National player of the year winners share space with a backup guard remembered for one title-game half, and the eras stretch from the 1960s to the transfer-portal years.
1Cazzie RussellThree-time All-American guard-forward who averaged 30.8 points in 1965-66 and went first overall in the 1966 NBA draft.1000pts
2Jordan PooleGuard whose buzzer-beater beat Houston in the 2018 NCAA tournament, drafted 28th overall by Golden State in 2019.592pts
3Hunter DickinsonCenter who was the 2021 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and played three seasons at Michigan before moving to Kansas.592pts
4Caris LeVertWing who played four seasons at Michigan and was drafted 20th overall by Indiana in 2016.592pts
5Jalen RoseFab Five guard from Detroit who played three seasons at Michigan and was drafted 13th overall in 1994.592pts
6Derrick Walton Jr.Point guard named Most Outstanding Player of the 2017 Big Ten tournament, which Michigan won as the eighth seed.525pts
7Duncan RobinsonShooter who transferred from Division III Williams College and played on Michigan's 2018 national runner-up.525pts
8Franz WagnerGerman forward who played two seasons at Michigan and was drafted eighth overall by Orlando in 2021.525pts
9Tim Hardaway Jr.Wing who started on the 2013 national runner-up and was drafted 24th overall by the Knicks that year.444pts
10Zavier SimpsonPoint guard who started on the 2018 national runner-up and made the Big Ten All-Defensive Team and second-team All-Big Ten in 2019.444pts
11Mitch McGaryBig man whose 2013 NCAA tournament run took Michigan to the title game before he went 21st overall in 2014.444pts
12Glen RiceForward who scored a school-record 2,442 points and was Most Outstanding Player of Michigan's 1989 NCAA title run.444pts
13Trey BurkePoint guard who swept the 2013 national player of the year awards and led Michigan to that season's NCAA title game.444pts
14Yaxel LendeborgForward who transferred from UAB and was the 2026 Big Ten Player of the Year and a consensus first-team All-American for Michigan's national champions.444pts
15Terry MillsForward on the 1989 national champions who was drafted 16th overall by Milwaukee in 1990.444pts
16Bill BuntinCenter who played alongside Cazzie Russell on the 1964 and 1965 Final Four teams; Michigan honors his No. 22 jersey.345pts
17Phil HubbardForward who started for Michigan's 1976 national runner-up, won Olympic gold that summer and has his No. 35 jersey honored by the school.345pts
18Rickey GreenGuard on the 1976 national runner-up who was drafted 16th overall by Golden State in 1977.345pts
19Roy TarpleyCenter on Michigan's 1985 and 1986 Big Ten champions who went seventh overall in the 1986 NBA draft.345pts
20Jimmy KingFab Five guard who started for Michigan in the 1992 and 1993 NCAA title games.345pts
21Robert TraylorCenter nicknamed Tractor who was drafted sixth overall in 1998 after three seasons at Michigan.345pts- 22Gary GrantGuard who was a consensus first-team All-American for Michigan in 1988 and was drafted 15th overall that year.345pts
23Chris WebberFab Five forward who was a first-team All-American in 1993 and the first overall pick of that year's NBA draft.0pts
24Juwan HowardFab Five big man drafted fifth overall in 1994 who later coached Michigan from 2019 to 2024.0pts
25Rudy TomjanovichForward who holds Michigan's career rebounding record and was the second overall pick in the 1970 NBA draft.0pts
26Campy RussellForward who led Michigan to a share of the 1974 Big Ten title and was drafted eighth overall that year.0pts
27Nik StauskasCanadian shooting guard named 2014 Big Ten Player of the Year and drafted eighth overall by Sacramento.0pts
28Spike AlbrechtBackup point guard who scored 17 first-half points against Louisville in the 2013 national title game.0pts
29Moritz WagnerGerman big man who started on the 2018 national runner-up and was drafted 25th overall by the Lakers.0pts
Photo credits
- Jordan Poole — TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hunter Dickinson — Marc-Gregor Campredon / MGoBlog, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Caris LeVert — Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0
- Jalen Rose — All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Derrick Walton Jr. — MGoBlog, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Duncan Robinson — TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Franz Wagner — Marc-Grégor Campredon, CC BY 2.0
- Tim Hardaway Jr. — flickr user Adam Glanzman, CC BY 3.0
- Zavier Simpson — Marc-Grégor Campredon, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mitch McGary — Flickr user Adam Glanzman, CC BY 3.0
- Glen Rice — inboundpass, CC BY 2.0
- Trey Burke — Adam Glanzman, CC BY 2.0
- Terry Mills — University of Michigan, CC BY 4.0
- Roy Tarpley — Davidwbaker, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jimmy King — Robert Kalmbach, CC BY 4.0
- Robert Traylor — University of Michigan News and Information Services, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chris Webber — inboundpass, CC BY 2.0
- Juwan Howard — Marc-Grégor Campredon, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Campy Russell — Erik Drost derivative work: Shakeydeal33, CC BY 2.0
- Nik Stauskas — flickr user Adam Glanzman, CC BY 3.0
- Spike Albrecht — flickr user Adam Glanzman, CC BY 2.0
- Moritz Wagner — All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0
