# California Mr. Basketball

Each year the California Mr. Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of California. It has been awarded since 1905. Many have gone on to play in the NBA.
Voting is done in a points system. Each voter selects first, second, and third place votes. A player receives five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote, and one point for a third-place vote. The player who garners the most points receives the award.

## Award winners

| Year | Player | High school | College | NBA draft |
| 2024 | Trent Perry | Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City, California | UCLA | |
| 2023 | Jared McCain | Corona Centennial, Corona, California | Duke | 2024 NBA draft: First round, 16th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2022 | Donovan Dent | Corona Centennial, Corona, California | New Mexico | |
| 2021 | Amari Bailey | Sierra Canyon School, Chatsworth, California | UCLA | 2023 NBA draft: second round, 41st overall by the Charlotte Hornets |
| 2020 | Brandon Boston Jr. | Sierra Canyon School, Chatsworth, California | Kentucky | 2021 NBA draft: second round, 51st overall by the Memphis Grizzlies |
| 2019 | Onyeka Okongwu (2) | Chino Hills High School, Chino Hills | USC | 2020 NBA draft: first round, 6th overall by the Atlanta Hawks |
| 2018 | Onyeka Okongwu | Chino Hills High School, Chino Hills | USC | 2020 NBA draft: first round, 6th overall by the Atlanta Hawks |
| 2017 | Ethan Thompson | Bishop Montgomery High School, Torrance | Oregon State | |
| 2016 | Lonzo Ball | Chino Hills High School, Chino Hills | UCLA | 2017 NBA draft: first round, 2nd overall by the Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2015 | Ivan Rabb | Bishop O'Dowd High School, Oakland | California | 2017 NBA draft: second round, 35th overall by the Orlando Magic |
| 2014 | Stanley Johnson | Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana | Arizona | 2015 NBA draft: first round, 8th overall by the Detroit Pistons |
| 2013 | Aaron Gordon (2) | Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose | Arizona | 2014 NBA draft: first round, 4th overall by the Orlando Magic |
| 2012 | Aaron Gordon | Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose | Arizona | 2014 NBA draft: first round, 4th overall by the Orlando Magic |
| 2011 | Ryan Anderson | Long Beach Poly, Long Beach | Boston College/Arizona | |
| 2010 | Allen Crabbe | Frederick K. C. Price III High School, Los Angeles | California | 2013 NBA draft: 2nd round, 31st overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2009 | Kawhi Leonard | Martin Luther King High School, Riverside | San Diego State | 2011 NBA draft: 1st round, 15th overall by the Indiana Pacers |
| 2008 | Jrue Holiday | Campbell Hall School, North Hollywood | UCLA | 2009 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 17th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2007 | Taylor King | Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana | Duke/Villanova/Concordia | |
| 2006 | Chase Budinger | La Costa Canyon High School, Carlsbad | Arizona | 2009 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 44th overall by the Detroit Pistons |
| 2005 | Amir Johnson | Westchester High School, Los Angeles | None | 2005 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 56th overall by the Detroit Pistons |
| 2004 | DeMarcus Nelson | Sheldon High School, Sacramento | Duke | 2008 NBA draft: Undrafted, signed as a free agent by the Golden State Warriors |
| 2003 | Trevor Ariza | Westchester High School, Los Angeles | UCLA | 2004 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 43rd overall by the New York Knicks |
| 2002 | Hassan Adams | Westchester High School, Los Angeles | Arizona | 2006 NBA draft: 2nd round, 54th overall by the New Jersey Nets |
| 2001 | Tyson Chandler (2) | Dominguez High School, Compton | None | 2001 NBA draft: first round, 2nd overall by the Los Angeles Clippers |
| 2000 | Tyson Chandler | Dominguez High School, Compton | None | 2001 NBA draft: 1st round, 2nd overall by the Los Angeles Clippers |
| 1999 | Casey Jacobsen | Glendora High School, Glendora | Stanford | 2002 NBA draft: 1st round, 22nd overall by the Phoenix Suns |
| 1998 | Tayshaun Prince | Dominguez High School, Compton | Kentucky | 2002 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 23rd overall by the Detroit Pistons |
| 1997 | Baron Davis | Crossroads Schools, Santa Monica | UCLA | 1999 NBA draft: 1st round, 3rd overall by the Charlotte Hornets |
| 1996 | Corey Benjamin | Fontana High School, Fontana | Oregon State | 1998 NBA draft: 1st round, 28th overall by the Chicago Bulls |
| 1995 | Paul Pierce | Inglewood High School, Inglewood | Kansas | 1998 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 10th overall by the Boston Celtics |
| 1994 | Jelani Gardner | St. John Bosco High School, Bellflower | Pepperdine/California | |
| 1993 | Charles O'Bannon | Artesia High School, Lakewood | UCLA | 1997 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 32nd overall by the Detroit Pistons |
| 1992 | Jason Kidd (2) | St. Joseph Notre Dame High School, Alameda | California | 1994 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 2nd overall by the Dallas Mavericks |
| 1991 | Jason Kidd | St. Joseph Notre Dame High School, Alameda | California | 1994 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 2nd overall by the Dallas Mavericks |
| 1990 | Ed O'Bannon | Artesia High School, Lakewood | UCLA | 1995 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 9th overall by the New Jersey Nets |
| 1989 | Tracy Murray | Glendora High School, Glendora | UCLA | 1992 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 18th overall by the San Antonio Spurs |
| 1988 | Chris Mills | Fairfax High School, Los Angeles | Arizona/Kentucky | 1993 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 22nd overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1987 | LeRon Ellis | Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana | Syracuse/Kentucky | 1991 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 22nd overall by the Los Angeles Clippers |
| 1986 | Scott Williams | Glen A. Wilson High School, Hacienda Heights | North Carolina | |
| 1985 | Tom Lewis | Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana | Pepperdine/USC | |
| 1984 | John Williams (2) | Crenshaw High School, Los Angeles | LSU | 1986 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 12th overall by the Washington Bullets |
| 1983 | John Williams | Crenshaw High School, Los Angeles | LSU | 1986 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 12th overall by the Washington Bullets |
| 1982 | Tony Jackson | Bishop O'Dowd High School, Oakland | DePaul | |
| 1981 | Dwayne Polee | Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles | Pepperdine/UNLV | 1986 NBA draft: 3rd Rnd, 54th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers |
| 1980 | Ralph Jackson | Inglewood High School, Inglewood | UCLA | 1984 NBA draft: 4th Rnd, 71st overall by the Indiana Pacers |
| 1979 | Darren Daye | John F. Kennedy High School, Los Angeles | UCLA | 1983 NBA draft: 3rd Rnd, 57th overall by the Washington Bullets |
| 1978 | Greg Goorjian | Crescenta Valley High School, La Crescenta-Montrose | UNLV | |
| 1977 | Phil Barner | Fremont High School, Oakland | University of Oregon |
| 1976 | Rich Branning | Marina High School, Huntington Beach | Notre Dame | 1980 NBA Draft: 4th Rnd, 76th overall by the Indiana Pacers |
| 1975 | Bill Cartwright (2) | Elk Grove High School, Elk Grove | San Francisco | 1979 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 3rd overall by the New York Knicks |
| 1974 | Bill Cartwright | Elk Grove High School, Elk Grove | San Francisco | 1979 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 3rd overall by the New York Knicks |
| 1973 | Marques Johnson | Crenshaw High School, Los Angeles | UCLA | 1977 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 3rd overall by the Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1972 | Cliff Pondexter | San Joaquin Memorial High School, Fresno | Long Beach State | 1974 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 16th overall by the Chicago Bulls |
| 1971 | Roscoe Pondexter | San Joaquin Memorial High School, Fresno | Long Beach State | 1974 NBA draft: 3rd Rnd, 56th overall by the Boston Celtics |
| 1970 | Bill Walton | Helix High School, La Mesa | UCLA | 1974 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1969 | Keith Wilkes | Ventura High School, Ventura | UCLA | 1974 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 11th overall by the Golden State Warriors |
| 1968 | Paul Westphal | Aviation High School, Redondo Beach | USC | 1972 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 10th overall by the Boston Celtics |
| 1967 | Curtis Rowe | John C. Frémont High School, Los Angeles | UCLA | 1971 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 11th overall by the Detroit Pistons |
| 1966 | Dennis Awtrey | Blackford High School, San Jose | Santa Clara | 1970 NBA draft: 3rd Rnd, 12th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1965 | Bob Portman | St. Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco | Creighton | 1969 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 7th overall by the San Francisco Warriors |
| 1964 | Russ Critchfield | Salinas High School, Salinas | California | |
| 1963 | Edgar Lacey | Jefferson High School, Los Angeles | UCLA | 1968 NBA draft: 4th Rnd, 43rd overall by the San Francisco Warriors |
| 1962 | Joe Ellis | McClymonds High School, Oakland | San Francisco | 1966 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 13th overall by the San Francisco Warriors |
| 1961 | Gail Goodrich | John H. Francis Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles | UCLA | 1965 NBA draft: Territorial pick by the Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1960 | Paul Silas | McClymonds High School, Oakland | Creighton | 1964 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 10th overall by the St. Louis Hawks |
| 1959 | Steve Gray | George Washington High School, San Francisco | St Mary's | 1963 NBA draft: 3rd Rnd, 20th overall by the San Francisco Warriors |
| 1958 | Billy McGill | Jefferson High School, Los Angeles | Utah | NBA 1962–1965 |
| 1957 | Tom Meschery | Lowell High School, San Francisco | St. Mary's | 1961 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 7th overall by the Philadelphia Warriors |
| 1956 | Fred LaCour (2) | St. Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco | San Francisco | 1960 NBA draft: 3rd Rnd, 22nd overall by the St. Louis Hawks |
| 1955 | Fred LaCour | St. Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco | San Francisco | 1960 NBA draft: 3rd Rnd, 22nd overall by the St. Louis Hawks |
| 1954 | Willie Davis | Alameda High School, Alameda | | |
| 1953 | Bill Bond | St. Anthony High School, Long Beach | Stanford | |
| 1952 | Willie Naulls | San Pedro High School, Los Angeles | UCLA | 1956 NBA draft: 2nd round, 9th overall by the St. Louis Hawks |
| 1951 | Ken Sears | Watsonville High School, Watsonville | Santa Clara | 1955 NBA draft: 1st round, 4th overall by the New York Knicks |
| 1950 | Don Bragg | Galileo High School, San Francisco | UCLA | 1955 NBA draft by the Minneapolis Lakers |

## Most winners by college

| Number | Program |
| 17 | UCLA |
| 7 | Arizona |
| 5 | San Francisco |
| 5 | California |
| 3 | Duke |
| 3 | Kentucky |
| 3 | Pepperdine |
| 3 | USC |
| 2 | Creighton |
| 2 | Long Beach State |
| 2 | LSU |
| 2 | Santa Clara |
| 2 | Stanford |
| 2 | UNLV |
* includes multiple winners

## Most winners by high school

| Number | High School Program |
| 4 | Mater Dei High School |
| 3 | Chino Hills High School |
| 3 | Crenshaw High School |
| 3 | Dominguez High School |
| 3 | St. Ignatius College Preparatory |
| 3 | Westchester High School |
| 2 | Bishop O'Dowd High School |
| 2 | Artesia High School |
| 2 | Archbishop Mitty High School |
| 2 | Corona Centennial High School |
| 2 | Elk Grove High School |
| 2 | Glendora High School |
| 2 | Inglewood High School |
| 2 | Jefferson High School |
| 2 | McClymonds High School |
| 2 | Palo Alto High School |
| 2 | San Joaquin Memorial High School |
| 2 | St. Joseph Notre Dame High School |