Oscar Tshiebwe became the 61st player in the history of the Kentucky men’s basketball program to score 1,000 points for the Wildcats on Wednesday night.
He also joined a much smaller group: UK players who have achieved that feat while playing for John Calipari.
Tshiebwe, who surpassed the 1,000-point mark as a Wildcat in UK’s 82-74 victory over Florida, is just the fifth player in the Calipari era to reach that scoring milestone. He’s the first to do it in more than a decade.
The top players of the Calipari era have largely been one-and-done talents, and few of the most productive Wildcats over the past 14 seasons have stuck around for more than two years. That trend — along with the increased roster turnover of the transfer portal era — has made it difficult for new UK players to join one of the program’s most venerable clubs. It’s also difficult to envision too many Wildcats hitting the 1,000-point mark in the foreseeable future.
Tshiebwe, who scored 590 points last season after playing a season and a half at West Virginia, could be the last Cat to do it for a while. Here’s a look at those who have done it during the Calipari era.