text: Harry Combes (1937) William Hocking (1942)
  Edwin Parker (1943)
  Donald Delaney (1945)
  Dwight Eddleman (1949)
  Clive Follmer (1953)
  David Downey (1963)
  Bogie Redmon (1965)
  Jack Ingram (2005)
  Dee Brown (2006)
  Warren Carter (2007)
  Trenton Meacham (2009)
  Brandon Paul (2013)
  Big Ten Player of the Year
  Andy Phillip (1943)
  Bruce Douglas (1984)*
  Frank Williams (2001)
  Brian Cook (2003)
  Dee Brown (2005)
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  Dwight Eddleman (1949)
  Don Sunderlage (1951)
  Johnny Kerr (1954)
  Jimmy Dawson (1967)
  Frank Williams (2001)
  Brian Cook (2003)
  Dee Brown (2005)
  Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
  Bruce Douglas (1985)
  Bruce Douglas (1986)
  Stephen Bardo (1989)
  Dee Brown (2005)
  Big Ten Freshman of the Year
  Cory Bradford (1999)
  Brian Cook (2000)*
  D. J. Richardson (2010)
  Kofi Cockburn (2020)
  Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year
  André Curbelo (2021)
  Big Ten Coach of the Year
  Lou Henson (1993)
  Bruce Weber (2005)
  Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player
  Brian Cook (2003)
  James Augustine (2005)
  Ayo Dosunmu (2021)
  Terrence Shannon Jr. (2024)
  NCAA All-Americans
  Illinois has had a total of 34 players who have claimed All-American status.
  Ray Woods – 1915, 1916, 1917
  Clyde Alwood – 1917
  Earl William Anderson – 1918
  Chuck Carney – 1920, 1922
  Lou Boudreau – 1938
  Pick Dehner – 1938, 1939
  Bill Hapac – 1940†
  Andy Phillip – 1942†, 1943†, 1947†