Occupation

BASKETBALL PLAYERS

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With 1,757 biographies, Basketball Players are the 12th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Military Personnels, Film Directors, and Painters.

People

Pantheon has 2,022 people classified as basketball players born between 1905 and 2006. Of these 2,022, 1,835 (90.75%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living basketball players include Shaquille O'Neal, Michael Jordan, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The most famous deceased basketball players include Wilt Chamberlain, Dražen Dalipagić, and Sam Jones. As of April 2024, 136 new basketball players have been added to Pantheon including Kevin Punter, Aleksa Avramović, and Scottie Wilbekin.

Living Basketball Players

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Deceased Basketball Players

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Newly Added Basketball Players (2025)

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Places

Most basketball players were born in United States (1170), Serbia (61), and Spain (54). By city, the most common birth places were Los Angeles (43), Chicago (35), and Philadelphia (28).

Places Over Time

The earliest biographies classified as basketball players in Pantheon are Tex Gibbons, Raúl Fernández, and Rodolfo Choperena.  The concentration of basketball players was largest during the Television Era, which lasted from 1950 to 1989. Some birth or death locations for earlier basketball players are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.

Lifespans

Which Basketball Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Basketball Players since 1700.