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Mr. Basketball USA
Wilt Chamberlain is recognized as the first Mr. Basketball USA
Awarded for	High school basketball's top male player
Country	United States
Presented by	Ballislife (EA Sports 2003–2009; Student Sports 1996–2002)
First award	1996 (retroactive to 1955)
Currently held by	Cameron Boozer

Mr. Basketball USA, formerly known as theESPN RISE National Player of the Year andEA SPORTS National Player of the Year, is an award presented annually to the best-performing United States boys'high school basketball player as determined byBallislife.com. Over the years, the award has been the property of different organizations: From 1996–2002, the award was presented by Student Sports; from 2003–2009, it was presented byEA Sports.;^[1] and from 2010–2012, the award was presented byESPN HS. In the final year of this span, 2012, the award was given retroactively to a player of each year from 1955–1995, 1955's recipient beingWilt Chamberlain.

According to information posted online byBallislife, "Selections are based on high school accomplishment, not future college/pro potential, and are reflective of those that lead their teams to state championships.Ballislife does not knowingly select fifth-year players, and those ineligible due to age or academics, Mr. Basketball USA or to its various All-American teams."^[1] Furthermore, selection uses "on-the-floor performance" without regard to academics, volunteer work or most other off-the-court criteria.^[2]

Current selections are made through a season-long polling process of a 10-member expert panel with a final year-end ballot to determine the winner. The panel includes five McDonald's All-American selection committee members. The panel is polled weekly for a list of the top seven national player of the year candidates regardless of graduating class. The votes are then translated into a 10-point scoring system, with 10 points for a first-place vote, nine points for second-place vote, and down to four points for a seventh-place vote.^[2]

(left to right):Jerry Lucas,Kareem-Abdul Jabbar andLeBron James were each named Mr. Basketball USA twice.Cameron Boozer (2023, 2025) is the only other two-time winner.

G –Guard

CG –Combo guard

PG –Point guard

SG –Shooting guard

F –Forward

PF –Power forward

SF –Small forward

C –Center

— in Runner(s)-up column indicates years in which the voting procedures and the resulting votes yielded a consensus winner with no runner(s)-up named.

— in College column indicates that player either returned to high school or went directly to professional basketball in the subsequent year.

Source:^[3]

• List of U.S. high school basketball national player of the year awards
• Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award
• Gatorade Player of the Year awards

• Winner list atESPN

• Awards established in 1955
• American basketball trophies and awards
• High school basketball in the United States
• 1955 establishments in the United States

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