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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Arkansas
Notes: This is a list of the greatest pro players that were born in this state.
Where players grew up or went to school does not factor into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Rookie Yr | Birthplace | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Scottie Pippen | SF | 1988 | Hamburg | 90 |
| 2 | Fat Lever | PG | 1983 | Pine Bluff | 151 |
| 3 | Sidney Moncrief | SG | 1980 | Little Rock | 169 |
| 4 | Joe Johnson | SG | 2002 | Little Rock | 223 |
| 5 | Nathaniel Clifton | C | 1951 | Little Rock | 252 |
| 6 | Joe Barry Carroll | C | 1981 | Pine Bluff | 276 |
| 7 | Archie Clark | SG | 1967 | Conway | 283 |
| 8 | Caldwell Jones | C | 1977 | McGehee | 425 |
| 9 | Eddie Miles | SG | 1964 | North Little Rock | 509 |
| 10 | Wil Jones | PF | 1970 | McGehee | 617 |
| 11 | Jim Barnes | C | 1965 | Tuckerman | 819 |
| 12 | Michael Cage | PF | 1985 | West Memphis | 822 |
| 13 | Corliss Williamson | PF | 1996 | Russellville | 908 |
| 14 | Bobby Portis | C | 2016 | Little Rock | 936 |
| 15 | Derek Fisher | PG | 1997 | Little Rock | 977 |
| 16 | Goose Tatum | C | 1943 | El Dorado | 995 |
| 17 | Malik Monk | SG | 2018 | Jonesboro | 1186 |
| 18 | Bryant Reeves | C | 1996 | Fort Smith | 1249 |
| 19 | Ron Brewer | SG | 1979 | Fort Smith | 1321 |
| 20 | Jim McElroy | PG | 1976 | Cotton Plant | 1387 |
| 21 | Austin Reaves | SG | 2022 | Newark | 1393 |
| 22 | Andrew Lang | C | 1989 | Pine Bluff | 1499 |
| 23 | Marcus Brown | SG | 1997 | West Memphis | 1746 |
| 24 | Bob Burrow | C | 1957 | Malvern | 1811 |
| 25 | Charles Jones | PF | 1984 | McGehee | 1989 |
| 26 | Sonny Weems | SG | 2009 | West Memphis | 2095 |
| 27 | Franklin Burgess | SG | 1962 | Eudora | 2169 |
| 28 | Fred Jones | SG | 2003 | Malvern | 2192 |
| 29 | Daniel Gafford | C | 2020 | El Dorado | 2199 |
| 30 | James Anderson | SG | 2011 | El Dorado | 2646 |
| 31 | Major Jones | PF | 1980 | McGehee | 2700 |
| 32 | Leon Blevins | SG | 1951 | Black Oak | 3095 |
| 33 | Jimmy Oliver | SG | 1991 | Menifee | 3447 |
| 34 | Kel'el Ware | C | 2025 | North Little Rock | 3472 |
| 35 | Jeremy Evans | SF | 2011 | Crossett | 3636 |
| 36 | Quincy Lewis | SG | 2000 | Little Rock | 3795 |
| 37 | Jeff Martin | SG | 1990 | Cherry Valley | 3815 |
| 38 | Jim Cathcart | PF | 1951 | Little Rock | 4028 |
| 39 | Isaiah Joe | SG | 2021 | Fort Smith | 4151 |
| 40 | Wayne Yates | C | 1962 | North Little Rock | 4204 |
| 41 | Shannie Barnett | PF | 1943 | Pine Bluff | 4446 |
| 42 | Corey L. Brewer | PG | 1999 | West Memphis | 4502 |
| 43 | Howard Adams | PF | 1943 | El Paso | 4639 |
| 44 | Moses Moody | SG | 2022 | Little Rock | 5024 |
| 45 | Archie Goodwin | PG | 2014 | Little Rock | 5191 |
| 46 | Richard Scott | SF | 1995 | Little Rock | 5324 |
| 47 | Lee Johnson | PF | 1981 | Plummerville | 6213 |
| 48 | Dusty Hannahs | SG | 2018 | Little Rock | 6782 |
| 49 | Nick Smith | PG | 2024 | Jacksonville | 6985 |
| 50 | Jasper Wilson | SF | 1969 | Camden | 6986 |
| 51 | Jackie Ridgle | SG | 1972 | Altheimer | 6995 |
| 52 | Brian Martin | SF | 1986 | Fort Smith | 7205 |
| 53 | Ike Corbin | C | 1989 | Dumas | 7526 |
| 54 | Bryant Basemore | C | 1994 | Hughes | 7697 |
| 55 | Darrin Fowlkes | SF | 1990 | Asceola | 7775 |
| 56 | Keith Lee | PF | 1986 | West Memphis | 7871 |
| 57 | Daryl Macon | SG | 2019 | Little Rock | 8156 |
| 58 | Gaylon Nickerson | SG | 1997 | Osecola | 8340 |
| 59 | James Deines | PF | 1986 | Springdale | 8428 |
| 60 | Cory Carr | SG | 1999 | Fordyce | 8968 |
| 61 | Dennis Nutt | PG | 1987 | Little Rock | 9149 |
| 62 | Jeff Taylor | SG | 1983 | Blytheville | 9356 |
| 63 | Jerry Rook | SF | 1970 | Jonesboro | 9384 |
| 64 | Mark Tillmon | PG | 1991 | Little Rock | 9608 |
| 65 | Jaylin Williams | C | 2023 | Fort Smith | 10624 |
| 66 | U.S. Reed | SG | 1982 | Pine Bluff | 10715 |
| 67 | John Dickson | C | 1968 | Searcy | 10987 |
| 68 | Ollie Jones | PF | 1966 | McGehee | 11832 |
| 69 | Harvey Knuckles | SF | 1982 | Tyronza | 11984 |
| 70 | Myron Jackson | PG | 1987 | Hamburg | 12011 |
| 71 | Mykal Riley | SG | 2009 | Pine Bluff | 12501 |
| 72 | Greg Davis | PG | 2005 | Hope | 12720 |
| 73 | Keith Carter | SG | 2000 | Perryville | 12809 |
| 74 | Maurice Jeffers | SG | 2002 | Morrilton | 12986 |
| 75 | Charles Balentine | SF | 1986 | Newport | 13503 |
| 76 | Paul Carter | SF | 2012 | Little Rock | 13584 |
| 77 | Jason Smith (1977) | SF | 2000 | Palestine | 14131 |
| 78 | Frazier Johnson | C | 1994 | Unknown | 14229 |
| 79 | Keljin Blevins | SG | 2020 | Hot Springs | 14232 |
| 80 | Will Pippen | SF | 2004 | Hamburg | 14297 |
| 81 | Marvin Delph | SG | 1979 | Conway | 14672 |
| 82 | Jeff Webster | SF | 1996 | Pine Bluff | 14759 |
| 83 | Kris Bankston | PF | 2024 | Little Rock | 15117 |
| 84 | Chico Fletcher | PG | 2001 | Osceola | 15126 |
| 85 | Cedrick Hughey | SG | 2004 | Waldo | 15540 |
| 86 | Jamal Jones | SF | 2016 | Searcy | 15657 |
| 87 | Nick Covington | PG | 2008 | Little Rock | 16013 |
| 88 | Clifton Terry | SF | 2002 | Little Rock | 16027 |
| 89 | Solomon Bozeman | PG | 2012 | Magnolia | 16886 |
| 90 | Roman Brown | PF | 2001 | Little Rock | 17322 |
| 91 | Marty Embry | C | 1987 | Pine Bluff | 17774 |
| 92 | Bryson Warren | PG | 2024 | North Little Rock | 17860 |
| 93 | Justin Leon | PF | 2018 | Conway | 18020 |
| 94 | LaDustin Williams | PG | 2012 | Jonesboro | 19005 |
| 95 | Kavion Pippen | PF | 2020 | Hamburg | 19694 |
| 96 | LaQuentin Miles | SG | 2015 | Jacksonville | 19849 |
| 97 | Kevin Cross | SF | 2025 | Little Rock | 19900 |
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