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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Japan
Notes: Players are ranked on the list of the country they were born in.
Where a player grew up, went to school, or who they represented internationally is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Rookie Yr | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Rui Hachimura | PF | 2020 | 1093 |
| 2 | Kenichi Sako | PG | 1993 | 1307 |
| 3 | Yuta Watanabe | SF | 2019 | 2337 |
| 4 | Maikeru Takahashi | PF | 1996 | 3157 |
| 5 | Takehiko Orimo | SG | 1990 | 4156 |
| 6 | Yudai Baba | SG | 2018 | 5306 |
| 7 | Yuki Kawamura | PG | 2020 | 5556 |
| 8 | Kosuke Kanamaru | SF | 2011 | 5771 |
| 9 | Takashi Masuda | SG | 1960 | 6224 |
| 10 | Shigeaki Abe | PG | 1967 | 6528 |
| 11 | Makoto Hiejima | PG | 2012 | 6620 |
| 12 | Fumihiko Moroyama | SG | 1963 | 6626 |
| 13 | Masatomo Traniguchi | SG | 1966 | 6648 |
| 14 | Takeo Sugiyama | PG | 1956 | 7224 |
| 15 | Daiki Tanaka | SG | 2013 | 7281 |
| 16 | Joshitaka Egawa | SG | 1962 | 7593 |
| 17 | Shoji Yuki | SF | 1970 | 7651 |
| 18 | Akira Kodama | PF | 1967 | 7782 |
| 19 | Shutaro Shoji | PG | 1956 | 7785 |
| 20 | Kaoru Wakabayashi | PG | 1958 | 8007 |
| 21 | Hiroshi Saito | SG | 1956 | 8070 |
| 22 | Kuihike Nakamura | SF | 1959 | 8188 |
| 23 | Keisei Tominaga | SG | 2023 | 8220 |
| 24 | Nobuo Chigusa | SF | 1976 | 8242 |
| 25 | Kenichi Imaizumi | SG | 1956 | 8495 |
| 26 | Akira Jacobs | PF | 2021 | 8548 |
| 27 | Kai Toews | PG | 2021 | 8661 |
| 28 | Takashi Itoyama | C | 1956 | 8851 |
| 29 | Yuki Togashi | PG | 2015 | 9417 |
| 30 | Hirotaka Yoshii | SF | 2019 | 9917 |
| 31 | Yuta Tabuse | PG | 2005 | 10785 |
| 32 | Avi Koki Schafer | C | 2020 | 13124 |
| 33 | Joji Takeuchi | PF | 2007 | 16174 |
| 34 | Kazuyuki Nakagawa | PG | 2005 | 16573 |
| 35 | Yuichiro Morishita | PG | 2002 | 17300 |
| 36 | Ryusei Shinoyama | PG | 2010 | 17385 |
| 37 | Seiya Ando | PG | 2014 | 17604 |
| 38 | Justin Briggs | C | 2021 | 17961 |
| 39 | Kosuke Takeuchi | C | 2008 | 17991 |
| 40 | Shuto Ando | SG | 2017 | 18373 |
| 41 | Osmosu Abe | PF | 1999 | 18469 |
| 42 | Koya Kawamata | PF | 2022 | 18938 |
| 43 | Shuta Hara | PG | 2016 | 18958 |
| 44 | Yudai Nishida | SF | 2017 | 18983 |
| 45 | Soichiro Inoue | PF | 2021 | 19359 |
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