Top 10 most dominant high school boys basketball programs of the last 10 years in Washington D.C.

Gonzaga is the District of Columbia's most dominant program of the decade.

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May 1, 2020, 11:00am
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Using our database of historical results, we are looking back at the most successful high school basketball programs in Washington D.C. over the past decade.

Gonzaga owns state titles in 2017 and 2020 and finished the season ranked among the state's top 25 teams each season of the past decade.

Wilson has made an appearance in three consecutive state championship games and captured the state crown in 2018. The Tigers appeared in the state Top 25 each of the past 10 seasons.

More on the methodology

Points awarded for:

• Top 25 finishes in the MaxPreps state computer rankings (25 points awarded to the No. 1 team, 24 for No. 2 and so on).

• Top 25 finishes in the MaxPreps national computer rankings (50 points for No. 1, 49 for No. 2 and so on).

• State championships (20 points).

• State championship game appearances (10 points).
Graphic by Ryan Escobar
1. Gonzaga, 297
State championships: 2017 (1), 2020 (AA)
State runner-up: 2015 (1)
State Top 25: 2011 (2), 2012 (3), 2013 (1), 2014 (18), 2015 (3), 2016 (8), 2017 (1), 2018 (3), 2019 (4), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: 2017 (19)

2. Wilson, 251
State championships: 2018 (1)
State runner-up: 2019 (AA), 2020 (AA)
State Top 25: 2011 (8), 2012 (3), 2013 (6), 2014 (6), 2015 (6), 2016 (12), 2017 (2), 2018 (2), 2019 (2), 2020 (2)
Nationally ranked: N/A

3. Roosevelt, 227
State championships: 2014 (1)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2012 (5), 2013 (3), 2014 (7), 2015 (7), 2016 (4), 2017 (6), 2018 (7), 2019 (10), 2020 (3)
Nationally ranked: N/A

4. St. John's, 217
State championships: 2015 (1)
State runner-up: 2018 (1)
State Top 25: 2011 (11), 2012 (12), 2013 (10), 2014 (1), 2015 (2), 2016 (2), 2017 (6), 2018 (13), 2019 (9), 2020 (7)
Nationally ranked: N/A

5. Coolidge, 206
State championships: 2013 (1)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (4), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (5), 2015 (5), 2016 (6), 2017 (17), 2018 (21), 2019 (9), 2020 (5)
Nationally ranked: N/A

6. Woodson, 174
State championships: 2016 (1)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (17), 2013 (15), 2014 (2), 2015 (2), 2016 (1), 2017 (9), 2018 (17), 2019 (7), 2020 (10)
Nationally ranked: N/A

7. Maret, 166
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: 2014 (1), 2017 (1)
State Top 25: 2011 (5), 2012 (6), 2013 (2), 2014 (1), 2015 (1), 2017 (1), 2019 (20)
Nationally ranked: N/A

8. Sidwell Friends, 148
State championships: 2019 (AA)
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (3), 2012 (2), 2013 (4), 2014 (11), 2015 (11), 2017 (13), 2019 (10)
Nationally ranked: N/A

9. McKinley Tech, 147
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (19), 2012 (14), 2013 (10), 2014 (10), 2015 (10), 2016 (9), 2017 (13), 2018 (10), 2019 (5), 2020 (13)
Nationally ranked: N/A

10. Dunbar, 145
State championships: N/A
State runner-up: N/A
State Top 25: 2011 (12), 2012 (9), 2013 (13), 2014 (12), 2015 (12), 2016 (16), 2017 (12), 2018 (9), 2019 (11), 2020 (9)
Nationally ranked: N/A

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