The Top 40 High Schools That Have Produced the Most NBA Players
High Schools That Have Produced The Most NBA Players
Although the NBA is certainly an internationally recognized body, its origins and those of the game of basketball itself is brimming with tales of young-blood, making basketball the most popular sport within schools in America.
Despite this popularity, not every school is able to consistently produce star players, with most being proud to produce even a single star NBA player. North Carolina’s Laney High School is a testament to this, having fostered the talent of only the one and only Michael Jordan. Similarly, Indiana’s Springs Valley High School’s only player to reach the NBA was the legendary Larry Bird. That being said, several schools have steadily supplied the NBA with many NBA all-stars, and are colloquially known as basketball ‘star factories’. Such schools are established throughout America, in twenty individual states, including Washington D.C., who have nurtured the abilities of at least 40 NBA superstars.
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#1: Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) – 29 Players
Despite the University of Oklahoma, the University of Oklahoma and Boston College all being united in the Power 5 Conferences, they altogether have supplied the NBA with fewer stars than a small boarding school situated at the Virginia-North Carolina border.
Oak Hill Academy
Housing only 132 youths, Oak Hill Academy is nationally renowned by hopeful ballers as the best spot for accelerating one’s career. Rajon Rondo shifted from Louisville just to attend. Carmelo Anthony abandoned Baltimore to enroll. Steve Blake decided Oak Hill was worth leaving Miami for, while Brandon Jennings ditched Compton. Oak Hill has even opened its doors to global athletes, such as the Senegalese DeSagana Diop.
Captained by coach Steve Smith, Oak Hill conquered the high school leagues for the ninth time running, with Smith also developing twenty-eight McDonald’s All-Americans.
The school’s alumni presently feature in the NBA, and further graduates will attend soon. Oak Hill also provided three of Virginia’s top four ranked players out of the 2018 class.
NBA Players Who Attended Oak Hill (Years in League)
Jordan Adams (2)
Cory Alexander (7)
Carmelo Anthony (16)
William Avery (3)
Dwayne Bacon (2)
Alex Blackwell (1)
Steve Blake (13)
Mark Blount (9)
Junior Burrough (1)
Quinn Cook (3)
Ben Davis (4)
DeSagana Diop (12)
Sean Green (3)
A.J. Hammons (1)
Stephen Jackson (14)
Brandon Jennings (9)
Doron Lamb (2)
Ty Lawson (8)
Jeff McInnis (11)
Ron Mercer (8)
Makhtar N’Diaye (1)
Rajon Rondo (13)
Josh Smith (13)
Nolan Smith (2)
Jerry Stackhouse (18)
Rod Strickland (17)
Sindarius Thornwell (2)
Marcus Williams (4)
Troy Williams (3)
#2 DeWitt Clinton High School (New York City, N.Y.) – 18 Players
Situated inside the Bronx, DeWitt Clinton was formerly the biggest high school in the world in the 1930s, with its student body exceeding 12,000 kids. Its modern student body numbers at around 14,000, the diminishment in size curbing its NBA graduates.
Almost every DeWitt Clinton alumni who entered the NBA performed prior to the ABA-NBA fusion of 1976, with zero players featuring in the past two decades.
DeWitt Clinton High School
Currently, plenty of the excelling New York prep stars decide to head off to suburban schools or outside boarding academies, with New York City facing a comprehensive depletion of NBA talent creation.
Both Tiny Archibald and Dolph Schayes, both of the Hall of Fame, outlining the top stars to be former DeWitt Clinton Governors.
NBA Players Who Attended DeWitt Clinton (Years in League)
Tiny Archibald (13)
Ron Behagen (7)
Tommy Byrnes (5)
Leo Gottlieb (2)
Luther Green (3)
Jerry Harkness (3)
Tom Henderson (9)
Ralph Kaplowitz (2)
Dan Kraus (1)
Butch Lee (2)
Barry Liebowitz (1)
Ruben Nembhard (1)
Billy Reid (1)
Dolph Schayes (15)
Steve Sheppard (2)
Ricky Sobers (11)
Oliver Taylor (4)
Willie Worsley (1)
