Ranking Every McDonald's All American MVP (1978-2019)

Shaq won the McDonalds All-American Game MVP over Kenny Anderson, and I remember Brent Musberger calling that game and repeatedly saying he was perplexed as to how Shaq wasn’t considered the best player in that class — all due respect to Kenny Anderson. And he was right!

Michael Jordan was the first player to score 30 pts in a McDonald's game. A record that stood for about 19 years ( broken by Johnathan Bender). Not only did he score 30 pts but he also hit the game winning free throws. Straight up politics denied him the MVP ( which i feel they should honor him with). Because the game was played in Wichita, Kansas and hometown favorite Aubrey Sherrod was a pre season 1st or 2nd team all american and Adrian Branch played at DeMatha for coach Morgan Wooten who was also on the committee to select the players for the McDonald's game, both those guys were selected as CO-MVPs. The biggest MVP robbery at any level of basketball.

I remember Dickie V losing his ever loving mind when Shaq took it coast to coast.

C Webb was that nuggah bruh.... mini shaq with handles and pass game in his prime. .

It's fun hearing some shadows from the past that were once thought of as great young players, but then disappeared. The kind of guys who made the Top 10 in mock drafts a long time ago, but then never lived up to the hype.

LeBron has absolutely NO claim as GOAT.

Not understanding how Kevin Garnett can go ahead of Kevin Durant. Almost every measurable and accolades go to Durant. And as Pros people can talk about KD joining the Warriors, but Garnett wasn't even getting out of the First Round in his Prime in Minnesota. Durant already made a NBA Finals by year 5 in OKC.

John Williams injuries are what lead to the weight.

Walker Lambiotte did not struggle with ACC competition. NC State was just very thick at his position.

The 1979 class was the best class period. Look it up

You should do the Nike Hoop Summit

Cool!

Great work here, but how hard is this to do, really?! It's just ranking MVPs, so the sample size is small -- choosing Top 50 McDonald's would be a challenge, for more complex reasons....

Hopefully the players highlighted had a backup plan if/when their NBA dreams went up in smoke. Injuries, off the field issues and having to compete against another level of talent are big hurdles to success. To the few who made it, congrats!

You know after watching this video you realize high school stats don’t measure a players heart, head, or potential.

it was two john Williams in the nba hot rod and hot plate😂

I thought shabazz was like 2-3 years older

1978-2019 is 41 years. How do you have 55 players ranked?

You had frank jackson and Josh Jackson for 2016

Jordan only player to have his high school all American number retired