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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Kentucky High Schools
Notes: This is a list of the greatest pro players who finished high school in this state.
What players did in high school or college does not factor into this list.
| School | Athlete | POS | Rookie Yr | Overall Rank |
| Allen County (Scottsville) | Jim McDaniels | C | 1972 | 1842 |
| Anderson County (Lawrenceburg) | Jimmy Conner | SG | 1976 | 5772 |
| Apollo (Owensboro) | Rex Chapman | SG | 1989 | 1189 |
| Apollo (Owensboro) | Marc Salyers | SF | 2002 | 8412 |
| Apollo (Owensboro) | Tyler Brown | SG | 2014 | 17989 |
| Ashland (Ashland) | Larry Conley | SG | 1968 | 13404 |
| Aspire Basketball Academy (Louisville) | Charles Bassey | C | 2022 | 8894 |
| Assumption (Louisville) | Joe Hurst | SG | 1987 | 17521 |
| Atherton (Louisville) | Charlie Tyra | C | 1958 | 658 |
| Atherton (Louisville) | Rick Wilson | SG | 1979 | 5967 |
| Ballard (Louisville) | Allan Houston | SG | 1994 | 330 |
| Ballard (Louisville) | Jeff Lamp | SF | 1982 | 3755 |
| Ballard (Louisville) | Jerry Eaves | PG | 1983 | 5113 |
| Ballard (Louisville) | Kelan Martin | SF | 2019 | 7317 |
| Ballard (Louisville) | DeJuan Wheat | PG | 1998 | 9076 |
| Ballard (Louisville) | Brandon Bender | PF | 2005 | 16492 |
| Bardstown (Bardstown) | James Brewer | PG | 1994 | 18621 |
| Benton (Benton) | Joe Holland | SF | 1950 | 1528 |
| Bowling Green (Bowling Green) | David Denton | PG | 1962 | 4227 |
| Bowling Green (Bowling Green) | Terry Taylor | SF | 2022 | 6957 |
| Bowling Green (Bowling Green) | Chane Behanan | PF | 2015 | 16842 |
| Breckenridge County (Hardinsburg) | Butch Beard | PG | 1970 | 604 |
| Bristow (Bristow) | Darel Carrier | SG | 1968 | 1185 |
| Bryan Station (Lexington) | Mel Turpin | C | 1985 | 2234 |
| Bryan Station (Lexington) | Shelvin Mack | PG | 2012 | 3214 |
| Bryan Station (Lexington) | Jack Givens | SF | 1979 | 4626 |
| Bryan Station (Lexington) | Tony E. Jackson | PG | 1981 | 11776 |
| Bullitt East (Mount Washington) | Derek Willis | PF | 2018 | 7245 |
| Caldwell County (Caldwell) | Greg Smith | SF | 1969 | 881 |
| Carr Creek (Carr Creek) | Glen Combs | SG | 1969 | 983 |
| Catholic (Lexington) | David Graves | SF | 2003 | 8952 |
| Catholic (Lexington) | Frank Kornet | PF | 1990 | 13061 |
| Catholic (Lexington) | Vee Sanford | SG | 2015 | 16214 |
| Catholic (Newport) | Dave Cowens | C | 1971 | 51 |
| Catholic (Newport) | Larry Staverman | PF | 1959 | 623 |
| Caverna (Horse Cave) | Clarence Glover | PF | 1972 | 8758 |
| Central (Louisville) | Bill C. Bradley | SG | 1968 | 5707 |
| Central (Louisville) | Ron King | SG | 1974 | 8293 |
| Central (Louisville) | Bob Miller | PF | 1984 | 10411 |
| Central (Louisville) | Dwayne Morton | SG | 1995 | 12215 |
| Christian Academy (Lexington) | Kyle Rode | SF | 2025 | 18160 |
| Christian County (Hopkinsville) | Chris Whitney | PG | 1994 | 2204 |
| Christian County (Hopkinsville) | Clarence Trotter | SG | 2012 | 13231 |
| Clark (Winchester) | Preston Knowles | PG | 2012 | 17315 |
| Clay (Lexington) | James Lee | SF | 1979 | 9135 |
| Cooper (Burlington) | Sean McNeil | SG | 2024 | 20762 |
| Corbin (Corbin) | Frank Selvy | SG | 1955 | 312 |
| Corbin (Corbin) | Jerry Bird | PF | 1959 | 2554 |
| Covington Catholic (Park Hills) | Paul Walther | SG | 1950 | 484 |
| Covington Catholic (Park Hills) | Dan Tieman | PG | 1963 | 3159 |
| Covington Catholic (Park Hills) | Bob Naber | SF | 1953 | 3712 |
| Daviess County (Owensboro) | Wayne Chapman | SG | 1969 | 4313 |
| Daviess County (Owensboro) | Bobby Rascoe | SG | 1968 | 4952 |
| Doss (Louisville) | Derek Anderson | SG | 1998 | 894 |
| Doss (Louisville) | Jeff Brooks | PF | 2012 | 4302 |
| Doss (Louisville) | Tony Williams (1978) | PF | 2001 | 17970 |
| Dunbar (Lexington) | Joe Hamilton | PG | 1971 | 1556 |
| Dunbar (Lexington) | Bobby Washington | PG | 1970 | 4767 |
| Dunbar Prep (Somerset) | Jack Fitzpatrick | PF | 1962 | 2271 |
| duPont Manual (Louisville) | Phil Bond | SG | 1978 | 8553 |
| duPont Manual (Louisville) | Dwayne Sutton | SG | 2021 | 18483 |
| Eastern (Louisville) | Kameron Woods | PF | 2016 | 16045 |
| Eastern (Middletown) | Felton Spencer | C | 1991 | 1793 |
| Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown) | Antwain Barbour | SG | 2005 | 13540 |
| Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown) | Maze Stallworth | SF | 2011 | 20796 |
| Fairdale (Louisville) | Forest Able | SG | 1957 | 2895 |
| Farmington (Farmington) | Adrian Smith | SG | 1962 | 408 |
| Flat Gap (Flat Gap) | Chuck Osborne | PF | 1962 | 3241 |
| Grant (Covington) | Tom Thacker | SG | 1964 | 1410 |
| Grant (Covington) | George Stone | SF | 1969 | 2122 |
| Hardin (Hardin) | John Padgett | C | 1949 | 11173 |
| Harlan (Harlan) | Wah Wah Jones | PF | 1950 | 1260 |
| Hazard (Hazard) | Johnny Cox | SG | 1963 | 1551 |
| Hazard (Hazard) | Sam Smith | SF | 1968 | 2524 |
| Holmes (Covington) | Elijah Pittman | PF | 2015 | 19796 |
| Holy Cross (Covington) | Antonio Campbell | PF | 2018 | 18227 |
| Hopkinsville (Hopkinsville) | Bird Averitt | PG | 1974 | 1613 |
| Hopkinsville (Hopkinsville) | Jamarion Sharp | C | 2025 | 18022 |
| Jefferson (Louisville) | Ronald Thomas | PF | 1973 | 2968 |
| Knox Central (Barboursville) | John Mills | C | 1947 | 1977 |
| Kuttawa (Kuttawa) | Joe Fulks | PF | 1947 | 71 |
| Lafayette (Lexington) | Jeff Mullins | SG | 1965 | 234 |
| Lafayette (Lexington) | Vern Hatton | SG | 1959 | 1233 |
| Lafayette (Lexington) | Charles Hadden | PG | 1959 | 4561 |
| Lafayette (Lexington) | Tyler Wilkerson | PF | 2011 | 14018 |
| Lewis County (Vanceburg) | Ralph Davis | SG | 1961 | 1549 |
| Lexington (Lexington) | Dirk Minniefield | PG | 1986 | 4350 |
| Madison (Richmond) | Tex Ritter | SG | 1949 | 2066 |
| Madisonville (Madisonville) | Frank Ramsey | SF | 1955 | 292 |
| Male (Louisville) | Darrell Griffith | SG | 1981 | 527 |
| Male (Louisville) | Ralph Beard | PG | 1950 | 1390 |
| Male (Louisville) | Gene Rhodes | SG | 1953 | 2183 |
| Male (Louisville) | George Tinsley | SF | 1970 | 5512 |
| Male (Louisville) | Wesley Cox | SF | 1978 | 6376 |
| Male (Louisville) | Winston Bennett | SF | 1989 | 6841 |
| Male (Louisville) | Henry Bacon | SG | 1973 | 7102 |
| Male (Louisville) | Dallas Thornton | SF | 1969 | 7465 |
| Male (Louisville) | Jeremy Kelly | SG | 2007 | 12421 |
| Male (Louisville) | Larry O'Bannon | PG | 2006 | 13797 |
| Marshall County (Benton) | Dan Langhi | SF | 2001 | 6738 |
| Mason County (Maysville) | Darius Miller | SF | 2013 | 3304 |
| Mason County (Maysville) | Chris Lofton | PG | 2009 | 9204 |
| McHenry (McHenry) | John Givens | SG | 1951 | 1853 |
| Meade (Williamsport) | Donnie Butcher | SG | 1962 | 850 |
| Midway (Midway) | Paul Noel | SF | 1948 | 1374 |
| Millersburg Military Institute (Millersburg) | Tom Boerwinkle | C | 1969 | 648 |
| Millersburg Military Institute (Millersburg) | Michael Haynes | SG | 2005 | 14249 |
| Monarch (Louisville) | Louis Amundson | SF | 2007 | 3776 |
| Moore (Louisville) | Abdoulaye N'Diaye | C | 2008 | 16012 |
| Moore (Louisville) | Carlos Hurt | PG | 2006 | 16916 |
| Newport (Newport) | Jack F. Turner | SG | 1962 | 1862 |
| Newport (Newport) | Stanley Arnzen | SF | 1938 | 6062 |
| North Laurel (London) | Daniel Dillon | PG | 2009 | 11006 |
| North Laurel (London) | Reed Sheppard | PG | 2025 | 11726 |
| North Oldham (Goshen) | Justin Powell | SG | 2024 | 20366 |
| Oldham County (LaGrange) | Donta Smith | SG | 2005 | 4964 |
| Olmstead (Olmstead) | Buck Sydnor | PG | 1947 | 4443 |
| Owensboro (Owensboro) | Cliff Hagan | SF | 1957 | 70 |
| Owensboro (Owensboro) | Bobby Watson | PG | 1955 | 2084 |
| Owensboro (Owensboro) | Kenny Higgs | PG | 1979 | 4053 |
| Owensboro (Owensboro) | Aric Holman | C | 2020 | 13700 |
| Owingsville (Owingsville) | Dan Swartz | SF | 1963 | 1810 |
| Paris (Paris) | Alvin Sims | SG | 1999 | 7886 |
| Pulaski County (Somerset) | Reggie Hanson | SF | 1998 | 11089 |
| Russellville (Russellville) | Bubba Wells | SG | 1998 | 12193 |
| Russellville (Russellville) | Pedro Bradshaw | SF | 2022 | 15574 |
| Ryle (Union) | Justin Doellman | PF | 2008 | 3832 |
| Sandy Hook (Sandy Hook) | Orbie Bowling | C | 1968 | 11199 |
| Scott County (Georgetown) | Jared Carter | C | 2010 | 20022 |
| Scottsville (Scottsville) | Odie Spears | SF | 1949 | 464 |
| Seneca (Louisville) | Wes Unseld | C | 1969 | 154 |
| Seneca (Louisville) | J.J. Eubanks | SG | 1992 | 19639 |
| Shady Grove (Shady Grove) | Blackie Towery | PF | 1949 | 677 |
| Shawnee (Louisville) | Rudy Macklin | SF | 1982 | 5725 |
| Shawnee (Louisville) | Tom Payne | C | 1972 | 8658 |
| Shelby County (Shelbyville) | A.J. Slaughter | SG | 2011 | 3561 |
| South Marshall (Benton) | Bob Warren | SG | 1969 | 1408 |
| St. Xavier (Louisville) | Scott Padgett | PF | 2000 | 3280 |
| St. Xavier (Louisville) | Lee Huber | PG | 1942 | 4130 |
| St. Xavier (Louisville) | Mike Silliman | SF | 1967 | 5894 |
| St. Xavier (Louisville) | Tom Hagan | SG | 1970 | 6854 |
| Tates Creek (Lexington) | Vince Taylor | SG | 1983 | 11775 |
| Taylor County (Campbellsville) | Clem Haskins | SG | 1968 | 526 |
| Trimble (Bedford) | Jack Tingle | PF | 1948 | 2776 |
| Trinity (Louisville) | Ray Spalding | PF | 2019 | 7347 |
| Trinity (Louisville) | Jay Scrubb | SG | 2021 | 7553 |
| Trinity (Louisville) | David Johnson | SG | 2022 | 14173 |
| Union County (Union County) | Larry Johnson (1954) | SG | 1978 | 8432 |
| University Heights (Hopkinsville) | Greg Buckner | PG | 2000 | 2699 |
| University Heights (Hopkinsville) | Scotty Hopson | SG | 2012 | 4998 |
| University Heights (Hopkinsville) | Isiah Victor | PF | 2002 | 8594 |
| University Heights (Hopkinsville) | Lamont Barnes | PF | 2001 | 11160 |
| Valley (Louisville) | Tim Brooks | PG | 1994 | 19111 |
| Versailles (Versailles) | Wilbur Schu | PG | 1947 | 3456 |
| Waggener (Louisville) | Paul Long | SG | 1968 | 3722 |
| Warren Central (Bowling Green) | Anthony Grundy | SG | 2006 | 7133 |
| Wayland (Wayland) | Kelly Coleman | SG | 1961 | 2675 |
| Western (Louisville) | Alonzo Evans | SG | 2006 | 16489 |
| Western (Paris) | Jim Tucker | PF | 1955 | 2676 |
| Wickliffe (Wickliffe) | Phil Rollins | PG | 1959 | 1006 |
| Wickliffe (Wickliffe) | Kenny Rollins | PG | 1949 | 1427 |
| Williamsburg (Williamsburg) | Bill Miller | SF | 1953 | 4192 |
| Williamstown (Williamstown) | Arnie Risen | C | 1949 | 65 |
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