Rankings through the years

[dukefan1980]

I was doing a bit of research for a Coach K painting that I am thinking about doing and I compiled a list of all of the players that he has coached throughout his tenure at Duke. From '98 on, they listed their RSCI class rankings for incoming recruits. I put them in order of class rankings and thought that other Duke fan dorks like me would enjoy, so here you go:

Josh McRoberts 1 (2005)
Jahlil Okafor 1 (2014)
Marvin Bagley 1 (2017)
R.J. Barrett 1 (2018)
Luol Deng 2 (2003)
Kyrie Irving 2 (2010)
Austin Rivers 2 (2011)
Harry Giles 2 (2016)
Cam Reddish 2 (2018)
Paolo Banchero 2 (2021)
Jay Williams 3 (1999)
Jabari Parker 3 (2013)
Jayson Tatum 3 (2016)
Brandon Ingram 4 (2015)
Zion Williamson 4 (2018)
Trevon Duval 5 (2017)
Vernon Carey 5 (2019)
Chris Duhon 6 (2000)
Kyle Singler 6 (2007)
Tyus Jones 7 (2014)
Wendell Carter 7 (2017)
Carlos Boozer 8 (1999)
Shelden Williams 8 (2002)
Gerald Henderson 10 (2006)
J.J. Redick 11 (2002)
Marques Bolden 11 (2016)
Jalen Johnson 11 (2020)
Rasheed Sulaimon 12 (2012)
Matthew Hurt 12 (2019)
Greg Paulus 13 (2005)
Justise Winslow 13 (2014)
Derryck Thornton 13 (2015)
Tre Jones 13 (2018)
Shavlik Randolph 14 (2002)
Ryan Kelly 14 (2009)
Chase Jeter 14 (2015)
Frank Jackson 14 (2016)
Gary Trent 14 (2017)
Elliot Williams 15 (2008)
Corey Maggette 16 (1998)
Casey Sanders 16 (1999)
DeMarcus Nelson 18 (2004)
Nolan Smith 18 (2007)
Mason Plumlee 18 (2009)
AJ Griffin 18 (2021)
Trevor Keels 19 (2021)
Lance Thomas 20 (2006)
Jeremy Roach 20 (2020)
Sean Dockery 21 (2002)
Amile Jefferson 21 (2012)
Luke Kennard 21 (2015)
Grayson Allen 24 (2014)
DJ Steward 24 (2020)
Brian Zoubek 25 (2006)
Wendell Moore 25 (2019)
Mark Williams 25 (2020)
Mike Dunleavy 26 (1999)
Taylor King 27 (2007)
Rodney Hood 27 (2011)
Jon Scheyer 28 (2006)
Michael Gbinije 28 (2011)
Daniel Ewing 29 (2001)
Michael Thompson 30 (2002)
Quinn Cook 31 (2011)
Josh Hairston 32 (2010)
Semi Ojeleye 32 (2013)
Cassius Stanley 33 (2019)
Jaemyn Brakefield 33 (2020)
Matt Jones 34 (2013)
Javin DeLaurier 35 (2016)
Joey Baker 37 (2018)
Eric Boateng 39 (2005)
Alex Murphy 49 (2011)
Henry Coleman 49 (2020)
Martynas Pocius 53 (2005)
Jordan Tucker 59 (2017)
Jamal Boykin 60 (2005)
Marshall Plumlee 61 (2011)
Olek Czyz 66 (2008)
Alex O'Connell 69 (2017)
David McClure 71 (2004)
Miles Plumlee 81 (2008)
Dahntay Jones 91 (1998)

[uh_no]

I was doing a bit of research for a Coach K painting that I am thinking about doing and I compiled a list of all of the players that he has coached throughout his tenure at Duke. From '98 on, they listed their RSCI class rankings for incoming recruits. I put them in order of class rankings and thought that other Duke fan dorks like me would enjoy, so here you go:

Josh McRoberts 1 (2005)
Jahlil Okafor 1 (2014)
Marvin Bagley 1 (2017)
R.J. Barrett 1 (2018)
Luol Deng 2 (2003)
Kyrie Irving 2 (2010)
Austin Rivers 2 (2011)
Harry Giles 2 (2016)
Cam Reddish 2 (2018)
Paolo Banchero 2 (2021)
Jay Williams 3 (1999)
Jabari Parker 3 (2013)
Jayson Tatum 3 (2016)
Brandon Ingram 4 (2015)
Zion Williamson 4 (2018)
Trevon Duval 5 (2017)
Vernon Carey 5 (2019)
Chris Duhon 6 (2000)
Kyle Singler 6 (2007)
Tyus Jones 7 (2014)
Wendell Carter 7 (2017)
Carlos Boozer 8 (1999)
Shelden Williams 8 (2002)
Gerald Henderson 10 (2006)
J.J. Redick 11 (2002)
Marques Bolden 11 (2016)
Jalen Johnson 11 (2020)
Rasheed Sulaimon 12 (2012)
Matthew Hurt 12 (2019)
Greg Paulus 13 (2005)
Justise Winslow 13 (2014)
Derryck Thornton 13 (2015)
Tre Jones 13 (2018)
Shavlik Randolph 14 (2002)
Ryan Kelly 14 (2009)
Chase Jeter 14 (2015)
Frank Jackson 14 (2016)
Gary Trent 14 (2017)
Elliot Williams 15 (2008)
Corey Maggette 16 (1998)
Casey Sanders 16 (1999)
DeMarcus Nelson 18 (2004)
Nolan Smith 18 (2007)
Mason Plumlee 18 (2009)
AJ Griffin 18 (2021)
Trevor Keels 19 (2021)
Lance Thomas 20 (2006)
Jeremy Roach 20 (2020)
Sean Dockery 21 (2002)
Amile Jefferson 21 (2012)
Luke Kennard 21 (2015)
Grayson Allen 24 (2014)
DJ Steward 24 (2020)
Brian Zoubek 25 (2006)
Wendell Moore 25 (2019)
Mark Williams 25 (2020)
Mike Dunleavy 26 (1999)
Taylor King 27 (2007)
Rodney Hood 27 (2011)
Jon Scheyer 28 (2006)
Michael Gbinije 28 (2011)
Daniel Ewing 29 (2001)
Michael Thompson 30 (2002)
Quinn Cook 31 (2011)
Josh Hairston 32 (2010)
Semi Ojeleye 32 (2013)
Cassius Stanley 33 (2019)
Jaemyn Brakefield 33 (2020)
Matt Jones 34 (2013)
Javin DeLaurier 35 (2016)
Joey Baker 37 (2018)
Eric Boateng 39 (2005)
Alex Murphy 49 (2011)
Henry Coleman 49 (2020)
Martynas Pocius 53 (2005)
Jordan Tucker 59 (2017)
Jamal Boykin 60 (2005)
Marshall Plumlee 61 (2011)
Olek Czyz 66 (2008)
Alex O'Connell 69 (2017)
David McClure 71 (2004)
Miles Plumlee 81 (2008)
Dahntay Jones 91 (1998)

miles and mason plumlee...jeez why did they have to do my boys dirty!

[dukefan1980]

In case anyone is wondering, Coach K has coached (according to my count) 208 players during his tenure at Duke. In my mind, that number was way lower than expected but the more that I think about it, any given year has between 3-6 recruits. When you add in walk-ons and transfers, 208 makes sense.

[-jk]

Hmm. How would you get the pre-rsci players? Old Parade, Street & Smith, etc?

-jk

[arnie]

I was doing a bit of research for a Coach K painting that I am thinking about doing and I compiled a list of all of the players that he has coached throughout his tenure at Duke. From '98 on, they listed their RSCI class rankings for incoming recruits. I put them in order of class rankings and thought that other Duke fan dorks like me would enjoy, so here you go:

Josh McRoberts 1 (2005)
Jahlil Okafor 1 (2014)
Marvin Bagley 1 (2017)
R.J. Barrett 1 (2018)
Luol Deng 2 (2003)
Kyrie Irving 2 (2010)
Austin Rivers 2 (2011)
Harry Giles 2 (2016)
Cam Reddish 2 (2018)
Paolo Banchero 2 (2021)
Jay Williams 3 (1999)
Jabari Parker 3 (2013)
Jayson Tatum 3 (2016)
Brandon Ingram 4 (2015)
Zion Williamson 4 (2018)
Trevon Duval 5 (2017)
Vernon Carey 5 (2019)
Chris Duhon 6 (2000)
Kyle Singler 6 (2007)
Tyus Jones 7 (2014)
Wendell Carter 7 (2017)
Carlos Boozer 8 (1999)
Shelden Williams 8 (2002)
Gerald Henderson 10 (2006)
J.J. Redick 11 (2002)
Marques Bolden 11 (2016)
Jalen Johnson 11 (2020)
Rasheed Sulaimon 12 (2012)
Matthew Hurt 12 (2019)
Greg Paulus 13 (2005)
Justise Winslow 13 (2014)
Derryck Thornton 13 (2015)
Tre Jones 13 (2018)
Shavlik Randolph 14 (2002)
Ryan Kelly 14 (2009)
Chase Jeter 14 (2015)
Frank Jackson 14 (2016)
Gary Trent 14 (2017)
Elliot Williams 15 (2008)
Corey Maggette 16 (1998)
Casey Sanders 16 (1999)
DeMarcus Nelson 18 (2004)
Nolan Smith 18 (2007)
Mason Plumlee 18 (2009)
AJ Griffin 18 (2021)
Trevor Keels 19 (2021)
Lance Thomas 20 (2006)
Jeremy Roach 20 (2020)
Sean Dockery 21 (2002)
Amile Jefferson 21 (2012)
Luke Kennard 21 (2015)
Grayson Allen 24 (2014)
DJ Steward 24 (2020)
Brian Zoubek 25 (2006)
Wendell Moore 25 (2019)
Mark Williams 25 (2020)
Mike Dunleavy 26 (1999)
Taylor King 27 (2007)
Rodney Hood 27 (2011)
Jon Scheyer 28 (2006)
Michael Gbinije 28 (2011)
Daniel Ewing 29 (2001)
Michael Thompson 30 (2002)
Quinn Cook 31 (2011)
Josh Hairston 32 (2010)
Semi Ojeleye 32 (2013)
Cassius Stanley 33 (2019)
Jaemyn Brakefield 33 (2020)
Matt Jones 34 (2013)
Javin DeLaurier 35 (2016)
Joey Baker 37 (2018)
Eric Boateng 39 (2005)
Alex Murphy 49 (2011)
Henry Coleman 49 (2020)
Martynas Pocius 53 (2005)
Jordan Tucker 59 (2017)
Jamal Boykin 60 (2005)
Marshall Plumlee 61 (2011)
Olek Czyz 66 (2008)
Alex O'Connell 69 (2017)
David McClure 71 (2004)
Miles Plumlee 81 (2008)
Dahntay Jones 91 (1998)

Interesting the last guy on your list played in 14 NBA seasons and in 600+ games. Sometimes HS rankings don’t foretell future success,

Thanks for compiling.

[SOB13]

Interesting the last guy on your list played in 14 NBA seasons and in 600+ games. Sometimes HS rankings don’t foretell future success,

Thanks for compiling.

Very similar statistically to the first guy on the list.

[House P]

Hmm. How would you get the pre-rsci players? Old Parade, Street & Smith, etc?

-jk

Wikipedia has a list of Parade All-Americans going back to the late 50s. At some point, I made a list of Parade All Americans who ended up at Duke. I will see if I can find it. In the meantime, here is a trivia question.

Name the Duke players who were two-time first team Parade All-Americans.

(I know of two, but there may be more).

[dukelifer]

Interesting the last guy on your list played in 14 NBA seasons and in 600+ games. Sometimes HS rankings don’t foretell future success,

Thanks for compiling.

And the second from the bottom made 42M over his NBA career.

[House P]

Wikipedia has a list of Parade All-Americans going back to the late 50s. At some point, I made a list of Parade All Americans who ended up at Duke. I will see if I can find it. In the meantime, here is a trivia question.

Name the Duke players who were two-time first team Parade All-Americans.

(I know of two, but there may be more).

Here is the answer to the trivia question about the Duke players who were two-time first team Parade All-Americans.

Spoiler!

Gene Banks and Cherokee Parks

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Grayson looks like the biggest steal.

[luvdahops]

Grayson looks like the biggest steal.

Mike Dunleavy was a slightly lower rated recruit who played in the NBA for 15 years and was the #3 pick in the 2002 Draft. Also led Duke in scoring in 2001 NCAA Championship Game, hitting a string of 3s in the second half that really swung the momentum our way.

[dukefan1980]

Mike Dunleavy was a slightly lower rated recruit who played in the NBA for 15 years and was the #3 pick in the 2002 Draft. Also led Duke in scoring in 2001 NCAA Championship Game, hitting a string of 3s in the second half that really swung the momentum our way.

Dunleavy did grow a few inches while at Duke. I think he went from 6'5" or 6'6" to 6'9". I'm sure that a 6'9" Dunleavy coming out of high school would have yielded a better ranking.

[sagegrouse]

Dunleavy did grow a few inches while at Duke. I think he went from 6'5" or 6'6" to 6'9". I'm sure that a 6'9" Dunleavy coming out of high school would have yielded a better ranking.

Let me give you my favorite quote from Kenny Smith: "Six-nine? Six-nine? How does Mike Dunleavy [Sr.] have a son that's 6-9? What is he? Five-eleven?"

FWIW, Sr. is listed as 6-3.

[House P]

Wikipedia has a list of Parade All-Americans going back to the late 50s. At some point, I made a list of Parade All Americans who ended up at Duke.

I found my list of Duke's Parade All-Americans. First, some highlights.

Parade All-American's by time period

1959-69: 10
1970-79: 4
1980-89: 13
1990-99: 20
2000-09: 21
2010-15: 9

Parade National High School Player of the Year Winners

Gene Banks (1977)
Danny Ferry (1985)
Austin Rivers (2011)
Semi Ojeleye (2013)
Jahlil Okafor (2014)
Luke Kennard (2015)

Players who made the All-American team multiple times

Gene Banks (1st team, 1st team)
Cherokee Parks (1st team, 1st team)
Danny Ferry (1st team, 2nd team)
Shane Battier (1st team, 2nd team)
Shavlik Randolph (1st team, 2nd team)
Kyle Singler (1st team, 2nd team)
Carlos Boozer (1st team, 3rd team)
Austin Rivers (1st team, 3rd team)
Bobby Hurley (1st team, 4th team)
Jon Scheyer (1st team, 4th team)
Corey Maggette (2nd team, 2nd team)
Christian Laettner (2nd team, 3rd team)
Joey Beard (2nd team, 3rd team)


Here is the full list from Art Heyman in 1959 to Luke Kennard in 2015. It seems that the award was discontinued after 2015.

Year	Player	Team	Class	School(s)	G	PPG	WS
1959	Art Heyman	1	SR	Duke	79	25.1
1960	Jeff Mullins	1	SR	Duke	86	21.9
1961	Brent Kitching	2	SR	Duke	61	3.9
1961	Hack Tison	2	SR	Duke	85	9.4
1964	Mike Lewis	1	SR	Duke	84	16.9
1965	Dave Golden	3	SR	Duke	80	9.4
1965	Steve Vandenberg	4	SR	Duke	76	8.4
1966	Doug Jackson	3	SR	Duke	4	1.5
1967	Dick DeVenzio	1	SR	Duke	81	8.6
1968	Don Blackman	5	SR	Duke, Rhode Island	51	8.1
1972	Dave O'Connell	3	SR	Duke	64	2.9
1975	Bob Bender	2	SR	Indiana, Duke	110	5
1976	Gene Banks	1	JR	Duke	124	16.8
1977	Gene Banks (2)*	1	SR	Duke	124	16.8
1978	Vince Taylor	2	SR	Duke	120	12.1
1982	Johnny Dawkins	3	SR	Duke	133	19.2
1982	Mark Alarie	4	SR	Duke	133	16.1
1983	Martin Nessley	3	SR	Duke	92	2.4
1983	Tommy Amaker	3	SR	Duke	138	8.5
1984	Danny Ferry	2	JR	Duke	143	15.1
1984	Kevin Strickland	3	SR	Duke	125	8.8
1985	Danny Ferry (2)*	1	SR	Duke	143	15.1
1986	Alaa Abdelnaby	4	SR	Duke	134	8.5
1986	Phil Henderson	4	SR	Duke	115	12.1
1987	Greg Koubek	2	SR	Duke	143	5
1987	Christian Laettner	3	JR	Duke	148	16.6
1988	Christian Laettner (2)	2	SR	Duke	148	16.6
1988	Crawford Palmer	3	SR	Duke, Dartmouth	108	5.8
1988	Bobby Hurley	4	JR	Duke	140	12.4
1989	Bobby Hurley (2)	1	SR	Duke	140	12.4
1989	Bill McCaffrey	4	SR	Duke, Vanderbilt	142	14.4
1990	Cherokee Parks	1	JR	Duke	131	12.5
1990	Antonio Lang	3	SR	Duke	135	7.5
1990	Grant Hill	3	SR	Duke	129	14.9
1991	Cherokee Parks (2)	1	SR	Duke	131	12.5
1991	Erik Meek	2	SR	Duke	122	5
1992	Joey Beard	3	JR	Duke, Boston U.	98	10
1993	Joey Beard (2)	2	SR	Duke, Boston U.	98	10
1993	Jeff Capel	4	SR	Duke	129	12.4
1994	Trajan Langdon	2	SR	Duke	136	14.5
1994	Ricky Price	4	SR	Duke	112	9.2
1995	Taymon Domzalski	2	SR	Duke	100	4.2	6.5
1995	Chris Carrawell	4	JR	Duke	136	10.7	14.9
1996	Shane Battier	2	JR	Duke	146	13.6	29.8
1996	Mike Chappell	3	SR	Duke, Michigan St.	140	5.6	5.9
1997	Chris Burgess	1	SR	Duke, Utah	113	6.4	10.3
1997	Elton Brand	1	SR	Duke	60	16.2	14.5
1997	Shane Battier (2)	1	SR	Duke	146	13.6	29.8
1997	Corey Maggette	2	JR	Duke	39	10.6	4.5
1997	William Avery	3	SR	Duke	74	11.9	9.1
1998	Corey Maggette (2)	2	SR	Duke	39	10.6	4.5
1998	Carlos Boozer	3	JR	Duke	101	14.9	19
1999	Carlos Boozer (2)	1	SR	Duke	101	14.9	19
1999	Jay Williams	1	SR	Duke	108	19.3	17.6
1999	Casey Sanders	2	SR	Duke	124	2.7	6.4
1999	Mike Dunleavy	3	SR	Duke	104	13.2	14.8
2000	Chris Duhon	1	SR	Duke	144	8.8	14.5
2001	Shavlik Randolph	2	JR	Duke	92	6.3	8.5
2001	Shelden Williams	4	JR	Duke	139	13.9	29.2
2002	Shavlik Randolph (2)	1	SR	Duke	92	6.3	8.5
2002	J.J. Redick	2	SR	Duke	139	19.9	23.5
2002	Michael Thompson	4	SR	Duke, Northwestern	35	4.7	0.8
2003	Luol Deng	1	SR	Duke	37	15.1	5.6
2004	DeMarcus Nelson	2	SR	Duke	124	10.8	12.1
2005	Josh McRoberts	1	SR	Duke	69	10.8	10.3
2005	Greg Paulus	2	SR	Duke	139	8.6	11.5
2005	Jamal Boykin	3	SR	Duke, Cal	122	7.9	9.4
2005	Eric Boateng	4	SR	Duke, Arizona St.	118	4.2	5.9
2005	Jon Scheyer	4	JR	Duke	144	14.4	23.5
2006	Jon Scheyer (2)	1	SR	Duke	144	14.4	23.5
2006	Gerald Henderson	2	SR	Duke	103	12.3	11.1
2006	Kyle Singler	2	JR	Duke	148	16.2	25.7
2006	Lance Thomas	2	SR	Duke	140	4.6	8.5
2006	Brian Zoubek	4	SR	Duke	133	4.2	10.1
2007	Kyle Singler (2)	1	SR	Duke	148	16.2	25.7
2007	Nolan Smith	1	SR	Duke	143	13.4	18.3
2007	Taylor King	2	SR	Duke, Villanova	66	6.4	4
2008	Elliot Williams	2	SR	Duke, Memphis	68	11.1	6.6
2009	Ryan Kelly	1	SR	Duke	126	7.5	11.6
2009	Mason Plumlee	3	SR	Duke	141	9.8	16.6
2010	Kyrie Irving	1	SR	Duke	11	17.5	2.4
2010	Austin Rivers	2	JR	Duke	34	15.5	3.5
2010	Josh Hairston	3	SR	Duke	121	2.1	2.2
2011	Austin Rivers (2)*	1	SR	Duke	34	15.5	3.5
2012	Rasheed Sulaimon	4	SR	Duke, Maryland	126	10.4	12.5
2013	Semi Ojeleye *	1	SR	Duke, SMU	58	12.3	8.3
2013	Jabari Parker	2	SR	Duke	35	19.1	5.5
2014	Jahlil Okafor *	1	SR	Duke	38	17.3	6.7
2014	Justise Winslow	4	SR	Duke	39	12.6	5.5
2015	Luke Kennard *	1	SR	Duke	73	15.7	10.9

*National Player of the Year

One thing to keep in mind that Parade wasn't trying to create a list of top prospects as much as a list of the players who had the "best" seasons. There is a correlation between the two, but it is not perfect. For example, Semi Ojeleye won the player of the year award despite being ranked in the 30-40 range as an overall prospect.