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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Massachusetts

 

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.

Ranking Explanation

 

Rnk Athlete POS Rookie Yr Birthplace Overall Rank
1 Bill Laimbeer C 1981 Boston 269
2 Dana Barros PG 1990 Boston 812
3 Toby Kimball PF 1967 Framingham 838
4 Vinny Del Negro SG 1989 Springfield 1164
5 Travis Best PG 1996 Springfield 1230
6 Matt Geiger C 1993 Salem 1235
7 Bill Hewitt PF 1969 Cambridge 1337
8 Stan Stutz SG 1944 Worcester 1522
9 Ron Lee PG 1977 Boston 1541
10 Bruce Brown SG 2019 Boston 1639
11 Albert Grenert SF 1946 Holyoke 1751
12 Nerlens Noel C 2015 Malden 1813
13 Michael Carter-Williams PG 2014 Hamilton 1959
14 Lou Tsioropoulos SF 1957 Lynn 1962
15 Pat Connaughton SG 2016 Arlington 2125
16 Terry Driscoll PF 1971 Winthrop 2137
17 Tony Lavelli SF 1950 Somerville 2323
18 Andy Sears SG 1903 Chicopee Falls 2344
19 Dick Leary C 1907 Lenox 2376
20 Bob Hubbard C 1948 Westfield 2393
21 Georges Niang PF 2017 Lawrence 2452
22 Shabazz Napier PG 2015 Roxbury 2723
23 Fred Blackner SG 1898 Boston 2729
24 Dutch Guenther PF 1918 Springfield 2779
25 Flo Haggerty SF 1901 Springfield 2830
26 Mio Boggio SF 1906 Attleboro 2839
27 Joe Kynoch C 1898 Milford 2884
28 Charlie Noonan PF 1899 Fitchburg 3087
29 Pete Gilligan SF 1914 Pittsfield 3126
30 Len Shepherd PF 1918 Northampton 3184
31 Horse Haggerty C 1913 Springfield 3186
32 Jack Foley SF 1963 Worcester 3206
33 Darius Bazley PF 2020 Boston 3218
34 Jerry Conway C 1919 Holyoke 3235
35 Snooks Dowd SG 1916 Springfield 3290
36 Joe Cullen SF 1899 Fitchburg 3366
37 Tim Horan SF 1899 Worcester 3491
38 John Amaechi C 1996 Boston 3493
39 Mike Johnson SF 1920 Pittsfield 3523
40 Noah Vonleh PF 2015 Haverhill 3633
41 Frank Leighton PF 1897 Clinton 3703
42 Jack O'Neil PF 1899 Lowell 3827
43 Henry Martens PF 1900 Springfield 3964
44 Albie Allard SF 1900 Lowell 4001
45 Anthony Conlon SF 1899 Fitchburg 4101
46 Charles Martens SF 1900 Springfield 4108
47 Stanis Mathieu SF 1900 Webster 4118
48 Harold Hiser SG 1920 Pittsfield 4146
49 Joe Lynch PF 1902 Cambridge 4250
50 Plugger Doherty SG 1906 Worcester 4301
51 Elwin Green C 1899 Clinton 4323
52 Malcolm Cairins PF 1901 Clinton 4353
53 Bill Sheridan C 1902 Warren 4356
54 Jack Porter SG 1898 Hudson 4380
55 Johnny Sheehan PG 1900 Worcester 4426
56 Slats Healey PF 1900 Lowell 4450
57 Jack Punch SG 1902 Maynard 4475
58 Tommy O’Reilly SF 1901 Worcester 4490
59 Billy Kelleher SG 1899 Lowell 4514
60 Tommy Sheehan SF 1919 Springfield 4554
61 Al Remmele SF 1912 Springfield 4572
62 Armand Cure SF 1947 New Bedford 4637
63 Em Grayson SF 1920 Milford 4724
64 Peck Donnelly SG 1901 Lowell 4742
65 Joe Ragland PG 2013 Springfield 4763
66 Bill Horne SG 1899 Millbury 4854
67 Henry Sheridan SF 1902 Warren 4864
68 Russ Lee SG 1973 Boston 4919
69 Jimmy Healey PG 1902 Cambridge 4932
70 Pete Reagan SF 1900 Lowell 4981
71 Tom Davies PF 1901 Holyoke 4995
72 Jake Sweeney SG 1900 Fitchburg 5043
73 Charlie Burt C 1897 Millbury 5045
74 Demetris Nichols SF 2008 Boston 5063
75 Michael Godley SF 1899 Fitchburg 5076
76 Jeff Adrien PF 2011 Brookline 5103
77 Bill Halloran SF 1900 Lynn 5124
78 Michael Qualey SF 1901 Lowell 5125
79 Jack Scott C 1900 Dudley 5185
80 Bill Curley PF 1995 Boston 5197
81 Chet Lucia SG 1917 Westfield 5275
82 Billy Hayes SG 1903 Cambridge 5406
83 Bob Bigelow SF 1976 Boston 5412
84 Joe Rodger SF 1898 Clinton 5459
85 Charles Stewart SG 1920 Pittsfield 5460
86 Michael Bradley PF 2002 Worcester 5483
87 Mike Thompson C 1900 Webster 5543
88 Billie Knox SG 1898 Everett 5551
89 Billy Sullivan SF 1917 Holyoke 5583
90 Joe White (1867) PF 1898 Marlboro 5584
91 Skin Healey C 1912 Westfield 5593
92 Emile Dionne PF 1900 Lawrence 5600
93 George Lynch (1879) C 1901 Maynard 5610
94 Gerald Fitzgerald SG 1914 Springfield 5612
95 Whitey Bernot C 1922 Worcester 5649
96 Ducky Holmes PG 1900 Worcester 5668
97 Tom Wiseman SF 1897 Worcester 5693
98 Al Santio PF 1964 Cape Cod 5769
99 Bobby Jackson (1894) PF 1919 West Springfield 5801
100 Eddie McLaughlin SG 1907 Montague 5865
101 John Ahern C 1903 North Cambridge 5941
102 John Rourke SG 1900 Fitchburg 5954
103 George Dorman SG 1900 Worcester 5957
104 Tom Reid SF 1899 Everett 5966
105 Oscar McFarland PF 1900 Lowell 6110
106 Jere Corcoran PF 1902 Springfield 6126
107 Skip Field C 1902 Lowell 6135
108 Zolly Lewonis SG 1918 Easthampton 6196
109 Zach Auguste C 2017 Cambridge 6197
110 Mike McManmon PG 1901 Lowell 6214
111 Eddie Lynch SF 1920 Northampton 6246
112 Harry Tighe SG 1901 Lowell 6296
113 Dan Lynch PF 1902 Lowell 6297
114 Jake Layman SF 2017 Norwood 6322
115 Bob Carrington SG 1978 Brookline 6325
116 Allie Knox PF 1899 Everett 6336
117 Tom Robb SF 1899 Marlboro 6341
118 Jimmy Harrington SG 1901 Lowell 6342
119 Kisky Feldman PG 1921 Holyoke 6401
120 Arnold Jones PF 1948 Worcester 6447
121 Jimmy Knox SG 1920 Easthampton 6466
122 Babe Allen SF 1919 Springfield 6478
123 Matty Keevers SF 1902 Fitchburg 6496
124 Jim Smith (1873) SG 1900 Gardner 6504
125 Jimmy Doran SF 1902 Holyoke 6526
126 Frank Devlin PF 1902 Lowell 6563
127 Nik Caner-Medley SF 2007 Beverly 6570
128 Bucky Lew SF 1900 Lowell 6606
129 Courtney Sims C 2008 Roslindale 6613
130 Paddy Hehir SG 1899 Worcester 6629
131 Charles Crossman SF 1897 Millbury 6657
132 Jimmy Malcolm SG 1921 Holyoke 6710
133 Ernie Wakefield PG 1912 Springfield 6712
134 George Rogers PF 1898 Everett 6713
135 Harlow Green SG 1899 Clinton 6719
136 Jimmy Connors SF 1915 Holyoke 6727
137 Elton Howe C 1898 Marlboro 6734
138 Eddie O'Brien SG 1920 Easthampton 6759
139 Charlie Doyle PG 1899 Marlboro 6762
140 Moxie Keegan SG 1901 Worcester 6786
141 George Kynoch PF 1898 Milford 6811
142 Tom Marks C 1900 Fitchburg 6853
143 Tom Riley C 1898 Ware 6910
144 James Quinn C 1902 Worcester 6923
145 Everett Wood SF 1897 Millbury 6971
146 Walter Costello SF 1919 Boston 7054
147 Jack Tighe SF 1903 Lowell 7056
148 J. Fred Powers PF 1900 Worcester 7057
149 Harry Edgar SG 1902 West Springfield 7085
150 Bucky Halloran PG 1901 Lowell 7088
151 Mike Gibbons SF 1920 Westfield 7112
152 Billy Parker SG 1895 Everett 7117
153 Ed Connolly SG 1899 Worcester 7123
154 Will Blalock PG 2007 Boston 7135
155 Phil Gleason SF 1918 Northampton 7175
156 Bart Sullivan SF 1902 Worcester 7192
157 Jack LaCasse PF 1905 Lawrence 7236
158 Batty Buckley SF 1898 Ware 7305
159 George Williams (1875) SG 1897 Millbury 7309
160 Max Macalouski SG 1902 Cambridge 7368
161 Bill Galbraith SF 1897 Everett 7391
162 Howard McNally SF 1913 Holyoke 7394
163 Chick Calnan SG 1920 Pittsfield 7433
164 Major Buckley SG 1898 Ware 7437
165 Jackie Collins PG 1915 Springfield 7453
166 Eddie Hayes SF 1923 Greenfield 7478
167 Harry Wilson C 1901 Lowell 7485
168 Kerry Sullivan SF 1918 Westfield 7543
169 James Spring PF 1900 Fitchburg 7567
170 Harry Jope SF 1896 Boston 7731
171 Garra Conway PF 1919 Turners Falls 7733
172 Ray Fitzgerald SG 1923 Westfield 7790
173 Randell Jackson PF 1999 Boston 7799
174 Fred Paine PG 1900 Millbury 7817
175 Roy Tucker SF 1898 Milford 7851
176 Fred Crippa PG 1920 Pittsfield 7873
177 Art Johnson SF 1918 Springfield 7905
178 Andrew Madden PG 1899 Roxbury 7961
179 Babe Donoghue PF 1921 Holyoke 8015
180 Troy Gillenwater SF 2013 Boston 8028
181 John Moriarty SF 1898 Ware 8044
182 Wayne Selden SG 2017 Roxbury 8059
183 Wat Tyler SF 1914 Westfield 8079
184 Fred Burgoyne SF 1900 Worcester 8083
185 Grady O'Malley SF 1970 Boston 8117
186 Irv Pahl SG 1920 Springfield 8135
187 Allie Gion C 1903 Marlboro 8169
188 Charles Gillon SG 1899 Milford 8200
189 Tommy Orr SF 1899 Fitchburg 8203
190 Ed Bradley PG 1900 Worcester 8225
191 Bruce Harley SF 1902 Fitchburg 8253
192 Tommy Reilly SF 1900 Webster 8255
193 Doc Hennessey SG 1923 West Springfield 8305
194 Jermaine Samuels SF 2023 Franklin 8345
195 Zeke Michelman C 1900 Springfield 8350
196 Bill Barrett PF 1922 Cambridge 8369
197 Bill Grave C 1918 Springfield 8372
198 Ike Perry PG 1903 Chicopee 8378
199 Roland Leach SG 1917 Longmeadow 8382
200 Sap Whittemore SF 1914 Westfield 8408
201 Fiddle Morley SF 1922 Boston 8456
202 Paul Campbell SG 1949 Worcester 8484
203 Ray Grayson SG 1923 Milford 8566
204 Chauncey Allen PF 1919 Springfield 8567
205 Dwayne McClain SF 1986 Worcester 8598
206 Roy Roche PG 1923 Holyoke 8628
207 Bobby Buscall SF 1912 Springfield 8686
208 Arthur Eaton SG 1920 Westfield 8743
209 Frank Maguire PF 1915 Springfield 8746
210 Jack Ashton SF 1897 Millbury 8749
211 Red Craven SF 1922 Springfield 8804
212 Fido O'Brien SF 1903 Westfield 8813
213 Jack Loeber SF 1912 North Adams 8866
214 Winfield Temple PF 1899 Marlboro 8936
215 Stubby Laskoski SG 1923 Turners Falls 8988
216 Jack Harding PF 1903 Holyoke 9001
217 A.A. Huot SG 1903 Chicopee 9057
218 Patrick Ewing Jr. SF 2011 Boston 9071
219 Jalen Adams PG 2020 Roxbury 9084
220 Adam Harrington SG 2003 Bernardston 9089
221 Shirt Horan SG 1920 Pittsfield 9116
222 Billy Fletcher SG 1913 Holyoke 9120
223 Okie O’Connor SG 1921 Charlestown 9173
224 Bill Moriarty SF 1920 Holyoke 9174
225 Babe Lyman PG 1918 Easthampton 9227
226 Ed Wineapple SF 1930 Salem 9286
227 Chick McGuiggan PG 1921 Holyoke 9337
228 Arthur Regan PF 1905 Newburyport 9343
229 Bill Jennings PF 1916 Easthampton 9397
230 Wayne Turner PG 2000 Boston 9486
231 Tom Casey PG 1919 Turners Falls 9522
232 Billy McMahon PG 1904 Lowell 9527
233 Florry Ellsworth SG 1900 Northborough 9591
234 George Morse (1873) SF 1900 Worcester 9592
235 Louie Burns PG 1914 Westfield 9641
236 Joe King (1894) SF 1914 Springfield 9706
237 Nick Branniff PG 1899 Webster 9710
238 Henry Kiley PF 1925 East Boston 9819
239 George Gillon PF 1899 Milford 9829
240 Joe Martin SF 1920 Pittsfield 9889
241 Bill Moore SG 1899 Webster 9897
242 Chris Herren PG 2000 Fall River 9938
243 John Curtin PF 1918 Lowell 9957
244 Rufus Crittenden C 1904 Haverhill 10020
245 Tom Foley SF 1900 Worcester 10022
246 Patrick Guthrie SG 1901 Lowell 10077
247 Rawson Bothwell SF 1903 Northampton 10136
248 Al Palmieri PF 1952 New Bedford 10282
249 Mike Sheehan SG 1903 Worcester 10401
250 George Pajak PG 1942 Ware 10435
251 Pep Fasce SG 1920 Pittsfield 10602
252 Frank Madden SF 1903 Westfield 10604
253 Mike Roach SF 1903 Ware 10668
254 Johnnie Roe SG 1904 Holyoke 10828
255 Torin Francis C 2007 Roslindale 10845
256 L.J. Figueroa SF 2022 Lawrence 10926
257 Binker Brett SG 1920 Pittsfield 10941
258 Dan Shea SG 1902 Springfield 11046
259 Dennis Clifford C 2017 Bridgewater 11114
260 Eric Mika C 2018 Boston 11279
261 Francis O'Neil PF 1920 Pittsfield 11310
262 Jimmy Calderella SG 1920 Pittsfield 11420
263 Jamaal Thomas SF 2003 Boston 11431
264 Ed Kosior PG 1949 Hadley 11754
265 Cy Minsky SG 1920 Pittsfield 11813
266 Sol Goldstein PF 1920 Pittsfield 11874
267 Troy Brown SF 1996 Lynn 12152
268 Cedric Ball PF 1991 Worcester 12155
269 Mike Mardesich C 2002 Boston 12440
270 Antonio Anderson SF 2010 Lynn 12551
271 Nisre Zouzoua SG 2021 Brockton 12617
272 Wee Dinnie PG 1947 Quincy 12847
273 Mike Bernard SF 1971 Boston 13275
274 George Deehan PF 1966 Braintree 13361
275 Tony Gaffney PF 2010 Boston 13381
276 Makai Mason PG 2020 Greenfield 13387
277 Ray Flynn PG 1964 Boston 13621
278 Jared Terrell SG 2019 Weymouth 13698
279 Justin Rowe C 2004 Springfield 14160
280 Courtney Eldridge PG 2003 Boston 14275
281 Trent Forbes PG 1994 Roxbury 14418
282 Kyle Casey SF 2015 Medway 14435
283 Joshua Sharma C 2020 Lexington 14797
284 Kevin Freeman PF 2001 Springfield 15651
285 Alan Griffin SG 2022 Waltham 15867
286 Alex Oriakhi PF 2014 Lowell 15971
287 Bill Endicott SG 1976 Somerville 16099
288 Dan Callahan C 1996 Boston 16102
289 Allan Dalton SG 1972 Dorchester 16234
290 Mark Flavin PF 2006 Weymouth 16307
291 Dwight Brewington SG 2008 Lynn 16859
292 Pat Bradley PG 2000 Everett 16963
293 Mark Plansky SF 1989 Wakefield 17189
294 Javier Mojica SG 2008 Auburn 17208
295 Abe Keita C 2005 Winchendon 17388
296 Mark Van Valkenburg SF 1985 Somerville 17554
297 Ernie Floyd C 1985 Boston 17585
298 Dwayne Perry SF 1991 Pittsfield 18099
299 Stacey Massiah PF 1999 Boston 18198
300 Kellan Grady SG 2023 West Roxbury 18634
301 Riccardo Cortese SF 2005 Centerville 19254
302 Justin Reyes SG 2019 Haverhill 19352
303 Tejay Anderson SF 2005 Dorchester 19488
304 Naadir Tharpe PG 2015 Worcester 19725
305 Orion Outerbridge PF 2013 Boston 19866
306 Dane Di Liegro C 2012 Lexington 19886
307 Andres Sandoval PG 2009 Milford 19889
308 Tyler Nelson PG 2019 Bradford 19910
309 Marcus Zegarowski PG 2022 Hamilton 20018
310 Malik Smith PG 2015 Boston 20066
311 Ikenna Ndugba PG 2022 Boston 20164
312 Eric Demers PG 2021 Wareham 20249
313 Jordan Minor PF 2025 Kingston 20390
314 Jake O'Brien PF 2014 Weymouth 20441
315 Shaun Fein SG 2002 Centerville 20590
316 Evan Smotrycz PF 2016 Reading 20641
317 Travis George PF 2009 Boston 20712
318 A.J. Reeves SG 2023 Swampscott 20732

 


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