High school basketball: MaxPreps Top 25, All-America Team archives

By Jordan Divens Apr 18, 2025, 10:00am

A look back at the history of MaxPreps rankings and awards programs.

As MaxPreps enters its 20th year of honoring the nation's top high school basketball teams and players, we have compiled every All-America Team, final MaxPreps Top 25 and state player of the year article in one place.

2024 NBA All-Stars Bam Adebayo (2016), Paolo Banchero (2020), Scottie Barnes (2020), Devin Booker (2014), Jaylen Brown (2015), Jalen Brunson, (2015), Anthony Davis (2011), Kevin Durant (2006), Anthony Edwards (2019), Tyrese Maxey (2019), Julius Randle (2013), Jayson Tatum (2016) Karl-Anthony Towns (2014) and Trae Young (2017) are among the players recognized by MaxPreps over the years.

Take a look back at all individual and team accolades over the past 20 years below.
(Graphic: Ryan Escobar)
(Graphic: Ryan Escobar)
Final MaxPreps Top 25
Year — National Champion
2009 — Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.)
2011 — St. Anthony (Jersey City, N.J.)
2012 High School — St. Anthony (Jersey City, N.J.)
2015 — Montverde Academy
2018 — Montverde Academy
2020 — Montverde Academy
2021 — Montverde Academy
2022 Independent — Montverde Academy
2024 Independent — Montverde Academy

All-America Teams
Year — National Player of the Year, School
2007 — Kevin Love, Lake Oswego (Ore.)
2008 — Brandon Jennings, Oak Hill Academy
2010 — Harrison Barnes, Ames (Iowa)
2011 — Austin Rivers, Winter Park (Fla.)
2012 — Kyle Anderson, St. Anthony
2013 — Jabari Parker, Simeon (Chicago, Ill.)
2014 — Stanley Johnson, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
2015 — Ben Simmons, Montverde Academy
2016 — Lonzo Ball, Chino Hills
2017 — Michael Porter Jr., Nathan Hale
2018 — R.J. Barrett, Montverde Academy
2020 — Cade Cunningham, Montverde Academy
2022 — Dariq Whitehead, Montverde Academy
2023 — Cameron Boozer, Columbus
2025 — Cameron Boozer, Columbus

Junior All-America Teams
Year — National Junior of the Year, School
2010 — Austin Rivers, Winter Park
2012 — Jabari Parker, Simeon
2013 — Stanley Johnson, Mater Dei
2014 — Ben Simmons, Montverde Academy
2019 — Sharife Cooper, McEachern
2020 — Paolo Banchero, O'Dea (Seattle, Wash.)
2021 — Jalen Duren, Montverde Academy
2022 — Ron Holland, Duncanville
2024 — Cameron Boozer, Columbus
2025 — Jordan Smith, Paul VI



Sophomore All-America Teams
Year — National Sophomore of the Year, School
2014 — Jayson Tatum, Chaminade (St. Louis, Mo.)/Josh Jackson, Consortium (Detroit, Mich.)
2015 — M.J. Walker, Jonesboro (Ga.)
2016 — Romeo Langford, New Albany (Ind.)
2017 — R.J. Barrett, Montverde Academy
2021 — D.J. Wagner, Camden (N.J.)
2023 — Cameron Boozer, Columbus
2025 — Scottie Adkinson, Webster Groves (Mo.)

Freshman All-America Teams
Year — National Freshman of the Year, School
2010 — Aquille Carr, Patterson (Baltimore, Md.)
2012 — Malik Newman, Callaway
2015 — Marvin Bagley III, Corona del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.)
2016 — LaMelo Ball/Onyeka Okongwu, Chino Hills
2019 — Emoni Bates, Lincoln
2022 — Cameron Boozer, Columbus
2023 — Jason Crowe Jr., Lynwood (Calif.)
2024 — Gene Roebuck, La Mirada (Calif.)
2025 — Jakyi Miles, Mesa (Ariz.)

State Players of the Year: 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025

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