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Wilt Chamberlin
Drew Gooden
Danny Manning
Raef LaFrentz
Paul Pierce
Jacque Vaughn
Wayne Simien
Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison
Scott Pollard

"All-Time Greats"

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Wilt Chamberlain 1957-58
  • Career average 29.9 points and 18.9 boards are the best in Jayhawk history.
  • Scored a school-record and career-high 52 points in his varsity debut.
  • First NBA player to ever win the Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards in the same season. That same season, Wilt recorded his 100-point game.
Nick Collison 2000-03
  • Left Kansas as the second all-time leading scorer, third all-time leading rebounder and second all-time leading shot blocker.
  • Led KU to back-to-back Final Fours, playing for the National Championship in 2003.
  • Starter on the 2002 team, which became the first squad in the history of the Big 12 Conference to go undefeated in league play (16-0).
Drew Gooden 2000-02
  • A starter on the 2002 Final Four team, Gooden earned All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year honors that year.
  • He became the second player in Kansas history to record at least 1500 points, 900 boards, 100 blocks and 100 steals in a career.
  • Runner-up for the 2002 Wooden Award, he was named NABC Co-National Player of the Year, ESPN the Magazine Power Forward of the Year and Basketball America's Player of the Year.
Danny Manning 1985-88
  • College basketball's consensus player of the year, he led Kansas to the 1988 NCAA Title.
  • Manning was a three-time Big Eight Player of the Year, two-time All-American and a winner of the Naismith and Wooden Awards.
  • Manning is KU's all-time leading scorer and rebounder and also holds the record for most points scored in a single season with 942 points his senior year.
Raef LaFrentz 1995-98
  • A two-time consensus first-team All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year, LaFrentz is also the third-leading scorer in Kansas history.
  • One of three players in KU history to score 2000 points and his 1186 career boards placed him second all-time for the Jayhawks.
  • Ranked in the top ten in Kansas history for career field goals, free throws, blocked shots and field goal percentage, LaFrentz is the Kansas leader for double-doubles at 56.
Paul Pierce 1996-98
  • A 1998 Wooden Award finalist, consensus first-team All-American, first-team All-Big 12 and back-to-back Big 12 Tournament MVP.
  • The seventh all-time leading scorer at Kansas and just one of seven players in history to score more than 700 points in a single season.
  • Ranks among KU's leaders in free throws made and attempted, rebounding and steals after only three seasons.
  • NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 2008 following the Championship.
Jacque Vaughn 1994-97
  • The third all-time Kansas and Big Eight assists leader with 804, Vaughn earned second-team All-American honors his senior year.
  • A two-time first-team Academic All-American and the 1997 Academic All-American of the Year.
  • Was the 1996 Big Eight Player of the Year and also received the Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar-Athlete Award.
  • Ranks among KU's all-time leaders in career 10-assist games at 18, in consecutive career games started at 100 and in most career steals in Conference play at 93.
Wayne Simien 2002-05
  • Consensus All-American in 2005
  • Wooden and Naismith awards finalist his senior season
  • 2005 Big 12 Player of the Year and two-time All-Big 12 First Team
  • First round draft pick of the Miami Heat in 2005
  • Five-time Big 12 Player of the Week
  • Third-team AP All-American in 2004
  • Two-time Big 12 All-Tournament selection
  • Two-time team MVP
  • 2005 Bayer Advantage Senior CLASS Award winner
Kirk Hinrich 2000-03
  • Guided KU to back-to-back Final Fours in 2002 and 2003
  • Led the 2002 Kansas team through an undefeated (16-0) Conference season, the only team in Big 12 Conference history to do so
  • Ranks ninth on the KU career scoring list with 1,753 points
  • Ranks fourth in career assists with 668 and sixth in steals with 206
  • Owns two of the top three single-season three-point field goals percentage marks in KU history (50.5% in 2001 and 47.8% in 2002)
  • In his senior season, was named to the Wooden All-American team, final Four all-tournament team, third-team AP All-American and NCAA West Regional Most Outstanding Player
Scott Pollard 1994-97
  • Ranks fourth in Kansas history with 218 blocked shots
  • Ranks eighth in KU history with 850 career rebounds
  • Among KU's all-time leaders in career free throws and attempts
  • Honorable mention All-America in 1997
  • Second team All-Big Eight in 1996
  • Selected in the first round of the 1997 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons
  • Also played for the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers
Greg Ostertag 1992-95
  • Kansas' all-time blocked shots leader with 258
  • Broke the Kansas single-season blocked shots record with 97 his junior season
  • Had 91 blocked shots his senior campaign
  • Ranks 12th on the KU career rebounds list with 770
  • Led KU in field goal percentage in 1995 at 59.6 percent
  • Led the Jayhawks in rebounding as a junior and senior
  • First round (28th overall pick) NBA Draft selection of the Utah Jazz and played 10 of his 11 seasons with the Jazz