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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Tennessee 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 |
| Alcoa (Alcoa) | Tommy Woods | PF | 1968 | 10546 |
| Aquinas (Nashville) | D.J. Harrison | SF | 2003 | 18219 |
| Arlington (Memphis) | C.J. Anderson | SG | 2019 | 20582 |
| Austin (Knoxville) | Duke Hogue | C | 1963 | 3905 |
| Austin-East (Knoxville) | Elston Turner | SG | 1982 | 2022 |
| Battleground Academy (Franklin) | Bob Harris | PF | 1950 | 853 |
| Baylor (Chattanooga) | Reggie Upshaw | SF | 2018 | 10860 |
| Bearden (Knoxville) | Ty Greene | PG | 2016 | 15386 |
| Believe Prep (Athens) | Jason Preston | PG | 2022 | 8636 |
| Believe Prep (Athens) | Dexter Dennis | SG | 2024 | 13739 |
| Blackman (Murfreesboro) | Darius Thompson | SG | 2019 | 3855 |
| Bolivar Central (Bolivar) | Wayne Chism | PF | 2011 | 16689 |
| Bolton (Arlington) | Sylvester Gray | SF | 1989 | 8103 |
| Bradley (Cleveland) | Alvin Scott | SF | 1978 | 1747 |
| Bradley (Cleveland) | Dee Gibson | SG | 1949 | 1755 |
| Bradley (Cleveland) | Buddy Cate | PF | 1951 | 2321 |
| Bradley Central (Cleveland) | Terrence Oglesby | SG | 2010 | 20223 |
| Brainerd (Chattanooga) | Malcolm Mackey | PF | 1994 | 9477 |
| Brentwood (Brentwood) | Darryl Jackson | SF | 2022 | 5221 |
| Brentwood Academy (Brentwood) | Darius Garland | PG | 2020 | 404 |
| Brentwood Academy (Brentwood) | Brandan Wright | PF | 2008 | 3040 |
| Brentwood Academy (Brentwood) | David Harrison | C | 2005 | 6428 |
| Briarcrest Christian (Eads) | Austin Nichols | PF | 2018 | 9901 |
| Briarcrest Christian (Eads) | Leslie McDonald | SG | 2015 | 20355 |
| Brownsville (Brownsville) | Dwight Waller | SF | 1969 | 6445 |
| Cameron (Nashville) | David Vaughn | C | 1975 | 3415 |
| Cane Ridge (Antioch) | Brandon Miller | SF | 2024 | 5013 |
| Carver (Memphis) | Qyntel Woods | SF | 2003 | 3757 |
| Carver (Memphis) | Willie White | SG | 1985 | 7682 |
| Carver (Memphis) | Taj McCullough | PF | 2009 | 15874 |
| Central (Bolivar) | Willie Kemp | PG | 2011 | 18812 |
| Central (Memphis) | Lester Hudson | PG | 2010 | 4140 |
| Central (Memphis) | Tyler Stone | SF | 2015 | 8289 |
| Central Merry (Jackson) | Todd Mundt | C | 1994 | 14846 |
| Cheatham County (Chapmansboro) | Ryan Stack | PF | 1999 | 5666 |
| Christian Brothers (Memphis) | William Douglas | SG | 2024 | 11855 |
| Christian Brothers (Memphis) | Drew Barham | SG | 2015 | 20231 |
| Clarksville (Clarksville) | Shawn Marion | SF | 2000 | 173 |
| Clarksville (Clarksville) | Trenton Hassell | SF | 2002 | 1879 |
| Clarksville (Clarksville) | Brock Gillespie | PG | 2006 | 17494 |
| Clay County (Celina) | Tyreke Key | PG | 2024 | 20598 |
| Clinton (Clinton) | Toree Morris | C | 2005 | 16680 |
| Clinton (Clinton) | Dedrick Dye | PG | 2004 | 18583 |
| Coffee County Central (Manchester) | Charles Edmonson | PF | 1989 | 7695 |
| Covington (Covington) | Demetrius Denzel-Dyson | SG | 2019 | 20006 |
| Craigmont (Memphis) | Terrico White | SG | 2011 | 9350 |
| Dickson County (Dickson) | JeQuan Lewis | PG | 2018 | 11393 |
| Donelson Christian (Nashville) | Adam Sonn | C | 2004 | 18464 |
| Dresden (Dresden) | Popeye Jones | PF | 1994 | 1407 |
| East (Memphis) | Cedric Henderson | SF | 1989 | 3044 |
| East (Memphis) | James Wiseman | C | 2021 | 6668 |
| East (Memphis) | Tony Harris (1979) | PG | 2002 | 10680 |
| East (Memphis) | Anthony Douglas | PF | 1994 | 17904 |
| East (Memphis) | Courtney Pigram | PG | 2010 | 17910 |
| East (Memphis) | Nick King | SF | 2019 | 19449 |
| East (Memphis) | Reuben Clayton | SG | 2012 | 20782 |
| East (Nashville) | Calvin Garrett | SF | 1981 | 4585 |
| Ensworth School (Nashville) | Jordan Bone | PG | 2020 | 7985 |
| Exell-Harding Christian (Antioch) | Julian Terrell | PF | 2007 | 17241 |
| Fairley (Memphis) | Corey Beck | PG | 1996 | 5644 |
| Fairley (Memphis) | Willie Jenkins | SF | 2006 | 15652 |
| Fairley (Memphis) | Dwight Stewart | PF | 1996 | 16976 |
| Fairley (Memphis) | Marlon Towns | SG | 2001 | 18553 |
| Fayette-Ware (Somerville) | Carlos Clark | SG | 1984 | 5733 |
| Franklin (Franklin) | Garrison Mathews | SG | 2020 | 5461 |
| Frayser (Memphis) | Vincent Askew | SG | 1988 | 2006 |
| Fulton (Knoxville) | Ron Widby | SF | 1968 | 10224 |
| Gallatin Union (Nashville) | Bill Ligon | SG | 1975 | 6993 |
| Germantown (Germantown) | George Price | PF | 1962 | 3736 |
| Germantown (Germantown) | Ian Clark | SG | 2014 | 4042 |
| Germantown (Germantown) | Austin Hollins | SG | 2015 | 7203 |
| Greeneville (Greeneville) | Antwaine Wiggins | SF | 2013 | 17943 |
| Grove (Paris) | Dan King | PF | 1955 | 2588 |
| Hamilton (Memphis) | Todd Day | SG | 1993 | 1306 |
| Hamilton (Memphis) | Jerome Mincy | PF | 1987 | 2097 |
| Hamilton (Memphis) | Al Henry | C | 1971 | 3639 |
| Hamilton (Memphis) | Dedric Lawson | PF | 2020 | 9734 |
| Hamilton (Memphis) | Harvey Thomas | SF | 2005 | 13480 |
| Hamilton (Memphis) | Jeremy Williams | SF | 2012 | 18052 |
| Hamilton (Memphis) | Courtney Bohannon | SF | 2008 | 19636 |
| Hamilton Heights Christian (Chattanooga) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | SG | 2019 | 186 |
| Hamilton Heights Christian (Chattanooga) | Nickeil Alexander-Walker | SG | 2020 | 2055 |
| Hamilton Heights Christian (Chattanooga) | Uros Plavsic | C | 2024 | 12330 |
| Haywood (Brownsville) | Tony Delk | PG | 1997 | 1780 |
| Haywood (Brownsville) | Jarvis Varnado | PF | 2013 | 8171 |
| Hillcrest (Memphis) | Galen Young | SF | 2000 | 6013 |
| Hillcrest (Memphis) | Mark Buford | C | 1994 | 15981 |
| Hillwood (Nashville) | Charles Hathaway | C | 2002 | 16652 |
| Holston Valley (Holston Valley) | Bob Hogsett | PF | 1967 | 5982 |
| Howard (Chattanooga) | George Finley | C | 1962 | 4685 |
| Howard (Chattanooga) | Johnny Taylor | SF | 1998 | 9304 |
| Humboldt (Humboldt) | Desonta Bradford | SG | 2019 | 10710 |
| Hume-Fogg (Nashville) | Alex Renfroe | PG | 2010 | 4667 |
| Independence (Thompson's Station) | Grayson Murphy | PG | 2023 | 13089 |
| Johnson County (Mountain City) | Milas Shoun | C | 1938 | 4849 |
| Johnson County (Mountain City) | Slim Shoun | C | 1928 | 5303 |
| Karns (Knoxville) | Doug Roth | C | 1990 | 15378 |
| Kingsbury (Memphis) | Mike Butler | SG | 1969 | 3457 |
| Kirby (Memphis) | DeAngelo Riley | PF | 2012 | 20233 |
| Lausanne (Memphis) | Marc Gasol | C | 2009 | 244 |
| Lausanne (Memphis) | Cameron Payne | PG | 2016 | 2300 |
| Lausanne (Memphis) | Skal Labissiere | PF | 2017 | 5328 |
| Lester (Memphis) | Rich Jones | PF | 1970 | 689 |
| Lester (Memphis) | Charlie Paulk | PF | 1969 | 3328 |
| Lipscomb Academy (Nashville) | Clyde Lee | PF | 1967 | 498 |
| Lipscomb Academy (Nashville) | Oliver Simmons | PF | 2001 | 17077 |
| Manassas (Memphis) | Michael Wilson | PG | 1984 | 6860 |
| Manassas (Memphis) | Reginald Becton | PF | 2014 | 20344 |
| Marshall City (Lewisburg) | Marcus Haislip | PF | 2003 | 3279 |
| Martin Luther King (Nashville) | Gerald Robinson | PG | 2013 | 12960 |
| Maryville (Maryville) | Lee Humphrey | PG | 2008 | 12874 |
| McGavock (Nashville) | Charles Davis | SF | 1982 | 2712 |
| McMinn County (Athens) | JaJuan Smith | PG | 2009 | 19396 |
| Melrose (Memphis) | Bingo Smith | SF | 1970 | 603 |
| Melrose (Memphis) | Larry Finch | SG | 1974 | 3385 |
| Melrose (Memphis) | William Bedford | C | 1987 | 4644 |
| Melrose (Memphis) | Ronnie Robinson | PF | 1974 | 6285 |
| Melrose (Memphis) | Jemerrio Jones | SF | 2019 | 7032 |
| Melrose (Memphis) | Jerry Dover | PG | 1972 | 11744 |
| Melrose (Memphis) | Adonis Thomas | SF | 2014 | 12746 |
| Melrose (Memphis) | Michael Wilson (1972) | SG | 1997 | 14919 |
| Melrose (Memphis) | Markel Crawford | SG | 2019 | 16812 |
| Melrose (Memphis) | Bobby Ray Parks | SG | 2016 | 18984 |
| Middleton (Middleton) | Bailey Howell | PF | 1960 | 86 |
| Middleton (Middleton) | Lowery Kirk | PF | 1962 | 3618 |
| Middleton (Middleton) | Steve Hamer | C | 1997 | 10217 |
| Middleton (Middleton) | Bobby Parks | SG | 1985 | 12067 |
| Millington (Millington) | Tony Dumas | SG | 1995 | 5651 |
| Mitchell (Memphis) | Thaddeus Young | PF | 2008 | 563 |
| Mitchell (Memphis) | Rick Roberson | C | 1970 | 898 |
| Mitchell (Memphis) | Andre Turner | PG | 1987 | 3495 |
| Mitchell (Memphis) | Jeremiah Martin | PG | 2020 | 6038 |
| Mount Juliet (Mount Juliet) | Tom Marshall | SF | 1955 | 1238 |
| Munford (Munford) | Jonathan Stark | PG | 2019 | 14942 |
| North Side (Jackson) | Casey Prather | SG | 2015 | 5785 |
| Northeast (Clarksville) | Alex Poythress | PF | 2017 | 4739 |
| Northside (Memphis) | Tony Windless | SG | 1993 | 14663 |
| Oak Ridge (Oak Ridge) | Otis Howard | PF | 1979 | 8064 |
| Overton (Memphis) | Johnny Neumann | SG | 1972 | 1069 |
| Overton (Memphis) | Sergio Kerusch | SG | 2012 | 14894 |
| Overton (Memphis) | Brandon Wharton | SG | 2000 | 17899 |
| Pearl (Nashville) | Les Hunter | PF | 1965 | 863 |
| Pearl (Nashville) | Ted McClain | SG | 1972 | 988 |
| Perry County (Loblesville) | Kirk Haston | SF | 2002 | 8386 |
| Portland (Portland) | Corey Brewer | SF | 2008 | 1302 |
| Raleigh Egypt (Memphis) | Arnett Moultrie | PF | 2013 | 6380 |
| Raleigh Egypt (Memphis) | Scooter McFadgon | SF | 2006 | 11598 |
| Raleigh Egypt (Memphis) | Cory Bradford | PG | 2003 | 13150 |
| Ridgeway (Memphis) | Tarik Black | C | 2015 | 3938 |
| Ridgeway (Memphis) | Derrick Byars | PF | 2012 | 5942 |
| Ridgeway (Memphis) | Jalen Crutcher | PG | 2022 | 8026 |
| Riverside (Chattanooga) | Anthony Roberts | SF | 1978 | 2971 |
| Sheffield (Memphis) | Randy Culpepper | PG | 2012 | 12711 |
| Sheffield (Memphis) | Chris Crawford (1992) | SG | 2015 | 16241 |
| South Side (Jackson) | Jaylen Barford | PG | 2019 | 11977 |
| Southside (Memphis) | Arlyn Bowers | PG | 1992 | 20015 |
| Southwind (Memphis) | Jarnell Stokes | PF | 2015 | 6257 |
| Southwind (Memphis) | Johnathan Williams | C | 2019 | 8347 |
| St. George's (Collerville) | Elliot Williams | PG | 2012 | 5264 |
| Station Camp (Hendersonville) | John Jenkins | SG | 2013 | 5149 |
| Stratford (Nashville) | Dontae' Jones | SF | 1998 | 10475 |
| Tennessee Prep (Memphis) | Damion Baugh | SG | 2024 | 12672 |
| Tennessee Temple Academy (Chattanooga) | Michael Ojo | C | 2018 | 11623 |
| The McCallie School (Chattanooga) | Reed Rawlings | SF | 2001 | 9021 |
| The McCallie School (Chattanooga) | Ron Anderson Jr. | PF | 2013 | 15523 |
| The Webb School (Bell Buckle) | Keon Johnson | PG | 2022 | 7190 |
| Treadwell (Memphis) | Penny Hardaway | PG | 1994 | 208 |
| Treadwell (Memphis) | Elliot Perry | PG | 1992 | 2075 |
| Treadwell (Memphis) | Hank McDowell | PF | 1982 | 3817 |
| Treadwell (Memphis) | Chris Garner | PG | 1998 | 4776 |
| Treadwell (Memphis) | Lamarcus Golden | PG | 1997 | 17698 |
| Trezevant (Memphis) | Jimmie Hunter | SG | 2001 | 5691 |
| Trezevant (Memphis) | Adrian Banks | SG | 2009 | 16406 |
| Washington (Memphis) | Lorenzen Wright | PF | 1997 | 970 |
| Washington (Memphis) | McKinley Singleton | PG | 1987 | 6958 |
| Washington (Memphis) | Antonio Burks | PG | 2005 | 7882 |
| Washington Academy (Limestone) | Filip Videnov | SG | 2004 | 11219 |
| Washington Academy (Limestone) | Mustafa Al-Sayyad | C | 2006 | 17503 |
| White Station (Memphis) | Chris Chiozza | PG | 2019 | 5349 |
| White Station (Memphis) | J.P. Prince | SF | 2011 | 8061 |
| White Station (Memphis) | Ferrakohn Hall | SF | 2014 | 16049 |
| White Station (Memphis) | Joe Jackson | PG | 2015 | 18207 |
| White Station (Memphis) | Nino Johnson | PF | 2016 | 19770 |
| Whitehaven (Memphis) | John Best | SF | 1994 | 6405 |
| Whitehaven (Memphis) | Octavius Ellis | PF | 2017 | 9422 |
| Whitehaven (Memphis) | Marvin Alexander | C | 1989 | 13074 |
| Whitehaven (Memphis) | Ron Huery | SF | 1992 | 14317 |
| Whitehaven (Memphis) | Javion Hamlet | SG | 2022 | 15781 |
| Whitehaven (Memphis) | Mike Fofana | PF | 2020 | 18319 |
| Whitehaven (Memphis) | Steve Mitchell | PG | 1987 | 19214 |
| Whites Creek (Nashville) | David Vaughn III | PF | 1996 | 6180 |
| Whites Creek (Nashville) | Odell Bradley | PF | 2005 | 10476 |
| Whites Creek (Nashville) | Demonte Harper | SG | 2012 | 12798 |
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