1981 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The Consensus 1981 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Individual All-America teams
AP Honorable Mention:


 * John Bagley, Boston College
 * Gene Banks, Duke
 * Earl Belcher, St. Bonaventure
 * Curtis Berry, Missouri
 * Rolando Blackman, Kansas State
 * Ray Blume, Oregon State
 * Kevin Boyle, Iowa
 * Clyde Bradshaw, DePaul
 * Darrell Browder, TCU
 * David Burns, Saint Louis
 * Antoine Carr, Wichita State
 * Howard Carter, LSU
 * Tom Chambers, Utah
 * Jamie Ciampaglio, Wagner
 * Sam Clancy, Pittsburgh
 * Riley Clarida, Long Island
 * Matt Clark, Oklahoma
 * Darius Clemons, Loyola (IL)
 * Bob Convey, Saint Francis (PA)
 * Ron Cornelius, Pacific
 * Quintin Dailey, San Francisco
 * Ron Davis, Arizona
 * Mickey Dillard, Florida State
 * Ronnie Dixon, Duquesne
 * Mike Evelti, Vermont
 * Mike Ferrara, Colgate
 * Rod Foster, UCLA
 * Ricky Frazier, Missouri
 * Zam Fredrick, South Carolina
 * Bob Fronk, Washington
 * Ken Green, Texas–Pan American
 * Andra Griffin, Washington
 * Pete Harris, Northeastern
 * Scott Hastings, Arkansas
 * Len Hatzenbeller, Drexel
 * Rod Higgins, Fresno State
 * Angelo Hill, Washington State
 * Jo Jo Hunter, Colorado
 * Eddie Johnson, Illinois
 * Frank Johnson, Wake Forest
 * Harry Kelly, Texas Southern
 * Albert King, Maryland
 * Larry Lawrence, Dartmouth
 * Cliff Levingston, Wichita State
 * Alton Lister, Arizona State
 * Durand Macklin, LSU
 * Jeff Malone, Mississippi State
 * Greg Manning, Maryland
 * Ethan Martin, LSU
 * David Maxwell, Fordham
 * Ronnie McAdoo, Old Dominion
 * Jim McCloskey, Loyola Marymount
 * Mike McGee, Michigan
 * Mark McNamara, California
 * Larry Nance, Clemson
 * Mike Olliver, Lamar
 * Michael Perry, Richmond
 * Eddie Phillips, Alabama
 * Ricky Pierce, Rice
 * John Pinone, Villanova
 * Mark Radford, Oregon State
 * David Russell, St. John's
 * Mike Sanders, UCLA
 * Danny Schayes, Syracuse
 * Byron Scott, Arizona State
 * Tom Seaman, Holy Cross
 * Jose Slaughter, Portland
 * Andre Smith, Nebraska
 * Derek Smith, Louisville
 * Dale Solomon, Virginia Tech
 * Gary Springer, Iona
 * Mike Strayhorn, William & Mary
 * Terry Teagle, Baylor
 * Linton Townes, James Madison
 * Corny Thompson, Connecticut
 * LaSalle Thompson, Texas
 * Kelly Tripucka, Notre Dame
 * Kelvin Troy, Rutgers
 * Elston Turner, Ole Miss
 * David Vann, Saint Mary's
 * Ken Webb, Fairleigh Dickinson
 * Buck Williams, Maryland
 * Sam Williams, Arizona State
 * Sid Williams, San Jose State
 * Dominique Wilkins, Georgia
 * Jim Wright, Rhode Island