| Awarded For: | 1958–59 NCAA University Division men's basketball season |
| Previous: | 1958 |
| Main: | All-Americans |
| Next: | 1960 |
The consensus 1959 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of five major All-American teams.[1] 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, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).
| Player | Position | Class | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Boozer | F | Senior | Kansas State | |
| Johnny Cox | G | Senior | Kentucky | |
| Bailey Howell | F | Senior | Mississippi State | |
| Oscar Robertson | G | Junior | Cincinnati | |
| Jerry West | G | Junior | West Virginia |
| Player | Position | Class | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Byrd | G | Senior | Marshall | |
| Johnny Green | F | Senior | Michigan State | |
| Tom Hawkins | F | Senior | Notre Dame | |
| Don Hennon | G | Senior | Pittsburgh | |
| Al Seiden | G | Senior | St. John's |
| All-America Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First team | Second team | Third team | ||||
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School | |
| Associated Press[2] | Saint Louis | |||||
| Tennessee Tech | ||||||
| Minnesota | ||||||
| North Carolina | ||||||
| Northwestern | ||||||
| USBWA/Look Magazine[3] | Bob Boozer | Kansas State | No second or third teams (10-man first team) | |||
| Johnny Cox | Kentucky | |||||
| Bob Ferry | Saint Louis | |||||
| Johnny Green | Michigan State | |||||
| Tom Hawkins | Notre Dame | |||||
| Bailey Howell | Mississippi State | |||||
| Lou Pucillo | North Carolina State | |||||
| Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati | |||||
| St. John's | ||||||
| Jerry West | West Virginia | |||||
| NABC[4] | Bob Boozer | Kansas State | Johnny Green | Michigan State | Bob Ferry | Saint Louis |
| Johnny Cox | Kentucky | Tom Hawkins | Notre Dame | St. John's | ||
| Bailey Howell | Mississippi State | Don Hennon | Pittsburgh | Lou Pucillo | North Carolina State | |
| Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati | North Carolina State | Joe Ruklick | Northwestern | ||
| Jerry West | West Virginia | Al Seiden | St. John's | North Carolina | ||
| UPI[5] | Bob Boozer | Kansas State | Leo Byrd | Marshall | Seattle | |
| Don Hennon | Pittsburgh | Johnny Cox | Kentucky | Bob Ferry | Saint Louis | |
| Bailey Howell | Mississippi State | Johnny Green | Michigan State | Lou Pucillo | North Carolina State | |
| Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati | Tom Hawkins | Notre Dame | Washington | ||
| Jerry West | West Virginia | Al Seiden | St. John's | UCLA | ||
| NEA | Bob Boozer | Kansas State | Leo Byrd | Marshall | No third team | |
| Bailey Howell | Mississippi State | Johnny Cox | Kentucky | |||
| Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati | Bob Ferry | Saint Louis | |||
| Al Seiden | St. John's | Johnny Green | Michigan State | |||
| Jerry West | West Virginia | John Richter | North Carolina State | |||