5 Best Oregon Ducks Basketball Players, Ranked

If you were somehow able to bet on the Ducks college basketball odds for the NCAA championship in 1939, congratulations, that was their first and only national title. 

Since then, the furthest they’ve made it is the Final Four in 2017. 

Following that appearance, they’ve made the tournament three times, and you can bet on their basketball odds in the BetMGM online sportsbook today.

There have been a number of excellent players to play for Oregon and I’ll rank the five best below. 

5 Best Oregon Ducks Basketball Players, Ranked

Oregon Ducks All-Time Greatest Basketball Players

1. Ron Lee

Lee played for the Ducks from 1972 to 1976 and finished his career with 2,085 points (the most in program history) and 572 assists (third).

Lee averaged 18.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 4.8 assists. 

Lee was a consensus second-team All-American, second-team All-American, and third-team All-American, Pac-8 Player of the Year, and four-time first-team All-Pac-8. The program retired his No. 30. 

2. Payton Pritchard

Pritchard started 140 of 144 games across his four-year career at Oregon from 2016 to 2020. 

He averaged 13.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 1.5 steals per game. 

As a senior, he averaged 20.5 points per contest. 

He won the Lute Olson (most outstanding men’s basketball player) and Bob Cousy (best point guard) Awards. He was a consensus first-team All-American, Pac-12 Player of the Year, first-team All-Pac-12, second-team All-Pac-12, and was the Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player. 

Pritchard had 1,938 points (fourth), 659 assists (first), and 211 steals (second). 

3. Dillon Brooks

Playing three seasons with the Ducks from 2014 to 2017, Brooks averaged 14.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 0.9 steals per game. 

He was a consensus second-team All-American, third-team All-American, Pac-12 Player of the Year, two-time first-team All-Pac-12, and part of the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. 

4. Luke Ridnour

Ridnour started every game he appeared in at Oregon from 2000 to 2003, averaging 14.6 points, three rebounds, 5.2 assists, and 1.6 steals per game. 

He was third-team All-American, Pac-10 Player of the Year, two-time first-team All-Pac-10, and Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. 

He was the leader of the Ducks squad that went to the Elite Eight in 2002. 

As a senior, he averaged 19.7 points per game. 

He ended his career with 500 assists (fifth) and 150 steals (seventh). 

Ridnour scored 649 points and had 218 assists during the 2002-03 season. These rank fifth and first in the single-season record books. 

5. Greg Ballard

A power forward, Ballard played the position for Oregon from 1973 to 1977 and was a consensus second-team All-American and two-time first-team All-Pac-8. 

He scored 1,829 points (fifth) and had 1,114 rebounds (first). 

Ballard also holds the single-game scoring record with 43 in a game during the 1976-77 season against Oral Roberts. 

He averaged 15.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game throughout his career. 

As a senior, he averaged 21.7 points per game.