List of Famous Basketball Players

Yudai Baba is a Japanese professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He represented the Japanese national team at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup in Zouk Mikael, Lebanon, where he was Japan's best free throw shooter.

Pau Ribas Tossas is a Spanish professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), he primarily plays the shooting guard position. His father, Jordi Ribas, was also a professional basketball player.

Anatoliy Ivanovych Polivoda is a retired Ukrainian basketball player who played for the Budivelnyk of Kiev and the Soviet Union. He trained at VSS Avanhard in Kiev.

Ding Yanyuhang is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Shandong Golden Stars of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He is one of the greatest Chinese basketball players and scorers of this generation, and was set to join the NBA after a successful showing with the Dallas Mavericks in the 2017 NBA Summer League at the age of 23. However, repeated knee injuries sidelined him from play after stellar CBA seasons in 2016-17 and 2017-18, where he won back-to-back CBA MVPs. This included a magnificent run in the 2018 CBA playoffs, where he scored an average of 29.8 PPG. However, as of November 2019, Ding is still recovering from a string of foot and knee injuries and is currently unsigned.

Kyle Brandon O'Quinn is an American professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He played for the Norfolk State Spartans, and led them to a victory over the #2 seed Missouri Tigers in the second round of the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. He was drafted in the second round of the 2012 NBA draft with the 49th overall pick, by the Orlando Magic.

Michael Takahashi , sometimes called Maikeru Takahashi, is a Japanese-born American professional basketball player who was considered in the mid-1990s to early 2000s one of the best players in Asia, a prolific scorer and rebounder, dominating the opposition through his athleticism and technique.

Hervé Dubuisson is a French former professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.97 m tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Dubuisson is the French Championship's all-time career leader in total points scored. He is also the senior French national team's all-time career leader in total points scored.

Nicholas Ryan Fazekas is an American-born Japanese professional basketball player for the Kawasaki Brave Thunders of the B.League in Japan.

Blanca Ares Torres is a former Spanish basketball player, representing Spain from 1988 to 1994 and winning a gold medal at the 1993 European Championship, scoring 24 points in the final against France.

Layshia Renee Clarendon is an American basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx. Clarendon is the first WNBA player that openly identifies as transgender and non-binary and has become the first WNBA athlete to complete a top surgery while still being an active player.