Top 11 High Schools With Most NBA Players (Winner is?)

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#5(t): Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, N.H.) — 14 players

Brewster Academy's Joel Brown (3) against Westtown School during a 2019 high school basketball game in the Bronx, N.Y.Gregory Payan

Of the 28 players who have made their way from a New Hampshire high school to the NBA, half of them passed through the expensive halls of Brewster Academy.

The boarding school’s tuition is over $60,000, making it the most expensive school in the state and one of the most expensive in the country.

The world-class facilities at Brewster are one of the biggest drawing points for prospective students and include a 50,000-square-foot athletics center, indoor and outdoor turf fields, a boathouse, a rowing tank and a climbing wall.

Seven active NBA players once hooped at Brewster, including Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell.

NBA Players Who Attended Brewster Academy (Years in League)

Jeff Adrien (5)
Will Barton (7)
Jonah Bolden (1)
Craig Brackins (2)
Semaj Christon (1)
Marcus Derrickson (1)
Devonte' Graham (1)
Mitch McGary (2)
Donovan Mitchell (2)
Thomas Robinson (5)
JaKarr Sampson (3)
Xavier Silas (2)
Jared Terrell (1)
T.J. Warren (5)

TJ Warren was darn good. That battle between him and Marcus Paige was epic. Wouldn't mind seeing that game again.

 

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#3(t): DeMatha Catholic High School (Hyattsville, Md.) — 18 players

DeMatha Catholic's Markelle Fultz (20) against Chaminade during a high school basketball game in the 2016 Hoophall Classic at Springfield College in Springfield, Mass.Gregory Payan/AP Photo
The third and final school on this list that also is on the NFL version of this list, DeMatha has twice been named the No. 2 high school athletic program in the country.It is just outside of Washington, D.C., but the school attracts students from all over the DMV area.

At least one alum of DeMatha has been in the NBA for 48 of the last 50 seasons. This includes a Hall of Famer (Adrian Dantley), a current All-Star (Victor Oladipo) and a recent No. 1 overall draft pick (Markelle Fultz).

NBA Players Who Attended DeMatha (Years in League)

Johnny Austin (2)
Keith Bogans (11)
Adrian Branch (4)
Kenny Carr (10)
Sid Catlett (1)
Adrian Dantley (15)
Danny Ferry (13)
Joseph Forte (2)
Markelle Fulz (2)
Jerami Grant (5)
Jerian Grant (4)
Johnny Jones (2)
Joe Kennedy (3)
Sidney Lowe (4)
Jerrod Mustaf (4)
Victor Oladipo
Hawkeye Whitney (2)
Bernie Williams (5)

 

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When you are done with your list, I know this doesn't affect dematha much but does this list change much if the 1 year players are removed? I feel like the school before dematha was a bunch of NBA flame outs lol.

 

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When you are done with your list, I know this doesn't affect dematha much but does this list change much if the 1 year players are removed? I feel like the school before dematha was a bunch of NBA flame outs lol.

Good point. I think if you eliminate the flame out the list would change.

 

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#3(t): DeWitt Clinton High School (New York City, N.Y.) — 18 players

The 2018-19 DeWitt Clinton basketball team.DeWitt Clinton/Facebook
Located in the Bronx, DeWitt Clinton was once the largest high school in the world with over 12,000 students in the 1930s. Today, its enrollment is about 1,400, and that large drop-off also has impacted its NBA alums.

Nearly all of the DeWitt Clinton graduates to make it to the NBA played before the ABA-NBA merger in 1976, and none have played in the last 20 years.

These days, many of the prominent New York prep players opt to go to school in the suburbs or head to a boarding academy elsewhere as New York City overall has seen a drop-off in NBA players produced.

Hall of Famers Dolph Schayes and Tiny Archibald highlight the best players who once were DeWitt Clinton Governors.

NBA Players Who Attended DeWitt Clinton (Years in League)

Tiny Archibald (13)
Ron Behagen (7)
Tommy Byrnes (5)
Leo Gottlieb (2)
Luther Green (3)
Jerry Harkness (3)
Tom Henderson (9)
Ralph Kaplowitz (2)
Dan Kraus (1)
Butch Lee (2)
Barry Liebowitz (1)
Ruben Nembhard (1)
Billy Reid (1)
Dolph Schayes (15)
Steve Sheppard (2)
Ricky Sobers (11)
Oliver Taylor (4)
Willie Worsley (1)

 

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2.(t) DeMatha Catholic High School (Hyattsville, Md.) — 18 players

DeMatha Catholic's Markelle Fultz (20) against Chaminade during a high school basketball game in the 2016 Hoophall Classic at Springfield College in Springfield, Mass.Gregory Payan/AP Photo
The third and final school on this list that also is on the NFL version of this list, DeMatha has twice been named the No. 2 high school athletic program in the country. It is just outside of Washington, D.C., but the school attracts students from all over the DMV area.

At least one alum of DeMatha has been in the NBA for 48 of the last 50 seasons. This includes a Hall of Famer (Adrian Dantley), a current All-Star (Victor Oladipo) and a recent No. 1 overall draft pick (Markelle Fultz).




NBA Players Who Attended DeMatha Catholic

Detroit Pistons guard Adrian Dantley, right.AP Photo
Johnny Austin (2)

Keith Bogans (11)

Adrian Branch (4)

Kenny Carr (10)

Sid Catlett (1)

Adrian Dantley (15)

Danny Ferry (13)

Joseph Forte (2)

Markelle Fulz (2)

Jerami Grant (6)

Jerian Grant (4)

Johnny Jones (2)

Joe Kennedy (3)

Sidney Lowe (4)

Jerrod Mustaf (4)

Victor Oladipo (7)

Hawkeye Whitney (2)

Bernie Williams (5)

 

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Damn. Dematha tied for 2nd and 3rd!

 

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Opps....lol

 

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1. Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) — 33 players

Oak Hill Academy's Billy Preston dribbles upcourt against Nathan Hale during a high school basketball game at the 2017 Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass.Gregory Payan/AP Photo / File
What do the University of Alabama, Boston College and the University of Oklahoma have in common? They all are in Power 5 Conferences, yet each of them has produced fewer NBA players than a tiny boarding school on the Virginia-North Carolina border.

Oak Hill Academy has an enrollment of just 132 students, and high school basketball players from across the country know that there is no better place to prepare you for the next level. Carmelo Anthony moved from Baltimore to attend Oak Hill. Rajon Rondo came from Louisville. Brandon Jennings moved from Compton, and Steve Blake relocated from Miami, just to name a few.

The school even recruits international prospects, including DeSagana Diop, who came from Senegal.

Oak Hill has been named the national high school champion nine times under coach Steve Smith, who also has produced 28 McDonald’s All-Americans.

Seven Oak Hill graduates currently are in the NBA with more on the way. The school had three of the top four ranked players in the state of Virginia for the class of 2018.

Related: Greatest College Basketball Teams

NBA Players Who Attended Oak Hill Academy

Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo, with ball.Jim Cole/AP Photo
Jordan Adams (2)

Cory Alexander (7)

Carmelo Anthony (16)

William Avery (3)

Dwayne Bacon (3)

Alex Blackwell (1)

Steve Blake (13)

Mark Blount (9)

Junior Burrough (1)

Quinn Cook (4)

Ben Davis (4)

DeSagana Diop (12)

Sean Green (3)

A.J. Hammons (1)

Stephen Jackson (14)

Brandon Jennings (9)

Keldon Johnson (1)

Doron Lamb (2)

Ty Lawson (8)

Caleb Martin (1)

Cody Martin (1)

Jeff McInnis (11)

Ron Mercer (8)

Makhtar N'Diaye (1)

Josh Reaves (1)

Rajon Rondo (14)

Josh Smith (13)

Nolan Smith (2)

Jerry Stackhouse (18)

Rod Strickland (17)

Sindarius Thornwell (2)

Marcus Williams (4)

Troy Williams (3)

 

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11. Dunbar
10. Thomas Jefferson
7. Proviso East
7. Overbrook
7. Henderson International
6. Laurinburg
4. Hargrave Military
4. Brewster
2. Dematha
2. Dewitt Clinton
1. Oak Hill

 

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11. Dunbar
10. Thomas Jefferson
7. Proviso East
7. Overbrook
7. Henderson International
6. Laurinburg
4. Hargrave Military
4. Brewster
2. Dematha
2. Dewitt Clinton
1. Oak Hill

Thanks. You are a trooper!

 

[ChapelHeeled]

Thanks. You are a trooper!

Well... Your model here eliminates college, while providing a direct link between high school and pro basketball. Why not show the NBA players that UNC has turned out AS WELL...?

 

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Well... Your model here eliminates college, while providing a direct link between high school and pro basketball. Why not show the NBA players that UNC has turned out AS WELL...?

Good idea for a future project! Thanks!

 

[TPFKAPFS]

Thanks for doing this!

I knew DeMatha and Oak Hill would be on the list, but had no idea they were tops!

 

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Cole will make it 34 NBA players for Oak Hill.