The Most Famous

HANDBALL PLAYERS from Hungary

Icon of occuation in country

This page contains a list of the greatest Hungarian Handball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 420 Handball Players, 7 of which were born in Hungary. This makes Hungary the birth place of the 21st most number of Handball Players behind Angola, and Austria.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Hungarian Handball Players of all time. This list of famous Hungarian Handball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Hungarian Handball Players.

Photo of Erzsébet Kocsis

1. Erzsébet Kocsis (b. 1965)

With an HPI of 45.47, Erzsébet Kocsis is the most famous Hungarian Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Erzsébet Kocsis (born 11 March 1965) is a Hungarian former handball player and the current technical director of Dunaújvárosi NKS. She was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 1995 by the International Handball Federation. She won 125 caps for the Hungarian national team between 1986 and 1996, and received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1995 World Championship. At club level, she won all three major continental titles with Dunaújváros. First in 1995 the EHF Cup Winners' Cup, four years later the EHF Cup, and in 1999 the EHF Champions League. She gave up professional handball in 2000, however, following her former team lost most of their players due to financial problems, she returned into action in 2009, helping Dunaújváros to avoid relegation. She is married to Árpád Sári, a former handballer. Their daughter, Barbara Sári is also a professional handball player.

Photo of László Nagy

2. László Nagy (b. 1981)

With an HPI of 44.14, László Nagy is the 2nd most famous Hungarian Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

László Nagy (born 3 March 1981) is a former Hungarian handball player who played for Telekom Veszprém, FC Barcelona, Pick Szeged and the Hungarian national team. Among his achievements at club level are several Spanish championships and cup titles and he also won the EHF Champions League, the top continental competition in Europe two times (2005, 2011). With the Hungarian national team, Nagy's best results are two fourth places from the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics Nagy was voted by the readers of the handball journal Handball Planet as the world's best male player in 2011. He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023. On 10 May 2019 after 22 years of professional career, Laszló announced his retirement and took over as the sports director of Telekom Veszprém from the summer of 2019.

Photo of Anita Görbicz

3. Anita Görbicz (b. 1983)

With an HPI of 44.09, Anita Görbicz is the 3rd most famous Hungarian Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 24 different languages.

Anita Görbicz (born 13 May 1983) is a Hungarian former professional handballer. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time, and was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2005 by the International Handball Federation. Görbicz has also been given the nickname the Queen of Handball internationally. She is married; her husband is Ottó Vincze, a Hungarian former football player. They have two sons, Boldizsár, born in 2015 and Domonkos, born in 2022. She is the Honorary Citizen of Győr. She was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.

Photo of Anita Kulcsár

4. Anita Kulcsár (1976 - 2005)

With an HPI of 42.84, Anita Kulcsár is the 4th most famous Hungarian Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Anita Kulcsár (2 October 1976 – 19 January 2005) was a Hungarian handball player. She was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2004 by the International Handball Federation.

Photo of Beatrix Kökény

5. Beatrix Kökény (b. 1969)

With an HPI of 40.62, Beatrix Kökény is the 5th most famous Hungarian Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Beatrix Kökény (born 12 March 1969) is a former Hungarian handball player, European champion and multiple Olympic medalist, who currently serves as the technical director of Ferencvárosi TC. She is married to Géza Imre, an Olympic silver and bronze medalist épée fencer. The couple has two children, a son and a daughter, who are also handball players: Bence Imre (right wing) and Szofi Imre (goalkeeper).

Photo of Ágnes Farkas

6. Ágnes Farkas (b. 1973)

With an HPI of 39.62, Ágnes Farkas is the 6th most famous Hungarian Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Ágnes Farkas (born 21 April 1973) is a former Hungarian handball player. She won a gold medal at the 2000 European Championship, and earned a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 1995 and 2003 World Championships.

Photo of Nándor Fazekas

7. Nándor Fazekas (b. 1976)

With an HPI of 38.86, Nándor Fazekas is the 7th most famous Hungarian Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Nándor Fazekas (born 16 October 1976), is a retired Hungarian handball player. He made his international debut on 13 May 1998 against Belgium. Since then he participated on six World Championships (1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017) and five European Championships (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012). He was also member of the Hungarian teams which finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the one that finished 4th at the 2012 Summer Olympics His sons Gergő and Máté are also professional handball players.

Photo of Gábor Császár

8. Gábor Császár (b. 1984)

With an HPI of 37.48, Gábor Császár is the 8th most famous Hungarian Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Gábor Császár (born 16 June 1984) is a Hungarian handball player for the Ceglédi KKSE. He made his full international debut on 17 January 2004 against Saudi Arabia. Just a few days later he was selected for the squad that represented Hungary on the 2004 European Championship. He participated on further six European Championships (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018) and was also present on six World Championships (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019). In addition, he was member of the Hungarian team that finished fourth at the 2004 Olympic Games and the team that finished fourth at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Photo of Bence Bánhidi

9. Bence Bánhidi (b. 1995)

With an HPI of 32.79, Bence Bánhidi is the 9th most famous Hungarian Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Bence Bánhidi (born 9 February 1995) is a Hungarian handballer for OTP Bank-Pick Szeged and the Hungarian national team.

Photo of Zita Szucsánszki

10. Zita Szucsánszki (b. 1987)

With an HPI of 32.25, Zita Szucsánszki is the 10th most famous Hungarian Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 11 different languages.

Zita Szucsánszki (born 22 May 1987) is a former Hungarian handball player for MOL Esztergom and the Hungarian national team. She made her international debut on 4 November 2006 against Slovakia, and represented Hungary in the 2020 Summer Olympics, five World Championships (2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017) and four European Championships (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014). In recognition of her performances and achievements throughout the year, she was voted the Hungarian Handballer of the Year in 2011, in 2015 and in 2016.

People

Pantheon has 10 people classified as Hungarian handball players born between 1965 and 1995. Of these 10, 9 (90.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Hungarian handball players include Erzsébet Kocsis, László Nagy, and Anita Görbicz. The most famous deceased Hungarian handball players include Anita Kulcsár. As of April 2024, 3 new Hungarian handball players have been added to Pantheon including Beatrix Kökény, Nándor Fazekas, and Bence Bánhidi.

Living Hungarian Handball Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Deceased Hungarian Handball Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Newly Added Hungarian Handball Players (2025)

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous