Kansas City’s Top Ranked Players

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kansas City leads the state in ranked players. The 2025 class in particular is full of young KC prospects.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Putting together a rankings list is hardly an exact science. How do you compare players from different years of school? A list of ranked players regardless of class from KC is going to be full of 2025s. Understandably, these 2025s might not be the best players in KC today, but we arbitrarily put a list together regardless of class to see how they stack up.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are the top-ranked players from Kansas City in 2022-2023 in order:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>1 [player_tooltip player_id='1588338' first='Carter' last='Kaifes'], 2025 power forward, Mill Valley</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1378390' first='Grant' last='Stubblefield'], 2023 point guard, Blue Valley Northwest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1402310' first='Jaalan' last='Watson'], 2025 point guard, Olathe North</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>5 [player_tooltip player_id='1588347' first='Will' last='Goode'], 2025 center, Aquinas</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>6 [player_tooltip player_id='1588348' first='Keaton' last='Wagler'], 2025 combo guard, Shawnee Mission Northwest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>10 [player_tooltip player_id='1588381' first='London' last='Burton'], 2025 shooting guard, Aquinas</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>12 [player_tooltip player_id='1080167' first='Jason' last='Rodriguez'] (pictured), 2023 point guard, JC Harmon</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>13 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1080165' first='Will' last='Rost'], 2023 shooing guard, Aquinas</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>13 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1378440' first='Micah' last='Deaver'], 2024 combo guard, Olathe East</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>15 [player_tooltip player_id='1588390' first='Isaiah' last='Freeman'], 2025 combo guard, Aquinas</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>18 [player_tooltip player_id='1146272' first='Brian' last='Hawthorne'], 2023 point guard, St. James</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>20 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1080169' first='Aiden' last='Wing'], 2023 small forward, Miege</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>20 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1461338' first='Joey' last='Matteoni'], 2024 power forward, Blue Valley Northwest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>20 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1588405' first='Xavius' last='Kirkwood'], 2025 combo guard, KC Washington</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>21 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1080166' first='Jordan' last='McGowan'], 2023 point guard, Shawnee Mission West</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>21 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1588406' first='Aiven' last='Riley'], 2025 small forward, Shawnee Mission Northwest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>25 [player_tooltip player_id='1438640' first='Dallin' last='Wallace'], 2024 small forward, Mill Valley</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>26 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1300808' first='Patrick' last='Mccallop Jr']. 2023 point guard, Miege</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>26 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1589542' first='Daisean' last='Bennett'], 2025 small forward, Shawnee Mission Northwest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>30 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1211569' first='Dillon' last='Mong'], 2023 small forward, Shawnee Mission East</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>30 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1270297' first='Jaxon' last='Klein'], 2024 small forward, Blue Valley Northwest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>30 (tie) [player_tooltip player_id='1588419' first='Derrick' last='Cooper'], 2025 small forward, Olathe North</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>33 [player_tooltip player_id='1504859' first='Jackson' last='Collins'], 2024 combo guard, Olathe West</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>34 [player_tooltip player_id='1580478' first='TJ' last='Porter'], 2024 point guard, Olathe North</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>35 [player_tooltip player_id='1080186' first='Will' last='Mlynek'], 2023 center, Shawnee Mission South</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>40 [player_tooltip player_id='1378443' first='Wyatt' last='Lewis'] 2024 combo guard, Aquinas</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>42 [player_tooltip player_id='1080177' first='Malik' last='O'Atis'], 2023 point guard, Shawnee Mission Northwest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>50 [player_tooltip player_id='1080201' first='Daegan' last='Jensen'], 2023 shooting guard, Miege</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->