe Kennedy Northwestern
536 Jean-Marc Melchior Northwestern
537 Justin Wieck Iowa
538 Ike Ukawuba Wisconsin
539 Chris Hicks Illinois
540 Mark Titus Ohio St.
541 Justin Ockerman Michigan St.
542 Tijan Jobe Indiana
543 Patrick Houlihan Northwestern
544 Aliou Kane Minnesota
545 Kerry Wooldridge Minnesota
546 Eli Holman Indiana
547 John Aune Minnesota
548 Thomas Soltau Northwestern
549 Randy Chall Minnesota
550 Eric Puls Michigan
551 Jermyl Jackson-Wilson Ohio St.
552 Phillip Perry Wisconsin
553 Steve Cherry Michigan St.
554 Will Leiner Penn St.
555 Bryan Tibaldi Michigan St.
556 J.P. Gavinski Wisconsin
557 Jordan Nuness Minnesota
558 Sam Crenshaw Penn St.
559 Wade Hokenson Minnesota
560 Clayton Thomas Illinois
561 Jason Aerts Michigan St.
562 Amadou Ba Michigan
563 Danny Peters Ohio St.
564 Kwadjo Steele Ohio St.
565 Mark Wohlford Purdue
566 Morris Cain Wisconsin
567 Anthony Hamo Michigan St.
568 Brandon Darnton Michigan St.
569 Bubba Chisholm Illinois
570 Erik Faust Wisconsin
571 Kel Frazier Ohio St.
572 Miles Webb Minnesota
573 Nick Huge Illinois
574 Ryan Saunders Minnesota
575 Patrick Towne Northwestern
576 Chris Wardius Michigan St.
577 Deandre Buchanan Wisconsin
578 Devon Smith Ohio St.
579 Keith Hardin Penn St.
580 Dan Adler Penn St.
581 Jayson Vincent Michigan St.
582 Jessan Gray Indiana
583 Robert Smith Wisconsin
584 Stephan Bekale Penn St.
585 Andy Harvey Michigan St.
586 Chris Reid Purdue
587 Aaron Alexander Michigan St.
588 Chris Warren Iowa
589 Darius Taylor Michigan
590 Kipp Schutz Indiana
591 Matt Steger Northwestern
592 Ramal Hunter Michigan
593 Samuel Payne Ohio St.
594 Tonjua Jones Northwestern
595 Adam Ahlfeld Indiana
596 Colin Dill Michigan
597 John Carl Williams Iowa
598 Steve Kirkpatrick Penn St.
599 Mike Kebler Michigan St.
600 Alex Popp Minnesota
601 Devin Barry Wisconsin
602 Tim McGovern Penn St.
603 Deon Curry Michigan St.
604 Josh Grier Northwestern
605 Langston Hughes Northwestern
606 Brett Valentyn Wisconsin
607 Casey Cortez Northwestern
608 Drew Adams Iowa
609 Nick Fruendt Northwestern
610 Ron Garber Michigan
611 Jon Crandell Michigan St.
612 Chad Sutor Purdue
613 Steven Gambles Indiana
614 Jarad Houston Penn St.
615 Marlon Day Northwestern
616 Wquinton Smith Wisconsin
617 Kory Barnett Indiana
618 Kyle Grusczynski Wisconsin
619 Jon Beutjer Iowa
620 Pete Schmit Wisconsin

 


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