Purdue's illustrious basketball history boasts 30 players that have won a total of 49 All-American honors, including 2023 and 2024 consensus National Player of the Year Zach Edey (pictured above). Five players have earned three All-American honors and 10 more have won a pair of accolades.
Only Kansas (32) has had more consensus All-Americans than Purdue's 29. North Carolina (28), Kentucky (27) and Duke (25) are next on the list.
| PURDUE'S ALL-AMERICANS | |||||
| Year | Name | Class | Pos. | Team | Organization |
| 1910 | Dave Charters | Jr. | C | 1st Team | Helms |
| 1911 | Dave Charters | Sr. | C | 1st Team | Helms |
| 1913 | Larry Teeple | Sr. | C | 1st Team | Helms |
| 1914 | Elmer Oliphant | Jr. | G | 1st Team | Helms |
| 1915 | Elmer Oliphant | Sr. | G | 1st Team | Helms |
| 1921 | Don White | Sr. | G | 1st Team | Helms |
| 1922 | Ray Miller | Sr. | G | 1st Team | Helms |
| 1926 | George Spradling | Sr. | F | 1st Team | Helms |
| 1928 | Charles Murphy | So. | C | 1st Team | Helms |
| 1929 | Charles Murphy | Jr. | C | Consensus | |
| 1930 | Charles Murphy | Sr. | C | Consensus | |
| John Wooden | So. | G | Consensus | ||
| 1931 | John Wooden | Jr. | G | Consensus | |
| 1932 | John Wooden | Sr. | G | Consensus | National Player of the Year |
| 1934 | Norman Cottom | Jr. | F | Consensus | |
| Emmett Lowery | Sr. | G | 1st Team | Helms | |
| 1935 | Norman Cottom | Sr. | F | 3rd Team | Converse |
| 1936 | Robert Kessler | Sr. | F | Consensus | |
| 1937 | Jewell Young | Jr. | F | Consensus | |
| 1938 | Jewell Young | Sr. | F | Consensus | |
| 1940 | Fred Beretta | Sr. | G | 1st Team | Helms |
| 1944 | Charles Haag | So. | F | 3rd Team | Pic Magazine |
| 1945 | Paul Hoffman | So. | F | 2nd Team | Helms |
| 1946 | Paul Hoffman | Jr. | F | 2nd Team | Helms |
| 1947 | Paul Hoffman | Sr. | F | 2nd Team / 3rd Team | Helms / Converse |
| 1960 | Terry Dischinger | So. | C | 1st Team / 2nd Team | USBWA / AP, Sporting News, NABC |
| 1961 | Terry Dischinger | Jr. | C | 1st Team Consensus | |
| 1962 | Terry Dischinger | Sr. | C | 1st Team Consensus | |
| 1965 | Dave Schellhase | Jr. | F | 2nd Team | AP, UPI |
| 1966 | Dave Schellhase | Sr. | F | 1st Team Consensus | |
| 1968 | Rick Mount | So. | G | 2nd Team / 3rd Team | UPI / AP, NABC |
| 1969 | Rick Mount | Jr. | G | 1st Team Consensus | |
| 1970 | Rick Mount | Sr. | G | 1st Team Consensus | |
| 1979 | Joe Barry Carroll | Jr. | C | 3rd Team | AP, NABC |
| 1980 | Joe Barry Carroll | Sr. | C | 1st Team Consensus | |
| 1988 | Todd Mitchell | Sr. | F | 3rd Team | NABC |
| 1990 | Steve Scheffler | Sr. | C | 3rd Team | AP, UPI |
| 1993 | Glenn Robinson | So. | F | 2nd Team Consensus | |
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson | Jr. | F | 1st Team Consensus | National Player of the Year |
| 2010 | Robbie Hummel | Jr. | F | 2nd Team | NABC |
| 2011 | JaJuan Johnson | Sr. | F | 1st Team Consensus | |
| E'Twaun Moore | Sr. | G | 3rd Team | NABC | |
| 2017 | Caleb Swanigan | So. | F | 1st Team Consensus | |
| 2018 | Carsen Edwards | So. | G | 2nd Team Consensus | |
| 2019 | Carsen Edwards | Jr. | G | 2nd Team Consensus | |
| 2022 | Jaden Ivey | So. | G | 2nd Team Consensus | |
| 2023 | Zach Edey | Jr. | C | 1st Team Consensus | National Player of the Year |
| 2024 | Zach Edey | Sr. | C | 1st Team Consensus | National Player of the Year |
| 2025 | Braden Smith | Jr. | G | 1st Team Consensus | |
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICANS (AP): Willie Merriweather (1959), John Garrett (1975), Bruce Parkinson (1977), Keith Edmonson (1982), Russell Cross (1983), Jim Rowinski (1984), Jim Bullock (1985), Troy Lewis (1986, 1987, 1988), Todd Mitchell (1986), Cuonzo Martin (1995), Chad Austin (1998), Brad Miller (1998), E’Twaun Moore (2010), A.J. Hammons (2016), Isaac Haas (2018), Trevion Williams (2021), Zach Edey (2022), Braden Smith (2024), Trey Kaufman-Renn (2025)