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The Greatest Indiana Hoosiers Basketball Players of All Time
List Rules
Upvote the best basketball players in Indiana University's history. Vote based on each player's career at IU only.
This is a list of the best Indiana Hoosier Basketball Players of All Time. When the word "Indiana" is uttered, Indiana University Basketball is the first thing that comes to mind. The Indiana Hoosiers are among the most storied programs in the history of college basketball with 5 NCAA Championships. IU's 7th in NCAA Tournament appearances (38), 7th in NCAA Tournament victories (64) and have won 21 Big Ten Conference Championships. No team has had more All-Big Ten selections than the Hoosiers with 53.
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- 1Point guard
- Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Nationality: United States of America
1979 - 1981
NCAA Champion (1981)
NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1981)
- 2Shooting guard, Small forward
- Birthplace: Evansville, Center Township, Indiana, United States of America
- Nationality: United States of America
1989 - 1993
Calbert Nathaniel Cheaney (born July 17, 1971) is an American basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Erie BayHawks of the NBA G League. He starred as a player for the ...more - 3Point guard, Shooting guard
- Birthplace: Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
- Nationality: United States of America
1983 - 1987
NCAA Champion (1987)
- 4Power forward
- Birthplace: Sandusky, USA, Ohio
- Nationality: United States of America
1972 - 1976
NCAA Champion (1976)
- 5Power forward, Center
- Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Nationality: United States of America
1970 - 1971
George F. McGinnis (born August 12, 1950) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association ...more - 6Shooting guard
- Birthplace: Upper Marlboro, Maryland
- Nationality: United States of America
- Team: Miami Heat
2010 - 2013
Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipo (born May 4, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the ...more - 7Point guard
- Birthplace: Phoenix, Illinois, United States of America
- Nationality: United States of America
1972 - 1976
William Quinn Buckner (born August 20, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiate basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers, and was selected by ...more - 8Power forward, Center
- Birthplace: New Bern, North Carolina
- Nationality: United States of America
1958 - 1961
Walter Jones Bellamy (July 24, 1939 – November 2, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. A four-time NBA All-Star, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. - 9Shooting guard, Small forward
- Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Nationality: United States of America
1976 - 1980
Michael Dean Woodson (born March 24, 1958) is a former American basketball player and coach who last worked as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. He was previously best known ...more - 10Point guard
- Birthplace: Greenfield, Indiana
- Nationality: American
- Team: Cleveland Cavaliers
2012 - 2016
Kevin Duane "Yogi" Ferrell Jr. (born May 9, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball ...more - 11Power forward
- Birthplace: Morgantown, West Virginia
- Nationality: United States of America
1991 - 1995
Alan Lybrooks Henderson (born December 2, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player of the NBA. He stands 6'9" (2.06 m) tall. Born in Morgantown, West Virginia, Henderson attended ...more - 12Point guard
- Birthplace: Pleasant Run Township, Heltonville, Indiana
- Nationality: United States of America
1990 - 1994
Damon Bailey (born October 21, 1971) is a retired American basketball player. Bailey rose to national prominence after being recruited by Indiana coach Bob Knight as an 8th grader, an unusual event ...more - 13Center
- Birthplace: New Castle, Indiana, United States of America
- Nationality: United States of America
1973 - 1977
NCAA Champion (1976)
NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1976)
- 14Center
- Birthplace: Washington, Indiana
- Nationality: United States of America
- Team: Portland Trailblazers
2011 - 2013
Cody Allen Zeller is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Portland Trailblazers of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Indiana ...more - 15
Bobby Wilkerson
Small forward, Shooting guard1973 - 1976
NCAA Champion (1976)
- 16Shooting guard
- Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Nationality: United States of America
- Team: Houston Rockets
2007 - 2008
Eric Ambrose Gordon Jr. (born December 25, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In high school, he was named "Mr. ...more - 17Power forward
- Birthplace: Anderson, Indiana
- Nationality: United States of America
1977 - 1981
NCAA Champion (1981)
- 18Small forward
- Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Nationality: United States of America
1962 - 1965
Richard Albert Van Arsdale (born February 22, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, and a current National Basketball Association (NBA) executive. A graduate of ...more - 19Point guard, Shooting guard
- Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois
- Nationality: United States of America
1996 - 2000
Arthur James "A. J." Guyton (born February 12, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player and now basketball coach. He played college basketball for Indiana University. - 20Small forward
- Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Nationality: United States of America
1962 - 1965
Thomas Arthur Van Arsdale (born February 22, 1943) is a former professional basketball player. A graduate of Indianapolis Emmerich Manual High School, the 6'5" guard played collegiately at Indiana ...more - 21Shooting guard
- Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Nationality: United States of America
1989 - 1993
Gregory Lawrence Graham (born November 26, 1970) is a retired American professional basketball player who played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). - 22Shooting guard
- Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Nationality: United States of America
1978 - 1983
NCAA Champion (1981)
- 23Guard
- Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana
- Nationality: United States of America
1951 - 1954
William Robert "Slick" Leonard (born July 17, 1932) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. - 24Shooting guard, Power forward, Center
- Birthplace: Bloomington, Indiana
- Nationality: United States of America
- Team: New York Knicks
2000 - 2002
Jared Scott Carter Jeffries (born November 25, 1981) is a retired National Basketball Association player who is currently the President of the eSports organization Echo Fox. He previously served as ...more - 25Point guard
- Birthplace: Kokomo, Indiana
1960 - 1963
James R. Rayl (June 21, 1941 – January 20, 2019) was an American professional basketball player in the ABA. He was a 6'2" and 175 lb guard.
