List of members of the FIBA Hall of Fame

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The FIBA Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill, all-time great teams, all-time great coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the sport of basketball.

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Inductees

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Also elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Male players

In total, 72 men have been inducted.

YearInducteeNationalityPos.AchievementsRef.
2007
Alexander Belov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
C
[1]
2007
Sergei Belov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
SG
2007
Emiliano Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
SF
List of achievements
2007
Bill Russell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
C
2007
Radivoj Korać Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
PF
List of achievements
2007
Krešimir Ćosić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
C
List of achievements
2007
Teófilo Cruz Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
C
List of achievements
2007
Dražen Dalipagić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
SF
[2]
2007
Ivo Daneu Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
PG
2007
Mirza Delibašić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
SG
2007
Oscar Furlong Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
C
List of achievements
2007
Nikos Galis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
SG
[3]
2007
Fernando Martín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
C/PF
2007
Pierluigi Marzorati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
PG
List of achievements
2007
Amaury Pasos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
PF
2007
Dražen Petrović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
SG/PG
2009
Bira Maciel Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
PF/C
List of achievements
2009
Ricardo González Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
SG
List of achievements
2009
Oscar Robertson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
PG
2010
Dragan Kićanović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
SG
List of achievements
[4]
2010
Vlade Divac Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
C
[5]
2010
Dino Meneghin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
C
List of achievements
2010
Arvydas Sabonis Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
C
2010
Oscar Schmidt Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
SG/SF
List of achievements
2013
David Robinson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
C
2013
Zoran Slavnić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
PG
List of achievements
2013
Andrew Gaze Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
SG
List of achievements
2013
Jean-Jacques Conceição Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
PF
List of achievements
2015
Ruperto Herrera Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
SG/SF
List of achievements
2015
Michael Jordan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
SG/SF
2015
Šarūnas Marčiulionis Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
SG
2015
Antoine Rigaudeau Flag of France.svg  France
PG/SG
List of achievements
2015
Vladimir Tkachenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
C
List of achievements
2016
Panagiotis Fasoulas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
C
[6]
2016
Hakeem Olajuwon Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
C
2016
Juan Antonio San Epifanio Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
SF
List of achievements
2016
Manuel Raga Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
SG
List of achievements
2017
Miki Berkovich Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
SG
List of achievements
2017
Pero Cameron Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
PF/C
List of achievements
2017
Valdis Valters Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
PG
List of achievements
    • EuroBasket MVP (1981)
    • 9× Latvian League champion (1974, 1979, 1982, 1984–1986, 1992, 1993, 1996)
2017
Toni Kukoč Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
SF/PF
2017
Shaquille O'Neal Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
C
2019
Atanas Golomeev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
C
List of achievements
[7]
2019
Alonzo Mourning Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
C
[7]
2019
Fabricio Oberto Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
C
[7]
2019
José Ortiz Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
C
List of achievements
[7]
2019
Mohsen Medhat Warda Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
C
[7]
2019
Jiří Zídek Sr. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
C
[8]
2020
Mieczysław Łopatka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
SF
List of achievements
2020
Steve Nash Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
PG
2020
Modestas Paulauskas Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
SF
2020
Kenichi Sako Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
PG
2020
Sasha Volkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
PF/C
2020
Jure Zdovc Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
PG
2021
Mathieu Faye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
PG
List of achievements
2021
Panagiotis Giannakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
PG / SG
List of achievements
2021
Stanislav Kropilák Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
F/C
List of achievements
2021
Oscar Moglia Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
SF
List of achievements
2021
Detlef Schrempf Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
SF/PF
2021
Sergei Tarakanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
SF/PF
List of achievements
2023
Ângelo Victoriano Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
C
List of achievements
    2023
    Sony Hendrawan Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
    SF
    List of achievements
      2023
      Wlamir Marques Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
      SF
      List of achievements
      2023
      Zurab Sakandelidze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
      Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
      PG/SG
      List of achievements
        2023
        Caloy Loyzaga Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
        C
        List of achievements
        2023
        Yao Ming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
        C
        List of achievements
          2024
          Reggie Miller Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          2024
          Kirk Penney Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
          2024
          Romain Sato Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
          2024
          Pedja Stojakovic Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia

          Male teams

          Class of 2017 [9]
          Flag of the United States.svg United States Men's Dream Team at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games - Gold medal icon.svg Gold
          Starters
          PG #15 Magic Johnson SG #9 Michael Jordan SF #7 Larry Bird PF #14 Charles Barkley C #6 Patrick Ewing
          Bench
          PG #12 John Stockton SG #10 Clyde Drexler SF #8 Scottie Pippen
          SF #13 Chris Mullin
          PF #11 Karl Malone
          PF #4 Christian Laettner
          C #5 David Robinson
          Coaches
          Head coach
          Chuck Daly
          Assistant coach
          Mike Krzyzewski
          Assistant coach
          Lenny Wilkens
          Assistant coach
          P. J. Carlesimo

          Female players

          In total, 33 women have been inducted.

          YearInducteeNationalityPos.AchievementsRef.
          2007
          Liliana Ronchetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
          SG
          [1]
          2007
          Vanya Voynova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
          C
          2007
          Uljana Semjonova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
          Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
          C
          2007
          Hortência Marcari Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
          SG
          2007
          Ann Meyers Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          SG
          2009
          Jacky Chazalon Flag of France.svg  France
          PG
          2010
          Cheryl Miller Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          SF/PF
          2010
          Natalya Zasulskaya Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
          Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
          PF
          2013
          Teresa Edwards Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          SG
          2013
          Paula Gonçalves Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
          PG
          2015
          Anne Donovan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          C
          2016
          Michele Timms Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
          PG
          2017
          Razija Mujanović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
          Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
          C
          2019
          Janeth Arcain Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
          SG
          [7]
          2019
          Margo Dydek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
          C
          [7]
          2020
          Isabelle Fijalkowski Flag of France.svg  France
          PF
          2020
          Ágnes Németh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
          C
          2020
          Shin-Ja Park Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
          2021
          Hana Horáková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
          SG
          2021
          Penka Stoyanova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
          C
          2021
          Zheng Haixia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
          C
          2022
          Lisa Leslie Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          C
          2022
          Robyn Maher Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
          SG
          2022
          Catarina Pollini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
          PF/C
          2022
          Jurgita Štreimikytė-Virbickienė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
          SF
          2022
          Mame Maty Mbengue Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
          C
          2023
          Yuko Oga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
          PG
          2023
          Katrina McClain Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          PF
          2023
          Amaya Valdemoro Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
          SF
          2023
          Penny Taylor Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
          SF
          2024
          Miao Lijie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
          2024
          Danira Nakic-Bilic Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
          2024
          Skaidrite Smildzina-Budovska Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia

          Male coaches

          In total, 30 individuals, have been inducted as male coaches.

          YearInducteeNationalityAchievementsRef.
          2007
          Antonio Díaz-Miguel Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
          2007
          Alexander Gomelsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
          Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
          2007
          Henry "Hank" Iba Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          2007
          Vladimir Kondrashin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
          Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
          2007
          Aleksandar Nikolić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
          Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
          2007
          Giancarlo Primo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
          2007
          Dean Smith Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          2007
          Togo Renan Soares "Kanela" Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
          2007
          Ranko Žeravica Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
          Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
          2009
          Pedro Ferrándiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
          2009
          Pete Newell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
          Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          2010
          Evgeny Gomelsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
          Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
          2010
          Lindsay Gaze Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
          2010
          Mirko Novosel Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
          Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
          2013
          John "Jack" Donohue Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
          2013
          Cesare Rubini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
          2016
          Jorge Hugo Canavesi Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
          2017
          Dušan Ivković Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
          Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
          2019
          Bogdan Tanjević Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
          Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
          [12]
          2019
          Mou Zuoyun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [13]
          2020
          Svetislav Pešić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
          2020
          Rubén Magnano Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
          2021
          Chuck Daly Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          2021
          Tom Maher Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
          2021
          Ettore Messina Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
          2022
          Geno Auriemma Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          2022
          Antonio Carlos Barbosa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
          2022
          Milan Vasojević Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
          2023
          Alessandro "Sandro" Gamba Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
          2024
          Dan Peterson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States

          NB:

          Female coaches

          In total, 8 individuals, have been inducted as female coaches.

          YearInducteeNationalityAchievementsRef.
          2007
          Lidiya Alekseyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
          2009
          Kay Yow Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          2013
          Pat Summitt Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          2015
          Jan Stirling Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
          2019
          Natália Hejková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
          [7]
          2020
          Tara VanDerveer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          2022
          María Planas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
          2023
          Valérie Garnier Flag of France.svg  France

          Technical officials (referees)

          In total, 14 individuals, have been inducted as technical officials.

          YearInducteeNationalityAchievementsRef.
          2007
          Obrad Belošević Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
          • FIBA Silver Whistle Award (1977)
          2007
          Mario Hopenhaym Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
          2007
          Ervin Kassai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
          2007
          Vladimir Kostin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
          2007
          Allen Rae Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
          2007
          Pietro Reverberi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
          2007
          Renato Righetto Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
          2009
          Artenik Arabadjian Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
          • FIBA Silver Whistle Award (1976)
          2009
          Marcel Pfeuti Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
          2010
          Jim Bain Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          2010
          Konstantinos Dimou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
          • FIBA Golden Whistle Award (1982)
          2013
          Valentin Lazarov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
          2013
          Costas Rigas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
          2015
          Robert Blanchard Flag of France.svg  France

          Contributors

          National federations (8)

          The original eight founding member national basketball federations of FIBA, in 1932.

          YearInducteeMajor ContributionRef.
          2007
          Flag of Argentina.svg Argentine Federation Founding member of FIBA
          2007
          Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovak FederationFounding member of FIBA
          2007
          Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greek Federation Founding member of FIBA
          2007
          Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italian Federation Founding member of FIBA
          2007
          Flag of Latvia.svg Latvian Federation Founding member of FIBA
          2007
          Flag of Portugal.svg Portuguese Federation Founding member of FIBA
          2007
          Flag of Romania.svg Romanian Federation Founding member of FIBA
          2007
          Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Swiss Federation Founding member of FIBA

          Inductees (35)

          YearInducteeNationalityRoleAchievementsRef.
          2007
          Nebojša Popović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
          Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
          2007
          Radomir Šaper Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
          Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
          2007
          Borislav Stanković Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
          Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
          2007
          Anselmo López Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
          2007
          Raimundo Saporta Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
          2007
          Willard N. Greim Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          • President of the AAU (1944–1947).
          • Head of Joint Basketball Rules Committee, 1947
          • President of FIBA (1948–1960)
          2007
          Edward S. Steitz Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          2007
          Decio Scuri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
          2007
          Antonio dos Reis Carneiro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
          • President of FIBA (1960–1968)
          2007
          José Cláudio dos Reis Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
          2007
          Abdel Azim Ashry Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
          2007
          Abdel Moneim Wahby Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
          • President of FIBA (1968–1976)
          2007
          Nikolai Semashko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
          2007
          Robert Busnel Flag of France.svg  France
          2007
          Renato William Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
          2007
          Turgut Atakol Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
          2007
          Marian Kozłowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
          2007
          Ferenc Hepp Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
          2007
          August Pitzl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
          2007
          Léon Bouffard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
          • President of FIBA (1932–1948)
          2007
          James Naismith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
          Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          • Inventor of the sport of basketball
          2007
          Eduardo Airaldi Rivarola Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
          2007
          Dionisio "Chito" Calvo Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
          2007
          Yoshimi Ueda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
          2007
          Yoon Duk-joo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
          2009
          Al Ramsay Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
          2009
          Luis Martín Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
          2010
          George Killian Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
          2010
          Ernesto Segura de Luna Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
          2010
          Hans-Joachim Otto Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
          2010
          Abdoulaye Sèye Moreau Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
          2013
          Aldo Vitale Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
          2015
          Noah Klieger Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
          2016
          Juan Antonio Samaranch Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
          2016
          David Stern Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States

          Current candidates

          These basketball players and coaches are eligible candidates to possibly become FIBA Hall of Fame inductees in the future. [17]

          Male player candidates (64)

          Female player candidates (28)

          Male coach candidates (27)

          See also

          References

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          4. "Dragan KIĆANOVIĆ (2010 Class)". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
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          9. Dream Team, Shaq and Kukoc headline 2017 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame Inductees.
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          11. 1 2 HALL OF FAMERS COACHES.
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          13. "2019 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame: Mou Zuoyun".
          14. HALL OF FAMERS OFFICIALS.
          15. 8 Founding Federations.
          16. HALL OF FAMERS CONTRIBUTORS.
          17. FIBA HALL OF FAME FOR THOSE WHO MADE THE GAME Candidates.