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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of the 1900s
Notes: This list is based on pro stats.
What players did in college is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS |
| 1 | Steve White | SG |
| 2 | Harry Hough | SF |
| 3 | Jack Reynolds | PF |
| 4 | Snake Deal | PF |
| 5 | Joe Fogarty | SF |
| 6 | Al Cooper | PF |
| 7 | Charlie Klein | SF |
| 8 | Johnny McGraw | SF |
| 9 | John Donohue | C |
| 10 | Slats Healey | PF |
| 11 | Albie Allard | SF |
| 12 | Charlie Bossert | C |
| 13 | Bill Keenan | C |
| 14 | Walter Barber | SF |
| 15 | John Wendelken | C |
| 16 | Tim Horan | SF |
| 17 | Henry Martens | PF |
| 18 | Bill Everingham | C |
| 19 | Eddie Ferat | SF |
| 20 | Jimmy Kane | C |
| 21 | Al Glassey | SG |
| 22 | Chick Clayton | SF |
| 23 | Joe Cullen | SF |
| 24 | Stanis Mathieu | SF |
| 25 | Toby Matthews | C |
| 26 | Harry Stout | SF |
| 27 | Hilly Wallace | SG |
| 28 | Charlie Noonan | PF |
| 29 | Al McWilliams | PF |
| 30 | Joe Scherer | PF |
| 31 | Fred Mulliner | C |
| 32 | Anthony Conlon | SF |
| 33 | Howard Thomas | PF |
| 34 | Dick Cole | SF |
| 35 | Steve Ford | C |
| 36 | George Bates | PF |
| 37 | Joe Kynoch | C |
| 38 | Ivan Loos | C |
| 39 | Frank Bomhoff | PF |
| 40 | Peck Donnelly | SG |
| 41 | Alois Getzinger | C |
| 42 | Charles Martens | SF |
| 43 | Ed Toner | SF |
| 44 | Mick Murphy | C |
| 45 | Sandy Shields | PF |
| 46 | Walter Brady | SF |
| 47 | Kid Dark | SF |
| 48 | Andy Sears | SG |
| 49 | Mike Wilson | PF |
| 50 | Bill Horne | SG |
| 51 | Pete Riley | C |
| 52 | Elwood Gowdy | SF |
| 53 | Flo Haggerty | SF |
| 54 | Johnny Sheehan | PG |
| 55 | William Reed | C |
| 56 | Bobby Grief | OF |
| 57 | Ed Wachter | C |
| 58 | Bill Herron | SF |
| 59 | Dan Haggarty | C |
| 60 | Pete Reagan | SF |
| 61 | Bobby Mayham | SG |
| 62 | Tom Davies | PF |
| 63 | Bart Newman | PF |
| 64 | Al Bloom | PF |
| 65 | Bill Sheridan | C |
| 66 | Jack Hitchens | SF |
| 67 | Malcolm Cairins | PF |
| 68 | Frank Leighton | PF |
| 69 | Dippy Obermeier | SG |
| 70 | Michael Godley | SF |
| 71 | Firman Reeves | C |
| 72 | Jack Punch | SG |
| 73 | John Featherstone | C |
| 74 | Al Bennett | SG |
| 75 | Bill Halloran | SF |
| 76 | Jim Kennedy | PF |
| 77 | Michael Qualey | SF |
| 78 | Jack Porter | SG |
| 79 | Billy Kelleher | SG |
| 80 | Gus Endebrock | C |
| 81 | Jackie Adams | SF |
| 82 | Jack Scott | C |
| 83 | Jack O'Neil | PF |
| 84 | Clarence Enos | SG |
| 85 | Archie Cavanaugh | SG |
| 86 | Dan Schaeffer | PG |
| 87 | Billy Markward | SG |
| 88 | Elwin Green | C |
| 89 | Roy Steele | PF |
| 90 | Lew Winch | PF |
| 91 | Budge Middleton | C |
| 92 | John Pennino | C |
| 93 | Henry Sheridan | SF |
| 94 | Billy Loos | SG |
| 95 | Gus Krueger | SG |
| 96 | Jinks King | C |
| 97 | John Plant | SG |
| 98 | Billy Hayes | SG |
| 99 | Bill Lukens | PF |
| 100 | Winnie Kinkaide | SG |
| 101 | Charlie Devine | PF |
| 102 | John Wallace (1879) | SF |
| 103 | Whitey Mallon | PF |
| 104 | Charlie Carr | C |
| 105 | Heine Henschel | SF |
| 106 | Jimmy Healey | PG |
| 107 | Pat Doyle | PF |
| 108 | Clyde Keene | SF |
| 109 | Jud Hancock | PF |
| 110 | Mike Thompson | C |
| 111 | Fred Blackner | SG |
| 112 | Bill Powell | C |
| 113 | Whitey Schwer | PF |
| 114 | Joe Cavanaugh | PF |
| 115 | Jake Sweeney | SG |
| 116 | Bob Abadie | SG |
| 117 | Emile Dionne | PF |
| 118 | George Lynch (1879) | C |
| 119 | Jack Fox | PF |
| 120 | Bob Dippy | SG |
| 121 | Henry Liebau | PF |
| 122 | Ducky Holmes | PG |
| 123 | Chris Stinger | PG |
| 124 | Billy Harrison | SG |
| 125 | Bill Lindsay | SF |
| 126 | Leo Haggarty | SF |
| 127 | Andy Cameron | SG |
| 128 | Ollie McLaughlin | SG |
| 129 | Jimmy Hann | PF |
| 130 | Bill Kummer | SF |
| 131 | Buck Reilly | SF |
| 132 | Randolph Cramer | SG |
| 133 | Allie Brown | C |
| 134 | Mother Dietrich | PF |
| 135 | Jack Evers | PF |
| 136 | Kid Eberlein | SF |
| 137 | Charlie Burt | C |
| 138 | Charlie Ritter | C |
| 139 | Bill Zanger | PF |
| 140 | John Rourke | SG |
| 141 | George Dorman | SG |
| 142 | Jack Boyd | SG |
| 143 | George Huzzard | SG |
| 144 | Carl Harverson | PF |
| 145 | Charles Mullen | PF |
| 146 | Pete Lamb | SF |
| 147 | Oscar McFarland | PF |
| 148 | Jere Corcoran | PF |
| 149 | Skip Field | C |
| 150 | Al Mellick | SF |
| 151 | Harry Flynn | SF |
| 152 | Jimmy Williamson | SF |
| 153 | Banty Marshall | SF |
| 154 | Mike McManmon | PG |
| 155 | Jimmy Rumsey | SF |
| 156 | Louis Preusch | SF |
| 157 | Harry Tighe | SG |
| 158 | Dan Lynch | PF |
| 159 | Chief Muller | C |
| 160 | Bill Mink | SF |
| 161 | Jimmy Harrington | SG |
| 162 | John Kerswell | PG |
| 163 | Maas Brooks | SF |
| 164 | Army Fitzgerald | PF |
| 165 | Henry Nickel | C |
| 166 | Walt Thompson | SG |
| 167 | Matty Keevers | SF |
| 168 | Jim Smith (1873) | SG |
| 169 | George Bell | C |
| 170 | Jimmy Doran | SF |
| 171 | Kid Abadie | PF |
| 172 | Joe Rodger | SF |
| 173 | Frank Devlin | PF |
| 174 | Dutch Wohlfarth | SG |
| 175 | Willie Cavanaugh | SG |
| 176 | Thomas Lowery | PF |
| 177 | Bucky Lew | SF |
| 178 | Tom Wiseman | SF |
| 179 | Bill Falle | C |
| 180 | John McGuinness | PG |
| 181 | Billie Knox | SG |
| 182 | Milton Gebhard | SF |
| 183 | Moxie Keegan | SG |
| 184 | Joe White (1867) | PF |
| 185 | Bushel Beggs | PF |
| 186 | George Kynoch | PF |
| 187 | Tommy Cartwright | SF |
| 188 | Jack Madeley | SF |
| 189 | John McGowan | SF |
| 190 | Tom Marks | C |
| 191 | Army Thompson | SF |
| 192 | Reuben Oves | PF |
| 193 | Tom Riley | C |
| 194 | William Hunter (1879) | PF |
| 195 | Samuel McCallion | PF |
| 196 | James Quinn | C |
| 197 | Walter Lewis | PF |
| 198 | Herm Baetzal | SF |
| 199 | Charley O'Donnell | PF |
| 200 | Arthur Attwood | SG |
| 201 | Bill McLafferty | SF |
| 202 | Bill Murray | SF |
| 203 | J. Fred Powers | PF |
| 204 | Jack Tighe | SF |
| 205 | Dave O'Brien | PF |
| 206 | Harry Edgar | SG |
| 207 | George Cartwright | C |
| 208 | Bucky Halloran | PG |
| 209 | Willie Waterman | SF |
| 210 | Ed Connolly | SG |
| 211 | Judy McGregor | SF |
| 212 | Walter Clarke | PG |
| 213 | Daniel Rieck | PG |
| 214 | Bart Sullivan | SF |
| 215 | Bill Armstrong | SG |
| 216 | Tom Robb | SF |
| 217 | Crow Commons | C |
| 218 | Hamilton Crisp | SG |
| 219 | Len Plant | PF |
| 220 | Ikey Charlton | PF |
| 221 | Hal Snow | C |
| 222 | Eddie Miller (1881) | C |
| 223 | Batty Buckley | SF |
| 224 | George Cartlidge | SG |
| 225 | Tate Horn | C |
| 226 | Fred Crawford | SF |
| 227 | John Eckhardt | SG |
| 228 | Paul Steinberg | SG |
| 229 | Guy Abbott | SF |
| 230 | Tom Reid | SF |
| 231 | Max Macalouski | SG |
| 232 | Joe Lynch | PF |
| 233 | Major Buckley | SG |
| 234 | Charlie Haug | PG |
| 235 | Frank Geddes | SF |
| 236 | Harry Wilson | C |
| 237 | Jack Redington | PG |
| 238 | Joe Ashe | SG |
| 239 | George Beale | PF |
| 240 | Bill Donlon | SF |
| 241 | John Cumming | C |
| 242 | Jack McCullough | SG |
| 243 | James Spring | PF |
| 244 | Louis Hinchcliff | SF |
| 245 | Howard Rudolph | SF |
| 246 | Frank Penrose | SF |
| 247 | Joe Barron | SG |
| 248 | Les Kaylor | PF |
| 249 | H. King | PF |
| 250 | Paddy Hehir | SG |
| 251 | John Anderson | SG |
| 252 | Allie Knox | PF |
| 253 | Heily Wallace | PG |
| 254 | Mio Boggio | SF |
| 255 | Al Geddes | C |
| 256 | Fred Paine | PG |
| 257 | Ed Fontaine | PF |
| 258 | Elton Howe | C |
| 259 | Kirk Thomas | C |
| 260 | Bill Donley | C |
| 261 | Charles Crossman | SF |
| 262 | Lena Blackburne | C |
| 263 | Robert Hoffman | C |
| 264 | Earl Powell | C |
| 265 | Carl Krebs | SG |
| 266 | A.I. Morgan | SF |
| 267 | Doc Ralston | PF |
| 268 | John Moriarty | SF |
| 269 | Fred Holt | SF |
| 270 | Turk Kirkpatrick | SG |
| 271 | Fred Burgoyne | SF |
| 272 | Kidder Bourquin | SG |
| 273 | Ed Haldeman | PG |
| 274 | Dave McBurney | SG |
| 275 | Frank Smith | PF |
| 276 | Jim Davey | SG |
| 277 | Plugger Doherty | SG |
| 278 | Walt Knecht | SG |
| 279 | Bunk Smith | SG |
| 280 | William Dennison | C |
| 281 | Allie Gion | C |
| 282 | Charlie Doyle | PG |
| 283 | Frank Gammon | PF |
| 284 | Tommy Orr | SF |
| 285 | John Halsall | SG |
| 286 | Jud Crane | PF |
| 287 | Ed Bradley | PG |
| 288 | Bruce Harley | SF |
| 289 | Charles Lempken | PF |
| 290 | Tommy Reilly | SF |
| 291 | Sam Patterson | C |
| 292 | Samuel Coombs | PG |
| 293 | T. Clark | SF |
| 294 | Buck Weaver | C |
| 295 | Harlow Green | SG |
| 296 | Zeke Michelman | C |
| 297 | Bill Sykes | PF |
| 298 | Howard Price | Sg |
| 299 | John Ahern | C |
| 300 | Ike Perry | PG |
| 301 | Amos Penrose | SG |
| 302 | Al Woodward | PG |
| 303 | Billy Rohde | SF |
| 304 | Alfred Rambo | PF |
| 305 | Joe Boyer | PG |
| 306 | Jim Walker | C |
| 307 | Bob Wilson (1884) | PF |
| 308 | Tommy O’Reilly | SF |
| 309 | Snake Dillon | SF |
| 310 | Bert Walker | C |
| 311 | Bill O’Boyle | C |
| 312 | Frank Markward | SG |
| 313 | Grover McCreight | PF |
| 314 | Horace Hefelfinger | SG |
| 315 | Tom Barron | SG |
| 316 | Tom Stewart | SG |
| 317 | Walter Haldeman | PG |
| 318 | Eddie Campbell | SG |
| 319 | Jack Ashton | SF |
| 320 | John Geisler | PG |
| 321 | Fido O'Brien | SF |
| 322 | Henry Cragen | SF |
| 323 | Oscar Lang | C |
| 324 | Edward Dickson | PG |
| 325 | George Williams (1875) | SG |
| 326 | John Dionne | SF |
| 327 | Virgil Johnson | SF |
| 328 | Daniel Duffy | PF |
| 329 | Winfield Temple | PF |
| 330 | Harry Conley | PG |
| 331 | Bill Thomas | SG |
| 332 | Bill Windeknecht | SG |
| 333 | Charlie Heite | PF |
| 334 | Jack Harding | PF |
| 335 | Fred Gieg | SG |
| 336 | Marwood Taylor | SG |
| 337 | A.A. Huot | SG |
| 338 | John Wick | PF |
| 339 | Charlie Moore | PF |
| 340 | Eddie Davis | PG |
| 341 | Walter Klingensmith | SG |
| 342 | Billy Parker | SG |
| 343 | John Roehn | SF |
| 344 | Parker Sweet | SF |
| 345 | Bucky Morris | SF |
| 346 | Frank McIlvaine | PF |
| 347 | Jack Hamill | SG |
| 348 | John Otken | C |
| 349 | Walter Horn | SF |
| 350 | Pop Morgenweck | SG |
| 351 | Albert Jones | PG |
| 352 | Arthur Regan | PF |
| 353 | Craig Pierce | PF |
| 354 | Everett Wood | SF |
| 355 | Batch Marthens | PG |
| 356 | Gus Swaving | PF |
| 357 | Leo Mackey | C |
| 358 | Roy Fraser | SF |
| 359 | Charlie Gross | C |
| 360 | Eddie Schlereth | PF |
| 361 | Herschel Adams | SF |
| 362 | J. McLaughlin | PG |
| 363 | Marty Weitzel | SG |
| 364 | Pete Ferguson | PF |
| 365 | Alex McLean | SG |
| 366 | Billy McMahon | PG |
| 367 | Husky Stout | PG |
| 368 | Joe Leithead | SF |
| 369 | Newt Bugbee | SG |
| 370 | Ed Collins | C |
| 371 | Arthur Mensforth | SF |
| 372 | Florry Ellsworth | SG |
| 373 | George Morse (1873) | SF |
| 374 | Jack Hedges | SF |
| 375 | L.J. Gladding | SF |
| 376 | Spike Craig | PG |
| 377 | Bill Galbraith | SF |
| 378 | Bush Evans | SF |
| 379 | Jack Nugent | PF |
| 380 | Joe DeBarth | PG |
| 381 | John Striegel | SF |
| 382 | Pretzels Pendergast | SF |
| 383 | Al Newton | SG |
| 384 | Jack Saunders | C |
| 385 | Nick Branniff | PG |
| 386 | William Stone | PG |
| 387 | Charlie Shock | PF |
| 388 | Bill Bergner | SG |
| 389 | Harry Klenck | SF |
| 390 | Walt Swenson | PF |
| 391 | Art Myers | PF |
| 392 | Charles Nellor | C |
| 393 | Dan Ross | PG |
| 394 | George Gillon | PF |
| 395 | Lefty Lennon | PG |
| 396 | Pop Shertel | SF |
| 397 | Bill Moore | SG |
| 398 | Eugene McCarthy | PF |
| 399 | Spud O'Donnell | C |
| 400 | W.F. Stewart | SG |
| 401 | John Cork | SG |
| 402 | Tom Lawton | SF |
| 403 | Frank Bacon | SG |
| 404 | Joe McCormick | PF |
| 405 | Joe Zimmerman | PG |
| 406 | Rufus Crittenden | C |
| 407 | Tom Foley | SF |
| 408 | C. Corrigan | SG |
| 409 | Patrick Guthrie | SG |
| 410 | Rawson Bothwell | SF |
| 411 | Wilbur Roach | SF |
| 412 | Skip Craig | PG |
| 413 | Jack Malley | PG |
| 414 | Matt Love | SF |
| 415 | Charles King | C |
| 416 | Mills Doremus | PF |
| 417 | Anton Boltz | SG |
| 418 | Bob O'Mara | SG |
| 419 | Charles Kirkham | SF |
| 420 | Mike Sheehan | SG |
| 421 | Frank Price | SF |
| 422 | Kid Kunkel | SF |
| 423 | Mose Good | SG |
| 424 | Norch Higham | SF |
| 425 | Joe Hammond | PF |
| 426 | Frank Madden | SF |
| 427 | Andrew Price | PG |
| 428 | Mike Roach | SF |
| 429 | Eddie Keenan | SF |
| 430 | Andy Suils | PF |
| 431 | Will Ritter | C |
| 432 | Johnnie Roe | SG |
| 433 | Carl Franzoni | SF |
| 434 | Dan Shea | SG |
| 435 | Patrick Fahey | SF |
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