5 Best St. John’s Red Storm Basketball Players, Ranked

St. John’s college basketball odds for making the NCAA Tournament haven’t been in their favour lately, as they haven’t made the tournament yet this decade. 

That said, you can bet on their basketball odds each game and to win the national title at the BetMGM online sportsbook.

Below is my list of the best Red Storm players ever.

5 Best St. John’s Red Storm Basketball Players, Ranked

St. John’s Red Storm All-Time Greatest Basketball Players

1. Chris Mullin

Before coaching the Red Storm from 2015 to 2019, Mullin played for the school from 1981 to 1985. 

Over his tenure, he scored 2,440 points (most in program history), had 449 assists (fifth), and 213 steals (fourth). 

As for accolades and awards, Mullin had many. 

He won the John R. Wooden Award, was the USBWA Player of the Year, the UPI College Player of the Year, was a consensus first-team All-American, a consensus second-team All-American, a third-team All-American, three-time Big East Player of the Year, three-time first-team All-Big East, second-team All-Big East, the Big East tournament MVP, a three-time Haggerty Award winner (given to the best player in New York), and his No. 20 was honured by the program. 

Over his career of 125 games, he averaged 19.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.7 steals per game. 

2. Walter Berry

Berry may have played just two seasons at St. John’s from 1984 to 1986, but they were incredibly impressive, especially the 1985-86 campaign. 

That season, Berry averaged 23 points and 11.1 rebounds per game. 

He scored 828 points that year, which is the most in a single season for the program. 

Berry had 121 blocks across those two seasons, which is the 10th most in program history. 

Berry won the John R. Wooden Award, the Oscar Robertson Trophy was the NABC Player of the Year, the Associated Press Player of the Year, UPI Player of the Year, won the Adolph Rupp Trophy, was named the Sporting News Player of the Year, was a consensus first-team All-American, was Big East Player of the Year, first-team All-Big East, and second-team All-Big East. 

3. Mark Jackson

Jackson played four seasons for St. John’s from 1983 to 1987. He started 81 of 131 games and averaged 10.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, 5.6 assists, and 1.3 steals per game. 

He was a consensus second-team All-American, was the NCAA assists leader in 1986, was two-time first-team All-Big East, the Big East Defensive Player of the Year, and won the Haggerty Award.

In the year he led the NCAA in assists, he had 328, which is also the most in a single season in St. John’s history. 

Over his four-year career, he had 738 assists, which also led the program. 

Jackson also ranks 10th in program history in steals with 174. 

4. Malik Sealy

Sealy also played four seasons for St. John’s from the late 1980s to the early 1990s (1988 to 1992). He averaged 18.9 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.9 steals per game. 

Over his career, he scored 2,401 points (second), had 880 rebounds (sixth), and had 238 steals (first). 

He was a consensus second-team All-American, two-time first-team All-Big East, and was a two-time Haggerty Award winner. 

5. Ron Artest

Artest, who now goes by the name Metta Sandiford-Artest, played for St. John’s from 1997 to 1999.

While there, he was a third-team All-American, won the Haggerty Award, and was first-team All-Big East. 

Across his two seasons, he averaged 13.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.9 steals, and 1.2 blocks per game. 

Artest was also a fantastic defender, and this carried over into his nearly two-decade NBA career.