Who's The Greatest High School Basketball Player Ever?

We take an in-depth look at the greatest high school hoopers ever, and how their stats compare.

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Who's The Greatest High School Basketball Player Ever?

[nonstop]

Who's your favorite high school hooper of all time?

[JL_YT]

High School? These players already looked like pros in high school

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Kareem
3 championships in High school
3 championships in college (only 3 yrs eligible)
6 championships in the pros

[vinceredeor]

I'm from north west Ohio, two of our family friends played against lebron, I think they said three times, all three in the regional round of our state tournament. They said they'd never seen someone so fast, tall, and well coordinated. He was playing at a pro level against a bunch of small town farm boys.

[david.tousignant]

Also, it's incredible that Wilt Chamberlain competed against pro basketball players in a league and averaged 70 PPG... at age 16!

[frozentspark]

Wilt, Kareem was myths in high school. Guys like them became popular because of word of mouth, no idiots on sports networks.

[EdWin-wxum]

Benjamin (benji) Wilson. He was was ranked as the number 1 high school player in the country in the 80s and was also the first player from Chicago to win that honor. He helped his high school Simeon vocational school win their first championship ever. He was also 6’9’’. He received numerous scholarship offers from schools such as: Illinois, dupage and Indiana. You most likely never heard of him because in his senior year in 1984 he was tragically shot and killed . People were left wondering what would could been if he didn’t get shot and played college ball and in the NBA .

[owenparker]

I was thinking Pistol Pete might be mentioned. I could find no stats whatsoever for him as a high schooler. He attended a military school after High school and before LSU and averaged 33 ppg. I can't believe he wasn't a high scorer in HS... Another great vid NS, but then, aren't they all! Thanks!

[themilkman]

My uncle's friend played against kg In high school and said it was like a monster on the court and he was scared as hell

[youractualfather]

Imagine being LeBron James in high school, walking around the halls and everyone trying to dap you up😭

[drealdomb.]

Im from Jersey and went to Highschool in the early 2000s so Dujuan Wagner was a God to us. He is the greatest basketball player I have seen with my own eyes. He dropped 50 pts on us and didn't even sweat. But at the same time Lebron James came right after him and he was bigger and badder I just didnt see him up close.

[ramadankai]

Next: the best highschool basketball players today

[ballout]

I think Emoni Bates can enter this conversation really soon

[WilliamSmith-gmwk]

SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DON'T BECOME THAT WAY OVERNIGHT. WHAT MOST. PEOPLE SEE AT A GLANCE_ WEALTH A GREAT CAREER, PURPOSE IS THE RESULTS OF HARD WORK AND HUSTLE OVER TIME. I PRAY THAT ANYONE WHO READS THIS Will BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE

[jeetsingh]

Wilt in his prime was a god
50 inch vert
Fast asf
100 points game
Averaged 50 points in a season
Averaged 20 Rebounds

[LeoZundo]

Please do best finishers in NBA history I would love it alot and I think other people will love it too

[amybenzaquen]

Others that should be mentioned
Kobe Bryant
Michael Jordan
Blake Griffin
Wes Unseld
Elvin Hayes
Pete Maravich
Oscar Robertson
Jerry West
Larry bird
Elgin Baylor

[muggsybogues]

i think kareem is the only player from the 60s that could dominate in todays era

[blazeforprez]

Dejuan wagner needs to be in this convo

[tunanorth]

An additional factoid, seeing as we are talking only about their High School careers: Scholastic Magazine named Wilt the "Greatest High School Athlete of All Time". Not just the greatest basketball player, the greatest High School athlete, period. Jim Thorpe and [best female] Babe Didrikson Maharis rounded out the top three.