Top 50 high schools with the most combined players in MLB, NBA and NFL

Due to the pandemic, sports fans were treated to meaningful professional football, basketball and baseball games all at the same time. During the first two weeks of October, the regular football season was in full swing, the Lakers and Heat were battling in the NBA finals and four MLB teams were competing for the chance to reach the World Series. Which led us to wonder which schools have produced the most NFL, MLB and NBA athletes.

A quick look at sources like Pro Football Reference, Basketball Reference and the Baseball Cube gave us the answer. Not surprisingly, Long Beach Poly (Calif.) is the overall leader. With 58 former and current NFL players, eight NBA players and 20 MLB players, the Jackrabbits have 86 total athletes in those three professional leagues.

The next two schools on the list — Fork Union Military and Hargrave Military — come with a caveat. While both schools produce four-year high school athletes, they also allow for a fifth-year senior. As a result, some of their numbers are inflated due to the presence of a fifth-year senior who completed his four years of regular schooling at another high school. Fork Union is No. 2 on the list with 74 athletes (including 70 in the NFL) and Hargrave has 49. DeMatha Catholic, a traditional four-year private school, is tied with Hargrave at No. 3 with 49 athletes.

California — particularly Southern California — is home to the majority of the schools on the list. A total of 23 schools from California make the list with 20 of them from Southern California (and San Diego). Florida is next on the list with nine schools.

Schools are listed with the overall number, a breakdown of the number of athletes per sport and some of the more notable professional athletes from the school.
Schools With Most Pro Athletes

1. Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.) — 86
NFL: 70
NBA: 3
MLB: 1
Notable: NFL — Carlos Hyde, Michael Thomas, Anthony Castonzo, Vinny Testaverde, Plaxico Burress, Eddie George; NBA — Shammond Williams, Khyri Thomas.

3. Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Va.) — 49
NFL: 32
NBA: 15
MLB: 2
Notable: NFL — Leonard Floyd, Shaq Lawson, Torry Holt; NBA — Terry Rozier, Josh Howard, Montrezl Harrell; Marreese Speights.

3. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) — 49
5. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) — 47
5. Fremont (Los Angeles) — 47
8. Dorsey (Los Angeles) — 45
9. Male (Louisville, Ky.) — 40
10. Crenshaw (Los Angeles) — 39
11. Northwestern (Miami) — 38
12. McKinley (Canton, Ohio) — 37
13. Berkeley (Calif.) — 36
15. Lane Tech (Chicago) — 33
15. Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) — 33
17. Manual Arts (Los Angeles) — 32
18. Lincoln (San Diego, Calif.) — 31
18. Santa Monica (Calif.) — 31
18. Pasadena (Calif.) — 31
21. South Oak Cliff (Dallas, Texas) — 30
21. San Diego (Calif.) — 30
21. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) — 30
21. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) — 30
25. Evanston (Ill.) — 29
25. Ball (Galveston, Texas) — 29
25. Inglewood (Calif.) — 29
25. George Washington Prep (Los Angeles) — 29
25. McClymonds (Oakland, Calif.) — 29
30. Miami (Fla.) — 28
30. Coral Gables (Fla.) — 28
30. Hillsborough (Tampa, Fla.) — 28
33. Glenville (Cleveland) — 27
33. Longview (Texas) — 27
33. Yates (Houston) — 27
33. Bishop Amat (La Puente, Calif.) — 27
33. Sarasota (Fla.) — 27
38. Central (Miami) — 26
38. Raines (Jacksonville, Fla.) — 26
38. Washington (Massillon, Ohio) — 26
38. Loyola (Los Angeles) — 26
38. Los Angeles (Calif.) — 26
38. Centennial (Compton, Calif.) — 26
38. Proviso East (Maywood, Ill.) — 26
46. Carol City (Miami) — 25
46. Muir (Pasadena, Calif.) — 25
46. Oakland Tech (Oakland, Calif.) — 25