Earlier this week I compiled an exhaustive list of NCAA head coaches who are on Twitter, and ranked them by number of followers. It was no surprise that John Calipari is the most followed coach, but it was surprising to discover that he dominates in the same way that the US Department of Defense dominates budgets – Calipari has more followers than every other head coach combined.
But for players that kind of list isn't possible. Or I suppose it is, but someone would need to track down potential Twitter accounts for approximately 4,400 players.
So instead I'm focusing on just the big guns. I combed through roughly one hundred lists on Twitter, and searched the rosters for the major programs. But as always – that with many potential accounts – there might be errors. If you see one, please email me using the 'contact' link above, or let me know on Twitter.
Regardless, here is the list of the 25 most followed players. And it's dominated by just a few programs. Does Kentucky rule? Not necessarily, but they do have a walk-on who made the list, which is pretty impressive. Also impressive is Andrew Wiggins, who leads Kyle Wiltjer by almost 50,000 followers.
| rank | player | team | followers |
| 1 | Andrew Wiggins | Kansas | 104,537 |
| 2 | Kyle Wiltjer | Gonzaga | 55,475 |
| 3 | Jabari Parker | Duke | 51,639 |
| 4 | Julius Randle | Kentucky | 47,428 |
| 5 | PJ Hairston | UNC | 46,122 |
| 6 | Alex Poythress | Kentucky | 45,314 |
| 7 | Jarrod Polson | Kentucky | 41,714 |
| 8 | Quinn Cook | Duke | 41,658 |
| 9 | Spike Albrecht | Michigan | 40,907 |
| 10 | Mitch McGary | Michigan | 39,285 |
| 11 | Yogi Ferrell | Indiana | 38,931 |
| 12 | Andrew Harrison | Kentucky | 37,560 |
| 13 | Aaron Harrison | Kentucky | 36,626 |
| 14 | Nik Stauskas | Michigan | 34,075 |
| 15 | Leslie McDonald | UNC | 33,640 |
| 16 | Glenn Robinson III | Michigan | 32,731 |
| 17 | Marcus Paige | UNC | 31,939 |
| 18 | Jon Hood | Kentucky | 26,955 |
| 19 | Andre Dawkins | Duke | 26,032 |
| 20 | Dakari Johnson | Kentucky | 25,828 |
| 21 | Doug McDermott | Creighton | 23,845 |
| 22 | Tyler Thornton | Duke | 23,623 |
| 23 | Rasheed Sulaimon | Duke | 23,344 |
| 24 | Willie Cauley-Stein | Kentucky | 23,071 |
| 25 | Russ Smith | Louisville | 22,996 |
