# Mr. Basketball USA

Mr. Basketball USA, formerly known as the ESPN RISE National Player of the Year and EA SPORTS National Player of the Year, is an award presented annually to the best-performing United States boys' high school basketball player as determined by Ballislife.com. Over the years, the award has been the property of different organizations: From 1996–2002, the award was presented by Student Sports; from 2003–2009, it was presented by EA Sports.; and from 2010–2012, the award was presented by ESPN HS. In the final year of this span, 2012, the award was given retroactively to a player of each year from 1955–1995, 1955's recipient being Wilt Chamberlain.
According to information posted online by Ballislife, "Selections are based on high school accomplishment, not future college/pro potential, and are reflective of those that lead their teams to state championships. Ballislife does not knowingly select fifth-year players, and those ineligible due to age or academics, Mr. Basketball USA or to its various All-American teams." Furthermore, selection uses "on-the-floor performance" without regard to academics, volunteer work or most other off-the-court criteria.
Current selections are made through a season-long polling process of a 10-member expert panel with a final year-end ballot to determine the winner. The panel includes five McDonald's All-American selection committee members. The panel is polled weekly for a list of the top seven national player of the year candidates regardless of graduating class. The votes are then translated into a 10-point scoring system, with 10 points for a first-place vote, nine points for second-place vote, and down to four points for a seventh-place vote.

## Winners

    G – Guard
    CG – Combo guard
    PG – Point guard
    SG – Shooting guard
    F – Forward
    PF – Power forward
    SF – Small forward
    C – Center
    — in Runner(s)-up column indicates years in which the voting procedures and the resulting votes yielded a consensus winner with no runner(s)-up named.
    — in College column indicates that player either returned to high school or went directly to professional basketball in the subsequent year.
Mr. Basketball USA Winners :
| Year | Player | High school | City | Height | Position | College | Runner(s)-up |
| 1955 | Wilt Chamberlain | Overbrook | Philadelphia, PA | 7' 1" | C | Kansas | Oscar Robertson |
| 1956 | Oscar Robertson | Crispus Attucks | Indianapolis, IN | 6' 5" | G | Cincinnati | Kelly Coleman, Jerry West |
| 1957 | Jerry Lucas | Middletown | Middletown, OH | 6' 8" | F | — | Tony Jackson |
| 1958 | Jerry Lucas | Middletown | Middletown, OH | 6' 8" | F | Ohio State | Bill McGill, Wayne Hightower |
| 1959 | Bill Raftery | St. Cecilia | Kearny, NJ | 6' 5" | F | LaSalle | Arthur Heyman |
| 1960 | Connie Hawkins | Boys | Brooklyn, NY | 6' 9" | C | Iowa | — |
| 1961 | Bill Bradley | Crystal City | Crystal City, MO | 6' 5" | F | Princeton | Reggie Harding, Billy Cunningham |
| 1962 | Cazzie Russell | Carver | Chicago, IL | 6' 5" | F | Michigan | John Austin, Larry Conley |
| 1963 | Edgar Lacy | Jefferson | Los Angeles, CA | 6' 6" | F | UCLA | Lew Alcindor |
| 1964 | Lew Alcindor | Power Memorial | New York, NY | 7' 1" | C | — | Wes Unseld |
| 1965 | Lew Alcindor | Power Memorial | New York, NY | 7' 1" | C | UCLA | — |
| 1966 | Calvin Murphy | Norwalk | Norwalk, CT | 5' 9" | G | Niagara | — |
| 1967 | Spencer Haywood | Pershing | Detroit, MI | 6' 9" | F | Detroit | Ken Durrett, Jim McDaniels |
| 1968 | Paul Westphal | Aviation | Redondo Beach, CA | 6' 4" | G | USC | Ralph Simpson |
| 1969 | George McGinnis | Washington | Indianapolis, IN | 6' 8" | F | Indiana | Kevin Joyce |
| 1970 | Tom McMillen | Mansfield | Mansfield, PA | 6' 11" | C | Maryland | Bill Walton, Dwight Jones |
| 1971 | Maurice Lucas | Schenley | Pittsburgh, PA | 6' 9" | F | Marquette | Raymond Lewis, Roscoe Pondexter |
| 1972 | Quinn Buckner | Thornridge | Dolton, IL | 6' 3" | G | Indiana | Alvin Adams, Phil Sellers |
| 1973 | Adrian Dantley | DeMatha | Hyattsville, MD | 6' 6" | F | Notre Dame | Kent Benson, Tom LaGarde |
| 1974 | Moses Malone | Petersburg | Petersburg, VA | 6' 11" | C | — | Skip Wise |
| 1975 | Bill Cartwright | Elk Grove | Elk Grove, CA | 7' 1" | C | San Francisco | David Greenwood, Darryl Dawkins |
| 1976 | Darrell Griffith | Male | Louisville, KY | 6' 4" | G | Louisville | Albert King |
| 1977 | Albert King | Fort Hamilton | Brooklyn, NY | 6' 6" | F | Maryland | Magic Johnson, Gene Banks |
| 1978 | Mark Aguirre | Westinghouse | Chicago, IL | 6' 6" | F | DePaul | Dwight Anderson |
| 1979 | Clark Kellogg | St. Joseph | Cleveland, OH | 6' 7" | F | Ohio State | Isiah Thomas, Ralph Sampson |
| 1980 | Doc Rivers | Proviso East | Maywood, IL | 6' 4" | G | Marquette | Patrick Ewing, Earl Jones |
| 1981 | Patrick Ewing | Rindge & Latin | Cambridge, MA | 7' 1" | C | Georgetown | — |
| 1982 | Wayman Tisdale | Washington | Tulsa, OK | 6' 9" | F | Oklahoma | Billy Thompson |
| 1983 | Reggie Williams | Dunbar | Baltimore, MD | 6' 7" | SF | Georgetown | Dwayne Washington |
| 1984 | John Williams | Crenshaw | Los Angeles, CA | 6' 9" | SF | LSU | Danny Manning, Delray Brooks |
| 1985 | Danny Ferry | DeMatha | Hyattsville, MD | 6' 10" | F | Duke | Jeff Lebo |
| 1986 | J. R. Reid | Kempsville | Virginia Beach, VA | 6' 10" | C | North Carolina | Rex Chapman, Terry Mills |
| 1987 | Larry Johnson | Skyline | Dallas, TX | 6' 7" | F | UNLV | Marcus Liberty |
| 1988 | Alonzo Mourning | Indian River | Chesapeake, VA | 6' 10" | C | Georgetown | Shawn Kemp, Billy Owens |
| 1989 | Kenny Anderson | Archbishop Molloy | Briarwood, NY | 6' 1" | PG | Georgia Tech | — |
| 1990 | Damon Bailey | North Lawrence | Bedford, IN | 6' 3" | G | Indiana | Ed O'Bannon |
| 1991 | Chris Webber | Country Day | Beverly Hills, MI | 6' 10" | C | Michigan | Glenn Robinson |
| 1992 | Jason Kidd | St. Joseph | Alameda, CA | 6' 4" | PG | California | Rodrick Rhodes |
| 1993 | Rasheed Wallace | Simon Gratz | Philadelphia, PA | 6' 11" | F | North Carolina | Jerry Stackhouse, Randy Livingston |
| 1994 | Felipe López | Rice | New York, NY | 6' 5" | SG | St. John's | — |
| 1995 | Kevin Garnett | Mauldin / Farragut | Mauldin, SC / Chicago, IL | 6' 10" | C | — | Ron Mercer, Stephon Marbury |
| 1996 | Mike Bibby | Shadow Mountain | Phoenix, AZ | 6' 1" | PG | Arizona | Kobe Bryant, Tim Thomas |
| 1997 | Tracy McGrady | Auburndale / Mount Zion | Auburndale, FL / Durham, NC | 6' 7" | SF | — | Lamar Odom |
| 1998 | Rashard Lewis | Elsik | Houston, TX | 6' 10" | F | — | Ronald Curry, JaRon Rush |
| 1999 | Jonathan Bender | Picayune | Picayune, MS | 6' 11" | F | — | Donnell Harvey |
| 2000 | Darius Miles | East St. Louis | East St. Louis, IL | 6' 9" | F | — | Zach Randolph, Gerald Wallace |
| 2001 | Dajuan Wagner | Camden | Camden, NJ | 6' 2" | CG | Memphis | Tyson Chandler, Eddy Curry |
| 2002 | LeBron James | St. Vincent – St. Mary | Akron, OH | 6' 8" | G | — | Carmelo Anthony |
| 2003 | LeBron James | St. Vincent – St. Mary | Akron, OH | 6' 8" | G | — | Chris Paul |
| 2004 | Sebastian Telfair | Lincoln | Brooklyn, NY | 6' 1" | PG | — | Dwight Howard |
| 2005 | Monta Ellis | Lanier | Jackson, MS | 6' 3" | SG | — | Greg Oden |
| 2006 | Greg Oden | Lawrence North | Indianapolis, IN | 7' 1" | C | Ohio State | Kevin Durant |
| 2007 | O. J. Mayo | Huntington | Huntington, WV | 6' 5" | G | USC | Kevin Love, Derrick Rose |
| 2008 | Brandon Jennings | Dominguez / Oak Hill Academy | Compton, CA / Mouth of Wilson, VA | 6' 1" | PG | — | Samardo Samuels |
| 2009 | Derrick Favors | South Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | 6' 9" | PF | Georgia Tech | DeMarcus Cousins, Avery Bradley, Jr. |
| 2010 | Harrison Barnes | Ames | Ames, IA | 6' 7" | SF | North Carolina | Jared Sullinger |
| 2011 | Mike Gilchrist | St. Patrick | Elizabeth, NJ | 6' 7" | SF | Kentucky | Austin Rivers, Bradley Beal |
| 2012 | Shabazz Muhammad | Bishop Gorman | Las Vegas, NV | 6' 6" | SF | UCLA | Jabari Parker |
| 2013 | Andrew Wiggins | Vaughn / Huntington | Vaughan, ON / Huntington, WV | 6' 8" | SF | Kansas | Jabari Parker |
| 2014 | Cliff Alexander | Curie | Chicago, IL | 6' 9" | PF | Kansas | Stanley Johnson |
| 2015 | Ben Simmons | Box Hill Senior / Montverde | Melbourne / Montverde, FL | 6' 10" | PF | LSU | Jaylen Brown |
| 2016 | Lonzo Ball | Chino Hills | Chino Hills, CA | 6' 6" | PG | UCLA | Josh Jackson |
| 2017 | Michael Porter Jr. | Father Tolton / Nathan Hale | Columbia, MO / Seattle, WA | 6' 10" | SF | Missouri | Deandre Ayton |
| 2018 | RJ Barrett | St. Marcellinus / Montverde | Mississauga / Montverde, FL | 6' 7" | SG | Duke | Zion Williamson |
| 2019 | Isaiah Stewart | McQuaid Jesuit / La Lumiere | Brighton, NY / La Porte, IN | 6' 9" | PF | Washington | Cole Anthony |
| 2020 | Cade Cunningham | Bowie / Montverde | Arlington, TX / Montverde, FL | 6' 7" | PG | Oklahoma State | Evan Mobley, Jalen Green |
| 2021 | Chet Holmgren | Minnehaha | Minneapolis, MN | 7' 0" | C | Gonzaga | Jabari Smith Jr. |
| 2022 | Dariq Whitehead | Montverde | Montverde, FL | 6' 5" | SF | Duke | Keyonte George, Dereck Lively |
| 2023 | Cameron Boozer | Christopher Columbus High School | Westchester, FL | 6' 9" | PF | Duke | Isaiah Collier |
| 2024 | Cooper Flagg | Nokomis Regional / Montverde | Newport, ME / Montverde, FL | 6' 9" | SF | Duke | Dylan Harper |
Source: