The Wooden Award Top 25 List

The top 25 candidates for the John R. Wooden Award, the nation’s most coveted college basketball honor, were recently announced by The Los Angeles Athletic Club’s John R. Wooden Award Committee. Composed of the players who will compete for this season’s player of the year award, the attached midseason list is based on individual excellence and team record during the first half of the season.

Name Height Class School PPG RPG APG Conference
Harrison Barnes 6"8' SO North Carolina 17.4 4.8 1.0 ACC
Will Barton 6"6' SO Memphis 18.8 8.7 2.6 CONFERENCE USA
William Buford 6"5' SR Ohio State 15.2 4.5 3.4 BIG 10
Anthony Davis 6"10' FR Kentucky 13.7 10.3 0.9 SEC
Marcus Denmon 6"3' SR Missouri 17.6 5.4 2.6 BIG 12
Draymond Green 6"7' SR Michigan State 15.0 10.2 3.6 BIG 10
John Henson 6"10' JR North Carolina 14.5 10.1 1.4 ACC
John Jenkins 6"4' JR Vanderbilt 19.8 3.0 1.1 SEC
Orlando Johnson 6"5' SR Cal Santa Barbara 19.6 6.2 3.0 BIG WEST
Darius Johnson-Odom 6"2' SR Marquette 18.2 3.3 2.6 BIG EAST
Kevin Jones 6"8' SR West Virginia 20.7 11.5 1.2 BIG EAST
Perry Jones 6"11' SO Baylor 13.7 7.2 1.1 BIG 12
Kris Joseph 6"7' SR Syracuse 13.6 4.6 1.8 BIG EAST
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 6"7' FR Kentucky 13.2 7.5 2.1 SEC
Jeremy Lamb 6"5' SO Connecticut 17.9 4.3 2.1 BIG EAST
Damian Lillard 6"2' JR Weber State 25.1 5.8 3.7 BIG SKY
Scottie Machado 6"1' SR Iona 12.9 4.9 10.6 MAAC
Kendall Marshall 6"3' SO North Carolina 5.9 2.7 9.5 ACC
Doug McDermott 6"7' SO Creighton 23.2 8.5 1.4 MISSOURI
Mike Moser 6"8' SO UNLV 14.0 11.3 2.4 MOUNTAIN WEST
Arnett Moultrie 6"11' JR Mississippi State 16.4 11.2 1.1 SEC
Thomas Robinson 6"9' JR Kansas 17.7 12.1 1.7 BIG 12
Mike Scott 6"8' SR Virginia 16.6 8.7 1.6 ACC
Jared Sullinger 6"9' SO Ohio State 17.1 9.1 0.9 BIG 10
Cody Zeller 6"11' FR Indiana 15.1 6.4 1.1 BIG 10