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The Top Ranked Basketball Players of All-Time from Tennessee
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 | Oscar Robertson | SG | 1961 | Charlotte | 8 |
| 2 | Bailey Howell | PF | 1960 | Middleton | 86 |
| 3 | Penny Hardaway | PG | 1994 | Memphis | 208 |
| 4 | Campy Russell | SF | 1975 | Jackson | 434 |
| 5 | Clyde Lee | PF | 1967 | Nashville | 498 |
| 6 | Lou Williams | PG | 2006 | Memphis | 533 |
| 7 | Bingo Smith | SF | 1970 | Memphis | 603 |
| 8 | Rich Jones | PF | 1970 | Memphis | 689 |
| 9 | J.J. Redick | SG | 2007 | Cookeville | 841 |
| 10 | Bob Harris | PF | 1950 | Linden | 853 |
| 11 | Les Hunter | PF | 1965 | Nashville | 863 |
| 12 | Rick Roberson | C | 1970 | Memphis | 898 |
| 13 | Lorenzen Wright | PF | 1997 | Memphis | 970 |
| 14 | Ted McClain | SG | 1972 | Nashville | 988 |
| 15 | Johnny Neumann | SG | 1972 | Memphis | 1069 |
| 16 | Ron Mercer | SG | 1998 | Nashville | 1202 |
| 17 | Tom Marshall | SF | 1955 | Mount Juliet | 1238 |
| 18 | Lester Conner | PG | 1983 | Memphis | 1240 |
| 19 | Corey Brewer | SF | 2008 | Portland | 1302 |
| 20 | Popeye Jones | PF | 1994 | Dresden | 1407 |
| 21 | Don Ray | PF | 1950 | Mount Juliet | 1665 |
| 22 | Alvin Scott | SF | 1978 | Cleveland | 1747 |
| 23 | Tony Delk | PG | 1997 | Covington | 1780 |
| 24 | Trenton Hassell | SF | 2002 | Clarksville | 1879 |
| 25 | Vincent Askew | SG | 1988 | Memphis | 2006 |
| 26 | Elston Turner | SG | 1982 | Knoxville | 2022 |
| 27 | Elliot Perry | PG | 1992 | Memphis | 2075 |
| 28 | Cameron Payne | PG | 2016 | Memphis | 2300 |
| 29 | Charles Davis | SF | 1982 | Nashville | 2712 |
| 30 | Anthony Roberts | SF | 1978 | Chattanooga | 2971 |
| 31 | Brandan Wright | PF | 2008 | Nashville | 3040 |
| 32 | Cedric Henderson | SF | 1989 | Memphis | 3044 |
| 33 | Talmadge Bennett | SF | 1938 | Nashville | 3062 |
| 34 | Marcus Haislip | PF | 2003 | Lewisburg | 3279 |
| 35 | Larry Finch | SG | 1974 | Memphis | 3385 |
| 36 | David Vaughn | C | 1975 | Nashville | 3415 |
| 37 | Mike Butler | SG | 1969 | Memphis | 3457 |
| 38 | Andre Turner | PG | 1987 | Memphis | 3495 |
| 39 | Lowery Kirk | PF | 1962 | Hornsby | 3618 |
| 40 | Shawne Williams | PF | 2007 | Memphis | 3644 |
| 41 | George Price | PF | 1962 | Germantown | 3736 |
| 42 | Qyntel Woods | SF | 2003 | Memphis | 3757 |
| 43 | Hank McDowell | PF | 1982 | Memphis | 3817 |
| 44 | Darius Thompson | SG | 2019 | Murfreesboro | 3855 |
| 45 | Abdul Jeelani | PF | 1980 | Bells | 3869 |
| 46 | Duke Hogue | C | 1963 | Knoxville | 3905 |
| 47 | Tarik Black | C | 2015 | Memphis | 3938 |
| 48 | Eddie Wollen | SF | 1949 | Memphis | 4035 |
| 49 | Ian Clark | SG | 2014 | Memphis | 4042 |
| 50 | Lester Hudson | PG | 2010 | Tennessee | 4140 |
| 51 | Rodney Carney | SF | 2007 | Memphis | 4239 |
| 52 | Calvin Garrett | SF | 1981 | Parsons | 4585 |
| 53 | William Bedford | C | 1987 | Memphis | 4644 |
| 54 | Alex Renfroe | PG | 2010 | Hermitage | 4667 |
| 55 | George Finley | C | 1962 | Chattanooga | 4685 |
| 56 | Chris Garner | PG | 1998 | Memphis | 4776 |
| 57 | Keith Herron | SG | 1979 | Memphis | 4789 |
| 58 | Milas Shoun | C | 1938 | Mountain City | 4849 |
| 59 | William Fitts | SG | 1938 | Smithville | 4893 |
| 60 | Antonius Cleveland | SG | 2018 | Memphis | 4942 |
| 61 | Brandon Miller | SF | 2024 | Nashville | 5013 |
| 62 | Jamont Gordon | PG | 2009 | Nashville | 5016 |
| 63 | John Jenkins | SG | 2013 | Nashville | 5149 |
| 64 | Paul Thompson | SG | 1984 | Smyrna | 5175 |
| 65 | Braxton Key | SF | 2021 | Nashville | 5206 |
| 66 | Darryl Jackson | SF | 2022 | Nashville | 5221 |
| 67 | Elliot Williams | PG | 2012 | Memphis | 5264 |
| 68 | Slim Shoun | C | 1928 | Mountain City | 5303 |
| 69 | Chris Chiozza | PG | 2019 | Memphis | 5349 |
| 70 | Garrison Mathews | SG | 2020 | Franklin | 5461 |
| 71 | Corey Beck | PG | 1996 | Memphis | 5644 |
| 72 | Ryan Stack | PF | 1999 | Nashville | 5666 |
| 73 | Jimmie Hunter | SG | 2001 | Memphis | 5691 |
| 74 | Carlos Clark | SG | 1984 | Somerville | 5733 |
| 75 | Casey Prather | SG | 2015 | Jackson | 5785 |
| 76 | Derrick Byars | PF | 2012 | Memphis | 5942 |
| 77 | Galen Young | SF | 2000 | Memphis | 6013 |
| 78 | Jeremiah Martin | PG | 2020 | Memphis | 6038 |
| 79 | Jarnell Stokes | PF | 2015 | Memphis | 6257 |
| 80 | Ronnie Robinson | PF | 1974 | Memphis | 6285 |
| 81 | Frank Russell | SG | 1973 | Jackson | 6287 |
| 82 | James Wilkes | SF | 1981 | Nashville | 6404 |
| 83 | David Harrison | C | 2005 | Nashville | 6428 |
| 84 | Dwight Waller | SF | 1969 | Brownsville | 6445 |
| 85 | James Wiseman | C | 2021 | Nashville | 6668 |
| 86 | Ryan Lorthridge | SG | 1995 | Nashville | 6820 |
| 87 | Michael Wilson | PG | 1984 | Memphis | 6860 |
| 88 | McKinley Singleton | PG | 1987 | Memphis | 6958 |
| 89 | Bill Ligon | SG | 1975 | Nashville | 6993 |
| 90 | Jemerrio Jones | SF | 2019 | Nashville | 7032 |
| 91 | Keon Johnson | PG | 2022 | Knoxville | 7190 |
| 92 | Coty Clarke | SF | 2016 | Antioch | 7486 |
| 93 | Willie White | SG | 1985 | Memphis | 7682 |
| 94 | Antonio Burks | PG | 2005 | Memphis | 7882 |
| 95 | Jordan Bone | PG | 2020 | Nashville | 7985 |
| 96 | Jalen Crutcher | PG | 2022 | Memphis | 8026 |
| 97 | Joe Gaines | PF | 1973 | Mount Pleasant | 8035 |
| 98 | Otis Howard | PF | 1979 | Oak Ridge | 8064 |
| 99 | Sylvester Gray | SF | 1989 | Millington | 8103 |
| 100 | Tyler Stone | SF | 2015 | Memphis | 8289 |
| 101 | Johnathan Williams | C | 2019 | Memphis | 8347 |
| 102 | Kirk Haston | SF | 2002 | Loblesville | 8386 |
| 103 | Reed Rawlings | SF | 2001 | Chattanooga | 9021 |
| 104 | Darnell Mee | SG | 1994 | Cleveland | 9068 |
| 105 | Chad McClendon | SF | 1996 | Madisonville | 9197 |
| 106 | Johnny Taylor | SF | 1998 | Chattanooga | 9304 |
| 107 | Terrico White | SG | 2011 | Memphis | 9350 |
| 108 | Octavius Ellis | PF | 2017 | Memphis | 9422 |
| 109 | Malcolm Mackey | PF | 1994 | Chattanooga | 9477 |
| 110 | Ron Slay | PF | 2004 | Memphis | 9572 |
| 111 | Dedric Lawson | PF | 2020 | Memphis | 9734 |
| 112 | Austin Nichols | PF | 2018 | Memphis | 9901 |
| 113 | Steve Hamer | C | 1997 | Memphis | 10217 |
| 114 | Ron Widby | SF | 1968 | Knoxville | 10224 |
| 115 | Dontae' Jones | SF | 1998 | Nashville | 10475 |
| 116 | Odell Bradley | PF | 2005 | Nashville | 10476 |
| 117 | Tommy Woods | PF | 1968 | Alcoa | 10546 |
| 118 | Tony Harris (1979) | PG | 2002 | Memphis | 10680 |
| 119 | Desonta Bradford | SG | 2019 | Humboldt | 10710 |
| 120 | Reggie Upshaw | SF | 2018 | Chattanooga | 10860 |
| 121 | Kennedy Chandler | PG | 2023 | Memphis | 10916 |
| 122 | JeQuan Lewis | PG | 2018 | Dickson | 11393 |
| 123 | Anthony Mason Jr. | SF | 2011 | Memphis | 11499 |
| 124 | Scooter McFadgon | SF | 2006 | Memphis | 11598 |
| 125 | Jerry Dover | PG | 1972 | Memphis | 11744 |
| 126 | William Douglas | SG | 2024 | Memphis | 11855 |
| 127 | Jaylen Barford | PG | 2019 | Jackson | 11977 |
| 128 | Bobby Parks | SG | 1985 | Grand Junction | 12067 |
| 129 | Keith Hilliard | PG | 1983 | Memphis | 12138 |
| 130 | Stephen Zimmerman | C | 2017 | Hendersonville | 12541 |
| 131 | Damion Baugh | SG | 2024 | Antioch | 12672 |
| 132 | Willie Brown | SG | 1970 | Nashville | 12676 |
| 133 | Randy Culpepper | PG | 2012 | Memphis | 12711 |
| 134 | Adonis Thomas | SF | 2014 | Memphis | 12746 |
| 135 | Demonte Harper | SG | 2012 | Nashville | 12798 |
| 136 | Lee Humphrey | PG | 2008 | Maryville | 12874 |
| 137 | Ron Rippetoe | SF | 1970 | Donelson | 12926 |
| 138 | Gerald Robinson | PG | 2013 | Nashville | 12960 |
| 139 | Willie Taylor | PF | 1970 | Mason | 13041 |
| 140 | Marvin Alexander | C | 1989 | Memphis | 13074 |
| 141 | Vincent Yarbrough | SF | 2003 | Cleveland | 13076 |
| 142 | Grayson Murphy | PG | 2023 | Franklin | 13089 |
| 143 | Cory Bradford | PG | 2003 | Memphis | 13150 |
| 144 | Curtis Green | PG | 1985 | Memphis | 13227 |
| 145 | Daryan Selvy | SF | 2003 | Memphis | 13542 |
| 146 | Ed Odom | SG | 1981 | Chattanooga | 14200 |
| 147 | Ron Huery | SF | 1992 | Memphis | 14317 |
| 148 | Tony Windless | SG | 1993 | Memphis | 14663 |
| 149 | Kenyon McNeaill | PG | 2015 | Memphis | 14700 |
| 150 | Sergio Kerusch | SG | 2012 | Memphis | 14894 |
| 151 | Jonathan Stark | PG | 2019 | Munford | 14942 |
| 152 | Tony Key | C | 2002 | Portland | 15305 |
| 153 | Doug Roth | C | 1990 | Knoxville | 15378 |
| 154 | Ty Greene | PG | 2016 | Knoxville | 15386 |
| 155 | Damarcus Hence | SG | 2005 | Memphis | 15587 |
| 156 | Matt Hoover | SF | 2001 | Selmer | 15628 |
| 157 | Javion Hamlet | SG | 2022 | Memphis | 15781 |
| 158 | Mark Buford | C | 1994 | Memphis | 15981 |
| 159 | John Kimbrell | C | 1987 | Loretto | 15995 |
| 160 | Ferrakohn Hall | SF | 2014 | Memphis | 16049 |
| 161 | Glean Eddy | SF | 2007 | Nashville | 16173 |
| 162 | Chris Crawford (1992) | SG | 2015 | Memphis | 16241 |
| 163 | Johnny Goodman | SF | 2003 | Chattanooga | 16266 |
| 164 | Adrian Banks | SG | 2009 | Memphis | 16406 |
| 165 | Charles Hathaway | C | 2002 | Nashville | 16652 |
| 166 | Wayne Chism | PF | 2011 | Jackson | 16689 |
| 167 | Markel Crawford | SG | 2019 | Memphis | 16812 |
| 168 | Oliver Simmons | PF | 2001 | Nashville | 17077 |
| 169 | Julian Terrell | PF | 2007 | Nashville | 17241 |
| 170 | Brock Gillespie | PG | 2006 | Clarksville | 17494 |
| 171 | Lamarcus Golden | PG | 1997 | Memphis | 17698 |
| 172 | Greg Spurling | C | 1987 | Knoxville | 17731 |
| 173 | Brandon Wharton | SG | 2000 | Nashville | 17899 |
| 174 | Anthony Douglas | PF | 1994 | Memphis | 17904 |
| 175 | Courtney Pigram | PG | 2010 | Memphis | 17910 |
| 176 | Antwaine Wiggins | SF | 2013 | Greeneville | 17943 |
| 177 | Jeremy Williams | SF | 2012 | Memphis | 18052 |
| 178 | Brian Collins | SG | 2007 | Nashville | 18193 |
| 179 | Joe Jackson | PG | 2015 | Shelby | 18207 |
| 180 | Detric Golden | PG | 2002 | Memphis | 18272 |
| 181 | Adam Sonn | C | 2004 | Nashville | 18464 |
| 182 | Marlon Towns | SG | 2001 | Memphis | 18553 |
| 183 | Dedrick Dye | PG | 2004 | Clinton | 18583 |
| 184 | Cheyenne Gibson | SG | 1991 | Memphis | 18749 |
| 185 | Marques Maybin | SG | 2002 | Clarksville | 18791 |
| 186 | Willie Kemp | PG | 2011 | Bolivar | 18812 |
| 187 | Dwight Boyd | SG | 1989 | Memphis | 18869 |
| 188 | Kevin Spurling | C | 1987 | Knoxville | 18995 |
| 189 | Steve Mitchell | PG | 1987 | Memphis | 19214 |
| 190 | Mardracus Wade | PG | 2015 | Memphis | 19381 |
| 191 | JaJuan Smith | PG | 2009 | Cleveland | 19396 |
| 192 | Nick King | SF | 2019 | Memphis | 19449 |
| 193 | Pierre Henderson-Niles | PF | 2011 | Memphis | 19539 |
| 194 | Courtney Bohannon | SF | 2008 | Memphis | 19636 |
| 195 | Nino Johnson | PF | 2016 | Memphis | 19770 |
| 196 | Demetrius Denzel-Dyson | SG | 2019 | Covington | 20006 |
| 197 | Arlyn Bowers | PG | 1992 | Memphis | 20015 |
| 198 | Drew Barham | SG | 2015 | Cordova | 20231 |
| 199 | DeAngelo Riley | PF | 2012 | Memphis | 20233 |
| 200 | Reginald Becton | PF | 2014 | Memphis | 20344 |
| 201 | Leslie McDonald | SG | 2015 | Memphis | 20355 |
| 202 | C.J. Anderson | SG | 2019 | Memphis | 20582 |
| 203 | Tyreke Key | PG | 2024 | Celina | 20598 |
| 204 | Daryl Odom | SG | 1985 | Nashville | 20631 |
| 205 | Reuben Clayton | SG | 2012 | Memphis | 20782 |
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