# 1986 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. The 1986 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), and United Press International (UPI) for the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors chose at least a first and second 5-man team. The AP and UPI chose third teams, while NABC selected a fourth team as well; AP also lists honorable mention selections.
The Consensus 1986 College Basketball All-American team is determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the different All-American teams.

## 1986 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Steve Alford | G | Junior | Indiana |
| Walter Berry | F | Junior | St. John's |
| Len Bias | F | Senior | Maryland |
| Johnny Dawkins | G | Senior | Duke |
| Kenny Walker | F | Senior | Kentucky |
Consensus Second Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Dell Curry | G | Senior | Virginia Tech |
| Brad Daugherty | C | Senior | North Carolina |
| Ron Harper | G/F | Senior | Miami (OH) |
| Danny Manning | F | Sophomore | Kansas |
| David Robinson | C | Junior | Navy |
| Scott Skiles | G | Senior | Michigan State |

## Individual All-America teams

| All-America Team |
| All-America Team | First team | First team | Second team | Second team | Third team | Third team | Fourth Team | Fourth Team |
| All-America Team | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
| Associated Press | Steve Alford | Indiana | Dell Curry | Virginia Tech | William Bedford | Memphis State | No fourth team | No fourth team | No fourth team |
| Associated Press | Walter Berry | St. John's | Brad Daugherty | North Carolina | Mark Price | Georgia Tech | No fourth team | No fourth team | No fourth team |
| Associated Press | Len Bias | Maryland | Ron Harper | Miami (OH) | David Robinson | Navy | No fourth team | No fourth team | No fourth team |
| Associated Press | Johnny Dawkins | Duke | Danny Manning | Kansas | Roy Tarpley | Michigan | No fourth team | No fourth team | No fourth team |
| Associated Press | Kenny Walker | Kentucky | Scott Skiles | Michigan State | Dwayne Washington | Syracuse | No fourth team | No fourth team | No fourth team |
| USBWA | Walter Berry | St. John's | Dell Curry | Virginia Tech | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams |
| USBWA | Len Bias | Maryland | Ron Harper | Miami (OH) | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams |
| USBWA | Brad Daugherty | North Carolina | Danny Manning | Kansas | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams |
| USBWA | Johnny Dawkins | Duke | David Robinson | Navy | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams |
| USBWA | Kenny Walker | Kentucky | Scott Skiles | Michigan State | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams | No third or fourth teams |
| NABC | Steve Alford | Indiana | Brad Daugherty | North Carolina | Dell Curry | Virginia Tech | Mark Alarie | Duke |
| NABC | Walter Berry | St. John's | Ron Harper | Miami (OH) | Chuck Person | Auburn | William Bedford | Memphis State |
| NABC | Len Bias | Maryland | Danny Manning | Kansas | John Salley | Georgia Tech | Steve Mitchell | Alabama-Birmingham |
| NABC | Johnny Dawkins | Duke | Mark Price | Georgia Tech | Roy Tarpley | Michigan | Scott Skiles | Michigan State |
| NABC | Kenny Walker | Kentucky | David Robinson | Navy | Dwayne Washington | Syracuse | Kenny Smith | North Carolina |
| UPI | Walter Berry | St. John's | Steve Alford | Indiana | Mark Alarie | Duke | No fourth team | No fourth team | No fourth team |
| UPI | Len Bias | Maryland | Brad Daugherty | North Carolina | Dell Curry | Virginia Tech | No fourth team | No fourth team | No fourth team |
| UPI | Johnny Dawkins | Duke | Ron Harper | Miami (OH) | Reggie Miller | UCLA | No fourth team | No fourth team | No fourth team |
| UPI | Scott Skiles | Michigan State | Danny Manning | Kansas | Mark Price | Georgia Tech | No fourth team | No fourth team | No fourth team |
| UPI | Kenny Walker | Kentucky | Dwayne Washington | Syracuse | David Robinson | Navy | No fourth team | No fourth team | No fourth team |
AP Honorable Mention:
* Rafael Addison, Syracuse
* Mark Alarie, Duke
* Wendell Alexis, Syracuse
* Cadillac Anderson, Houston
* Terrance Bailey, Wagner
* Freddie Banks, UNLV
* Ken Barlow, Notre Dame
* Jerome Batiste, McNeese State
* Kenny Battle, Northern Illinois
* Dale Blaney, West Virginia
* Muggsy Bogues, Wake Forest
* Johnny Brown, New Mexico
* John Brownlee, Texas
* Jeff Chatman, BYU
* Derrick Chievous, Missouri
* Dave Colbert, Dayton
* Norris Coleman, Kansas State
* Fennis Dembo, Wyoming
* Bruce Douglas, Illinois
* Greg Dreiling, Kansas
* Dave Feitl, UTEP,
* Paul Fortier, Washington
* Alvin Franklin, Houston
* Kenny Gattison, Old Dominion
* Tony George, Fairfield
* Gary Grant, Michigan
* Greg Grant, Utah State
* Jeff Grayer, Iowa State
* Steve Hale, North Carolina
* Hersey Hawkins, Bradley
* David Henderson, Duke
* Carven Holcombe, TCU
* Dave Hoppen, Nebraska
* Jeff Hornacek, Iowa State
* Kevin Houston, Army
* Mark Jackson, St. John's
* Michael Jackson, Georgetown
* Buck Johnson, Alabama
* Darryl Johnson, Michigan State
* Kevin Johnson, California
* Anthony Jones, UNLV
* Nicky Jones, VCU
* Earl Kelley, Connecticut
* Ron Kellogg, Kansas
* Darryl Kennedy, Oklahoma
* Steve Kerr, Arizona
* Larry Krystkowiak, Montana
* Byron Larkin, Xavier
* Kevin Lewis, SMU
* Reggie Lewis, Northeastern
* Troy Lewis, Purdue
* Carl Lott, TCU
* Don Marbury, Texas A&M
* Dan Majerle, Central Michigan
* Maurice Martin, St. Joseph's
* Jim McCaffrey, Holy Cross
* Tim McCalister, Oklahoma
* Andre McCloud, Seton Hall
* Roger McCready, Boston College
* Forrest McKenzie, Loyola Marymount
* Reggie Miller, UCLA
* Jerome Mincy, UAB
* Steve Mitchell, UAB
* Todd Mitchell, Purdue
* Keith Morrison, Washington State
* Ken Norman, Illinois
* José Ortiz, Oregon State
* Dan Palombizio, Ball State
* Chuck Person, Auburn
* Dwayne Polee, Pepperdine
* Olden Polynice, Virginia
* Harold Pressley, Villanova
* Dwayne Randall, Nevada
* David Rivers, Notre Dame
* John Salley, Georgia Tech
* Brad Sellers, Ohio State
* Charles Smith, Pittsburgh
* Juden Smith, UTEP
* Keith Smith, Loyola Marymount
* Kenny Smith, North Carolina
* Otis Smith, Jacksonville
* Rich Strong, Colorado State
* Jerry Stroman, Utah
* Rick Suder, Duquesne
* Robert Tatum, Ohio
* Billy Thompson, Louisville
* Andre Turner, Memphis State
* Milt Wagner, Louisville
* Chris Washburn, NC State
* Anthony Watson, San Diego State
* Chris Welp, Washington
* Tony White, Tennessee
* John Williams, LSU
* Reggie Williams, Georgetown
* David Wingate, Georgetown