Chris Ledlum

Early life

Ledlum attended St. Peter's Boys High School in Staten Island, New York, where he lettered two years at small forward and also lettered in football as a wide receiver. He first played competitive basketball with friends on the freshman team. He then spent one year at Northfield Mount Hermon School in Gill, Massachusetts, captaining the team as a senior.

There he was named 2019 NEPSAC AAA Player of the Year and 2019 Gatorade Massachusetts Player of the Year, helped win the 2019 NEPSAC Championship, and set single-season and single-game scoring records. He competed on the Adidas circuit with the NY Jayhawks. On November 1, 2018, he verbally committed to Harvard University over offers from the University of Florida and the University of Illinois.

College career

Chris Ledlum kicked off his college career by earning Ivy League Rookie of the Week on November 18, 2019, after averaging 8.5 points per game. He snagged the award again on December 9 following a 12-point, 8-rebound performance in 19 minutes off the bench against UMass Amherst. By January 6, 2020, he had his fourth Rookie of the Week nod, and on February 17 he picked up a fifth. Against Cornell and Columbia that season, he averaged 9.5 points and 6.5 rebounds.

When he returned to campus in 2021, a torn labrum in his hip sidelined him after 13 games, during which he averaged 16.7 points and 9.3 rebounds while playing through the pain. The injury eventually led to a sports hernia and groin tear, ending his season. On November 29, 2021, he earned his first Ivy League Player of the Week honor. Two days later, he was named Harvard Student-Athlete of the Week after posting a double-double average of 16.3 points and 10 rebounds against Siena and Colgate.

In March 2022, he made the 2021-2022 Academic All-America men's basketball team. The next November, he grabbed Ivy League Player of the Week on November 21 after averaging 23.5 points, 4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists against Northeastern and Siena. On November 30, he shared Harvard Student-Athlete of the Week with Harmoni Turner, averaging 18.5 points, 10 rebounds, 3.5 steals, and 1.5 assists against Loyola Chicago and Fordham. On January 11, 2023, he earned the same weekly honor after averaging 18 points, 11.5 rebounds, and 3.5 assists against Brown and Yale.

In February, he received College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors, adding to his 2021-2022 Academic All-District and All-America selections. On February 20, he claimed his second Ivy League Player of the Week that season, putting up 25 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals, and 2.5 blocks in wins over Columbia and Cornell. In March 2023, he made the USBWA District I All-District Team after finishing second in the Ivy League in scoring and first in rebounding. That same month, he earned Second Team Academic All-America honors for the second straight year.

Professional career

Chris Ledlum was named Hoops Agents ProB Player of the Week on May 12, 2025, following a 29-point, 12-rebound double-double. At the end of the 2024-2025 season, he was awarded both ProB Defensive Player of the Year and ProB Forward of the Year.

That July, he appeared in five NBA Summer League games for the Houston Rockets, averaging 16.8 minutes, 7.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks. On August 6, 2025, he signed with Ratiopharm Ulm of the Basketball Bundesliga for the 2025-2026 season. On October 17, 2025, he earned Eurocup weekly MVP honors after scoring 26 points, the highest total among all players on winning teams that week.