List of foreign NBA players

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Contents [hide] 1 Argentina 2 Australia 3 Bahamas 4 Belize 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 Brazil 7 Bulgaria 8 Cameroon 9 Canada 10 China 11 Republic of China 12 Croatia 13 Czech Republic 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 15 Cuba 16 Denmark 17 Dominica 18 Dominican Republic 19 Egypt 20 Estonia 21 Finland 22 France 23 Gabon 24 Georgia 25 Germany 26 Greece 27 Guyana 28 Haiti 29 Hungary 30 Iceland 31 Iran 32 Ireland 33 Israel 34 Italy 35 Jamaica 36 Japan 37 Latvia 38 Lebanon 39 Lithuania 40 Luxembourg 41 Macedonia 42 Mali 43 Mexico 44 Montenegro 45 Morocco 46 Netherlands 47 New Zealand 48 Nigeria 49 Norway 50 Panama 51 Poland 52 Puerto Rico 53 Republic of the Congo 54 Romania 55 Russia 56 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57 Senegal 58 Serbia 59 Slovakia 60 Slovenia 61 South Africa 62 South Korea 63 Spain 64 Sudan 65 Sweden 66 Switzerland 67 Tanzania 68 Trinidad and Tobago 69 Turkey 70 Ukraine 71 United Kingdom 72 Uruguay 73 United States Virgin Islands 74 Venezuela 75 Statistics 76 External links

The following is a list of foreign players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The list includes players both past and present. This list does not include players from the United States. Note that the "United States" is defined as solely the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The NBA considers all players from outside that area "international," even if they are from U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

• For all NBA players, see List of National Basketball Association players.
• For currently active NBA players, see List of current NBA players.

[edit] Argentina

• Carlos Delfino
• Manu Ginóbili
• Walter Herrmann
• Andrés Nocioni
• Fabricio Oberto
• Pepe Sánchez
• Luis Scola
• Rubén Wolkowyski

[edit] Australia

• David Andersen (born in Australia, also holds Danish citizenship, represents Australia internationally)
• Chris Anstey
• Andrew Bogut
• Mark Bradtke
• Andrew Gaze
• Shane Heal
• Nathan Jawai
• Luc Longley
• Patrick Mills
• Luke Schenscher
• Leroy Loggins (dual citizen of Australia and USA, represented Australia internationally)
• Lanard Copeland
• Darnell Mee (dual citizen of Australia and USA, represented Australia internationally)

[edit] Bahamas

• Rick Fox (dual citizen of The Bahamas and Canada; represented Canada internationally)
• Mychal Thompson
• Ian Lockhart
• Dexter Cambridge

[edit] Belize

• Milt Palacio (born in the US, represents Belize internationally)

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Aleksandar Radojevic
• Ratko Varda
• J.R. Bremer (born in usa, represents Bosnian and Herzegovina)

[edit] Brazil

• Rafael Araújo
• Leandro Barbosa
• Rolando Ferreira
• Alex Garcia
• Nenê
• Anderson Varejão
• João Vianna
• Marcus Vinicius

[edit] Bulgaria

• Georgi Glouchkov
• Ibrahim Jaaber
• Priest Lauderdale

[edit] Cameroon

• Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje
• Luc Richard Mbah a Moute

[edit] Canada

• Joel Anthony
• Norm Baker
• Hank Biasatti (born in Italy, but a Canadian citizen)
• Ron Crevier
• Bobby Croft
• Samuel Dalembert (born in Haiti, naturalized in Canada, represents Canada internationally)
• Rick Fox (dual citizen of The Bahamas and Canada; represented Canada internationally)
• Stewart Granger
• Lars Hansen (born in Denmark, naturalized in Canada, represented Canada internationally)
• Bob Houbregs
• Todd MacCulloch
• Jamaal Magloire
• Steve Nash (born in South Africa, naturalized in Canada, represents Canada internationally)
• Leo Rautins
• Mike Smrek
• Gino Sovran
• Ernie Vandeweghe
• Bill Wennington
• Jim Zoet
• Denham Brown

[edit] China

• Mengke Bateer
• Sun Yue
• Tom Meschery (born in then Manchuria, ethnic Russian, eventually a naturalized U.S. citizen)
• Wang Zhizhi
• Yao Ming
• Yi Jianlian

[edit] Republic of China

• Joe Alexander (born in Taiwan)

[edit] Croatia

• Dalibor Bagaric
• Gordan Giricek
• Mario Kasun
• Toni Kukoc
• Damir Markota (born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, naturalized in both Croatia and Sweden, represents Croatia internationally)
• Drazen Petrovic
• Zoran Planinic
• Dino Radja
• Bruno Sundov
• Zan Tabak
• Stojko Vrankovic
• Roko Ukic
• Goran Suton (born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, naturalized Croatian)

[edit] Czech Republic

• Jiří Welsch
• George Zidek

[edit] Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Didier Ilunga Mbenga (naturalized Belgian)
• Dikembe Mutombo

[edit] Cuba

• Lazaro Borrell
• Al Cueto
• Andres Guibert

[edit] Denmark

• David Andersen (born in Australia, also holds Danish citizenship, represents Australia internationally)
• Lars Hansen (born in Denmark, represented Canada internationally)

[edit] Dominica

• Garth Joseph

[edit] Dominican Republic

• Luis Flores
• Francisco García
• Al Horford
• Tito Horford
• Felipe López
• Charlie Villanueva (born in the US, represents Dominican Republic internationally)
• Trevor Ariza (born in the US, Dominican descent)
• Sammy Mejia

[edit] Egypt

• Alaa Abdelnaby (naturalized U.S. citizen)

[edit] Estonia

• Martin Müürsepp

[edit] Finland

• Hanno Möttölä

[edit] France

Main article: List of French NBA players

• Alexis Ajinça
• Nicolas Batum
• Boris Diaw
• Yakhouba Diawara
• Mickaël Gelabale
• Ian Mahinmi
• Tony Parker (born in Belgium)
• Johan Petro
• Mickaël Piétrus
• Ronny Turiaf
• Tariq Abdul-Wahad (born Olivier Saint-Jean)
• Cozell McQueen
• Jérôme Moïso
• Antoine Rigaudeau
• Michael Stewart
• Dominique Wilkins (born in France while his father was stationed there with the U.S. Air Force)
• Howard Carter (born in USA, represented to France)

Even though Joakim Noah has a French passport, he is not considered an "international" player by the NBA because he was born in New York City (he also attended high school and college in the USA). Under FIBA rules, Noah can qualify for any of four national teams—the USA by birth, France through his father, Sweden through his mother, and Cameroon through his paternal grandfather. He has recently elected to join the French national basketball team.

[edit] Gabon

• Stephane Lasme

[edit] Georgia

• Zaza Pachulia (dual citizen of Georgia and Turkey; represents Georgia internationally)
• Vladimir Stepania
• Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis (born in Georgia and raised in Greece; dual citizen of both countries, but represents Greece internationally)
• Nikoloz Tskitishvili
• Shammond Williams (born in US, represented Georgia internationally)
• Melvin Sanders (born in USA, naturalized Georgian)

[edit] Germany

• Carlos Boozer
• Uwe Blab
• Shawn Bradley (born with dual Germany-U.S. citizenship; represented Germany internationally)
• Frido Frey
• Chris Kaman (born in the US, represents Germany internationally)
• Dirk Nowitzki
• Detlef Schrempf
• Kiki Vandeweghe (born with dual Germany-U.S. citizenship)
• Christian Welp
• John Brown
• Kent Edelin
• Jo Jo English
• Duane Washington
• Donte Greene
• Anthony Randolph (born in Germany, U.S. citizenship)

[edit] Greece

• Efthimios Rentzias
• Vasileios Spanoulis
• Antonios Fotsis
• Andreas Glyniadakis
• Kosta Koufos (born in U.S.; born with dual Greek-U.S. citizenship; represented Greece internationally)
• Jake Tsakalidis (born in Georgia; raised in Greece; Greek decents; represented Greece internationally)
• Lou Tsioropoulos (born in U.S.; Greek decents)
• Kurt Rambis (born in U.S.; born with dual Greek-U.S. citizenship; represented Greece internationally)

[edit] Guyana

• Rawle Marshall
• Jason Miskiri

[edit] Haiti

• Samuel Dalembert (raised in Canada and naturalized in that country)
• Olden Polynice (raised in the United States)
• Yvon Joseph

[edit] Hungary

• Kornél Dávid

[edit] Iceland

• Petur Gudmundsson
• Jon Stefansson

[edit] Iran

• Hamed Haddadi

[edit] Ireland

• Pat Burke
• Marty Conlon (born and raised in the U.S., represented Ireland internationally)

[edit] Israel

• Omri Casspi

[edit] Italy

• Andrea Bargnani
• Marco Belinelli
• Mike D'Antoni (born and raised in the U.S., represented Italy internationally)
• Vinny Del Negro (born and raised in the U.S., naturalized in Italy)
• Vincenzo Esposito
• Danilo Gallinari
• Stefano Rusconi

[edit] Jamaica

• Rumeal Robinson
• Wayne Sappleton
• Gary Voce

[edit] Japan

• J. R. Henderson (American who naturalized in Japan, changing his name to J. R. Sakuragi)
• Yuta Tabuse

[edit] Latvia

• Andris Biedrins
• Gundars Vetra

[edit] Lebanon

• Rony Seikaly (born with dual Lebanon-U.S. citizenship; raised in Greece; represented the U.S. internationally)
• Steve Kerr (born with dual Lebanon-U.S. citizenship; represented the U.S. internationally)
• Matt Freije (represents Lebanon internationally)
• Jackson Vroman (represents Lebanon internationally)

[edit] Lithuania

• Martynas Andriuskevicius
• Zydrunas Ilgauskas
• Sarunas Jasikevicius
• Linas Kleiza
• Arvydas Macijauskas
• Sarunas Marciulionis
• Arvydas Sabonis
• Darius Songaila

[edit] Luxembourg

• Alvin Jones

[edit] Macedonia

• Darius Washington (U.S. citizen naturalized in Macedonia; represents Macedonia internationally)
• Mirsad Hott (Canadian citized naturalized in Macedonia; represents Macedonia internationally, neighbours with the former president of Macedonia, played for the West Kildonan Collegiate Wolverines)

[edit] Mali

• Soumaila Samake
• Ousmane Cisse

[edit] Mexico

• Horacio Llamas
• Eduardo Nájera
• Romel Beck

[edit] Montenegro

Main article: List of Montenegrin NBA players

• Žarko Čabarkapa (also a Serbian citizen, represented Montenegro internationally)
• Predrag Drobnjak
• Predrag Savović
• Slavko Vraneš (also a Serbian citizen, represents Montenegro internationally)
• Omar Cook (born in Usa, represents Montenegro internationally)

[edit] Morocco

• Mike Flynn (U.S. citizen, grew up in Jeffersonville, Indiana)

[edit] Netherlands

• Hank Beenders
• Francisco Elson
• Dan Gadzuric
• Geert Hammink
• Swen Nater
• Henk Norel
• Rik Smits
• Serge Zwikker

[edit] New Zealand

• Sean Marks
• Kirk Penney

[edit] Nigeria

• Peter Aluma
• Kelenna Azubuike (born in UK, raised in U.S.)
• Yinka Dare
• Obinna Ekezie
• Julius Nwosu
• Hakeem Olajuwon (naturalized U.S. citizen; represented the U.S. internationally)
• Michael Olowokandi (raised in England)
• Olumide Oyedeji
• Ime Udoka (born in the US)
• Emeka Okafor (born in the US)
• Ike Diogu (born in US, Nigerian descents)

[edit] Norway

• Torgeir Bryn

[edit] Panama

• Rolando Blackman (naturalized U.S. citizen; represented the U.S. internationally)
• Ruben Garces
• Stuart Gray
• Lorenzo Charles (born in the U.S., represented Panama internationally)

[edit] Poland

• Marcin Gortat
• Maciej Lampe
• Cezary Trybański
• Lee Knorek

[edit] Puerto Rico

• Carlos Arroyo
• Jose Juan Barea
• Guillermo Diaz
• Butch Lee
• Jose "Piculin" Ortiz
• Peter John Ramos
• Ramon Rivas
• Daniel Santiago
• Elias Larry Ayuso
• Rick Apodaca

[edit] Republic of the Congo

• Serge Ibaka

[edit] Romania

• Ernie Grunfeld (raised in Queens, naturalized in the U.S., and represented the U.S. internationally)
• Gheorghe Mureşan

[edit] Russia

• Sergei Bazarevich
• Viktor Khryapa
• Andrei Kirilenko
• Yaroslav Korolev
• Sergei Monia
• Pavel Podkolzin
• Travis Hansen (born in Usa, represents Russia internationally)

[edit] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Adonal Foyle (naturalized U.S. citizen)

[edit] Senegal

• DeSagana Diop
• Pape Sow
• Mamadou N'Diaye
• Boniface N'Dong
• Cheikh Samb
• Mouhamed Sene
• Makhtar N'Diaye

[edit] Serbia

Main article: List of Serbian NBA players

• Miloš Babić
• Radisav Čurčić
• Predrag "Sasha" Danilović
• Vlade Divac
• Žarko Paspalj
• Aleksandar "Sasha" Djordjević
• Mile Ilić
• Marko Jarić (also a Greek citizen, represented Serbia internationally)
• Nenad Krstić
• Darko Miličić
• Aleksandar Pavlović (born in Montenegro)
• Kosta Perović
• Vladimir Radmanović
• Žarko Čabarkapa (also a Montenergin citizen, represented Montenegro internationally)
• Igor Rakočević
• Željko Rebrača
• Predrag "Peja" Stojaković (also a Greek citizen, represented Serbia internationally)
• Dragan Tarlać (also a Greek citizen, represented Serbia internationally)
• Rastko Cvetković

[edit] Slovakia

• Richard Petruska

[edit] Slovenia

• Primoz Brezec
• Goran Dragic
• Marko Milic
• Bostjan Nachbar
• Rasho Nesterovic
• Beno Udrih
• Uros Slokar
• Sasha Vujacic

[edit] South Africa

• Steve Nash (born in South Africa, but raised in and naturalized in Canada, and represented Canada internationally)

[edit] South Korea

• Ha Seung-Jin

[edit] Spain

• José Calderón
• Rudy Fernández
• Jorge Garbajosa
• Marc Gasol
• Pau Gasol
• Raúl López
• Fernando Martín
• Juan Carlos Navarro
• Sergio Rodríguez
• Wally Szczerbiak (born in Spain, U.S. citizen)
• Arron Afflalo (born in Usa, jamaican, spanish and portuguese descents)

[edit] Sudan

• Manute Bol
• Luol Deng (born in Sudan, naturalized in the United Kingdom; represents the UK in FIBA competitions and England in the Commonwealth Games)
• Deng Gai

[edit] Sweden

• Damir Markota (born in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina, naturalized in both Croatia and Sweden, represents Croatia internationally)
• Miles Simon (born in Sweden with dual U.S.-Swedish citizenship)
• Jonas Jerebko

[edit] Switzerland

• Thabo Sefolosha

[edit] Tanzania

• Hasheem Thabeet

[edit] Trinidad and Tobago

• Ken Charles
• Carl Herrera (born in Trinidad and Tobago, represented Venezuela internationally)

[edit] Turkey

• Ersan İlyasova
• İbrahim Kutluay
• Mehmet Okur
• Mirsad Türkcan
• Hedo Türkoğlu
• Semih Erden

[edit] Ukraine

• Kyrylo Fesenko
• Stanislav Medvedenko
• Oleksiy Pecherov
• Vitaly Potapenko
• Alexander Volkov

[edit] United Kingdom

• John Amaechi (born in USA, raised in England)
• Robert Archibald (Scotland)
• Kelenna Azubuike (born in England, raised in USA)
• Steve Bucknall (England)
• Luol Deng (born in Sudan, raised in England)
• James Donaldson
• Ndudi Ebi (England)
• Ben Gordon (born in England, raised in USA)
• Chris Harris
• Pops Mensah-Bonsu (England)
• Michael Olowokandi (born in Nigeria, raised in England)

[edit] Uruguay

• Esteban Batista

[edit] United States Virgin Islands

• Raja Bell
• Tim Duncan (represents the U.S. internationally)
• Charles Claxton
• David Vanterpool (born in Usa, represented Virgin Islands internationally)

[edit] Venezuela

• Carl Herrera (born in Trinidad and Tobago, represented Venezuela internationally)
• Óscar Torres

[edit] Statistics

Recently, the National Basketball Association has been trying to promote its game internationally. As more and more international players are making the NBA rosters, the league is getting more attention outside of the U.S. The amount of European players has doubled in the league, just in the past 5 years.

2000-2001 Season
Percent		Country	Number of Players
89.9		USA	391
1.0		Serbia and Montenegro	4
1.0		Croatia	4
1.0		Nigeria	4

Percent		Region	Number of Players
6.0		Europe	26
1.6		Africa	7

2005-2006 Season
Percent		Country	Number of Players
81.1		USA	344
1.9		Serbia and Montenegro	8
1.4		Slovenia	6
1.4		Lithuania	6
1.2		France	5

Percent		Region	Number of Players
12.3		Europe	52
2.1		South America	9
1.6		Africa	7
1.2		Caribbean	5

The team that had the most non-American players for the season are the San Antonio Spurs (7) 2000-2001 Roster

The team that had the most overseas born players for the season are the Toronto Raptors.