Center

The highest-rated center prospects worldwide, across all birth years. Rankings are data-driven and held to the same standards as American prep lists.

Constantly updating as new data is input into our system

The Board

100 Prospects

Rnk

Nat.

Player

Ht.

Pos.

Born

Team

1

Messi YangalaFrance

6'9"

C

2009

Pôle France (FRA)

2

Irene Raphael OuedraogoIvory Coast

6'10"

C

2010

Wilson Academy (USA)

3

Yann KamagateBurkina Faso

7'0"

C

2008

St. Francis High School (USA)

4

Sayon KeitaMali

7'0"

C

2008

North Carolina (USA)

5

Pavle BackoSerbia

6'11"

C

2007

BC Mega Basket Beograd (SRB)

6

Arturas ButajevasLithuania

6'9"

C

2007

Florida (USA)

7

Bamba TouraySenegal

7'0"

C

2010

Prolific Prep (USA)

8

Luigi SuigoItaly

7'2"

C

2007

Villanova (USA)

9

Abdrahamane KoneMali

6'10"

C

2009

FC Barcelona U22 (ESP)

10

Peter JuliusNigeria

6'9"

C

2008

Eagle's Landing High School (USA)

11

Amadou SEINICameroon

7'1"

C

2007

Varese Academy (ITA)

12

Leonard KrogerGermany

6'9"

C

2008

Paderborn Baskets 91 (GER)

13

Juom BolSouth Sudan

6'10"

C

2008

Saski Baskonia B (ESP)

14

Code MbengueSenegal

6'11"

C

2008

CB Gran Canaria (ESP)

15

Majok Mayuen AterSouth Sudan

6'9"

C

2011

The Principia School (USA)

16

Dominykas DaubarisLithuania

6'9"

C

2007

California (USA)

17

Jahel TrefleFrance

6'9"

C

2007

SIG Strasbourg (FRA)

18

Kamsi AwakaNigeria

6'10"

C

2008

Blair Academy (USA)

19

Emmanuel AgbasonAzerbaijan

6'9"

C

2009

Sabah BC (AZE)

20

Jeremy GohierCanada

7'6"

C

2010

Nanterre 92 (FRA)

21

Eghosa OdejeSpain

6'9"

C

2009

Prolific Prep (USA)

22

Luka MiladinovicSerbia

6'10"

C

2009

Partizan KK (SRB)

23

Hassan AbdulkadirBahrain

6'10"

C

2009

CIA Bella Vista Prep (USA)

24

Ian PlatteeuwSpain

7'0"

C

2007

Davidson (USA)

25

Yahya BasaranAustralia

7'0"

C

2009

Centre of Excellence (AUS)

26

Martin SimkoCzechia

7'1"

C

2009

Columbus High School (USA)

27

Maxime MeyerCanada

7'1"

C

2008

Duke (USA)

28

Rabi BongoAngola

6'11"

C

2010

Utah Prep (USA)

29

Cherif MillogoBurkina Faso

7'5"

C

2009

St. Francis High School (USA)

30

Arminas VilkasLithuania

6'8"

C

2007

UT Martin (USA)

31

Nikola DjurovicSerbia

6'11"

C

2009

KK Partizan (SRB)

32

Fynn LastringGermany

6'10"

C

2007

New Mexico (USA)

33

Assane SankareItaly

6'9"

C

2007

Basket Rimini (ITY)

34

Lovro FaganelSlovenia

6'8"

C

2007

KK Ilirija (SLO)

35

Chiek DialloSpain

6'9"

C

2008

St. Bonaventure (USA)

36

Maros GolianSlovakia

6'10"

C

2007

Inter Bratislava (SVK)

37

Taig Nonga DrieuxFrance

6'8"

C

2010

Pôle France (FRA)

38

Mahamadou DiopSenegal

6'11"

C

2007

San Gabriel Academy (USA)

39

Lautaro BasualdoArgentina

6'9"

C

2010

ADil Amici Della Pallacanestro Varese (ITA)

40

Chudier Diew YakSouth Sudan

6'8"

C

2010

North Broward Prep (USA)

41

Ousmane DiarraMali

6'9"

C

2009

Real Madrid U22 (ESP)

42

Ognjen SimjanovskiSerbia

6'8"

C

2009

Crvena Zvezda (SRB)

43

Ilia FrolovRussia

6'11"

C

2008

Arkansas (USA)

44

Lazar StojkovicSerbia

6'10"

C

2007

St. John's (USA)

45

Petar OstojicSerbia

6'11"

C

2007

KK FMP Zeleznik (SRB)

46

Novak ManojlovicBosnia & Herzegovina

6'9"

C

2007

Manhattan (USA)

47

Tauris AliukonisLithuania

6'9"

C

2008

Tornado Kaunas (LTU)

48

Akol NyokSouth Sudan

7'1"

C

2008

Columbus High School (USA)

49

Ivan PratoArgentina

6'11"

C

2007

Pallacanestro Varese U20 (ITY)

50

Thomas AcunzoItaly

6'9"

C

2008

Pallacanestro Cantu' (ITA)

51

Jonas BirzinisLithuania

6'8"

C

2011

SKM Vilnius (LTH)

52

Johan MeinbergGermany

6'11"

C

2010

Hamburg Towers Basketball-Betreibergesellschaft GmbH (GER)

53

Sven NgomFrance

7'0"

C

2009

Pôle France (FRA)

54

Jongkuch MachAustralia

7'6"

C

2007

Orangeville Prep (CAN)

55

Djordje GulicMontenegro

6'11"

C

2008

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano U20 (ITY)

56

Precious SamNigeria

6'11"

C

2009

Southeastern Prep (USA)

57

Toussaint MalukilaDemocratic Republic of the Congo

6'11"

C

2010

Paul VI High School (USA)

58

David MusisIsrael

6'10"

C

2008

Florida Atlantic (USA)

59

Darell RodriguezPuerto Rico

6'6"

C

2009

Academia Cristo Rey (PUR)

60

Joel PatrickGhana

6'10"

C

2009

Montverde Academy (USA)

61

Koang Bol KuanySouth Sudan

7'2"

C

2009

Utah Prep (USA)

62

Aljaz MenicSlovenia

6'9"

C

2007

Nova Gorica Mladi (SLO)

63

Josue ManyaDemocratic Republic of the Congo

6'9"

C

2009

Our Savior Lutheran (USA)

64

Arda OzturkTürkiye

6'8"

C

2010

Anadolu Efes SK (TUR)

65

Bacary DoucoureSenegal

6'9"

C

2010

Dubai Basketball Club (UAE)

66

Charles PurSouth Sudan

6'10"

C

2008

Burlington Christian Academy (USA)

67

Endurance AiyamenkhueNetherlands

6'11"

C

2007

Arizona (USA)

68

Yohane KabongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo

6'9"

C

2007

DME Academy (USA)

69

Andrej PavlovicSerbia

6'11"

C

2008

PuHu Juniorit (FIN)

70

Fernando VaralloBrazil

6'6"

C

2009

Esporte Clube Pinheiros (BRA)

71

Charalampos BilionisGreece

6'8"

C

2008

AEK (GRE)

72

Ryan VincentSpain

6'11"

C

2010

Kids&Us Manresa (ESP)

73

Diego FernandezDominican Republic

7'0"

C

2009

Great Barrington Academy (USA)

74

Lovro LapajneSlovenia

6'8"

C

2007

KK Domzale (SLO)

75

Tomiwa AdeyemiNigeria

6'9"

C

2009

Winston Salem Christian (USA)

76

Hermann KoneIvory Coast

6'10"

C

2011

St. Francis High School (USA)

77

Sava DjuricSerbia

6'10"

C

2007

Crvena Zvezda (SRB)

78

Josue OkuDemocratic Republic of the Congo

6'8"

C

2010

Jordan Christian Prep (USA)

79

Kristiyan ZanovBulgaria

6'10"

C

2009

Panathinaikos Athens (GRE)

80

Christopher BrownBahamas

6'10"

C

2008

Dream City Christian (USA)

81

Amadou TraoreMali

6'8"

C

2007

Real Madrid (ESP)

82

Jack LiuChina

6'11"

C

2008

IMG Academy (USA)

83

Ioannis IoannidisGreece

6'7"

C

2009

DEKA (GRE)

84

William MaborSouth Sudan

6'10"

C

2010

Anthem Prep (USA)

85

Nevio BennefeldGermany

6'11"

C

2007

ALBA Berlin (GER)

86

Martin CizejSlovenia

6'9"

C

2008

KD Hopsi Polzela (SLO)

87

Yaddiel SanchezPuerto Rico

6'5"

C

2009

The Academy of Central Florida (USA)

88

Alexander MabbottAustralia

6'9"

C

2009

SPIRE Academy (USA)

89

Jahmai DraytonTrinidad and Tobago

6'11"

C

2009

The St. James School (USA)

90

Serigne SarrSpain

7'0"

C

2009

Real Madrid U22 (ESP)

91

Lewis OkadohItaly

6'6"

C

2010

College Basketball (ITA)

92

Jermaine AgyemanGhana

6'10"

C

2010

Florida Christian School (USA)

93

Vincent StewartPuerto Rico

6'9"

C

2007

Puerto Rico

94

Souleymane AbdelkerimChad

6'11"

C

2011

Real Madrid U22 (ESP)

95

David BaliraineUganda

6'8"

C

2009

Dynamic Prep

96

Mansour BayoGambia

6'9"

C

2009

Trento

97

Lukas KleinGermany

7'1"

C

2008

SG RheinStars Köln e.V. (GER)

98

Drabo MoussaIvory Coast

6'9"

C

2010

Central Pointe Christian Academy

99

Tim HegicSlovenia

6'11"

C

2010

KK Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (SLO)

100

Fallilou MbengueItaly

6'9"

C

2009

The Academy of Central Florida