The Most Famous
BASKETBALL PLAYERS from Tanzania
This page contains a list of the greatest Tanzanian Basketball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,757 Basketball Players, 1 of which were born in Tanzania. This makes Tanzania the birth place of the 67th most number of Basketball Players behind Gabon, and Hungary.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Tanzanian Basketball Players of all time. This list of famous Tanzanian Basketball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Hasheem Thabeet (b. 1987)
With an HPI of 41.76, Hasheem Thabeet is the most famous Tanzanian Basketball Player. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.
Hasheem Thabeet (born Hashim Thabit Manka; 16 February 1987) is a Tanzanian professional basketball player who currently plays for Dar City. He played college basketball for the UConn Huskies before being drafted second overall in the 2009 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies. Thabeet's performance as a second overall draft pick has led many analysts to label him as one of the "biggest busts" in NBA history.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Tanzanian basketball players born between 1987 and 1987. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Tanzanian basketball players include Hasheem Thabeet. As of April 2024, 1 new Tanzanian basketball players have been added to Pantheon including Hasheem Thabeet.
