Hunter Ryan Dickinson (born November 25, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Birmingham Squadron of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines and the Kansas Jayhawks.

Dickinson was named a consensus second-team 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American as a freshman for the 2020–21 Big Ten regular season champion Michigan Wolverines. During his tenure, Michigan reached the NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen twice (Elite Eight once). He was a three-time All-Big Ten (2x first team) honoree, leading Michigan in scoring and rebounding in all three seasons. Dickinson transferred to Kansas as a senior, where he was a 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American and a first-team All-Big 12 Conference honoree. He was granted a fifth year of eligibility and was the preseason Big 12 Player of the Year for a consecutive season in 2024–25.

In high school, Dickinson was a Jordan Brand Classic honoree and the Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year in 2020, as well as a two-time state champion at DeMatha Catholic High School.

Dickinson attended DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. As an entering freshman in 2016, the highly regarded Dickinson joined a lineup that included Josh Carlton. At the time, he stood at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m). By April of his freshman season, he had offers from Penn State and Notre Dame as well as interest from many top programs. In June 2017, he was ranked as the number 9 prospect in the national class of 2020 and number 2 Washington metropolitan area prospect (behind number 1 overall Isaiah Todd) by ESPN.

By December 2017, Dickinson had grown to 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m). As a sophomore, he helped his team capture its first Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) championship since 2011, on February 26, 2018. Then Dickinson helped DeMatha win the Maryland private school championship on March 6 against Rock Creek Christian Academy, scoring 31 points in the 64–58 victory. Dickinson was named to the First Team All-WCAC alongside teammate Justin Moore. He was a third team All-Met selection by The Washington Post, joining junior teammate Moore (1st team) and fellow sophomore Earl Timberlake (fourth team). Following his sophomore season, he was considered (along with Jeremy Roach) one of the two best players in the DC metro area class of 2020, with USA Today ranking him 18th in the nation.

The class of 2020 was the first junior class to benefit from expanded official visit rules (from 5 total to 5 as a junior, 5 as a senior and 5 as a collegiate transfer). Dickinson visited Purdue in September 2018. As a junior, he was ranked as the number 4 center in the national class of 2020 by 247Sports, but regarded as more of a versatile center with the ability to stretch the court, making him better suited to high level competition than centers like DC metro rival Qudus Wahab, who focused on the traditional skill set for a basketball big man. Although DeMatha was knocked out of the WCAC tournament before the finals by a Casey Morsell-led St. John's College High School, they repeated as Maryland private school champions. Dickinson led the team to three consecutive double-digit victories. He earned tournament MVP and posted 20 points in the 85–53 championship game victory over Rock Creek. In his junior season, Dickinson averaged 17.6 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. On February 11, 2020, he recorded 40 points, nine rebounds and three blocks in a 71–63 win over St. John's College High School. Despite not making a three-pointer in November and December 2019, Dickinson shot 40 percent from three-point range during his senior year. As a senior, Dickinson averaged 18.1 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.1 blocks per game, leading his team to a WCAC title.^{[citation needed]} Dickinson repeated as a third team All-Met selection by The Washington Post, joining senior teammate Moore (1st team, player of the year), fellow junior Timberlake (second team) and senior Jahmir Young (honorable mention).

In April 2019, Dickinson was one of 55 athletes invited to compete for a position on the 12-man United States men's national under-19 basketball team to participate in the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. That June, he was one of 31 players in Colorado Springs during the camp and selection process. Dickinson had been one of the key class of 2020 targets (along with Jabri Abdur-Rahim) for John Beilein's staff when Beilein announced he would be departing to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers in May 2019. Juwan Howard was named coach on May 22 and made an offer to Dickinson on June 26. The Detroit Free Press reported that Dickinson said Michigan was the most aggressive pursuer of his talents. In July, Dickinson listed the top 7 contenders for his services: Purdue, Florida State, Louisville, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame and Providence. By that August, Dickinson was ranked 30th in the national class of 2020 by 247Sports. By the time he cut his list to Duke, Florida State, Michigan and Notre Dame in October, he was ranked 34th by 247 Sports. At the time of his Twitter video verbal commitment to Michigan on December 20, his 34th ranking placed him sixth among centers. Todd was among the other verbal commits to Michigan. On January 1, 2020, Dickinson's AAU teammate Terrance Williams (84th overall, 17th power forward) verbally committed to Michigan. In April 2023, MLive.com reporter Andrew Kahn reported that Dickinson verbally committed Michigan in early December by calling private a meeting with Howard and assistant coach Phil Martelli on a day when they were in town to scout him at a tournament at DeMatha's home court. Dickinson stated that he felt Howard was the best coach to develop Dickinson's game.

By late January 2020, Dickinson was ranked 37th (behind Timberlake at 31), but he got a chance to go head-to-head against the number one ranked Evan Mobley and his Rancho Christian team. Dickinson outscored him 28–22 and led DeMatha to a 72–65 victory at the January 21, 2020 Hoophall Classic. Dickinson and Timberlake led DeMatha to a 70–56 WCAC championship game victory over the Roach-led Paul VI Catholic High School. Dickinson earned 2020 All-Met Player of the Year and WCAC Player of the Year honors, and was named Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year for his success in basketball and academics, and his exemplary character. He graduated as a three-time first-team All-WCAC selection. Dickinson was invited to play in the Jordan Brand Classic. He was joined on the All-Met first team by Roach, Timberlake, Corey Dyches, Trevor Keels, Benny Williams, Avery Ford, Xavier Lipscomb, Ronald Polite and future teammate Terrance Williams. By April 17 when he signed his National Letter of Intent with Michigan he was ranked 32nd overall and 6th at the center position, according to 247Sports. He joined a Michigan frontline that some thought would return sophomore Colin Castleton and 5th-year Austin Davis (2016 Mr. Basketball of Michigan runner-up). However, on April 9, Castleton (who had lost the role as Jon Teske's backup to Davis) decided to enter the transfer portal. Castleton committed to Florida on April 26.