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The Top Ranked
Basketball Players of the 1910s
Notes: This
list is based on pro stats.
What players did in
college is not factored into this list.
Ranking Explanations
|
Rnk |
Athlete |
POS |
|
1 |
Chief Muller |
C |
|
2 |
Jack Inglis |
SF |
|
3 |
Andy Sears |
SG |
|
4 |
Jackie Adams |
SF |
|
5 |
Harry Hough |
SF |
|
6 |
Joe Fogarty |
SF |
|
7 |
Billy Kummer |
PF |
|
8 |
Dick Leary |
C |
|
9 |
Ed Wachter |
C |
|
10 |
Mike Wilson |
PF |
|
11 |
Sam Curlett |
SF |
|
12 |
Jimmy Clinton |
PF |
|
13 |
John Donohue |
C |
|
14 |
Toby Matthews |
C |
|
15 |
Barney Sedran |
PF |
|
16 |
Garry Schmeelk |
PF |
|
17 |
Jack Noll |
PF |
|
18 |
Frank Bruggy |
PF |
|
19 |
George Norman |
SF |
|
20 |
Howard Thomas |
PF |
|
21 |
Bobby Vance |
SF |
|
22 |
John McNab |
SG |
|
23 |
Jimmy Brown |
SG |
|
24 |
Jimmy Kane |
C |
|
25 |
Lou Sugarman |
PG |
|
26 |
Kid Dark |
SF |
|
27 |
Johnny Beckman |
SF |
|
28 |
Walter Brady |
SF |
|
29 |
Trim McKinstry |
SF |
|
30 |
Doc Newman |
SF |
|
31 |
Dutch Wohlfarth |
SG |
|
32 |
Kid Franckle |
SG |
|
33 |
Army Fitzgerald |
PF |
|
34 |
Bill Keenan |
C |
|
35 |
Walt Swenson |
PF |
|
36 |
Hobby Fyfe |
PF |
|
37 |
Kid Eberlein |
SF |
|
38 |
Jack Callahan |
PF |
|
39 |
Merle Harris |
SG |
|
40 |
Harry Wallum |
PF |
|
41 |
Tubby Lamb |
SF |
|
42 |
Frank Hill |
C |
|
43 |
Willie McCarter (1893) |
SG |
|
44 |
Roy Steele |
PF |
|
45 |
Bill Hardman |
PF |
|
46 |
Eddie Dolin |
C |
|
47 |
Ally McWilliams |
C |
|
48 |
Bushel Beggs |
PF |
|
49 |
Skeets Wright |
PF |
|
50 |
Maurice Tome |
C |
|
51 |
Matt Love |
SF |
|
52 |
Heine Henschel |
SF |
|
53 |
Joe Dreyfus |
SF |
|
54 |
Marty Friedman |
PG |
|
55 |
Mio Boggio |
SF |
|
56 |
Butch Schaub |
SG |
|
57 |
Alois Getzinger |
C |
|
58 |
Swede Grimstead |
C |
|
59 |
Ray Cross |
PF |
|
60 |
Johnny McGraw |
SF |
|
61 |
Steve White |
SG |
|
62 |
Charlie MacGregor |
PF |
|
63 |
Tray Jones |
SF |
|
64 |
Charley O'Donnell |
PF |
|
65 |
Ernie Reich |
SF |
|
66 |
Will Clarke |
SF |
|
67 |
Jake Fuller |
PG |
|
68 |
Elwood Gowdy |
SF |
|
69 |
Eddie Ferat |
SF |
|
70 |
George Smith |
C |
|
71 |
Chris Leonard |
C |
|
72 |
Piggy Biggane |
SG |
|
73 |
Ira Streusand |
PG |
|
74 |
Hass Bradshaw |
C |
|
75 |
Eddie Roach |
SG |
|
76 |
Plugger Doherty |
SG |
|
77 |
Elmer Ripley |
PG |
|
78 |
Al Cooper |
PF |
|
79 |
Lou Coopey |
SG |
|
80 |
Charlie Powers |
C |
|
81 |
George Morris |
SG |
|
82 |
Litter Fichthorn |
SG |
|
83 |
Flo Haggerty |
SF |
|
84 |
Blubs Alberding |
SF |
|
85 |
Allie Brown |
C |
|
86 |
Andy Suils |
PF |
|
87 |
Army Thompson |
SF |
|
88 |
Jack Fox |
PF |
|
89 |
Bill Herron |
SF |
|
90 |
Nick Harvey |
PG |
|
91 |
Arnold Grobe |
SG |
|
92 |
Billy Cohen |
PF |
|
93 |
Walter McCallion |
PG |
|
94 |
Pete Riley |
C |
|
95 |
Winnie Kinkaide |
SG |
|
96 |
Patcher Pfaff |
SF |
|
97 |
Stretch Harvey |
C |
|
98 |
Horse Haggerty |
C |
|
99 |
Joe Cavanaugh |
PF |
|
100 |
Stretch McIntyre |
C |
|
101 |
Jimmy Williamson |
SF |
|
102 |
Lennie Frost |
SF |
|
103 |
Morgan O'Brien |
SG |
|
104 |
John Eckhardt |
SG |
|
105 |
Johnny Nolan |
SF |
|
106 |
Sid Barger |
SF |
|
107 |
Scotty Boyd |
PF |
|
108 |
Frank Boyle |
SF |
|
109 |
Joe Johnson (1891) |
SF |
|
110 |
John Pennino |
C |
|
111 |
Kirk Thomas |
C |
|
112 |
John Featherstone |
C |
|
113 |
Lew Wachter |
C |
|
114 |
Murray Simberg |
SG |
|
115 |
Buck Reilly |
SF |
|
116 |
Turk Kirkpatrick |
SG |
|
117 |
Bernie Dunn |
C |
|
118 |
Rube Cashman |
PF |
|
119 |
Jimmy Hann |
PF |
|
120 |
Harry Haring |
SF |
|
121 |
Eddie Berger |
PG |
|
122 |
Jack Nugent |
PF |
|
123 |
Dave Cole |
SF |
|
124 |
Jimmy Murnane |
SG |
|
125 |
Ollie McLaughlin |
SG |
|
126 |
Ed Petrick |
SG |
|
127 |
Eggie Bilson |
PF |
|
128 |
Dave MacMillan |
C |
|
129 |
Bobby Mayham |
SG |
|
130 |
Dick Smyth |
PF |
|
131 |
Heine Blessing |
PF |
|
132 |
Leon Egolf |
SF |
|
133 |
Blondy Ernst |
SF |
|
134 |
William Peifer |
SF |
|
135 |
Joe Johnson (1894) |
SG |
|
136 |
Al Glassey |
SG |
|
137 |
Kid Kunkel |
SF |
|
138 |
Ray Schechterly |
SG |
|
139 |
Jim Davey |
SG |
|
140 |
Tom Barry |
SG |
|
141 |
Pat Doyle |
PF |
|
142 |
Brad Hall |
SG |
|
143 |
Mike Roberts |
SG |
|
144 |
Leo Malone |
C |
|
145 |
Fred Mulliner |
C |
|
146 |
Eddie White |
PF |
|
147 |
Effie Welsh |
SG |
|
148 |
Butch Moloney |
PG |
|
149 |
Maas Brooks |
SF |
|
150 |
Herm Butch |
PF |
|
151 |
Banty Marshall |
SF |
|
152 |
Bill Lukens |
PF |
|
153 |
Al Schuler |
SF |
|
154 |
Neil Deighan |
C |
|
155 |
Fred Sager |
SF |
|
156 |
Fred Gieg |
SG |
|
157 |
Bill Powell |
C |
|
158 |
Hodge Roland |
C |
|
159 |
Bill Wright |
SF |
|
160 |
Jimmy Doyle |
PF |
|
161 |
Bucky Harris |
SF |
|
162 |
Eddie Hallenbeck |
PF |
|
163 |
Jack Lawrence |
C |
|
164 |
John Otken |
C |
|
165 |
Artie Powers |
PF |
|
166 |
Sandy Phillips |
SF |
|
167 |
Joe Evers |
SF |
|
168 |
Mike Smolick |
SG |
|
169 |
Fay Inman |
PF |
|
170 |
Nig Foster |
SG |
|
171 |
Johnny Haire |
SF |
|
172 |
Ralph Herman |
PG |
|
173 |
Kidder Bourquin |
SG |
|
174 |
Bill Dowd |
PF |
|
175 |
Catty Bressler |
SF |
|
176 |
Johnny Novak |
SF |
|
177 |
Hank McDermott |
PF |
|
178 |
Dinny Sheehan |
PG |
|
179 |
Tom MacLachlan |
SF |
|
180 |
Jack Russell |
C |
|
181 |
Walter Ruckert |
PF |
|
182 |
Gus Krueger |
SG |
|
183 |
Lew Winch |
PF |
|
184 |
Clint Martin |
C |
|
185 |
Nat Holman |
SG |
|
186 |
John Halsall |
SG |
|
187 |
Jerk Waters |
SF |
|
188 |
Frank Fritz |
SF |
|
189 |
Jesse Messer |
SF |
|
190 |
Joe Berger |
SG |
|
191 |
Hugh Kling |
SF |
|
192 |
Les Hoffman |
SF |
|
193 |
Jack Murray |
SG |
|
194 |
Jake Schimmel |
PF |
|
195 |
Sam Dienes |
SG |
|
196 |
John Ahern |
C |
|
197 |
Jack Haston |
SF |
|
198 |
Dave Wassmer |
PF |
|
199 |
Dave Beaver |
SF |
|
200 |
Earl Hartman |
PF |
|
201 |
Tom Dunleavy |
PF |
|
202 |
Dewey Sullivan |
C |
|
203 |
Ernie Houghton |
SG |
|
204 |
Howell Williams |
C |
|
205 |
Jimmy Mahon |
SG |
|
206 |
Ed Long |
SG |
|
207 |
Clarence Boyne |
PF |
|
208 |
Charlie Fullmer |
SF |
|
209 |
Gil Schwab |
SF |
|
210 |
Dutch Dehnert |
PF |
|
211 |
Ben Butch |
PF |
|
212 |
Jimmy Brogan |
SF |
|
213 |
Charlie Klein |
SF |
|
214 |
Alf Boczkowski |
C |
|
215 |
Francis Fisher |
SF |
|
216 |
Francis Sassaman |
PG |
|
217 |
Jerry Harrigan |
SF |
|
218 |
Ivan Loos |
C |
|
219 |
Dave Kerr |
C |
|
220 |
Dewey Steffen |
SF |
|
221 |
Snake Deal |
PF |
|
222 |
Justin List |
SG |
|
223 |
Pop Morgenweck |
SG |
|
224 |
Andy Gilpin |
SF |
|
225 |
Al McWilliams |
PF |
|
226 |
Bobby Hahn |
PF |
|
227 |
Ed Toner |
SF |
|
228 |
Jimmy Loewen |
SF |
|
229 |
Leo Duval |
C |
|
230 |
William Fiske |
PF |
|
231 |
Jack LaCasse |
PF |
|
232 |
Walter Place |
SF |
|
233 |
Charlie Dondero |
PG |
|
234 |
Joe Bowe |
SF |
|
235 |
Roy Geary |
SG |
|
236 |
Charlie Hargreaves |
C |
|
237 |
Bill Cunningham |
SF |
|
238 |
Tom Barlow |
SG |
|
239 |
Steve Ford |
C |
|
240 |
Clarence Johnson |
SG |
|
241 |
Turk Jones |
SG |
|
242 |
Herm Bergkamp |
PF |
|
243 |
Leslie Deer |
PG |
|
244 |
Duke Van Vliet |
C |
|
245 |
Kid Knockels |
SF |
|
246 |
Tommo O'Neil |
SG |
|
247 |
Harry Frost |
SF |
|
248 |
Sam Curran |
C |
|
249 |
Alex Dick |
C |
|
250 |
Pulsy Pulsifer |
PF |
|
251 |
Charlie Lamb |
SG |
|
252 |
Cy Simendinger |
SF |
|
253 |
Virgil Johnson |
SF |
|
254 |
Dippy Obermeier |
SG |
|
255 |
Charlie Donohue |
SG |
|
256 |
Henry Nickel |
C |
|
257 |
Ade Van Kampen |
C |
|
258 |
Charlie Bossert |
C |
|
259 |
Frank Gill |
PF |
|
260 |
Gint Kissinger |
PF |
|
261 |
Ecky Calder |
PF |
|
262 |
Beggs Snyder |
SG |
|
263 |
George Keller |
PF |
|
264 |
Willie Buob |
SG |
|
265 |
Harry Hill |
PF |
|
266 |
Henry Goward |
PF |
|
267 |
Miles Hubbard |
SF |
|
268 |
Bush Evans |
SF |
|
269 |
Jud Galloway |
PF |
|
270 |
Bob Griebe |
C |
|
271 |
Harry Crichton |
C |
|
272 |
Leland Schell |
PG |
|
273 |
Bill Price |
SF |
|
274 |
Edgar Bredbenner |
C |
|
275 |
Everett Dakin |
SG |
|
276 |
Tom Kearin |
PF |
|
277 |
Joe Acker |
C |
|
278 |
Bill Neill |
SF |
|
279 |
Eddie Burke |
SF |
|
280 |
Art Steward |
PF |
|
281 |
Ted Cypiot |
SF |
|
282 |
Artie Rowe |
C |
|
283 |
Charlie O'Brien |
SF |
|
284 |
Wobby Hammond |
SF |
|
285 |
Jack Hughes |
SF |
|
286 |
Lester Holmes |
PF |
|
287 |
Bill Dunkleberger |
C |
|
288 |
Cy Chamberlain |
PF |
|
289 |
Frank Moynihan |
SF |
|
290 |
Ross Steele |
SG |
|
291 |
Buck Weaver |
C |
|
292 |
Jack Hogan |
SF |
|
293 |
Bunny Elliot |
C |
|
294 |
Jim Kenney |
SG |
|
295 |
George Powell |
SF |
|
296 |
Chuck Wachter |
C |
|
297 |
Dick Fowler |
SF |
|
298 |
Harry Lapzien |
PF |
|
299 |
Jake Cole |
C |
|
300 |
James Tierney |
PF |
|
301 |
Harry Klein |
SF |
|
302 |
Hunk Hayney |
PF |
|
303 |
Walter Clarke |
PG |
|
304 |
Dick Lewis |
SF |
|
305 |
Eddie Matthews |
C |
|
306 |
Jimmy Henry |
SF |
|
307 |
Bill Brunner |
PF |
|
308 |
Eddie Kaeppell |
PF |
|
309 |
Mike Hoar |
SG |
|
310 |
Willie Miller |
SG |
|
311 |
Eddie Kearney |
C |
|
312 |
Carl Harverson |
PF |
|
313 |
Dave Davis |
PG |
|
314 |
Earl Barlow |
PF |
|
315 |
Harold Murray |
SF |
|
316 |
Joe Wachter |
PF |
|
317 |
Red Hughes |
SG |
|
318 |
Eddie McLaughlin |
SG |
|
319 |
Carl Fox |
PF |
|
320 |
Doc Gordon |
PF |
|
321 |
Herb Seitsinger |
PF |
|
322 |
Joe Ashmead |
C |
|
323 |
Stretch Meehan |
C |
|
324 |
Willie Dusanek |
SF |
|
325 |
Jim Tormey |
C |
|
326 |
Bill Filkins |
SG |
|
327 |
Joe Younglove |
PG |
|
328 |
Leonard Norcross |
SF |
|
329 |
Ben Kushner |
PF |
|
330 |
Raymond Artz |
PG |
|
331 |
Joe Hoy |
SF |
|
332 |
Bobby Buscall |
SF |
|
333 |
David Jones |
PG |
|
334 |
Walter Mahoney |
SG |
|
335 |
Buck Miles |
C |
|
336 |
Stanley Reese |
PG |
|
337 |
Bill Leonard |
C |
|
338 |
Charlie Sharpe |
SF |
|
339 |
Jim Ginnerty |
PG |
|
340 |
Alex Fuller |
PG |
|
341 |
Andy Kaufman |
SF |
|
342 |
Francis Hennessey |
SF |
|
343 |
Rube Harding |
SF |
|
344 |
Yock Klewin |
SF |
|
345 |
Billy Cole |
SG |
|
346 |
Buck Snyder |
SG |
|
347 |
Claude Posson |
PG |
|
348 |
Frank Creely |
SF |
|
349 |
Henry Ball |
PG |
|
350 |
Jack Loeber |
SF |
|
351 |
Lefty Lennon |
PG |
|
352 |
Percy Snyder |
SG |
|
353 |
Charles Hennessey |
PF |
|
354 |
Chucky Donald |
C |
|
355 |
Lefty Barum |
C |
|
356 |
Losee Loesch |
PF |
|
357 |
Ward Brennan |
PF |
|
358 |
Gus Kane |
PF |
|
359 |
Max Boish |
PF |
|
360 |
Mick Posey |
PG |
|
361 |
Steve Scovic |
SG |
|
362 |
Harry Bruchs |
SG |
|
363 |
Bill Pickels |
C |
|
364 |
Jay Doyle |
SG |
|
365 |
John McDermott |
SG |
|
366 |
John Tidaback |
SG |
|
367 |
Milton Slote |
PG |
|
368 |
Wilfred Pike |
SF |
|
369 |
Min Bradshaw |
C |
|
370 |
Shady Howe |
SG |
|
371 |
Tommy O'Hara |
SG |
|
372 |
Bel Evans |
SF |
|
373 |
Joe Daley |
SF |
|
374 |
Marty Ringwood |
PG |
|
375 |
Owl Patrick |
PF |
|
376 |
Ray McCarter |
SF |
|
377 |
Theodore Kenny |
SG |
|
378 |
Art Kramer |
SG |
|
379 |
Frank Penrose |
SF |
|
380 |
Fred Shoop |
PF |
|
381 |
Fred Van Tassel |
SF |
|
382 |
George Schoen |
PF |
|
383 |
Hill Zahn |
C |
|
384 |
Vic Wachter |
SG |
|
385 |
Walter Margie |
SF |
|
386 |
Arthur Mensforth |
SF |
|
387 |
Bill Van Osten |
PF |
|
388 |
Craig Pierce |
PF |
|
389 |
George Bohler |
SG |
|
390 |
Jim Kennedy |
PF |
|
391 |
John Wendelken |
C |
|
392 |
Herman Sailor |
SG |
|
393 |
Joe DeRose |
PF |
|
394 |
Joe Retzer |
SF |
|
395 |
John Plant |
SG |
|
396 |
Pete Gilligan |
SF |
|
397 |
Ed Dennen |
C |
|
398 |
Eddie Keenan |
SF |
|
399 |
Fred Tilden |
SG |
|
400 |
James McInnis |
SG |
|
401 |
Jerry Sullivan |
C |
|
402 |
John Hudak |
SG |
|
403 |
Pat Murphy |
PF |
|
404 |
William Ebbetts |
SF |
|
405 |
Arthur Campbell |
C |
|
406 |
Billy McKelvey |
SF |
|
407 |
Butch Baughman |
PF |
|
408 |
Joe Ryan |
PF |
|
409 |
William Kelly |
SF |
|
410 |
Eddie Waters |
SF |
|
411 |
Harry Barlow |
SF |
|
412 |
Hickey Storm |
PF |
|
413 |
Dutch Wise |
PF |
|
414 |
Edgar Von Gal |
SG |
|
415 |
Leo Sturm |
SF |
|
416 |
Pete Barr |
SG |
|
417 |
Tommy Walsh |
PF |
|
418 |
Ike Feinberg |
PG |
|
419 |
Joe Geraghty |
C |
|
420 |
Lem Walton |
PG |
|
421 |
Tony Koch |
SG |
|
422 |
Arnold Cooper |
SG |
|
423 |
Eddie Gilhooley |
C |
|
424 |
Jack Bastian |
PF |
|
425 |
Jay Cooke |
C |
|
426 |
Dutch Williams |
PG |
|
427 |
Ed Smith (1895) |
SF |
|
428 |
George Bell |
C |
|
429 |
Jimmy Tighe |
SF |
|
430 |
R. McNamara |
PF |
|
431 |
Howard Fisher |
C |
|
432 |
James St. Ledger |
SF |
|
433 |
Marvin Rough |
SF |
|
434 |
Patsy Corrigan |
SF |
|
435 |
Chet Rogowicz |
PF |
|
436 |
Jimmy Morrison |
PF |
|
437 |
Tom Cosgrove |
C |
|
438 |
Al Lehr |
C |
|
439 |
Willie O'Toole |
PG |
|
440 |
Jimmy Conway |
SG |
|
441 |
Horatio Hughto |
PG |
|
442 |
Mother Dietrich |
PF |
|
443 |
Tom McHale |
PG |
|
444 |
Wallace Jordan |
SF |
|
445 |
Alexander Marshall |
PF |
|
446 |
Walter Keating |
SG |
|
447 |
Frank Fields |
SF |
|
448 |
Leo Hornsby |
PG |
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