List of Famous Basketball Players

Salah Mejri is a Tunisian professional basketball player. He represents the senior Tunisian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m), he plays at the center position. Mejri was the first Tunisian NBA player when he joined the Mavericks in 2015 as a 29-year-old rookie and played 4 seasons in the NBA before returning with the Real Madrid in 2019 offseason.

Kyle Gregory Wiltjer is a Canadian-American professional basketball player who plays for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketball Super League. He spent two seasons of college basketball with the Kentucky Wildcats before transferring to play with the Gonzaga Bulldogs in 2013. A dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, he has played for the Canada national team.

David Vanterpool is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He is the assistant coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his playing career, he earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection during the 2003–04 season, while playing with Montepaschi Siena.

Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Fowles, who joined the Lynx in July 2015, was the MVP of the 2015 WNBA Finals, was named the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year for the third time in 2016, and won the 2017 WNBA MVP Award. In 2020, Fowles overtook Rebekkah Brunson to become the reigning WNBA career rebound leader.

Pablo Laso Biurrún is a Spanish professional basketball head coach of the Real Madrid basketball team, and a former professional player.

Dewayne Jamal Dedmon is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Antelope Valley College and USC.

Alba Torrens Salom is a Spanish female basketball player at the small forward position who plays for UMMC Ekaterinburg. Winner of five EuroLeague titles with three clubs and seven medals with the Spanish senior team, she is considered one of the best European players of the 2010s.

Bruno Afonso David Fernandes, known as Bruno Fernando, is an Angolan professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins.

Laura Nicholls González is a Spanish basketball player who plays for Casademont Zaragoza of La Liga Feminina. She is a regular member of the Spain women's national basketball team since 2008, having won eight medals in final tournaments.

Jonah Anthony Bolden is an Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He started his professional career with FMP in Serbia, where he was named the ABA League Top Prospect in 2017. He played a season-and-a-half with the Philadelphia 76ers before joining the Phoenix Suns.