List of basketball players who died during their careers

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This is a list of all notable basketball players who died while on a team roster, as a free agent, or while not rostered, but still seeking work, playing for a national team, or otherwise not retired. Many of them died in accidents such as car or plane crashes. Some suffered sudden cardiac death, which has a higher incidence in basketball among young athletes. [1] [2] Some suffered from the heart condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, [3] which is more common in African Americans. Basketball has a considerably higher ratio of African-Americans than other sports. [4] Other deaths were caused by drug abuse. [5]

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Included are players in the NBA, college, and other leagues. Players who died following the conclusion of their career should not be included. Players are listed with the team for which they last played before death, rather than the team with which the player spent most of their playing career.

Basketball teams may honor active players who died by bestowing upon them a posthumous honor of a retired number.

Deaths of active players with individually notable careers

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
NameAgePositionTeamLeagueCause of DeathYearRef.
Davide Ancilotto 23 Shooting guard Virtus Roma Lega Basket Serie A brain ischemia1997 [6]
Nilay Aydoğan 30 Forward Çankaya Üniversitesi Women's Basketball Super League earthquake 2023 [7]
Ricky Berry 24 Small forward Sacramento Kings NBA suicide by gunshot1989 [8]
Len Bias 22 Small forward Boston Celtics NBA heart attack (drug induced)1986 [9]
Haris Brkić 26 Small forward Partizan YUBA homicide by gunshot2000 [10]
Gilbert Bulawan 29 Power forward / center Blackwater Elite PBA heart enlargement (collapsed during practice)2016 [11]
Terrence Clarke 19 Shooting guard Kentucky Wildcats NCAA car crash2021 [12]
Jason Collier 28 Center Atlanta Hawks NBA heart enlargement2005 [13]
Bryce Dejean-Jones 23 Shooting guard New Orleans Pelicans NBA gunshot2016 [14]
Patrick Dennehy 21 Center Baylor Bears NCAA homicide by gunshot2003 [15]
Kenny Ejim 27 Power forward Al-Najma Bahraini Premier League unknown2022 [16]
Wayne Estes 21 Forward Utah State Aggies NCAA accidental electrocution1965 [17]
Lavelle Felton 29 Shooting guard Paderborn Baskets ProA homicide by gunshot2009 [18]
Scott Fenton 24 Shooting guard Perth Wildcats NBL car crash1989 [19]
Ryan Francis 19 Point guard USC Trojans NCAA homicide by gunshot2006 [20]
Oscar Frayer 23 Forward Grand Canyon Antelopes NCAA car crash2021 [21]
Terry Furlow 25 Small forward / shooting guard Utah Jazz NBA car crash1980 [22]
Hank Gathers 23 Forward Loyola Marymount Lions NCAA heart condition (collapsed during game)1990 [23]
Eddie Griffin 25 Power forward / center Minnesota Timberwolves NBA car crash2007 [24]
Huck Hartman 25 Center Youngstown Bears NBL pneumonia1946 [25]
Lauren Hill 19 Forward Mount St. Joseph Lions NCAA brain cancer2015 [26]
Tyler Honeycutt 27 Small forward BC Khimki EuroLeague suicide by gunshot2018 [27]
Zoltán Horváth 30 Power forward / center Falco Szombathely Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A car crash (on his way to practice)2009 [28]
Stevan Jelovac 32 Power forward / center AEK Athens Greek Basket League stroke (collapsed during practice)2021 [29]
Chuck Karmarkovich 24 Forward / center Johnstown ClippersAABLcar crash1951 [30]
Radivoj Korać 30 Power forward Petrarca Padova Serie A car crash1969 [31]
Connie Kunzmann 24 Forward Nebraska Wranglers WPBL homicide by stabbing1981 [32]
Wendell Ladner 26 Forward New York Nets ABA plane crash 1975 [33]
Reggie Lewis 27 Small forward Boston Celtics NBA cardiac arrest secondary to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (collapsed during practice)1993 [34]
Fernando Martín Espina 27 Power forward / center Real Madrid Baloncesto Liga ACB car crash1989 [35]
Jovan Manović 29 Point guard AS Prishtina KBS homicide by gunshot2007 [36]
Conrad McRae 29 Power forward / center Orlando Magic NBA heart enlargement (collapsed during practice)2000 [37] [38]
Fab Melo 26 Center Brasília NBB heart attack (died in sleep)2017 [39]
Michael Ojo 27 Center Crvena zvezda ABA heart attack (collapsed during practice)2020 [40]
Ruslan Otverchenko 33 Shooting guard Budivelnyk European North Basketball League heart complications2023 [41]
Adreian Payne 31 Center / power forward Juventus Utena LKL homicide by gunshot2022 [42]
Kim Perrot 32 Point guard Houston Comets WNBA lung cancer1999 [43]
Dražen Petrović 28 Shooting guard New Jersey Nets NBA car crash1993 [44]
Mark Petteway 27 Small forward / power forward Apollon Patras Greek Basket League suicide by gunshot1989 [45]
Bobby Phills 30 Shooting guard Charlotte Hornets NBA car crash2000 [46]
Shawntinice Polk 22 Center University of Arizona NCAA pulmonary embolism2005 [47]
Slobodan Popović 24 Forward Crvena zvezda Yugoslav League groin injury complication1968 [48]
John Postley 30 Forward / center Wilkes-Barre Barons EPBL heart attack1970 [49]
Katrina Price 23 Shooting guard Philadelphia Rage ABL suicide by gunshot1999 [50]
Trajko Rajković 32 Center OKK Beograd KLS heart defect (died in his sleep 4 days after winning the FIBA World Championship)1970 [51]
Bill Robinzine 29 Power forward Utah Jazz NBA suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning1982 [52]
Danny Rumph 19 Point guard Western Kentucky NCAA Cardiac arrest due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 2005 [53] [54]
Malik Sealy 30 Small forward / shooting guard Minnesota Timberwolves NBA car crash2000 [55]
Abraham Sie 22 Point guard DUC Nationale 1 unknown2022 [56]
Marvin Stone 26 Center Al-Ittihad SPL heart attack (collapsed during halftime)2008 [57]
Chris Street 20 Power forward Iowa Hawkeyes NCAA car crash1993 [58]
Tauras Stumbrys 34 Point guard Atletas Kaunas LKL heart attack (collapsed during game)2004 [59]
Örlygur Aron Sturluson 18 Point guard Njarðvík Úrvalsdeild karla accidental fall2000 [60]
Caleb Swanigan 25 Power forward / center Portland Trail Blazers (formerly) NBA natural causes2022 [61]
Jānis Timma 32 Small forward / Shooting guard Monbus Obradoiro Liga ACB suicide2024 [62]
Robert Traylor 34 Power forward / center Vaqueros de Bayamón BSN heart attack2011 [63]
Zeke Upshaw 26 Small forward Grand Rapids Drive G League cardiac arrest (collapsed during game)2018 [64]
Nick Vanos 24 Center Phoenix Suns NBA plane crash 1987 [65]
Alexandros Varitimiadis 28 Power forward Raiffeisen Dornbirn Lions Basketball Zweite Liga cancer2023 [66]
Ludovic Vaty 34 Power forward / center TOAC Basket  [ fr ]Nationale masculine 2heart attack2023 [67]
Luciano Vendemini 24 Center ChinaMartini Torino Lega Basket Serie A heart failure (undiagnosed Marfan's syndrome)1977 [68]
Heino Veskila 22 Forward Tartu Dünamoexecuted by German occupation forces during World War II1941 [69]
Ben Wilson 17 Guard / forward Simeon Career Academy Class AAhomicide1984 [70]
Michael Wright 35 Power forward Cholet LNB Pro A homicide2015 [71]
Olga Yakovleva 24 Center Vologda-Chevakata Russian Superleague 1 drowning2010 [72]

Evansville Purple Aces plane crash

Fourteen members of the 1977–78 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team died in a plane crash on December 13, 1977, along with fifteen others including head coach Bobby Watson. The players killed were:

Freshman David Furr, the lone member of the team who did not board Air Indiana Flight 216, died two weeks later in a car crash, meaning all the members of the team died during the 1977–78 season. [73]

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