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13 Players
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| Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Birth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Player | Yrs | From | To | G | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | Date | City |
| 1 | Bob Boozer | 11 | 1961 | 1971 | 874 | 25549 | 4961 | 10738 | 3042 | 3998 | 7119 | 1237 | 2489 | 12964 | .462 | .761 | 29.2 | 14.8 | 8.1 | 1.4 | Apr 26, 1937 | Omaha | |||||||
| 2 | Chuck Gardner | 1 | 1968 | 1968 | 42 | 487 | 71 | 175 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 79 | 136 | 13 | 52 | 74 | 197 | .406 | .000 | .696 | 11.6 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 0.3 | Sep 30, 1944 | Lincoln | |||
| 3 | Mike Higgins | 2 | 1990 | 1991 | 18 | 111 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 30 | .500 | .706 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Feb 17, 1967 | Grand Island | |
| 4 | Fred Hoiberg | 10 | 1996 | 2005 | 541 | 9978 | 959 | 2227 | 373 | 941 | 653 | 765 | 143 | 1438 | 846 | 428 | 59 | 292 | 783 | 2944 | .431 | .396 | .854 | 18.4 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | Oct 15, 1972 | Lincoln |
| 5 | Dave Hoppen | 6 | 1988 | 1993 | 169 | 2401 | 326 | 629 | 1 | 5 | 184 | 245 | 220 | 647 | 100 | 43 | 29 | 138 | 389 | 837 | .518 | .200 | .751 | 14.2 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 0.6 | Mar 13, 1964 | Omaha |
| 6 | Rich King | 4 | 1992 | 1995 | 72 | 309 | 44 | 112 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 71 | 30 | 74 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 62 | 135 | .393 | .000 | .662 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | Apr 4, 1969 | Lincoln |
| 7 | Bart Kofoed | 5 | 1988 | 1993 | 111 | 702 | 58 | 150 | 3 | 16 | 43 | 70 | 16 | 56 | 108 | 19 | 4 | 56 | 95 | 162 | .387 | .188 | .614 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | Mar 24, 1964 | Omaha |
| 8 | Tom Kropp | 2 | 1976 | 1977 | 78 | 552 | 80 | 182 | 33 | 47 | 26 | 62 | 47 | 20 | 1 | 97 | 193 | .440 | .702 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | Feb 12, 1953 | Grand Island | ||||
| 9 | Mark Pope | 6 | 1998 | 2005 | 153 | 1634 | 116 | 289 | 10 | 56 | 43 | 75 | 92 | 261 | 63 | 32 | 45 | 47 | 242 | 285 | .401 | .179 | .573 | 10.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.4 | Sep 11, 1972 | Omaha |
| 10 | Kenny Sailors | 5 | 1947 | 1951 | 276 | 1255 | 3813 | 970 | 1362 | 120 | 781 | 1016 | 3480 | .329 | .712 | 12.6 | 2.0 | 2.8 | Jan 14, 1921 | Bushnell | |||||||||
| 11 | Alex Stivrins | 2 | 1986 | 1993 | 22 | 90 | 20 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 44 | .465 | .000 | .500 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | Nov 29, 1962 | Lincoln |
| 12 | Khyri Thomas | 2 | 2019 | 2020 | 34 | 256 | 27 | 86 | 15 | 49 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 78 | .314 | .306 | .600 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | May 8, 1996 | Omaha |
| 13 | Rex Walters | 7 | 1994 | 2000 | 335 | 4602 | 572 | 1296 | 187 | 518 | 216 | 267 | 81 | 403 | 569 | 129 | 30 | 291 | 439 | 1547 | .441 | .361 | .809 | 13.7 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | Mar 12, 1970 | Omaha |
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