Mr. Basketball USA

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{{Infobox award

| name = Mr. Basketball USA

| image = Wilt Chamberlain3.jpg

| imagesize = 200px

| alt = Black man kneeling on one knee with a basketball resting on the other and his hand atop the basketball. He is wearing a red, white and blue Harlem Globetrotters uniform.

| caption = Wilt Chamberlain is recognized as the first Mr. Basketball USA

| awarded_for = High school basketball's top male player

| presenter = Ballislife (EA Sports 2003–2009; Student Sports 1996–2002)

| country = United States

| location =

| year = 1996 (retroactive to 1955)

| holder = Cameron Boozer

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/high-school/boys-basketball/story/_/id/7682912/all-time-mr-basketball-usa-list|title=Mr. Basketball USA winners: ESPNHS national player of the year honorees date back to 1955|date=April 16, 2012|work=ESPN HS|author=Flores, Ronnie}} [http://espn.go.com/high-school/boys-basketball/story/_/id/7682912/mr-basketball-usa-list Alt URL]; 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/high-school/boys-basketball/story/_/id/7221514/shabazz-muhammad-target|title=Preseason Mr. Basketball USA Tracker: Shabazz Muhammad is target|access-date=January 15, 2012|orig-date=November 17, 2011|date=January 5, 2012|work=ESPN HS|author=Flores, Ronnie}}

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

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:CGCombo guard

:PGPoint guard

:SGShooting guard

:FForward

:PFPower forward

:SFSmall forward

:CCenter

:— 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.

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|+ Mr. Basketball USA Winners

!scope=col| Year

!scope=col| Player

!scope=col| High school

!scope=col| City

!scope=col| Height

!scope=col| Position

!scope=col| College

!scope=col| Runner(s)-up

1955

!scope=row|{{sortname|Wilt|Chamberlain}}

|Overbrook

Philadelphia, PA{{sort|85|7' 1"}}CKansas{{sort|Robertson|Oscar Robertson}}
1956

!scope=row|{{sortname|Oscar|Robertson}}

|Crispus Attucks

Indianapolis, IN{{sort|77|6' 5"}}GCincinnati{{sort|Coleman|Kelly Coleman, Jerry West}}
1957

!scope=row|{{sortname|Jerry|Lucas}}

|Middletown

Middletown, OH{{sort|80|6' 8"}}F{{sort|Jackson|Tony Jackson}}
1958

!scope=row|{{sortname|Jerry|Lucas}}

|Middletown

Middletown, OH{{sort|80|6' 8"}}FOhio State{{sort|McGill|Bill McGill, Wayne Hightower}}
1959

!scope=row|{{sortname|Bill|Raftery}}

|St. Cecilia

Kearny, NJ{{sort|77|6' 5"}}FLaSalle{{sort|Heyman|Arthur Heyman}}
1960

!scope=row|{{sortname|Connie|Hawkins}}

|Boys

Brooklyn, NY{{sort|81|6' 9"}}CIowa{{sort| |—}}
1961

!scope=row|{{sortname|Bill|Bradley}}

|Crystal City

Crystal City, MO{{sort|77|6' 5"}}FPrinceton{{sort|Harding|Reggie Harding, Billy Cunningham}}
1962

!scope=row|{{sortname|Cazzie|Russell}}

|Carver

Chicago, IL{{sort|77|6' 5"}}FMichigan{{sort|Austin|John Austin, Larry Conley}}
1963

!scope=row|Edgar Lacy

|Jefferson

Los Angeles, CA{{sort|78|6' 6"}}FUCLA{{sort|Alcindor|Lew Alcindor}}
1964

!scope=row|{{sortname|Lew|Alcindor|Kareem Abdul-Jabbar}}

|Power Memorial

New York, NY{{sort|85|7' 1"}}C{{sort|Unseld|Wes Unseld}}
1965

!scope=row|{{sortname|Lew|Alcindor|Kareem Abdul-Jabbar}}

|Power Memorial

New York, NY{{sort|85|7' 1"}}CUCLA{{sort| |—}}
1966

!scope=row|{{sortname|Calvin|Murphy}}

|Norwalk

Norwalk, CT{{sort|69|5' 9"}}GNiagara{{sort| |—}}
1967

!scope=row|{{sortname|Spencer|Haywood}}

|Pershing

Detroit, MI{{sort|81|6' 9"}}FDetroit{{sort|Durrett|Ken Durrett, Jim McDaniels}}
1968

!scope=row|{{sortname|Paul|Westphal}}

|Aviation

Redondo Beach, CA{{sort|76|6' 4"}}GUSC{{sort|Simpson|Ralph Simpson}}
1969

!scope=row|{{sortname|George|McGinnis}}

|Washington

Indianapolis, IN{{sort|80|6' 8"}}FIndiana{{sort|Joyce|Kevin Joyce}}
1970

!scope=row|{{sortname|Tom|McMillen|Charles Thomas McMillen}}

|Mansfield

Mansfield, PA{{sort|83|6' 11"}}CMaryland{{sort|Walton|Bill Walton, Dwight Jones}}
1971

!scope=row|{{sortname|Maurice|Lucas}}

|Schenley

Pittsburgh, PA{{sort|81|6' 9"}}FMarquette{{sort|Lewis|Raymond Lewis, Roscoe Pondexter}}
1972

!scope=row|{{sortname|Quinn|Buckner}}

|Thornridge

Dolton, IL{{sort|75|6' 3"}}GIndiana{{sort|Adams|Alvin Adams, Phil Sellers}}
1973

!scope=row|{{sortname|Adrian|Dantley}}

|DeMatha

Hyattsville, MD{{sort|78|6' 6"}}FNotre Dame{{sort|Benson|Kent Benson, Tom LaGarde}}
1974

!scope=row|{{sortname|Moses|Malone}}

|Petersburg

Petersburg, VA{{sort|83|6' 11"}}C{{sort|Wise|Skip Wise}}
1975

!scope=row|{{sortname|Bill|Cartwright}}

|Elk Grove

Elk Grove, CA{{sort|85|7' 1"}}CSan Francisco{{sort|Greenwood|David Greenwood, Darryl Dawkins}}
1976

!scope=row|{{sortname|Darrell|Griffith}}

|Male

Louisville, KY{{sort|76|6' 4"}}GLouisville{{sort|King|Albert King}}
1977

!scope=row|{{sortname|Albert|King|dab=basketball}}

|Fort Hamilton

Brooklyn, NY{{sort|78|6' 6"}}FMaryland{{sort|Johnson|Magic Johnson, Gene Banks}}
1978

!scope=row|{{sortname|Mark|Aguirre}}

|Westinghouse

Chicago, IL{{sort|78|6' 6"}}FDePaul{{sort|Anderson|Dwight Anderson}}
1979

!scope=row|{{sortname|Clark|Kellogg}}

|St. Joseph

Cleveland, OH{{sort|79|6' 7"}}FOhio State{{sort|Thomas|Isiah Thomas, Ralph Sampson}}
1980

!scope=row|{{sortname|Doc|Rivers}}

|Proviso East

Maywood, IL{{sort|76|6' 4"}}GMarquette{{sort|Ewing|Patrick Ewing, Earl Jones}}
1981

!scope=row|{{sortname|Patrick|Ewing}}

|Rindge & Latin

Cambridge, MA{{sort|85|7' 1"}}CGeorgetown{{sort| |—}}
1982

!scope=row|{{sortname|Wayman|Tisdale}}

|Washington

Tulsa, OK{{sort|81|6' 9"}}FOklahoma{{sort|Thompson|Billy Thompson}}
1983

!scope=row|{{sortname|Reggie|Williams|Reggie Williams (basketball, born 1964)}}

|Dunbar

Baltimore, MD{{sort|79|6' 7"}}SFGeorgetown{{sort|Washington|Dwayne Washington}}
1984

!scope=row|{{sortname|John|Williams|dab=basketball, born 1966}}

|Crenshaw

Los Angeles, CA{{sort|81|6' 9"}}SFLSU{{sort|Manning|Danny Manning, Delray Brooks}}
1985

!scope=row|{{sortname|Danny|Ferry}}

|DeMatha

Hyattsville, MD{{sort|82|6' 10"}}FDuke{{sort|Lebo|Jeff Lebo}}
1986

!scope=row|{{sortname|J. R.|Reid}}

|Kempsville

Virginia Beach, VA{{sort|82|6' 10"}}CNorth Carolina{{sort|Chapman|Rex Chapman, Terry Mills}}
1987

!scope=row|{{sortname|Larry|Johnson|dab=basketball, born 1969}}

|Skyline

Dallas, TX{{sort|79|6' 7"}}FUNLV{{sort|Liberty|Marcus Liberty}}
1988

!scope=row|{{sortname|Alonzo|Mourning}}

|Indian River

Chesapeake, VA{{sort|82|6' 10"}}CGeorgetown{{sort|Kemp|Shawn Kemp, Billy Owens}}
1989

!scope=row|{{sortname|Kenny|Anderson|Kenny Anderson (basketball)|Kenny Anderson}}

|Archbishop Molloy

Briarwood, NY{{sort|73|6' 1"}}PGGeorgia Tech{{sort| |—}}
1990

!scope=row|{{sortname|Damon|Bailey}}

|Bedford North Lawrence High School

Bedford, IN{{sort|75|6' 3"}}GIndiana{{sort|O'Bannon|Ed O'Bannon}}
1991

!scope=row|{{sortname|Chris|Webber}}

|Country Day

Beverly Hills, MI{{sort|82|6' 10"}}CMichigan{{sort|Robinson|Glenn Robinson}}
1992

!scope=row|{{sortname|Jason|Kidd}}

|St. Joseph

Alameda, CA{{sort|76|6' 4"}}PGCalifornia{{sort|Rhodes|Rodrick Rhodes}}
1993

!scope=row|{{sortname|Rasheed|Wallace}}

|Simon Gratz

Philadelphia, PA{{sort|83|6' 11"}}FNorth Carolina{{sort|Stackhouse|Jerry Stackhouse, Randy Livingston}}
1994

!scope=row|{{sortname|Felipe|López|Felipe López (basketball)|Lopez}}

|Rice

New York, NY{{sort|77|6' 5"}}SGSt. John's{{sort| |—}}
1995

!scope=row|{{sortname|Kevin|Garnett}}

|Mauldin / Farragut

Mauldin, SC / Chicago, IL{{sort|82|6' 10"}}C{{sort|Mercer|Ron Mercer, Stephon Marbury}}
1996

!scope=row|{{sortname|Mike|Bibby}}

|Shadow Mountain

Phoenix, AZ{{sort|73|6' 1"}}PGArizona{{sort|Bryant|Kobe Bryant, Tim Thomas}}
1997

!scope=row|{{sortname|Tracy|McGrady}}

|Auburndale / Mount Zion

Auburndale, FL / Durham, NC{{sort|79|6' 7"}}SF{{sort|Odom|Lamar Odom}}
1998

!scope=row|{{sortname|Rashard|Lewis}}

|Elsik

Houston, TX{{sort|82|6' 10"}}F{{sort|Curry|Ronald Curry, JaRon Rush}}
1999

!scope=row|{{sortname|Jonathan|Bender}}

|Picayune

Picayune, MS{{sort|83|6' 11"}}F{{sort|Harvey|Donnell Harvey}}
2000

!scope=row|{{sortname|Darius|Miles}}

|East St. Louis

East St. Louis, IL{{sort|81|6' 9"}}F{{sort|Randolph|Zach Randolph, Gerald Wallace}}
2001

!scope=row|{{sortname|Dajuan|Wagner}}

|Camden

Camden, NJ{{sort|74|6' 2"}}CGMemphis{{sort|Chandler|Tyson Chandler, Eddy Curry}}
2002

!scope=row|{{sortname|LeBron|James}}

|St. Vincent – St. Mary

Akron, OH{{sort|79|6' 8"}}G{{sort|Anthony|Carmelo Anthony}}
2003

!scope=row|{{sortname|LeBron|James}}

|St. Vincent – St. Mary

Akron, OH{{sort|80|6' 8"}}G{{sort|Paul|Chris Paul}}
2004

!scope=row|{{sortname|Sebastian|Telfair}}

|Lincoln

Brooklyn, NY{{sort|73|6' 1"}}PG{{sort|Howard|Dwight Howard}}
2005

!scope=row|{{sortname|Monta|Ellis}}

|Lanier

Jackson, MS{{sort|75|6' 3"}}SG{{sort|Oden|Greg Oden}}
2006

!scope=row|{{sortname|Greg|Oden}}

|Lawrence North

Indianapolis, IN{{sort|85|7' 1"}}COhio State{{sort|Durant|Kevin Durant}}
2007

!scope=row|{{sortname|O. J.|Mayo}}

|Huntington

Huntington, WV{{sort|77|6' 5"}}GUSC{{sort|Love|Kevin Love, Derrick Rose}}
2008

!scope=row|{{sortname|Brandon|Jennings}}

|Dominguez / Oak Hill Academy

Compton, CA / Mouth of Wilson, VA{{sort|73|6' 1"}}PG{{sort|Samuels|Samardo Samuels}}
2009

!scope=row|{{sortname|Derrick|Favors}}

|South Atlanta

Atlanta, GA{{sort|81|6' 9"}}PFGeorgia TechDeMarcus Cousins, {{sort|Bradley|Avery Bradley, Jr.}}
2010

!scope=row|{{sortname|Harrison|Barnes}}

|Ames

Ames, IA{{sort|79|6' 7"}}SFNorth Carolina{{sort|Sullinger|Jared Sullinger}}
2011

!scope=row|{{sortname|Mike|Gilchrist|Michael Kidd-Gilchrist}}

|St. Patrick

Elizabeth, NJ{{sort|79|6' 7"}}SFKentucky{{sort|Rivers|Austin Rivers, Bradley Beal}}
2012

!scope=row|{{sortname|Shabazz|Muhammad}}

|Bishop Gorman

Las Vegas, NV{{sort|78|6' 6"}}SFUCLA{{sort|Parker|Jabari Parker}}
2013

!scope=row|{{sortname|Andrew|Wiggins}}

|Vaughn / Huntington

Vaughan, ON / Huntington, WV{{sort|80|6' 8"}}SFKansas{{sort|Parker|Jabari Parker}}
2014

!scope=row|{{sortname|Cliff|Alexander}}

|Curie

Chicago, IL{{sort|81|6' 9"}}PFKansas{{sort|Johnson|Stanley Johnson}}
2015

!scope=row|{{sortname|Ben|Simmons}}

|Box Hill Senior / Montverde

Melbourne / Montverde, FL{{sort|82|6' 10"}}PFLSU{{sort|Brown|Jaylen Brown}}
2016

!scope=row|{{sortname|Lonzo|Ball}}

|Chino Hills

Chino Hills, CA{{sort|78|6' 6"}}PGUCLA{{sort|Jackson|Josh Jackson}}
2017

!scope=row|{{sortname|Michael|Porter Jr.}}

|Father Tolton / Nathan Hale

Columbia, MO / Seattle, WA{{sort|78|6' 10"}}SFMissouri{{sort|Ayton|Deandre Ayton}}
2018

!scope=row|{{sortname|RJ|Barrett}}

|St. Marcellinus / Montverde

Mississauga, ON / Montverde, FL{{sort|78|6' 7"}}SGDuke{{sort|Williamson|Zion Williamson}}
2019

!scope=row|{{sortname|Isaiah|Stewart}}

|McQuaid Jesuit / La Lumiere

Brighton, NY / La Porte, IN{{sort|78|6' 9"}}PFWashington{{sort|Anthony|Cole Anthony}}
2020

!scope=row|{{sortname|Cade|Cunningham}}

|Bowie / Montverde

Arlington, TX / Montverde, FL{{sort|78|6' 7"}}PGOklahoma State{{sort|Mobley|Evan Mobley, Jalen Green}}
2021

!scope=row|{{sortname|Chet|Holmgren}}

|Minnehaha

Minneapolis, MN{{sort|78|7' 0"}}CGonzaga{{sort|Smith|Jabari Smith Jr.}}
2022

!scope=row|{{sortname|Dariq|Whitehead}}

|Montverde

Montverde, FL{{sort|77|6' 5"}}SFDuke{{sort|George|Keyonte George}}, Dereck Lively
2023

!scope=row|{{sortname|Cameron|Boozer}}

|Christopher Columbus High School

Westchester, FL{{sort|77|6' 9"}}PFDuke{{sort|Collier|Isaiah Collier}}
2024

!scope=row|{{sortname|Cooper|Flagg}}

|Nokomis Regional / Montverde

Newport, ME / Montverde, FL{{sort|77|6' 9"}}SFDuke{{sort|Dylan|Dylan Harper}}
2025

!scope=row|{{sortname|Cameron|Boozer}}

|Christopher Columbus High School

Westchester, FL{{sort|77|6' 9"}}PFDuke{{sort|Peterson|Darryn Peterson}}

Source:{{cite web|first=Ronnie|last=Flores|title=All-Time Mr. Basketball USA Honorees|date=August 27, 2021|work=GrassrootsHoops.net|url=https://grassrootshoops.net/2021/08/all-time-mr-basketball-usa-honorees/|access-date=May 30, 2022}}

See also

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