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.

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  1. ^ "2022-23 DIVISION I MEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS, Page 72" (PDF).

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