List of teams with the highest winning percentage in NCAA Division I men's college basketball
This is a list of Men's Division I college basketball teams ranked by winning percentage through the end of the 2022–23 season. It includes only those schools that have spent at least 25 years in Division I.[1]
Rank | College | First season |
Seasons | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kentucky | 1903 | 120 | 2,377 | 748 | 1 | .760 |
2 | North Carolina | 1911 | 113 | 2,343 | 852 | 0 | .733 |
3 | Kansas | 1899 | 125 | 2,385 | 885 | 0 | .729 |
4 | Duke | 1906 | 118 | 2,273 | 920 | 0 | .712 |
5 | UCLA | 1920 | 104 | 1,986 | 888 | 0 | .691 |
6 | Charleston | 1991 | 32 | 683 | 311 | 0 | .687 |
7 | UNLV | 1959 | 65 | 1,369 | 625 | 0 | .687 |
8 | Syracuse | 1901 | 122 | 1,973 | 964 | 0 | .672 |
9 | Western Kentucky | 1915 | 103 | 1,872 | 973 | 0 | .658 |
10 | Villanova | 1921 | 118 | 1,864 | 973 | 0 | .657 |
11 | Arizona | 1905 | 98 | 1,862 | 977 | 1 | .656 |
12 | Murray State | 1926 | 53 | 1,724 | 934 | 0 | .649 |
13 | VCU | 1971 | 70 | 1,039 | 565 | 0 | .648 |
14 | Norfolk State | 1954 | 109 | 1,302 | 718 | 0 | .645 |
15 | Louisville | 1912 | 120 | 1,776 | 987 | 0 | .643 |
16 | Notre Dame | 1898 | 100 | 1,950 | 1,089 | 1 | .642 |
17 | Arkansas | 1924 | 118 | 1,783 | 997 | 0 | .641 |
18 | Illinois | 1906 | 122 | 1,878 | 1,052 | 0 | .641 |
19 | Cincinnati | 1902 | 120 | 1,889 | 1,064 | 0 | .640 |
20 | UConn | 1901 | 116 | 1,799 | 1,012 | 0 | .640 |
21 | St John's | 1908 | 125 | 1,922 | 1,085 | 0 | .639 |
22 | Purdue | 1897 | 115 | 1,898 | 1,075 | 0 | .638 |
23 | Utah | 1909 | 115 | 1,875 | 1,067 | 0 | .637 |
24 | Temple | 1895 | 127 | 1,977 | 1,137 | 0 | .635 |
25 | Indiana | 1901 | 123 | 1,913 | 1,102 | 0 | .634 |
26 | Memphis | 1921 | 102 | 1,653 | 955 | 1 | .634 |
27 | Lipscomb | 1937 | 73 | 1,298 | 751 | 0 | .633 |
28 | UAB | 1979 | 44 | 913 | 536 | 0 | .630 |
29 | Weber State | 1963 | 61 | 1,130 | 665 | 0 | .630 |
30 | Missouri State | 1909 | 111 | 1,743 | 1,041 | 0 | .626 |
31 | Texas | 1906 | 117 | 1,879 | 1,125 | 0 | .625 |
32 | BYU | 1903 | 121 | 1,869 | 1,134 | 0 | .622 |
33 | Marquette | 1917 | 106 | 1,713 | 1,713 | 0 | .620 |
34 | Alabama | 1913 | 110 | 1,767 | 1,087 | 0 | .619 |
35 | Gonzaga | 1908 | 115 | 1,789 | 1,111 | 0 | .617 |
36 | Princeton | 1901 | 122 | 1,806 | 1,120 | 0 | .617 |
37 | West Virginia | 1904 | 114 | 1,846 | 1,152 | 0 | .616 |
38 | Houston | 1946 | 77 | 1,401 | 876 | 0 | .615 |
39 | NC State | 1913 | 111 | 1,790 | 1,121 | 0 | .615 |
40 | Penn | 1897 | 122 | 1,836 | 1,151 | 2 | .615 |
41 | Tennessee | 1909 | 114 | 1,743 | 1,094 | 2 | .614 |
42 | Akron | 1901 | 122 | 1,693 | 1,068 | 0 | .613 |
43 | Michigan State | 1899 | 124 | 1,811 | 1,141 | 0 | .613 |
44 | Old Dominion | 1951 | 72 | 1,246 | 796 | 0 | .610 |
45 | Ohio State | 1899 | 122 | 1,768 | 1,134 | 0 | .609 |
46 | Creighton | 1912 | 105 | 1,685 | 1,089 | 0 | .607 |
47 | Oklahoma | 1908 | 116 | 1,756 | 1,137 | 0 | .607 |
48 | Stephen F. Austin | 1925 | 98 | 1,464 | 958 | 0 | .604 |
48 | Georgetown | 1907 | 115 | 1,713 | 1,133 | 0 | .602 |
50 | Washington | 1896 | 121 | 1,845 | 1,219 | 0 | .602 |
Note: Records are adjusted with vacated and forfeited games not included like they are in the NCAA record book.
See also
References
Sources
- NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Official Recordbook (most successful teams through 2019-2020 season by all-time wins and all time winning percentage are listed on page 75)