We take a look at the greatest non-football athletes of all-time from the 14 SEC institutions. The 50 selections mostly are based on the athletes’ post-college accomplishments. Who says the SEC is only about football?

WNBA STANDOUTS

19. Teresa Edwards (Georgia)

A two-time All-American point guard for the Bulldogs, Edwards is a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. A five-time Olympian (including four gold medals), Edwards holds the record for points in a women’s basketball game in the United States with 46.

Edwards was such a legend that, even though she was 38 years old during the first WNBA draft, Minnesota selected her in the second round.

18. Chamique Holdsclaw (Tennessee)

One of just six women’s basketball players ever to earn four All-American honors in college (along with teammate Tamika Catchings), Holdsclaw also won an Olympic gold medal in 2000.

Holdsclaw, a six-time WNBA All-Star, also twice led the league in rebounding and once in scoring.

17. Tamika Catchings (Tennessee)

One of the best defensive players in the history of the WNBA, Catchings has won the league’s Defensive Player of the Year honor five times and made nine All-Star games. The league’s MVP in ’11, Catchings also has played for three gold-medal United States teams.

16. Candace Parker (Tennessee)

Despite an outstanding overall game, Parker probably is best known for dunking milestones at Tennessee and in the WNBA. A four-time All-WNBA first-team selection, Parker also has won two WNBA MVPs in addition to numerous other honors.

Parker averaged a career-high 20.6 points and 10.1 rebounds in 2010.

NBA LEGENDS

15. Joakim Noah (Florida)

Al Horford probably is the better player, but Noah is the more visible personality. Twice an NBA All-Star, he’s helped lead several Chicago Bulls teams to the playoffs and was named the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year in ’14.

Noah averaged career highs of 12.6 points, 11.3 rebounds and 5.4 assists during the 2013-14 season.

14. John Wall (Kentucky)

The No. 1 overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft, Wall took a few seasons to incubate with the Washington Wizards before becoming a certifiable star, mostly because the talent around him was pretty bad in the early years.

He’s averaged 17.6 points, 8.7 assists and 4.4 rebounds this far in his career, and his drive-and-kick game is his best attribute. He’s made the last two All-Star games while leading the Wizards to the playoffs.

13. Rajon Rondo (Kentucky)

Petulant and often difficult as a teammate, sometimes uncoachable, there’s no denying Rondo’s talent. The four-time NBA All-Star has twice led the league in assists and once in steals. He’s made four NBA All-Defensive first or second teams, and won an NBA title with the Boston Celtics in 2008.

12. DeMarcus Cousins (Kentucky)

Another mercurial personality and outsized talent who played for the Wildcats in college, Cousins has an argument as the best center in today’s NBA — despite getting selected to just one All-Star game, constant run-ins with teammates, officials, coaches and the media, and the fact that he prefers to play power forward.

He’s never made the playoffs with the Kings, but averaged a career-best 24.1 points, 12.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game last season.

11. Anthony Davis (Kentucky)

Cousins’ main rival among the new waive of big men in the NBA, Davis is well-positioned to become a dominant force in the league for years to come, assuming he can stay healthy.

Known for his unibrow, which he’s trademarked, Davis led the NBA in blocked shots each of the last two seasons, while averaging double-digit rebounds and raising his scoring to 24.4 points per game last season.

10. Latrell Sprewell (Alabama)

A four-time NBA All-Star, Sprewell was a great professional scorer, amassing nearly 17,000 points during his career. He also averaged a gargantuan 43.1 minutes per game in 1993-94, playing all 82 games. By the time his career ended, Sprewell played in 975 NBA games.

But he’s best known for choking and dragging coach P.J. Carlesimo for several seconds after threatening to kill him during practice, and engaged in several other altercations during his NBA career. At one point he also declared a $27 million contract offer wasn’t enough money to “feed my family.”

9. Bailey Howell (Mississippi State)

A 6-foot-7 small forward in the NBA, Howell won two championships as a member of the Boston Celtics. He also made six NBA All-Star teams and finished his career with 17,770 points and 9,383 rebounds, earning him membership into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Howell still owns a number of records at Mississippi State.

8. Robert Horry (Alabama)

Nicknamed “Big Shot Bob,” Horry never was a superstar on the astounding SEVEN NBA championship teams he played for, but did contribute enough clutch shots to deserve recognition. He’s the only player in NBA history to win that many championships aside from players on the 1960s Celtics.

His list of notable clutch plays would take several paragraphs to delineate. Horry played for the Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs.

7. “Pistol Pete” Maravich (LSU)

One of the greatest scorers and playmakers in NCAA basketball history, Maravich averaged more than 43 points per game in four different seasons at LSU — before the 3-point line.

His scoring assault continued in the NBA, as he managed 50 or more points in six different games, including 68 against the New York Knicks in 1977. (Again, no 3-point line.) Maravich made five NBA All-Star teams and led the league in scoring with 31.1 points per game in ’77.

6. Alex English (South Carolina)

English made eight consecutive NBA All-Star teams from 1982 to 1989, all with the Denver Nuggets. He averaged 21.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists — during the course of a 15-year career, leading to some huge career totals.

From 1980-88, English averaged at least 23.8 points per game every season. He’s 17th on the NBA’s all-time scoring list and a Hall of Fame member — not bad for a 6-foot-7, 190-pound bean pole from Columbia, S.C.

5. Dominique Wilkins (Georgia)

A nine-time NBA All-Star (1986-94), Wilkins was one of the top scorers and all-around playmakers during the Michael Jordan era. He led the NBA in scoring in 1985-86 (30.3 points per game) and ranks 12th on the league’s all-time scoring list.

Wilkins, nicknamed “The Human Highlight Film” and a Hall of Fame member, also won two NBA Slam Dunk Contests, beating Michael Jordan in the finals in ’85.

4. Bob Pettit (LSU)

The first-ever NBA MVP, he also won four All-Star Game MVP awards, tied with Kobe Bryant for the most ever. A member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, Pettit made the All-Star game in all 11 of his NBA seasons. He earned first-team All-NBA honors 10 of 11 years, only making the second team in his final season in ’65.

Twice the NBA’s scoring champion, Pettit averaged 26.4 points and 16.2 rebounds for his career. At the time he retired, he had collected the second-most rebounds in NBA history.

3. Charles Barkley (Auburn)

“The Round Mound of Rebound” made 11 All-Star teams and was voted first- or second-team All-NBA 10 times. The 1993 NBA MVP, “Sir Charles” averaged double-digit rebounds for 14 consecutive years. He led the league in rebounding in 1986-87, and also was one of the most affective defenders and scorers of all-time at power forward.

Barkley shot better than 51 percent for his entire career and retired as one of only four players in NBA history to achieve 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 4,000 assists (Kevin Garnett became the fifth). Playing in an era with Michael Jordan, he never won an NBA title.

2. Pat Riley (Kentucky)

Coached by the legendary Adolph Rupp in Lexington, Ky., Riley’s own basketball career has become perhaps even more legendary.

As a player, Riley won an NBA championship in 1972 as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. As a coach, he won five different NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. His teams made the playoffs in 21 of 24 seasons.

As an executive, Riley was able to merge LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh onto the same roster, winning two more NBA championships. He’s been blessed with tremendous situations and players around him, but that’s not by accident.

1. Shaquille O’Neal (LSU)

At 7-foot-1 and weighing well more than 300 pounds, Shaq is an all-time NBA great and an outsized personality.

A 15-time NBA All-Star, O’Neal also won four NBA championships, one MVP and three NBA Finals MVPs. He averaged between 26.2 and 29.7 points per game every year from 1993-94 to 2002-03. He’s 14th on the NBA’s all-time rebounding list, eighth on the all-time blocks list and sixth on the all-time scoring list.

Other than occasional struggles at the free throw line and a personality clash with Kobe Bryant, O’Neal didn’t have any weaknesses on the court when he was in shape and playing hard.