Kansas City’s Top Ranked Players
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Kansas City leads the state in ranked players. The 2025 class in particular is full of young KC prospects. Putting together a rankings list is hardly an exact science. How do you compare players from different years of school? A…
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Continue ReadingKansas City leads the state in ranked players. The 2025 class in particular is full of young KC prospects.
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.
Here are the top-ranked players from Kansas City in 2022-2023 in order:
1 Carter Kaifes Carter Kaifes 6'6" | PF Mill Valley | 2025 State #317 Nation KS , 2025 power forward, Mill Valley
2 (tie) Grant Stubblefield Grant Stubblefield 6'2" | PG Blue Valley Northwest | 2023 State KS , 2023 point guard, Blue Valley Northwest
2 (tie) Jaalan Watson Jaalan Watson 5'8" | PG Olathe North | 2025 State KS , 2025 point guard, Olathe North
5 Will Goode Will Goode 6'9" | C Aquinas | 2025 State KS , 2025 center, Aquinas
6 Keaton Wagler Keaton Wagler 6'5" | CG Shawnee Mission Northwest | 2025 State KS , 2025 combo guard, Shawnee Mission Northwest
10 London Burton London Burton 6'0" | SG Aquinas | 2025 State KS , 2025 shooting guard, Aquinas
12 Jason Rodriguez Jason Rodriguez 5'10" | PG Bishop Miege | 2023 State KS (pictured), 2023 point guard, JC Harmon
13 (tie) Will Rost Will Rost 6'3" | SG Aquinas | 2023 State KS , 2023 shooing guard, Aquinas
13 (tie) Micah Deaver Micah Deaver 6'1" | CG Olathe East | 2024 State KS , 2024 combo guard, Olathe East
15 Isaiah Freeman Isaiah Freeman 6'3" | CG Aquinas | 2025 State KS , 2025 combo guard, Aquinas
18 Brian Hawthorne Brian Hawthorne 6'2" | PG St. James | 2023 State KS , 2023 point guard, St. James
20 (tie) Aidan Wing Aidan Wing 6'4" | SF Bishop Miege | 2023 State KS , 2023 small forward, Miege
20 (tie) Joey Matteoni Joey Matteoni 6'8" | PF Blue Valley Northwest | 2024 State KS , 2024 power forward, Blue Valley Northwest
20 (tie) Xavius Kirkwood Xavius Kirkwood 6'0" | CG North Kansas City | 2025 State MO , 2025 combo guard, KC Washington
21 (tie) Jordan McGowan Jordan McGowan 5'10" | PG Shawnee Mission West | 2023 KS , 2023 point guard, Shawnee Mission West
21 (tie) Aiven Riley Aiven Riley 6'3" | SF Shawnee Mission Northwest | 2025 State KS , 2025 small forward, Shawnee Mission Northwest
25 Dallin Wallace Dallin Wallace 6'6" | SF Mill Valley | 2024 KS , 2024 small forward, Mill Valley
26 (tie) Patrick Mccallop Jr Patrick Mccallop Jr 5'10" Bishop Miege | 2023 KS . 2023 point guard, Miege
26 (tie) Daisean Bennett Daisean Bennett 6'3" | SF Shawnee Mission Northwest | 2025 MO , 2025 small forward, Shawnee Mission Northwest
30 (tie) Dillon Mong Dillon Mong 6'6" | SF Shawnee Mission East | 2023 State KS , 2023 small forward, Shawnee Mission East
30 (tie) Jaxon Klein Jaxon Klein 6'6" | SF Blue Valley Northwest | 2024 State KS , 2024 small forward, Blue Valley Northwest
30 (tie) Derrick Cooper Derrick Cooper 6'2" | SF Olathe North | 2025 State KS , 2025 small forward, Olathe North
33 Jackson Collins Jackson Collins 6'2" | CG Olathe West | 2024 State KS , 2024 combo guard, Olathe West
34 TJ Porter TJ Porter 5'7" | PG Olathe North | 2024 State KS , 2024 point guard, Olathe North
35 Will Mlynek Will Mlynek 6'9" | C Free State | 2023 State KS , 2023 center, Shawnee Mission South
40 Wyatt Lewis Wyatt Lewis 6'2" | CG Aquinas | 2024 State KS 2024 combo guard, Aquinas
42 Malik O’Atis Malik O’Atis 5'11" | PG Shawnee Mission Northwest | 2023 State KS , 2023 point guard, Shawnee Mission Northwest
50 Daegan Jensen Daegan Jensen 6'1" | SG Bishop Miege | 2023 State KS , 2023 shooting guard, Miege