Wooden Award Preseason
All-American Team - Top 50 Candidates
(Based on a preseason poll. Players listed alphabetically.)
| Arron Afflalo | 6'5" | Jr. | G | UCLA |
| De'Angelo Alexander | 6'6" | Sr. | G | Charlotte |
| Morris Almond | 6'6" | Sr. | G | Rice |
| Corey Brewer | 6'9" | Jr. | F | Florida |
| Jon Brockman | 6'7" | So. | F | Washington |
| Jamar Butler | 6'2' | Jr. | G | Ohio State |
| Coleman Collins | 6'9" | Sr. | F | Virginia Tech |
| JamesOn Curry | 6'3" | Jr. | G | Oklahoma State |
| Jermareo Davidson | 6'10" | Sr. | F | Alabama |
| Glen Davis* | 6'9" | Jr. | F | LSU |
| Jared Dudley | 6'7" | Sr. | F | Boston College |
| Nick Fazekas | 6'11" | Sr. | F | Nevada |
| Aaron Gray | 7'0" | Sr. | C | Pittsburgh |
| Jeff Green | 6'9" | Jr. | F | Georgetown |
| Caleb Green | 6'8" | Sr. | F | Oral Roberts |
| Malik Hairston | 6'6" | Jr. | G | Oregon |
| Adam Haluska | 6'5" | Sr. | G | Iowa |
| Lamont Hamilton | 6'10 | Jr. | F | St. John's |
| Tyler Hansbrough | 6'9" | So. | F | North Carolina |
| Brandon Heath | 6'4" | Sr. | G | San Diego State |
| Roy Hibbert | 7'2" | Jr. | C | Georgetown |
| Al Horford | 6'10" | Jr. | F/C | Florida |
| Jarrius Jackson | 6'2" | Sr. | G | Texas Tech |
| Dominic James | 5'11" | So. | G | Marquette |
| Joseph Jones | 6'9" | Jr. | F/C | Texas A&M |
| Acie Law | 6'3" | Sr. | G | Texas A&M |
| Courtney Lee | 6'5" | Jr. | G/F | Western Kentucky |
| Chris Lofton | 6'2" | Jr. | G | Tennessee |
| Luc Richard Mbah a Moute | 6'7" | So. | F | UCLA |
| Josh McRoberts | 6'10" | So. | F | Duke |
| Sammy Mejia | 6'6" | Sr. | G | DePaul |
| Joakim Noah | 6'11" | Jr. | F/C | Florida |
| David Padgett | 6'11" | Jr. | F/C | Louisville |
| Brian Randle | 6'8" | Jr. | F | Illinois |
| Richard Roby | 6'6" | Jr. | G | Colorado |
| Brandon Rush | 6'6" | So. | G | Kansas |
| Blake Schilb | 6'7" | Sr. | G | Loyola (Chicago) |
| Mustafa Shakur | 6'3" | Sr. | G | Arizona |
| Sean Singletary | 6'0" | Jr. | G | Virginia |
| Jason Smith | 7'0" | Jr. | F | Colorado State |
| Ronald Steele | 6'3" | Jr. | G | Alabama |
| Loren Stokes | 6'3" | Sr. | G | Hofstra |
| Rodney Stuckey | 6'5" | So. | G | Eastern Washington |
| Kammron Taylor | 6'2" | Sr. | G | Wisconsin |
| Reyshawn Terry | 6'8" | Sr. | F | North Carolina |
| Al Thornton | 6'8" | Sr. | F | Florida State |
| Alando Tucker | 6'6" | Sr. | F | Wisconsin |
| Ayinde Ubaka | 6'4" | Sr. | G | California |
| Marcus Williams | 6'7" | So. | F | Arizona |
| Julian Wright | 6'8" | So. | F | Kansas |
* Indicates player was a 2005-2006 John R. Wooden Award All-American.