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The Top Ranked Big 8 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 | Danny Manning | Kansas |
| 2 | Wayman Tisdale | Oklahoma |
| 3 | Stacey King | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Steve Stipanovich | Missouri |
| 5 | Jeff Grayer | Iowa St. |
| 6 | Darnell Valentine | Kansas |
| 7 | Mookie Blaylock | Oklahoma |
| 8 | Derrick Chievous | Missouri |
| 9 | Ricky Frazier | Missouri |
| 10 | Rolando Blackman | Kansas St. |
| 11 | Dave Hoppen | Nebraska |
| 12 | Barry Stevens | Iowa St. |
| 13 | Andre Smith | Nebraska |
| 14 | Jay Humphries | Colorado |
| 15 | Matt Clark | Oklahoma |
| 16 | Carl Henry | Kansas |
| 17 | Jack Moore | Nebraska |
| 18 | Jon Sundvold | Missouri |
| 19 | Ron Kellogg | Kansas |
| 20 | Curtis Berry | Missouri |
| 21 | Darryl Kennedy | Oklahoma |
| 22 | David Little | Oklahoma |
| 23 | Tim McCalister | Oklahoma |
| 24 | Harvey Grant | Oklahoma |
| 25 | Byron Irvin | Missouri |
| 26 | Ed Nealy | Kansas St. |
| 27 | Leroy Combs | Oklahoma St. |
| 28 | Mitch Richmond | Kansas St. |
| 29 | Jeff Hornacek | Iowa St. |
| 30 | Steve Henson | Kansas St. |
| 31 | Larry Drew | Missouri |
| 32 | Malcolm Thomas | Missouri |
| 33 | Norris Coleman | Kansas St. |
| 34 | Greg Dreiling | Kansas |
| 35 | Jo Jo Hunter | Colorado |
| 36 | Chuck Barnett | Oklahoma |
| 37 | Anthony Bowie | Oklahoma |
| 38 | Doug Smith | Missouri |
| 39 | David Magley | Kansas |
| 40 | Ed Odom | Oklahoma St. |
| 41 | Tony Guy | Kansas |
| 42 | Joe Atkinson | Oklahoma St. |
| 43 | Victor Alexander | Iowa St. |
| 44 | Terry Stotts | Oklahoma |
| 45 | Cedric Hunter | Kansas |
| 46 | Ricky Grace | Oklahoma |
| 47 | Tyrone Adams | Kansas St. |
| 48 | Shaun Vandiver | Colorado |
| 49 | Jacques Tuz | Colorado |
| 50 | Greg Cavener | Missouri |
| 51 | Alex Stivrins | Colorado |
| 52 | Richard Dumas | Oklahoma St. |
| 53 | Jan Pannell | Oklahoma |
| 54 | Dan Bingenheimer | Missouri |
| 55 | Lafester Rhodes | Iowa St. |
| 56 | Randy Reed | Kansas St. |
| 57 | Milt Newton | Kansas |
| 58 | Matt Bullard | Colorado |
| 59 | Lorenza Andrews | Oklahoma St. |
| 60 | Scott Wilke | Colorado |
| 61 | Mark Randall | Kansas |
| 62 | Aaron Curry | Oklahoma |
| 63 | Vince Kelley | Colorado |
| 64 | Stan Cloudy | Nebraska |
| 65 | Raymond Crenshaw | Oklahoma St. |
| 66 | Lee Coward | Missouri |
| 67 | Dave Sieger | Oklahoma |
| 68 | Tom Schafer | Iowa St. |
| 69 | Calvin Thompson | Kansas |
| 70 | Kevin Pritchard | Kansas |
| 71 | Brian Carr | Nebraska |
| 72 | Jari Wills | Kansas St. |
| 73 | John Starks | Oklahoma St. |
| 74 | Ron Harris | Iowa St. |
| 75 | Jeff Strong | Missouri |
| 76 | Beau Reid | Nebraska |
| 77 | Dean Uthoff | Iowa St. |
| 78 | Bernard Day | Nebraska |
| 79 | David Johnson | Oklahoma |
| 80 | Raymond Whitley | Oklahoma |
| 81 | Byron Houston | Oklahoma St. |
| 82 | Lynn Hardy | Missouri |
| 83 | Robert Estes | Iowa St. |
| 84 | Eddie Elder | Kansas St. |
| 85 | Les Craft | Kansas St. |
| 86 | Joe Wright | Kansas St. |
| 87 | Curtis Moore | Nebraska |
| 88 | Tyrone Jones | Oklahoma |
| 89 | Bo Overton | Oklahoma |
| 90 | Eric Johnson | Nebraska |
| 91 | Nathan Buntin | Missouri |
| 92 | Calvin Pierce | Oklahoma |
| 93 | Chuck Harmison | Iowa St. |
| 94 | Kelly Knight | Kansas |
| 95 | Mike Sandbothe | Missouri |
| 96 | Kerry Boagni | Kansas |
| 97 | Terrence Mullins | Oklahoma |
| 98 | Al Beal | Oklahoma |
| 99 | Joe Cooper | Colorado |
| 100 | Randy Downs | Colorado |
| 101 | Derrick Vick | Nebraska |
| 102 | Steve Bajema | Oklahoma |
| 103 | Elmer Robinson | Iowa St. |
| 104 | Rich King | Nebraska |
| 105 | William Scott | Kansas St. |
| 106 | Charles Bledsoe | Kansas St. |
| 107 | Anthony Peeler | Missouri |
| 108 | Sam Hill | Iowa St. |
| 109 | Linwood Davis | Oklahoma |
| 110 | Ray Alford | Oklahoma St. |
| 111 | Gary Leonard | Missouri |
| 112 | Billy Houston | Colorado |
| 113 | Charles Jones | Oklahoma |
| 114 | Fred McCoy | Kansas St. |
| 115 | Bill Jackman | Nebraska |
| 116 | Claude Renfro | Nebraska |
| 117 | Don Youman | Oklahoma St. |
| 118 | Lester Pace | Oklahoma |
| 119 | Jim Roder | Kansas St. |
| 120 | Malvin Warrick | Iowa St. |
| 121 | LaKeith Humphrey | Kansas St. |
| 122 | Toney Ellis | Colorado |
| 123 | Terrence Allen | Iowa St. |
| 124 | Gary Thompkins | Iowa St. |
| 125 | Tim Jankovich | Kansas St. |
| 126 | John Crawford | Kansas |
| 127 | Prince Bridges | Missouri |
| 128 | Brian Johnson | Colorado |
| 129 | Corey Williams | Oklahoma St. |
| 130 | Jay Davis | Oklahoma St. |
| 131 | Eddie Hannon | Oklahoma St. |
| 132 | Mike Reid | Colorado |
| 133 | Anthony Bailous | Nebraska |
| 134 | Terry Faggins | Oklahoma St. |
| 135 | Ricky Ross | Kansas |
| 136 | Mark Dressler | Missouri |
| 137 | Terry Woods | Iowa St. |
| 138 | Art Housey | Kansas |
| 139 | Ray Richardson | Nebraska |
| 140 | Harvey Marshall | Nebraska |
| 141 | Ben Mitchell | Kansas St. |
| 142 | Randy Wright | Oklahoma St. |
| 143 | Ricky Jacobs | Oklahoma St. |
| 144 | Sam Mack | Iowa St. |
| 145 | Charlie Williams | Oklahoma St. |
| 146 | Greg Downing | Nebraska |
| 147 | Jeff Dishman | Kansas |
| 148 | Greg Church | Missouri |
| 149 | Ron Virgil | Iowa St. |
| 150 | Craig Austin | Colorado |
| 151 | David Ponce | Nebraska |
| 152 | Pete Manning | Nebraska |
| 153 | Rob Gonzales | Colorado |
| 154 | Tim West | Nebraska |
| 155 | Henry Buchanan | Nebraska |
| 156 | Sylvester Kincheon | Oklahoma St. |
| 157 | Tom Alfaro | Kansas St. |
| 158 | Ray Collins | Nebraska |
| 159 | Mark Baugh | Iowa St. |
| 160 | Victor Mitchell | Kansas |
| 161 | Bill Self | Oklahoma St. |
| 162 | Win Case | Oklahoma St. |
| 163 | Marvin McCrary | Missouri |
| 164 | Todd Christian | Oklahoma St. |
| 165 | Shawn Clark | Oklahoma |
| 166 | Ron Jones | Missouri |
| 167 | Scooter Barry | Kansas |
| 168 | Kenny Walton | Nebraska |
| 169 | Mark Connolly | Oklahoma St. |
| 170 | Andre Ivy | Oklahoma St. |
| 171 | Torin Williams | Colorado |
| 172 | Brian Robinson | Colorado |
| 173 | Royce Jeffries | Oklahoma St. |
| 174 | Jon Moorehead | Oklahoma St. |
| 175 | Mike Born | Iowa St. |
| 176 | Chris Piper | Kansas |
| 177 | Mike Naderer | Nebraska |
| 178 | Tony Pruitt | Colorado |
| 179 | Jeff Rekeweg | Nebraska |
| 180 | Darryl Allen | Oklahoma |
| 181 | Ron Falenschek | Iowa St. |
| 182 | Clifford Scales | Nebraska |
| 183 | Archie Marshall | Kansas |
| 184 | Mike Maddox | Kansas |
| 185 | Benny Green | Kansas St. |
| 186 | Michael Lee | Colorado |
| 187 | Dan Becker | Colorado |
| 188 | David Moss | Iowa St. |
| 189 | Freeman West | Kansas |
| 190 | Jack Mango | Colorado |
| 191 | Mark Turgeon | Kansas |
| 192 | Steve Wise | Colorado |
| 193 | Joe Washington | Colorado |
| 194 | Eric Williams | Nebraska |
| 195 | Booty Neal | Kansas |
| 196 | Charles Harris | Iowa St. |
| 197 | Fred Marshall | Kansas St. |
| 198 | Keith Moore | Iowa St. |
| 199 | Handy Johnson | Nebraska |
| 200 | Chris Logan | Nebraska |
| 201 | Derrick Davis | Oklahoma St. |
| 202 | John Addison | Colorado |
| 203 | Skeeter Henry | Oklahoma |
| 204 | Jerry Shoecraft | Nebraska |
| 205 | Ron Meyer | Kansas St. |
| 206 | Tyrone Jackson | Kansas St. |
| 207 | Brian Martin | Kansas |
| 208 | Reggie Morton | Colorado |
| 209 | Lance Simmons | Kansas St. |
| 210 | Alan Bannister | Oklahoma St. |
| 211 | Thomas Jordan | Oklahoma St. |
| 212 | Tony Martin | Oklahoma |
| 213 | Cecil Estes | Missouri |
| 214 | Todd Chambers | Oklahoma |
| 215 | Ed Galvao | Kansas St. |
| 216 | Roshon Patton | Oklahoma St. |
| 217 | Blake Wortham | Missouri |
| 218 | Darwyn Alexander | Oklahoma St. |
| 219 | Glenn Marshall | Kansas St. |
| 220 | Shawn Teague | Missouri |
| 221 | Lincoln Minor | Kansas |
| 222 | Rick Anderson | Oklahoma St. |
| 223 | William Davis | Oklahoma |
| 224 | Eric Watson | Kansas St. |
| 225 | Jason Manuel | Oklahoma St. |
| 226 | Kevin Cornish | Colorado |
| 227 | Keith Harris | Kansas |
| 228 | Chester Giles | Kansas |
| 229 | John Matzke | Nebraska |
| 230 | Mitch Jones | Oklahoma St. |
| 231 | Michael Walker | Missouri |
| 232 | Richard van Poelgeest | Nebraska |
| 233 | Keith Neubert | Nebraska |
| 234 | Manley Ray | Kansas St. |
| 235 | William Woods | Oklahoma St. |
| 236 | Muhamad Akbar | Oklahoma St. |
| 237 | Mark Dobbins | Kansas St. |
| 238 | Lafayette Watkins | Kansas St. |
| 239 | Andre Wiley | Oklahoma |
| 240 | Larry Hendrix | Oklahoma |
| 241 | Jon Ness | Iowa St. |
| 242 | John Nielson | Oklahoma St. |
| 243 | Torrance Chapmon | Colorado |
| 244 | Lenard Johnson | Nebraska |
| 245 | Terry Smith | Nebraska |
| 246 | Alex Williams | Kansas St. |
| 247 | Jeff Gueldner | Kansas |
| 248 | Ken Countryman | Colorado |
| 249 | Percy Eddie | Kansas St. |
| 250 | Tony Massop | Kansas St. |
| 251 | Marc Urquhart | Iowa St. |
| 252 | Ron Roberts | Oklahoma |
| 253 | Mark Bohm | Kansas St. |
| 254 | Guy Minnifield | Iowa St. |
| 255 | Tad Boyle | Kansas |
| 256 | Ronnie Smith | Nebraska |
| 257 | Robert Smith | Oklahoma St. |
| 258 | Rodell Guest | Colorado |
| 259 | Melvin Gilliam | Oklahoma St. |
| 260 | Mike Flory | Colorado |
| 261 | Steve Wallace | Missouri |
| 262 | Shawn Baker | Oklahoma St. |
| 263 | Bennie Goldwire | Oklahoma |
| 264 | Paul Beene | Iowa St. |
| 265 | Mike Bell | Oklahoma |
| 266 | David Taylor | Oklahoma St. |
| 267 | Carl Amos | Missouri |
| 268 | Billy Roundtree | Missouri |
| 269 | Jeff Penix | Colorado |
| 270 | Ray Harris | Iowa St. |
| 271 | Bob Fowler | Iowa St. |
| 272 | Nolan Richardson | Oklahoma St. |
| 273 | Greg Jones | Oklahoma |
| 274 | Tommy Tubbs | Oklahoma |
| 275 | Mark Pellock | Kansas |
| 276 | Neal Degner | Kansas St. |
| 277 | Billy Ray Smith | Kansas St. |
| 278 | Doug Worthington | Colorado |
| 279 | Fred Barton | Kansas St. |
| 280 | Lance Hill | Kansas |
| 281 | Chuck Watson | Oklahoma |
| 282 | Bill Buchanan | Iowa St. |
| 283 | Sean Alvarado | Kansas |
| 284 | Jonas Cody | Kansas St. |
| 285 | John Kunnert | Iowa St. |
| 286 | Brent Vaughan | Colorado |
| 287 | Michael Ingram | Missouri |
| 288 | Reggie Britt | Kansas St. |
| 289 | Ted Mimlitz | Missouri |
| 290 | Tom Peterson Jr. | Iowa St. |
| 291 | Lynn Smith | Kansas St. |
| 292 | Johnny Pittman | Oklahoma St. |
| 293 | Keith Douglas | Kansas |
| 294 | Otis Livingston | Kansas |
| 295 | Don Yowell | Colorado |
| 296 | Chris Gafney | Oklahoma St. |
| 297 | Kevin Muff | Kansas St. |
| 298 | Marvin Branch | Kansas |
| 299 | Steve Musser | Missouri |
| 300 | Damon Patterson | Oklahoma |
| 301 | John Grammer | Oklahoma |
| 302 | Mark McVicker | Nebraska |
| 303 | David Kuosman | Colorado |
| 304 | Brad Livingstone | Oklahoma St. |
| 305 | Jeff Guiot | Kansas |
| 306 | Brad Underwood | Kansas St. |
| 307 | Brian Molis | Colorado |
| 308 | Tracy Penn | Oklahoma St. |
| 309 | Joel Sealer | Nebraska |
| 310 | Dapreis Owens | Nebraska |
| 311 | Dwight Moody | Missouri |
| 312 | James Moore | Nebraska |
| 313 | Jerry Williams | Colorado |
| 314 | Randy Robinson | Colorado |
| 315 | Darryl Spinks | Iowa St. |
| 316 | Paul Doerrfeld | Iowa St. |
| 317 | Greg Prudhoe | Kansas St. |
| 318 | Darren Dunlap | Colorado |
| 319 | John Culbertson | Iowa St. |
| 320 | Randy Samuels | Oklahoma |
| 321 | Tyke Peacock | Kansas |
| 322 | Mark Sparks | Missouri |
| 323 | Tim Banks | Kansas |
| 324 | Dickey Nutt | Oklahoma St. |
| 325 | Kim Shahan | Oklahoma St. |
| 326 | Mike Marshall | Kansas |
| 327 | Parker Laketa | Kansas St. |
| 328 | Anthony Andrews | Oklahoma St. |
| 329 | Buster Glover | Kansas St. |
| 330 | Chris Rorabaugh | Kansas St. |
| 331 | Jay Goodman | Iowa St. |
| 332 | Steve Reid | Kansas St. |
| 333 | John McIntyre | Missouri |
| 334 | Curtis Rayford | Colorado |
| 335 | Mike Foster | Missouri |
| 336 | Mark Summers | Kansas |
| 337 | Brian Walsh | Oklahoma St. |
| 338 | Eric Young | Oklahoma St. |
| 339 | Tom Dore | Missouri |
| 340 | Carlos Diggins | Kansas St. |
| 341 | Wes Wallace | Iowa St. |
| 342 | Derrick Howse | Kansas St. |
| 343 | Eli Parker | Iowa St. |
| 344 | William Tisdale | Oklahoma |
| 345 | Craig Stunkel | Oklahoma St. |
| 346 | Adrian Moore | Iowa St. |
| 347 | Freddie Bryant | Colorado |
| 348 | Bradd Sutton | Missouri |
| 349 | Conley Phipps | Oklahoma |
| 350 | Donald Smith | Colorado |
| 351 | Don Gandy | Oklahoma |
| 352 | Chuck Davis | Oklahoma St. |
| 353 | Derrick Thomas | Iowa St. |
| 354 | Jerome Johnson | Oklahoma |
| 355 | Robyn Davis | Missouri |
| 356 | Von McDade | Oklahoma St. |
| 357 | Kenny Williams | Kansas St. |
| 358 | Anthony Martin | Oklahoma |
| 359 | Barry Anderson | Colorado |
| 360 | Clint Normore | Kansas |
| 361 | Demetrius Buchanan | Nebraska |
| 362 | Royce Tolley | Colorado |
| 363 | Ted Burbach | Iowa St. |
| 364 | Billy Thompson | Colorado |
| 365 | Barry Laurie | Missouri |
| 366 | Brian Pearson | Iowa St. |
| 367 | Jed Bargen | Nebraska |
| 368 | Kenny Smith | Oklahoma |
| 369 | Mike Masucci | Kansas |
| 370 | Randolph Carroll | Kansas |
| 371 | Trent Scarlett | Nebraska |
| 372 | Billy Dreher | Oklahoma St. |
| 373 | Jeff Hughes | Colorado |
| 374 | Jeff Konek | Kansas |
| 375 | Tony McDuffie | Missouri |
| 376 | Russ Tearney | Colorado |
| 377 | Mike Martz | Nebraska |
| 378 | John Marx | Kansas St. |
| 379 | Billy Lewis | Kansas St. |
| 380 | Darren Brown | Nebraska |
| 381 | Devon Rolf | Missouri |
| 382 | Bruce Lee | Oklahoma |
| 383 | Jerry L. Johnson | Kansas |
| 384 | Mark Snow | Kansas |
| 385 | Todd Koca | Nebraska |
| 386 | Altonio Campbell | Kansas |
| 387 | Lance Berwald | Nebraska |
| 388 | Anthony Epps | Oklahoma St. |
| 389 | Brett Hughes | Nebraska |
| 390 | Dean Danner | Kansas St. |
| 391 | Eric Dolezal | Nebraska |
| 392 | Mike Peterson | Oklahoma St. |
| 393 | Ty Walker | Kansas St. |
| 394 | James Hunter | Colorado |
| 395 | Johnny Wilkes | Colorado |
| 396 | Mark Wade | Oklahoma |
| 397 | Rodney Curtis | Nebraska |
| 398 | Mike Potthoff | Missouri |
| 399 | Maurice Poole | Iowa St. |
| 400 | Jon Phelps | Oklahoma St. |
| 401 | Art Pollard | Oklahoma |
| 402 | Dion Campbell | Oklahoma St. |
| 403 | Hughes Suffren | Iowa St. |
| 404 | Brad Dudek | Iowa St. |
| 405 | Doug Jones | Iowa St. |
| 406 | Mark Nelson | Kansas St. |
| 407 | Dave Rauker | Iowa St. |
| 408 | Jamal Coleman | Missouri |
| 409 | Mac Stallcup | Kansas |
| 410 | Rodney Hull | Kansas |
| 411 | Kurt Brockman | Missouri |
| 412 | Kerry Nash | Colorado |
| 413 | John Tillo | Iowa St. |
| 414 | Kermit Holmes | Oklahoma |
| 415 | Titus Dock | Nebraska |
| 416 | Bryan Fowler | Oklahoma St. |
| 417 | Chuck Anderson | Nebraska |
| 418 | Dick Breitbach | Iowa St. |
| 419 | Walter Wright | Kansas St. |
| 420 | Drew Stange | Nebraska |
| 421 | Bart Needham | Colorado |
| 422 | Mark Ewing | Kansas |
| 423 | Anthony White | Nebraska |
| 424 | Brad Currelly | Oklahoma St. |
| 425 | Kelly Lively | Nebraska |
| 426 | Brian Cunningham | Colorado |
| 427 | Greg Livingston | Kansas St. |
| 428 | Houston Nutt Jr. | Oklahoma St. |
| 429 | Ivan Gilreath | Nebraska |
| 430 | Mike Wawrzyniak | Missouri |
| 431 | Robert Coyne | Kansas |
| 432 | Keith Malone | Oklahoma St. |
| 433 | Lex Drum | Missouri |
| 434 | Brad Helms | Colorado |
| 435 | Joe Seager | Oklahoma |
| 436 | Kirk Shawver | Missouri |
| 437 | Shawn Davis | Oklahoma St. |
| 438 | Tony Rasheed | Iowa St. |
| 439 | Eric Salter | Kansas St. |
| 440 | Bill Markham | Colorado |
| 441 | Matt Margenthaler | Iowa St. |
| 442 | Rick Worrel | Kansas |
| 443 | Mike Dillingham | Oklahoma |
| 444 | Todd Stanfield | Kansas St. |
| 445 | Bill Mosier | Kansas St. |
| 446 | Brent Lenderman | Colorado |
| 447 | Robert Johnson | Iowa St. |
| 448 | Brad Davis | Colorado |
| 449 | Cedric Mackyeon | Oklahoma St. |
| 450 | Lenny Wechsler | Missouri |
| 451 | Richard Smith | Nebraska |
| 452 | Sammy Curran | Nebraska |
| 453 | Jason Skurcenski | Oklahoma |
| 454 | Deak Vance | Nebraska |
| 455 | John Rettiger | Kansas St. |
| 456 | Al Hightower | Missouri |
| 457 | Bill Johnson | Nebraska |
| 458 | Gerry Coleman | Missouri |
| 459 | Jeff Johnson | Kansas |
| 460 | Mark Knight | Kansas |
| 461 | Charles Lane | Missouri |
| 462 | Fabio deAlmeida | Kansas St. |
| 463 | Herman Slater | Kansas St. |
| 464 | Jim Horton | Missouri |
| 465 | Kyle Dodd | Oklahoma |
| 466 | Leonard Thomas | Oklahoma |
| 467 | George Thompson | Kansas |
| 468 | Bryan Heger | Iowa St. |
| 469 | Monte Mathis | Kansas |
| 470 | Norman Brown | Iowa St. |
| 471 | Brian Haldorson | Colorado |
| 472 | Mark Welch | Kansas |
| 473 | Steve Fritz | Kansas St. |
| 474 | Brad Kampschroeder | Kansas |
| 475 | Marvin Mattox | Kansas |
| 476 | Troy Maydew | Kansas St. |
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