Players
| Year | Inductees | Pos. | Achievements | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Chuck Hyatt | G | National championship (Pittsburgh, 1928, 1930); College All-America (1929, 1930); Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1930) | [3] |
| 1959 | Hank Luisetti | F | 3 Pacific Coast Conference championships (Stanford, 1936–38); National championship (Stanford, 1937); Helm's Foundation Player of the Year (1937–38); 2-time All-America (1937–38) | [4] |
| 1959 | George Mikan | C | All-America (DePaul, 1944–45); All-NBA First-Team (1950–54); 4-time NBA All-Star (1951–54); NBL/NBA Championships (Chicago Gears, 1947; Minneapolis Lakers, 1948–50, 1952–54) | [5] |
| 1959 | John Schommer | G | Big Ten Championships (Chicago, 1907–09); All-America (1907–09); Mythical U.S. championship (Chicago, 1908); officiated Big Ten games (1911–40) | [6] |
| 1960 | Vic Hanson | G | Helms Foundation Championship (Syracuse, 1926); Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1927); Grantland Rice's All-Time, All-America Team (1952); played with ABL's Cleveland Rosenblums (1927–30) | [7] |
| 1960 | Ed Macauley | C-F | All-America (Saint Louis, 1948–49); Associated Press College Player of the Year (1949); MVP, NIT championship team (1949); All-NBA First-Team (1951–53); NBA Champion (1958) | [8] |
| 1960 | Branch McCracken | F | Led Indiana in scoring (1928–30); All-Big Ten First Team (1928–30); set the Big Ten record for points (147) as a senior (1930); Helms Foundation All-America (1930); Coach of the Year (1940, 1953) | [9] |
| 1960 | Charles Murphy | C | Big Ten co-championships (Purdue, 1928–29); Helms Foundation All-America (1929–30); set Big Ten scoring record of 143 points (1929); Big Ten Championship (1930) | [10] |
| 1960 | John Wooden | G | Helms Foundation All-America (Purdue, 1930–32); Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1932); National championship (Purdue, 1932); All-NBL First Team (1938) | [11] |
| 1961 | Bennie Borgmann | G | #1 scorer in the 1920s; earned fifteen scoring titles with various leagues (1922–35); led the Patterson Legionnaires and Kingston Colonials to league titles (1923); played in nearly 3,000 basketball games | [12] |
| 1961 | Forrest DeBernardi | C | AAU championships (Kansas City Athletic Club, 1921, Hillyard Shine Alls, 1926–27, Cook Paint Company, 1928–29); 7-time AAU All-America | [13] |
| 1961 | Bob Kurland | C | All-America (1944–46); NCAA Championships (Oklahoma A&M, 1945–46); Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1946); first 2-time Olympic Gold Medal winner (1948, 1952) | [14] |
| 1961 | Andy Phillip | G-F | Consensus two-time All-America (1943, 1947); National College Player of the Year (Illinois, 1943); 5 championship finals (1947, 1955–58); 5-time BAA/NBA All-Star (1951–55) | [15] |
| 1961 | John Roosma | G | 3-time All-American selection at Army; 3-time All-Eastern selection at Army; led the Cadets to a 73–13 record and 33 consecutive wins; led Passaic High School to New Jersey State championships (1919–21) | [16] |
| 1961 | Chris Steinmetz | G | Led Wisconsin National Championship Game (1905); Western championship (1905); charter member of Helms Foundation Hall of Fame; enshrined in Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame | [17] |
| 1961 | Ed Wachter | C | Played 8 different leagues and with independent teams (1899–1924); Member Troy championship team in Hudson River (1910–11) and New York State Leagues (1912–13, 1915); credited by many with inventing the bounce pass; chosen All-America basketball center by leading basketball authorities of the era | [18] |
| 1962 | Jack McCracken | F | Second place in National High School Tournament in Chicago (Classen High School, 1929); 8-time AAU All-America (1932, 1935, 1937–39, 1940, 1942, 1945); 3 AAU national titles (1937, 1939, 1942) | [19] |
| 1962 | Pat Page | G | 1 National AAU title (University of Chicago, 1907); 3 National championships (1908, 1909, 1910); Helms Foundation All-America (1908–10); Helms Foundation National Player of the Year (1910) | [20] |
| 1962 | Barney Sedran | G | Shortest player to be inducted in the Hall of Fame; 1 Hudson Valley League championship (Newburgh, 1912); Pennsylvania League championship and 35 straight wins with Carbondale (1917); 1 New York State League championship (Albany, 1921) | [21] |
| 1962 | John Thompson | F | All-America (Montana State, 1928–30); All-Rocky Mountain Conference (1928–30); led Montana State to Helms National Championship with 35–2 record (1929); Helms Foundation National Player of the Year (1930) | [22] |
| 1963 | Robert Gruenig | C | AAU All-America First-Team (1937–40, 1942–46, 1948); AAU championship (Denver Safeway, 1937; Denver Nuggets, 1939; Denver American Legion, 1942) | [23] |
| 1964 | Bud Foster | F | All-America (1930); Big Ten Conference titles (1935, 1941, 1947); NCAA Championship (Wisconsin, 1941) | [24] |
| 1964 | Nat Holman | G | Eastern League championships (1921–22); player-coach of the Original Celtics (1926–29); American Basketball League titles (Original Celtics, 1927–28); NCAA and NIT championships as coach of City College of New York (CCNY) (1950) | [25] |
| 1964 | John Russell | G | ABL championship as a player-coach (Cleveland Rosenblums, 1926); Eastern League championship (Trenton Moose, 1933); ABL championship (New York Jewels, 1939); played in the Interstate, New York State, Pennsylvania State, Metropolitan, and American Basketball Leagues | [26] |
| 1966 | Joe Lapchick | C | Interstate League championship (Holyoke Reds, 1922); ABL championships (Original Celtics, 1927–28); American Basketball League titles (Cleveland Rosenblums, 1929–30); NIT championships as coach (St. John's, 1943–44, 1959, 1965) | [27] |
| 1969 | Dutch Dehnert | F | Famed member of the Original Celtics of New York in the 1920s, also a successful pro coach. | [28] |
| 1970 | Bob Davies | G-F | 'The Harrisburg Houdini ', star ballhandling guard of the late 1940s and early 1950s. NBA All-Star for the Rochester Royals multiple times. | [29] |
| 1971 | Bob Cousy | G | Star point guard for the Boston Celtics, known for passing and ballhandling. Six-time NBA champion as player (1957, 1959–1963); NBA Most Valuable Player (1957); 13-time NBA All-Star (1951–1963); eight-time NBA assists leader (1953–1960); member, NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team; NCAA champion (Holy Cross, 1947). | [30] |
| 1971 | Bob Pettit | F | Star NBA big man of the late 1950s and early 1960s, NBA Most Valuable Player, led 1958 Hawks to NBA title. The first NBA player to net 20,000 career points. | [31] |
| 1972 | Paul Endacott | F | Helms Athletic Foundation Championship with Kansas, 1923 Helms Athletic Foundation Player of the Year, 1923 All-Missouri Valley Conference First-Team, 1922, 1923 All-Missouri Valley Conference Second-Team, 1921 | [32] |
| 1972 | Marty Friedman | G | Hudson River Valley League championship with Newburgh Tenths, 1911–12 World Championship with Utica Utes, 1914 Pennsylvania Inter-County championship with Carbondale, 1915 New York State League championship with Albany Senators, 1919 | [33] |
| 1973 | John Beckman | G | "Iron Man" and "Babe Ruth" of basketball in the 1920s. Member of the Original Celtics. Won Interstate League championships with Patterson, Bridgeport Blue Ribbons and Nanticoke Nans | [34] |
| 1973 | Dolph Schayes | F-C | 1950s NBA star for the Syracuse Nationals, led them to 1955 NBA title. | [35] |
| 1974 | Ernest Schmidt | F | Central Conference leading scorer, 1931, 1932, 1933 All-America by College Humor Magazine,1932 AAU star with Reno Creameries and the Denver Piggly Wiggly team Second-Team AAU All-America, 1932 | [36] |
| 1975 | Joe Brennan | G | Metropolitan Basketball League championship with Brooklyn, 1922, 1924, 1925 National League championship with Brooklyn Visitations, 1927 Led Metropolitan Basketball League in scoring, 1922, 1927 Played in Eastern, New York State, Pennsylvania State, Interstate, Metropolitan, and American Basketball Leagues | [37] |
| 1975 | Bill Russell | C | Summer Olympics  Gold: 1956 11× NBA Champion (1957, 1959–1966, 1968, 1969) 12× NBA All-Star(1958–1969) 5× NBA MVP (1958, '61, '62, '63, '65) 3× All-NBA First Team Selection (1959, 1963, 1965) 8× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1958, 1960–1962, 1964, 1966–1968) 1× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1969) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) NBA 35th Anniversary Team (1980) NBA 25th Anniversary Team (1971) FIBA Hall of Fame (2007) | [38] |
| 1975 | Robert Vandivier | G | State championships with Franklin High School, 1920–22 All-State at Franklin High School, 1920, 1921, 1922 Captain of The Wonder Five, Indiana's legendary high school team All Mid-West at Franklin College, 1926 | [39] |
| 1976 | Tom Gola | G-F | major college basketball star at LaSalle in the 1950s, then star 6' 6 guard -forward for the Philadelphia Warriors in late 1950s, early 1960s. | [40] |
| 1976 | Ed Krause | C | Helms Foundation All-America at Notre Dame, 1932 Consensus Collegiate All-America, 1932, 1933, 1934 All-Western Conference, 1932, 1933, 1934 One of the first college players in history to average over ten points a game in a season, 1932–33 | [41] |
| 1976 | Bill Sharman | G | Star shooting guard for the Boston Celtics. Four-time NBA champion (1957, 1959–1961); eight-time NBA All-Star (1953–1960); member, NBA 50th Anniversary Team. | [42] |
| 1977 | Elgin Baylor | F | Gravity-defying star forward for the Minneapolis-Los Angeles Lakers in the 1960s. NBA Rookie of the Year (1959); eleven-time NBA All-Star (1959–1965, 1967–1970); member, NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team. | [43] |
| 1977 | Tarzan Cooper | C | 2x World Professional Basketball Tournament winner | [44] |
| 1977 | Lauren Gale | F | All Pacific Coast Conference First-Team, 1938, 1939 Led Pacific Coast Conference in scoring, 1938, 1939 Helms Athletic Foundation All-America, 1939 NCAA Championship with Oregon, 1939 | [45] |
| 1977 | William Johnson | C | First Team Big Six Conference at Kansas, 1932, 1933 Second Team Big Six Conference, 1931 College Humor All-America, 1933 Second Team AAU All-America, 1934 | [46] |
| 1978 | Paul Arizin | F | Line drive shooter, scoring star at Villanova, then for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1950s, 'Pitchin Paul'. | [47] |
| 1978 | Joe Fulks | F | The first Philadelphia Warriors NBA star, high scoring 6' 5 forward of the 1940s, the first major star of The Basketball Association Of America, the league that became the NBA in 1949. | [48] |
| 1978 | Cliff Hagan | F | ' Lil Abner ', remarkably tough 6' 5 forward, played college ball at Kentucky, star for the St. Louis Hawks, helped them win 1958 NBA title. Remarkable athlete, was player /coach for years, later played in the ABA in the late 1960s as well. | [49] |
| 1978 | Jim Pollard | F | 'Jumping Jim', college star at Stanford, high-leaping star forward for the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1950s. Five-time NBA champion (1949, 1950, 1952–1954); four-time NBA All-Star (1951, 1952, 1954, 1955); NCAA champion (Stanford, 1942). | [50] |
| 1979 | Wilt Chamberlain | C | 4× NBA Most Valuable Player (1960, 1966–1968) 2× NBA champion (1967, 1972) NBA Finals MVP (1972) 13× NBA All-Star (1960–1969, 1971–1973) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1960) 7× All-NBA First Team (1960–1962, 1964, 1965–1968) 3× All-NBA Second Team (1963, 1966, 1972) 2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1972–1973) 7× NBA scoring champion (1960–1966) 11× NBA rebounding champion (1960–1963, 1966–1969, 1971–1973) NBA assists leader (1968) | [51] |
| 1980 | Jerry Lucas | F-C | high school Ohio phenom, then led Ohio State to three NCAA Finals, star of 1960s USA Olympic team, all-pro big man for the Cincinnati Royals. | [52] |
| 1980 | Oscar Robertson | PG | NBA Champion (1971) NBA Most Valuable Player (1964) 12× NBA All-Star (1961–1972) 9× All-NBA First Team (1961–1969) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1970–1971) NBA Rookie of the Year(1961) NBA 35th Anniversary Team (1980) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) FIBA Hall of Fame (2009) First and one of two NBA players to average a triple double in one full season (1962) | [53] |
| 1980 | Jerry West | G | Star guard for the Los Angeles Lakers. One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996); NBA Champion (1972); NBA Finals MVP (1969), the only player in history to receive the honor while playing on the losing team; 14-time NBA All-Star (1961–'74); NBA scoring champion (1970); selected an All-Star every year of his career; NBA 35th Anniversary Team (1980); appeared in the NBA Finals nine times; Olympic gold medalist (1960); the NBA league logo is modeled after West's silhouette. | [54] |
| 1981 | Tom Barlow | C | Defeated Original Celtics and New York Rens as a member of Philadelphia SPHAS, 1926 Played in first professional game at the old Madison Square Garden Played under Hall of Fame coach Eddie Gottlieb with Philadelphia SPHAS and Warriors Known as basketball's first enforcer | [55] |
| 1982 | Hal Greer | G | consistent star scorer for the Philadelphia 76ers, NBA all-star | [56] |
| 1982 | Slater Martin | G | star ball handler for the title-winning Minneapolis Lakers of the 1950s, then also the 1958 St. Louis Hawks. | [57] |
| 1982 | Frank Ramsey | F-G | star forward at Kentucky then for the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 1960s.The first of Red Auerbach's ' Sixth Man ' stars. | [58] |
| 1982 | Willis Reed | C | star big man who starred at Grambling, then for the New York Knickerbockers. Led Knicks to 1970 NBA title. Later also a pro coach. | [59] |
| 1983 | Bill Bradley | F-G | Three-time All-American at Princeton (1963–65); Olympic gold medal (1964); USBWA College Player of the Year (1965); NCAA Tournament MOP (1965); Sullivan Award as top amateur athlete in the U.S. (1965); Rhodes Scholar; European Champions Cup (now EuroLeague) title with Simmenthal Milan (1966); two NBA titles (New York Knicks, 1970, 1973); first player ever to win Olympic gold medal, EuroLeague title, and NBA title | [60] |
| 1983 | Dave DeBusschere | F | ' Defensive Dave ', All-American for U. Of Detroit, then an NBA star for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knickerbockers. The youngest player / coach in NBA history for Detroit, age 24. Later, also commissioner of the ABA. | [61] |
| 1983 | Jack Twyman | F | All-America at Cincinnati (1955); six-time NBA All-Star (1957–60, 1962–63); twice Second Team All-NBA (1960, 1962); among the NBA's top 15 scorers for eight seasons. Also known for serving as guardian of former teammate Maurice Stokes from his crippling head injury in 1958 until his death in 1970. | [62] |
| 1984 | John Havlicek | F | ' Hondo ', legendary basketball athlete, ' Sixth Man ' star for the title-winning Boston Celtics, then star forward as starter. Played 17 years, scored over 25,000 NBA points. | [63] |
| 1984 | Sam Jones | G | Star shooting guard from small college in North Carolina 10× NBA champion (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969). | [64] |
| 1985 | Al Cervi | G-F | tough star guard for the Rochester Royals in the 1940s, then player / coach of Syracuse Nationals. Won championships with both teams. | [65] |
| 1985 | Nate Thurmond | C-F | ' Great Nate ' star center for the San Francisco Warriors in the 1960s, known for his defensive intensity. Finished career with the Cleveland Cavaliers. | [66] |
| 1986 | Billy Cunningham | F | Star forward for the Philadelphia 76s, NBA All-Star (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972) ABA All-Star (1973) NBA Champion (1967, 1983) ABA MVP (1973) | [67] |
| 1986 | Tom Heinsohn | F | 8x NBA Champion (1957, 1959–65) 6x NBA All-Star (1957, 1961-1965) 4x All-NBA Second Team (1961-1964) 1957 NBA Rookie Of The Year Consensus First Team NCAA All-American (1956) | [68] |
| 1987 | Rick Barry | F | NBA Champion (1975) 8× NBA All-Star (1966–1967, 1973–1978) 5× All-NBA First Team (1966–1967, 1974–1976) NBA Rookie of the Year (1966) NBA steals leader 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) | [69] |
| 1987 | Walt Frazier | G | ' Clyde ', legendary quick-handed star guard for the New York Knickerbockers in the 1970s. | [70] |
| 1987 | Bob Houbregs | C-F | Helms Foundation Player of the Year, 1953 All-America, 1953 All-Pacific Coast Conference, 1951–1953 Led Washington to PCC titles, 1951–1953 | [71] |
| 1987 | Pete Maravich | G | NCAA Division I All-Time Leading Scorer 5x NBA All-Star (1973, 1974, 1977-1979) 2x All-NBA First Team (1976, 1977) 2x All-NBA Second Team (1973, 1978) NBA Scoring Champion (1977) 2x National College Player Of The Year (1969, 1970) 3x Consensus NCAA First Team All-American (1968-1970) | [72] |
| 1987 | Bobby Wanzer | G | NBA championship with Rochester Royals, 1951 Led the league in free-throw percentage, 90.4 in 1952 NBA All-Star, 1952–56 NBA Most Valuable Player, 1953 | [73] |
| 1988 | Clyde Lovellette | C-F | Star big man of the 1950s, for Kansas as collegian, Phillips 66ers in the NIBL, then for four NBA teams. | [74] |
| 1988 | Bobby McDermott | G | Star scoring guard and player coach for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons during The Wars Years of the 1940s. | [75] |
| 1988 | Wes Unseld | C-F | NBA MVP (1969) NBA Champion (1978) NBA Finals MVP (1978) 5x NBA All-Star | [76] |
| 1989 | William Gates | F | Two-time World Professional Tournament championship with New York Rens (1939) and Washington Bears (1943) Played under Hall of Fame coach Bob Douglas Only player to have appeared in all ten World Professional Tournaments. First African-American player-coach in major leagues with the 1948–49 Dayton Rens of the NBL | [77] |
| 1989 | K.C. Jones | G | NCAA championship with USF, 1955, 1956 U.S. Olympic Gold Medal, 1956 AAU All-America, 1957–58 NBA championships with Boston Celtics, 1959–66 | [78] |
| 1989 | Lenny Wilkens | G | Called ' Lefty ' as star passing /scoring guard player for St. Louis Hawks, Seattle SuperSonics and Cleveland Cavaliers. Then became outstanding pro coach for two of those teams. Had two Hall Of Fame careers, one as player, one as coach. | [79] |
| 1990 | Dave Bing | G | All-America at Syracuse University, 1966 NBA All-Star, 1968–69, 1971–76 All-NBA First-Team, 1968, 1971 NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, 1996 | [80] |
| 1990 | Elvin Hayes | F-C | ' The Big E ', high leaping, scoring big man at U. Of Houston, then for San Diego-Houston Rockets. Later also starred for title-winning Washington Bullets in lengthy NBA career. | [81] |
| 1990 | Neil Johnston | C | high scoring center at Ohio State as collegian, then for Philadelphia Warriors in the 1950s. Led the Warriors to 1956 NBA title. | [82] |
| 1990 | Earl Monroe | G | ' Earl The Pearl ', playground legend from Philadelphia, then crowd pleasing / scoring star for Baltimore Bullets and New York Knickerbockers. | [83] |
| 1991 | Nate Archibald | G | NBA Champion (1981) 6× NBA All-Star (1973, 1975–1976, 1980–1982) 3× All-NBA First Team (1973, 1975–1976) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1972, 1981) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) | [84] |
| 1991 | Dave Cowens | C-F | high intensity big man / center for the Boston Celtics, helped lead team to two NBA titles. | [85] |
| 1991 | Harry Gallatin | F-C | NBA All-Star, 1951–57 All-NBA First-Team, 1954 All-NBA Second-Team, 1955 NBA Coach of the Year with St. Louis, 1963 | [86] |
| 1992 | Sergei Belov | G | First international player to be inducted With the Soviet national team; 4× EuroBasket Gold: 1967, 1969, 1971, 1979 EuroBasket MVP 1969 2× FIBA World Championship Gold: 1967, 1974 FIBA World Championship MVP 1970 Summer Olympics Gold: 1972 With CSKA Moscow; 11× USSR League champion: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 2× USSR Cup winner: 1972, 1973 2 EuroLeague champion 1969, 1971 FIBA's 50 Greatest Players 1991 FIBA Hall of Fame 2007 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors 2008 | [87] |
| 1992 | Lusia Harris-Stewart | C | AIAW National Championship with Delta State, 1975–77 All-America at Delta State, 1975–77 Pan American Gold Medal, 1975 Olympic Silver Medal, 1976 | [88] |
| 1992 | Connie Hawkins | F-C | ' The Hawk ' playground legend, high-gliding star big man from Brooklyn. Career marred by alleged point-shaving scandal. Nonetheless starred for Harlem Globetrotters, ABL-ABA Pittsburgh Pipers, which he led to the first ABA title in 1968. | [89] |
| 1992 | Bob Lanier | C | All-America at St. Bonaventure University, 1968, 1969, 1970 NCAA Final Four, 1970 Eight-time NBA All-Star, 1972–75, 1977–79, 1982 NBA's Walter J. Kennedy Citizenship Award, 1978 | [90] |
| 1992 | Nera White | F | Led Nashville Business College to ten national AAU championships Named Outstanding Player in national AAU tournaments ten times MVP, World Championship, 1957–58 Led U.S. to World Championship, 1957–58 | [91] |
| 1993 | Walt Bellamy | C | Summer Olympics Gold: 1960 4× NBA-All Star (1962–1965) NBA Rookie of the Year (1962) | [92] |
| 1993 | Julius Erving | F | NBA Champion (1983) 2× ABA Champion (1974, 1976) NBA MVP (1981) 3× ABA MVP (1974–1976) 11× NBA All-Star (1977–1987) 5× ABA All-Star (1972–1976) 5× All-NBA First Team (1978, 1980–1983) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) | [93] |
| 1993 | Dan Issel | C-F | Odds-defying star big man at Kentucky, then for ABA Kentucky Colonels, then for ABA/NBA Denver Nuggets in lengthy playing career. Later also coached Denver. Netted over 25,000 pro points. | [94] |
| 1993 | Dick McGuire | G | NIT championship at St. John's, 1944 Helms Foundation All-America at St. John's, 1944 NCAA Final Four at Dartmouth, 1944 NBA All-Star, 1951, 1952, 1954–56, 1958–59 | [95] |
| 1993 | Ann Meyers | G | Olympic Silver Medal, 1976 All-America at UCLA, 1976–78 AIAW National Championship, 1978 Broderick Cup, symbolic of nation's outstanding female player, 1978, FIBA Hall of Fame (2007) | [96] |
| 1993 | Calvin Murphy | G | NBA All-Star (1979) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1971) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1979) 2× Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1969–1970) Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team (1968) | [97] |
| 1993 | Uļjana Semjonova | C | Unbeaten in international team competition in her 18-year career; two Olympic gold medals (1976, 1980); three World Championship gold medals (1971, 1975, 1983); 11 European Women's Championships; 16 European women's club championships; 15 Soviet club championships; member of the inaugural class of inductees to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999; inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007 | [98] |
| 1993 | Bill Walton | C | 2× NBA Champion (1977, 1986) NBA Most Valuable Player (1978) 2× NBA All-Star (1977–1978) NBA Finals MVP (1977) All-NBA First Team (1978) All-NBA Second Team (1977) 2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1977–1978) NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1986) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) | [99] |
| 1994 | Carol Blazejowski | G | All-America at Montclair State, 1976–78 Led Montclair State to AIAW Final Four, 1976 Converse Women's Player of the Year, 1977 Gold medal, World University team, 1979 | [100] |
| 1994 | Buddy Jeannette | G | World Professional Tournament Championship with Detroit Eagles, 1941 World Professional Tournament MVP, 1941, 1945 All-NBL First-Team, 1941, 1944–46 All-BAA Second-Team, 1942 | [101] |
| 1995 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | C | 6× NBA Champion (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987–1988) 6× NBA Most Valuable Player (1971–1972, 1974, 1976–1977, 1980) 19× NBA All-Star (1970–1977, 1979–1989) 2× NBA Finals MVP (1971, 1985) 10× All-NBA First Team (1971–1974, 1976–1977, 1980–1981, 1984, 1986) 5× All-NBA Second Team (1970, 1978–1979, 1983, 1985) 5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1974–1975, 1979–1981) 6× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1970–1971, 1976–1978, 1984) NBA Rookie of the Year (1970) NBA All-Rookie Team (1970) 2× NBA scoring champion NBA rebounding champion 4× NBA blocks leader 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) 3× NCAA Men's Basketball Champion (1967–1969) 3× NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player (1967–1969) Naismith College Player of the Year (1969) 2× USBWA College Player of the Year (1967–1968) | [102] |
| 1995 | Anne Donovan | C | AIAW Championship with Old Dominion University, 1979 All-America, 1981–83 NCAA Final Four with Old Dominion University, 1983 Naismith Player of the Year, 1983 Olympic Gold Medal (1984, 1988), FIBA Hall of Fame (2015) | [103] |
| 1995 | Vern Mikkelsen | F-C | NAIA national championship at Hamline, 1949 All-America, 1949 Six-time NBA All-Star, 1951–53, 1955–57 NBA championships with Minneapolis Lakers, 1951–53, 1955 | [104] |
| 1995 | Cheryl Miller | F | NCAA Championship with Southern California, 1983, 1984 NCAA tournament MVP, 1983 Naismith Player of the Year, 1984–86 Olympic Gold Medal, 1984, FIBA Hall of Fame (2010) | [105] |
| 1996 | Krešimir Ćosić | C | 2× EuroBasket MVP: 1971, 1975 2× FIBA World Championship Gold: 1970, 1978 3× EuroBasket Gold: 1973, 1975, 1977 Summer Olympics Gold: 1980 Croatian Sportsman of the Year 1980 FIBA's 50 Greatest Players 1991 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame 2006 FIBA Hall of Fame 2007 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors 2008 | [106] |
| 1996 | George Gervin | G | 9× NBA All-Star (1977–1985) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1980) 5× All-NBA First Team (1978–1982) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1977, 1983) 3× ABA All-Star (1974–1976) 2× All-ABA Second Team (1975–1976) ABA All-Rookie Team (1973) ABA All-Time Team 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) | [107] |
| 1996 | Gail Goodrich | G | NBA Champion (1972) 5× NBA All-Star (1969, 1972–1975) | [108] |
| 1996 | Nancy Lieberman | G | All-America at Old Dominion, 1978, 1979, 1980 Olympic Silver Medal, 1976 Pan American Gold Medal, 1975 Became first female player in history to play in a men's league with the USBL Springfield Fame, 1986 | [109] |
| 1996 | David Thompson | G-F | 4× NBA All-Star (1977–1979, 1983) ABA All-Star (1976) 2× All-NBA First Team (1977, 1978) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1979) ABA All-Star Game MVP (1976) All-ABA Second Team (1976) ABA Rookie of the Year (1976) ABA All-Rookie First Team (1976) Naismith College Player of the Year (1975) Adolph Rupp Trophy (1975) ABA All-Time Team | [110] |
| 1996 | George Yardley | F-G | ' Jumping George ', high-leaping star scoring forward at Stanford as collegian, then for the Fort Wayne – Detroit Pistons in the 1950s. | [111] |
| 1997 | Joan Crawford | C | Gold Medals in 1957 FIBA World Championship and 1959 & 1963 Pan American Games for Women's Basketball. 2× AAU Most Valuable Player. AAU Hall of Fame in 1961. Helms Hall of Fame in 1967. Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999. | [112] |
| 1997 | Denise Curry | F | Gold Medals in 1979 & 1983 FIBA World Championship, 1983 Pan American Games and 1984 Olympics for Women's Basketball. UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994. Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999. | [113] |
| 1997 | Alex English | F | 8× NBA All-Star (1982–1989) 3× All-NBA Second Team (1982–1983, 1986) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1988) NBA Scoring Champion (1983) | [114] |
| 1997 | Bailey Howell | F | 2× NBA Champion (1968–1969) 6× NBA All-Star (1961–1964, 1966–1967) All-NBA Second Team (1963) | [115] |
| 1998 | Larry Bird | F | Summer Olympics Gold: 1992 3× NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986) 3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1984–1986) 12× NBA All-Star (1980–1988, 1990–1992) 2× NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986) 9× All-NBA First Team (1980–1988) All-NBA Second Team (1990) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982–1984) NBA Rookie of the Year (1980) NBA All-Rookie Team (1980) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) AP Athlete of the Year (1986) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 | [116] |
| 1998 | Marques Haynes | G | Harlem Globetrotters' premiere ball handler | [117] |
| 1998 | Arnie Risen | C | 2× NBA Champion (1951, 1957) 4× NBA All-Star (1952–55) 9× All-BAA Second Team (1949) | [118] |
| 1999 | Kevin McHale | F | 3× NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986) 7× NBA All-Star (1984, 1986–1991) 2× NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1984–1985) All-NBA First Team (1987) 3× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1986–1988) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1983, 1990–1991) NBA All-Rookie Team (1981) Pan American Games Gold: 1979 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) | [119] |
| 2000 | Bob McAdoo | C-F | 2× NBA Champion (1982, 1985) NBA Most Valuable Player (1975) 2× FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) champion (1987, 1988) EuroLeague Final Four MVP (1988) 5× NBA All-Star (1974–1978) All-NBA First Team (1975) All-NBA Second Team (1974) NBA Rookie of the Year (1973) NBA All-Rookie Team (1973) | [120] |
| 2000 | Isiah Thomas | G | 2× NBA Champion (1989–1990) 12× NBA All-Star (1982–1993) NBA Finals MVP (1990) 3× All-NBA First Team (1984–1986) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1983, 1987) 3× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1986–1988) NBA All-Rookie Team (1982) USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1980) Pan American Games Gold: 1979 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) | [121] |
| 2001 | Moses Malone | C | NBA Champion (1983) 3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1979, 1982–1983) 13× NBA All-Star (1975, 1978–1989) NBA Finals MVP (1983) 4× All-NBA First Team (1979, 1982–1983, 1985) 4× All-NBA Second Team (1980–1981, 1984, 1987) NBA All-Defensive First Team (1983) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1979) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) | [122] |
| 2002 | Magic Johnson | G | Summer Olympics Gold: 1992 NCAA Champion (Michigan State, 1979) NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player 12× NBA All-Star [123] (1979) 5× NBA Champion (1980,1982,1985,1987,1988) 3× NBA Finals MVP (1980, 1982, 1987) 3× NBA MVP (1987,1989,1990) 9× All-NBA First Team All-NBA Second Team 4× NBA assists leader 2× NBA steals leader NBA All-Rookie Team (1980) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) | [124] |
| 2002 | Dražen Petrović | G | FIBA World Championship Gold: 1990 EuroBasket Gold: 1989 3× Olympic Medalist (  Silver silver, SFR Yugoslavia, 1988, Croatia, 1992;  Bronze bronze, SFR Yugoslavia, 1984)2× EuroLeague champion (1985, 1986) 2× European Cup Winners' Cup Winner (1987, 1989) FIBA World Championship MVP (1986) EuroBasket MVP (1989) 4× Euroscar (1986, 1989, 1992, 1993) 2× Mr. Europa (1986, 1993) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991 All-NBA Third Team (1993) FIBA Hall of Fame (2007) | [125] |
| 2003 | Dino Meneghin | C | EuroBasket Gold: 1983 Summer Olympics Silver: 1980 7× EuroLeague champion (1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1987, 1988) 2× European Cup Winners' Cup Winner (1967, 1980) Korać Cup Winner (1985) Euroscar (1983) 2× Mr. Europa (1980, 1983) 12× Italian League Champion (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989) 6× Italian Cup Winner (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1986, 1987) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991 Italian Basketball Hall of Fame (2006) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) FIBA Hall of Fame (2010) | [126] |
| 2003 | Robert Parish | C | 4× NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986, 1997) 9× NBA All-Star (1981–1987, 1990–1991) All-NBA Second Team (1982) All-NBA Third Team (1987) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) | [127] |
| 2003 | James Worthy | F | 3× NBA Champion (1985, 1987–1988) 7× NBA All-Star (1986–1992) NBA Finals MVP (1988) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1990–1991) NBA All-Rookie Team (1983) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) | [128] |
| 2004 | Dražen Dalipagić | F | FIBA World Championship Gold: 1978 3× EuroBasket Gold: 1973, 1975, 1977 Summer Olympics Gold: 1980 FIBA Korać Cup Winner (1978) FIBA World Cup MVP (1978) EuroBasket MVP (1977) 2× Mr. Europa (1977, 1978) The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia (1978) Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year (1978) Euroscar (1980) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991 FIBA Hall of Fame (2007) | [129] |
| 2004 | Clyde Drexler | G | 1× NBA Champion (Houston Rockets, 1995) Summer Olympics Gold: 1992 10× NBA All-Star (1986, 1988–1993, 1994, 1996, 1997) 1× All-NBA First Team Selection (1992) 2× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1988, 1991) 2× All-NBA Third Team Selection (1990, 1995) member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) | [130] |
| 2004 | Maurice Stokes | F-C | 3× NBA All-Star(1956–58) 3× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1956–58) NBA Rookie of the Year (1956) | [131] |
| 2004 | Lynette Woodard | G | Gold Medalist in 1984 Olympics and 1990 FIBA World Championship for Women. Inducted to Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005. | [132] |
| 2005 | Hortencia de Fatima Marcari | G | First played on the Brazil national team at age 15; gold medals at the 1991 Pan American Games and 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women; silver medal at the 1996 Olympics; four wins in the South American Championships; inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007 | [133] |
| 2006 | Charles Barkley | F | 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1992, 1996 NBA Most Valuable Player (1993) FIBA Americas Championship Gold: 1992 11× NBA All-Star (1987–1997) 5× All-NBA First Team (1988–1991, 1993) 5× All-NBA Second Team (1986–1987, 1992, 1994–1995) All-NBA Third Team (1996) NBA All-Rookie Team (1985) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1991) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 | [134] |
| 2006 | Joe Dumars | G | 2× NBA Champion (1989–1990) NBA Finals MVP (1989) 6× NBA All-Star (1990–1993, 1995, 1997) All-NBA Second Team (1993) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1990–1991) 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1989–1990, 1992–1993) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1991) NBA All-Rookie Team (1986) FIBA Basketball World Cup Gold: (1994) | [135] |
| 2006 | Dominique Wilkins | F | EuroLeague Champion (1996) 9× NBA All Star (1986–1994) NBA scoring champion (1986) All-NBA First Team (1986) 4× All-NBA Second Team (1987–1988, 1991, 1993) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1989, 1994) Greek Cup Winner (1996) Greek Cup MVP (1996) EuroLeague Final Four MVP (1996) NBA All-Rookie Team (1983) FIBA Basketball World Cup Gold: (1994) | [136] |
| 2008 | Adrian Dantley | F | 6× NBA All-Star (1980–1982, 1984–1986) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1981,1984) NBA Rookie of the Year (1977) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1977) | [137] |
| 2008 | Patrick Ewing | C | 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1984, 1992 FIBA Americas Championship Gold: 1992 11× NBA All-Star (1986, 1988–1997) All-NBA First Team (1990) 6× All-NBA Second Team (1988–1989, 1991–1993, 1997) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1988–1989, 1992) NBA Rookie of the Year (1986) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1986) NCAA Men's Basketball Champion (1984) NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player (1984) Naismith College Player of the Year (1985) Adolph Rupp Trophy (1985) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History | [138] |
| 2008 | Hakeem Olajuwon | C | 2× NBA Champion (1994, 1995) Summer Olympics Gold: 1996 NBA MVP (1994) 12× NBA All-Star (1985–1990, 1992–1997) 2× NBA Finals MVP (1994, 1995) 2× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1993–1994) 6× All-NBA First Team Selection (1987–1989, 1993–1994, 1997) 3× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1986, 1990, 1996) 3× All-NBA Third Team Selection (1991, 1995, 1999) 5× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1987–1988, 1990, 1993–1994) 4× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection (1985, 1991, 1996–1997) 2× NBA rebounding leader (1989, 1990) 3× NBA blocks leader (1990, 1991, 1993) NBA All-Rookie Team (1985) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History FIBA Hall of Fame (2016) | [139] |
| 2009 | Michael Jordan | G | 6× NBA Champion (1991–1993, 1996–1998) 5× NBA MVP (1988, 1991–92, 1996, 1998) 14× NBA All-Star (1985–1993, 1996–1998, 2002–2003) 6× NBA Finals MVP (all-time record)(1991–93, 1996–98) 10× All-NBA First Team Selection (1987–1993, 1996–1998) 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1988–1993, 1996–1998) 1× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1985) NBA Rookie of the Year (1985) 10× NBA Season Scoring Title (all-time record)(1987–1993, 1996–1998) 3× NBA Season Steals Leader (1988, 1990, 1993) NCAA Men's Basketball Champion (1982) Naismith Award (1984) 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1984, 1992 FIBA Americas Championship Gold: 1992 Pan American Games Gold: 1983 2× USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1983, 1984) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History FIBA Hall of Fame (2015) | [140] |
| 2009 | David Robinson | C | 2× NBA Champion (1999, 2003) 1× NBA MVP (1995) 10× NBA All-Star (1990–96, 1998, 2000–01) 4× All-NBA First Team Selection (1991–92, 1995–96) 2× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1994, 1998) 4× All-NBA Third Team Selection (1990, 1993, 2000–01) 1× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1992) 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1991–92, 1995–96) 4× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection (1990, 1993–94, 1998) NBA Rookie of the Year (1990) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1990) 3× Summer Olympics Gold: 1992, 1996 Bronze: 1988 FIBA Basketball World Cup Gold: (1986)Pan American Games Silver: 1987 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1986) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) FIBA Hall of Fame (2013) | [141] |
| 2009 | John Stockton | G | 10× NBA All-Star (1989–1997, 2000) 2× All-NBA First Team Selection 6× All-NBA Second Team Selection 3× All-NBA Third Team Selection 5× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection 9× NBA assists leader 2× NBA steals leader NBA All-Star MVP (1993) 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1992, 1996 Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 50 Greatest Players in NBA History All-time leader in assists All-time leader in steals | [142] |
| 2010 | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | G | 2× NCAA Champion (USC, 1983, 1984) Olympic gold medal (1988) 4× WNBA Champion (Houston Comets, 1997–2000) 2× WNBA MVP (1997, 1998) 3× WNBA All-Star (1999, 2000, 2003) 3× WNBA Scoring Leader (1997–1999) | [143] |
| 2010 | Dennis Johnson | G | 5× NBA All-Star (1979–82, 1985) All-NBA First Team (1979), NBA Finals MVP (1979) 6× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1979–83, 1987) 3× NBA Champion (Seattle SuperSonics, 1979; Boston Celtics, 1984, 1986) | [144] |
| 2010 | Gus Johnson | F | 5× NBA All-Star (1965, 1968–71) 4× All-NBA Second Team (1965–66, 1970–71) 2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1970–71) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1964) ABA Champion (Indiana Pacers, 1973) | [145] |
| 2010 | Karl Malone | F | 14× NBA All-Star (1988–1998, 2000–2002) 2× NBA MVP (1997, 1999) 11× All-NBA First Team Selection (1989–1999) 2× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1988, 2000) 1× All-NBA Third Team Selection (2001) 3× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1997–1999) 1× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection (1988) NBA All-Rookie Team (1986) 2× NBA All-Star MVP (1989, 1993) 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1992, 1996 Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 | [146] [147] |
| 2010 | Ubiratan Pereira Maciel | C | Known as O Rei (The King) in his homeland of Brazil; represented Brazil in four Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1964; gold medalist at 1963 FIBA World Championship and 1971 Pan American Games; 5-time gold medalist at the FIBA South American Championship (1963, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1977); 5× Brazilian Championship champion (1965, 1966, 1969, 1977, 1981) FIBA Order of Merit (1994) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991 FIBA Hall of Fame (2009) | [148] |
| 2010 | Scottie Pippen | F | 6× NBA Champion (1991–1993, 1996–1998) 7× NBA All-Star (1990, 1992–1997) 1× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1994) 3× All-NBA First Team Selection (1994–1996) 2× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1992, 1997) 2× All-NBA Third Team Selection (1993, 1998) 8× NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1992–1999) 2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection (1991, 2000) NBA steals leader 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1992, 1996 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1996) Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 | [149] |
| 2011 | Dennis Rodman | F | 5× NBA Champion (1989–1990, 1996–1998) 2× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1990–1991) 2× NBA All-Star (1990, 1992) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1992, 1995) 7× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1989–1993, 1995–1996) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1994) 7× NBA Rebounding Champion (1991–98) | [150] |
| 2011 | Chris Mullin | F | 5× NBA All-Star (1989–1993) All-NBA First Team (1992) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1989, 1991) All-NBA Third Team (1990) 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1984, 1992 Pan American Games Gold: 1983 Member of the "Dream Team" inducted as a unit in 2010 1× USBWA College Player of the Year (1985) John R. Wooden Award (1985) | [151] |
| 2011 | Arvydas Sabonis | C | 3× Summer Olympic Medalist ( Gold, USSR, 1988; Bronze, Lithuania, 1992 and 1996) 2× FIBA Basketball World Cup medalist Gold: 1982 Silver: 1986 4× EuroBasket medalist Gold: 1985 Silver: 1995, Bronze: 1983, 1989 EuroBasket MVP (1985) 2× Spanish ACB League MVP (1994, 1995) 2× Spanish ACB League Finals MVP (1993, 1994) EuroLeague Final Four MVP (1995) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1996) EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP (regular season and Top 16 phases, 2004) 6× Euroscar (1984, 1985, 1988, 1995, 1997, 1999) 2× Mr. Europa (1985, 1997) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) FIBA Hall of Fame (2010) | [152] |
| 2011 | Artis Gilmore | C | ABA All-Time Team (1997) ABA MVP (1972) ABA Rookie of the Year (1972) 5× ABA All-Star (1972–76) 5× All-ABA First Team (1972–76) 5× ABA All-Defensive First Team (1972–76) ABA All-Star Game MVP (1974) ABA Playoff MVP (1975) 6× NBA All-Star (1978, 1979, 1981–83, 1986) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1978) NBA career leader in field goal percentage | [153] |
| 2011 | Teresa Edwards | G | 5× Olympic Medalist (gold, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000; bronze, 1992) Inductee, Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2010) NCAA Silver Anniversary Award (2011), FIBA Hall of Fame (2013) | [154] |
| 2011 | Goose Tatum | F | Member of the Harlem Globetrotters inducted as a unit in 2002 | [155] |
| 2012 | Mel Daniels | C | ABA Rookie of the Year (1968) 2× ABA Most Valuable Player (1969, 1971) 3× ABA champion (Indiana Pacers, 1970, 1972, 1973) 7× ABA All-Star | [156] |
| 2012 | Katrina McClain | F | 2× Kodak All-America (Georgia, 1986, 1987) WBCA Player of the Year (1987) 2× Olympic gold medalist with Team USA (1988, 1996) 2× World Championship gold medalist (1986, 1990) 2× USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year | [156] |
| 2012 | Reggie Miller | G | Retired with the most three-point field goals in NBA history (2,560) 5× NBA All-Star 3× All-NBA Third Team J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2004) FIBA Basketball World Cup Gold: 1994 Summer Olympics Gold: 1996 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2002) | [157] |
| 2012 | Ralph Sampson | C | 3× Naismith Award (Virginia, 1981, 1982, 1983) 2× Wooden Award (1982, 1983) 3× consensus first-team All-American (1981–1983) 4× NBA All-Star NBA All-Star Game MVP (1985) | [158] |
| 2012 | Chet Walker | F | Consensus first-team All-America (Bradley, 1962) NBA All-Rookie Team (1963) 7× NBA All-Star NBA champion (Philadelphia 76ers, 1967) | [159] |
| 2012 | Jamaal Wilkes | F | 3× Academic All-America (UCLA, 1972, 1973, 1974) Consensus first-team All-American (1974) NBA Rookie of the Year (1975) 3× NBA All-Star 4× NBA champion (Golden State Warriors, 1975; Los Angeles Lakers, 1980, 1982, 1985) | [160] |
| 2013 | Roger Brown | G-F | ABA Playoffs MVP (1970) 4× ABA All-Star All-ABA First Team (1971) 3× ABA champion (Indiana Pacers, 1970, 1972, 1973) | [161] |
| 2013 | Bernard King | F | 4× NBA All Star 2× All-NBA First Team NBA scoring champion (1985) NBA All-Rookie Team | [162] |
| 2013 | Gary Payton | G | NBA champion (Miami Heat, 2006) 9× NBA All-Star 2× All-NBA First Team NBA Defensive Player of the Year 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team NBA steals leader 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1996, 2000 2× FIBA Americas Championship Gold (1999), Silver (1989) | [162] |
| 2013 | Richie Guerin | G | 6× NBA All-Star 3× All-NBA Second Team | [162] |
| 2013 | Dawn Staley | G | 2× Naismith Award (Virginia, 1991, 1992) 6× WNBA All-Star 2× ABL All-Star 3× Olympic Gold Medalist (1996, 2000, 2004) | [162] |
| 2013 | Oscar Schmidt | F | All-time Top Scorer in FIBA World Cup basketball history All-time Top Scorer in Summer Olympic Games history 3× Summer Olympic Games Top Scorer (1988, 1992, 1996) 1× FIBA World Cup Top Scorer (1990) 16× Top Scorer in national domestic leagues (8× in Brazil, 7× in Italy, 1× in Spain) Gold Medalist at the Pan American Games (1987) Longest professional career for a basketball player (29 years) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) FIBA Hall of Fame (2010) Italian Basketball Hall of Fame (2017) | [162] |
| 2014 | Šarūnas Marčiulionis | G | 3× Summer Olympics medalist ( Gold with the Soviet Union in 1988, Bronze with Lithuania in 1992 and 1996) 3× EuroBasket medalist Silver: 1987, 1995, Bronze: 1989 EuroBasket MVP (1995) Mr. Europa (1988) 4× Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year (1987, 1989, 1990, 1991) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) Pioneer of European players in the NBA Resurrected the Lithuania national team after Lithuania's return to independence in 1990 Founder of the top-tier level Lithuanian League, the LKL FIBA Hall of Fame (2015) | [163] |
| 2014 | Alonzo Mourning | C | Summer Olympics Gold: 2000 2× FIBA Basketball World Cup medalist Gold: 1994 Bronze: 1990 Consensus First Team All-American (Georgetown, 1992) Consensus Second Team All-American (1990) Third-team All-American – NABC (1991) 7× NBA All-Star (1994–1997, 2000–2002) All-NBA First Team (1999) All-NBA Second Team (2000) 2× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1999, 2000) 2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1999–2000) 2× NBA blocks leader (1999–2000) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1993) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2002) NBA champion (Miami Heat, 2006) | [164] |
| 2014 | Mitch Richmond | G | 6× NBA All-Star NBA Rookie of the Year (1988) 3× All-NBA second team NBA Champion (Los Angeles Lakers, 2002) 2× Olympic medalist with Team USA ( Bronze in 1988, Gold in 1996) | [165] |
| 2014 | Guy Rodgers | G | 3× MVP in the Philadelphia Big 5 Consensus First Team All-American (Temple, 1958) Consensus Second Team All-American (1957) NCAA All-Tournament Team (1958) 4× NBA All-Star 2× NBA assists leader | [166] |
| 2015 | Louie Dampier | G | ABA All-Time Team (1997) ABA All-Rookie First Team (1968) 7× ABA All-Star 4× All-ABA Second Team ABA Champion(Kentucky Colonels, 1975) AP First Team All-America, 1966 2× Consensus Second Team All-American (1966, 1967) | [167] |
| 2015 | Spencer Haywood | F | Summer Olympics Gold: 1968 ABA All-Time Team (1997) ABA All-Rookie First Team (1970) ABA Rookie of the Year (1970) ABA MVP (1970) ABA All-Star Game MVP (1970) ABA All-Star All-ABA First Team NBA Champion (Los Angeles Lakers, 1980) 4× NBA All-Star (1972–1975) 2× All-NBA First Team 2× All-NBA Second Team | [168] |
| 2015 | John Isaacs | G | World Professional Basketball Tournament Championships (1939, 1943) World Professional Basketball Tournament Second Team (1943) Utica Pics MVP (1947) New York City Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee (1992) | [169] |
| 2015 | Lisa Leslie | C | Naismith Award (USC, 1994) Kodak All-America (1994) 8× WNBA All-Star 3× WNBA All-Star Game MVP 4× Summer Olympics Gold: 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 3× WNBA MVP (2001, 2004, 2006) 2× WNBA Champions (Los Angeles Sparks, 2001, 2002) 2× WNBA Finals MVP (2001, 2002) 8× First Team All-WNBA 4× Second Team All-WNBA 2× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year 2× All-Defensive First Team 2× All-Defensive Second Team First player to dunk in a WNBA game | [170] |
| 2015 | Dikembe Mutombo | C | 8× NBA All-Star (1992, 1995–1998, 2000–2002) All-NBA Second Team (2001) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1998, 2002) 4× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001) 3× All-NBA Defensive First Team (1997–1998, 2001) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1995, 1999, 2002) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1992) 2× NBA rebounding leader 3× NBA blocks leader 2× J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2001, 2009) Third-team All-American – AP, UPI (1991) | [171] |
| 2015 | Jo Jo White | G | Summer Olympics Gold: 1968 2× NBA Champion (1974, 1976) 7× NBA All Star NBA Finals MVP (1976) 2× All-NBA Second Team NBA All-Rookie First Team (1970) 2× Consensus Second Team All-American (1968, 1969) The Sporting News First Team All-America (1968, 1969) | [172] |
| 2016 | Yao Ming | C | 8× NBA All-Star 2× All-NBA Second Team 3× All-NBA Third Team NBA All-Rookie First Team (2003) CBA champion (2002) CBA MVP (2001) CBA Finals MVP (2002) 3× FIBA Asia Cup MVP (2001, 2003, 2005) FIBA World Cup Top Scorer (2006) | [173] |
| 2016 | Cumberland Posey | G | Known as the "best basketball player" of the 1900s-1920s. Formed, operated, and played for the Loendi Big Five, which became the most dominant basketball team of the Black Fives Era through the mid-1920s, winning four straight Colored Basketball World Championship titles. | [173] |
| 2016 | Sheryl Swoopes | G | First player to be signed to the WNBA. 3× WNBA MVP 4× WNBA Champion 6× WNBA All-Star 5× First Team All-WNBA 2× Second Team All-WNBA 2× WNBA Scoring Leader 2× WNBA Steals Leader 2× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year 2× All-Defensive First Team 3× Summer Olympics Gold:1996, 2000, 2004 | [173] |
| 2016 | Zelmo Beaty | C | 2× NBA All-Star NBA All-Rookie First Team (1963) 3× ABA All-Star ABA All-Time Team | [173] |
| 2016 | Shaquille O'Neal | C | 4× NBA champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006) 3× NBA Finals MVP (2000–2002) NBA Most Valuable Player (2000) FIBA Basketball World Cup MVP (1994) 15× NBA All-Star (1993–1998, 2000–2007, 2009) 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2000, 2004, 2009) 8× All-NBA First Team (1998, 2000–2006) NBA Rookie of the Year (1993) NBA 50th Anniversary Team Summer Olympics Gold: 1996 FIBA Basketball World Cup Gold: 1994 FIBA Hall of Fame (2017) | [173] |
| 2016 | Allen Iverson | G | NBA Most Valuable Player (2001) 11× NBA All-Star (2000–2010) 3× All-NBA First Team (1999, 2001, 2005) NBA Rookie of the Year (1997) 4× NBA scoring champion (1999, 2001, 2002, 2005) 3× NBA steals leader (2001–2003) Summer Olympics Bronze: 2004 FIBA Americas Championship Gold (2003) | [173] |
| 2017 | Tracy McGrady | G-F | 7× NBA All-Star (2001–2007) 2× NBA scoring champion (2003, 2004) 2× All-NBA First Team (2002, 2003) 3× All-NBA Second Team (2001, 2004, 2007) 2× All-NBA Third Team (2005, 2008) NBA Most Improved Player (2001) Mr. Basketball USA (1997) FIBA Americas Championship Gold (2003) | [174] |
| 2017 | Nikos Galis | G | 2× EuroBasket medalist Gold: 1987, Silver: 1989 EuroBasket MVP (1987) 4× EuroBasket Top Scorer (1983, 1987, 1989, 1991) FIBA World Cup Top Scorer (1986) 5× EuroLeague Top Scorer (1988–1990, 1992, 1994) EuroLeague assists leader (1994) 5× Greek League MVP (1988–1992) 4× Greek League Finals MVP (1988–1991) 5× Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer (1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993) 11× Greek League Top Scorer (1981–1991) Euroscar (1987) Mr. Europa (1987) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991 FIBA Hall of Fame (2007) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) | [174] |
| 2017 | George McGinnis | F-C | ABA Playoffs Most Valuable Player (1973) ABA Most Valuable Player (1975) 3× NBA All-Star (1976, 1977, 1979) All-NBA First Team (1976) All-NBA Second Team (1977) 3× ABA All-Star (1973–1975) 2× All-ABA First Team (1974, 1975) All-ABA Second Team (1973) ABA All-Rookie First Team (1972) ABA All-Time Team No. 30 retired by Indiana Pacers Third-team All-American – AP, NABC, UPI (1971) Mr. Basketball USA 1969 | [174] |
| 2017 | Zack Clayton | G | 2x World Professional Basketball Tournament winner | [175] |
| 2018 | Ray Allen | G | Former All-Time Leader three-point field goals (2,973) 2× NBA champion (2008, 2013) 10× NBA All-Star (2000–2002, 2004–2009, 2011) All-NBA Second Team (2005) All-NBA Third Team (2001) NBA Sportsmanship Award (2003) NBA Three-Point Shootout champion (2001) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1997) Consensus first-team All-American (1996) UPI Player of the Year (1996) Big East Player of the Year (1996) 2× First-team All-Big East (1995, 1996) USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1995) Summer Olympics Gold: 2000 | [176] |
| 2018 | Maurice Cheeks | G | NBA champion (1983) 4× NBA All-Star (1983, 1986–1988) 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1983–1986) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1987) No. 10 retired by the Philadelphia 76ers | [176] |
| 2018 | Grant Hill | F | 7× NBA All-Star (1995–1998, (2000–2001, 2005) All-NBA First Team (1997) 4× All-NBA Second Team (1996, 1998–2000) NBA Co-Rookie of the Year (1995) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1995) 3× NBA Sportsmanship Award (2005, 2008, 2010) 2× NCAA champion (1991, 1992) Consensus first-team All-American (1994) Consensus second-team All-American (1993) ACC Player of the Year (1994) NABC Defensive Player of the Year (1993) Summer Olympics Gold: 1996 No. 33 retired by Duke | [176] |
| 2018 | Jason Kidd | G | NBA champion (2011) 10× NBA All-Star (1996, 1998, 2000–2004, 2007, 2008, 2010) 5× All-NBA First Team (1999–2002, 2004) All-NBA Second Team (2003) 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1999, 2001, 2002, 2006) 5× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2000, 2003–2005, 2007) NBA Co-Rookie of the Year (1995) 5× NBA assists leader (1999–2001, 2003, 2004) 2× NBA Sportsmanship Award (2012, 2013) USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2007) No. 5 retired by the Brooklyn Nets Consensus first-team All-American (1994) USBWA National Freshman of the Year (1993) Pac-10 Player of the Year (1994) Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (1993) No. 5 retired by University of California Naismith Prep Player of the Year (1992) 2× California Mr. Basketball (1991, 1992) 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 2000, 2008 | [176] |
| 2018 | Steve Nash | G | 2× NBA Most Valuable Player (2005, 2006) 8× NBA All-Star (2002, 2003, 2005–2008, 2010, 2012) 3× All-NBA First Team (2005–2007) 2× All-NBA Second Team (2008, 2010) 2× All-NBA Third Team (2002, 2003) 5× NBA assists leader (2005–2007, 2010, 2011) 4× 50–40–90 club (2006, 2008–2010) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2007) Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor No. 13 retired by Phoenix Suns 2× FIBA AmeriCup MVP (1999, 2003) Lou Marsh Trophy (2005) 3× Lionel Conacher Award (2002, 2005, 2006) 2× WCC Player of the Year (1995, 1996) No. 11 retired by Santa Clara | [176] |
| 2018 | Katie Smith | G-F | 2× WNBA champion (2006, 2008) WNBA Finals MVP (2008) 2× All-WNBA First Team (2001, 2003) 7× WNBA All-Star (2000–2003, 2005, 2006, 2009) WNBA scoring champion (2001) WNBA's All-Decade Team (2006) WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time (2011) WNBA Top 20@20 (2016) Big Ten Player of the Year (1996) Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball (1996) 3× Summer Olympics Gold: 2000, 2004, 2008 3× World Cup Gold: 1998, 2002 Bronze: 2006 | [176] |
| 2018 | Tina Thompson | F | 4× WNBA champion (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000) 9× WNBA All-Star (1999–2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013) WNBA All-Star Game MVP (2000) 3× All-WNBA First Team (1997–1998, 2004) 4× All-WNBA Second Team (1999–2002) WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time (2011) WNBA Top 20@20 (2016) Member of WNBA All-Decade Team Russian National League champion (2007) EuroLeague champion (2007) Romanian National League champion (2010) 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 2004, 2008 2× World Cup Gold: 1998 Bronze: 2006 | [176] |
| 2018 | Ora Mae Washington | Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2009) | [176] | |
| 2018 | Dino Rađa | F-C | 2× EuroLeague champion (1989, 1990) FIBA European Selection (1991) FIBA Korać Cup champion (1992) 3× Yugoslav League champion (1988–1990) 2× Greek League champion (1998, 1999) Greek League Finals MVP (1998) 2× Croatian League champion (2002, 2003) Yugoslav Cup winner (1990) Croatian Cup winner (2000) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1994) EuroLeague Final Four MVP (1989) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) 2× Summer Olympics Silver: 1988, 1992 2× FIBA World Cup Gold: 1990 Bronze: 1994 5x EuroBasket Gold: 1989, 1991 Bronze: 1987, 1993, 1995 | [176] |
| 2018 | Charlie Scott | G | NBA champion (1976) 3× NBA All-Star (1973–1975) 2× ABA All-Star (1971, 1972) All-ABA First Team (1971) All-ABA Second Team (1972) ABA Rookie of the Year (1971) ABA All-Rookie First Team (1971) ABA All-Time Team 2× Consensus second-team All-American (1969, 1970) ACC Athlete of the Year (1970) College Basketball Hall of Fame (2015) Summer Olympics Gold: 1968 | [176] |
| 2019 | Carl Braun | G | NBA champion (1962) 5× NBA All-Star (1953–1957) All-BAA Second Team (1948) All-NBA Second Team (1954) | |
| 2019 | Chuck Cooper | F/G | First African-American drafted into the NBA No. 15 retired by Duquesne Consensus second-team All-American (1950) | |
| 2019 | Vlade Divac | C | NBA All-Star (2001) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1990) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2000) No. 21 retired by the Sacramento Kings Mister Europa Player of the Year (1989) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) 2× Summer Olympics Silver: 1988, 1996 FIBA World Cup Bronze 1986 2x FIBA World Cup Gold: 1990, 2002 3x EuroBasket Gold: 1989, 1991, 1995 2x EuroBasket Bronze: 1987, 1999 FIBA Hall of Fame (2010) | |
| 2019 | Bobby Jones | F | NBA champion (1983) 4× NBA All-Star (1977, 1978, 1981, 1982) 8× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1977–1984) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1985) NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1983) ABA All-Star (1976) All-ABA Second Team (1976) 2× ABA All-Defensive First Team (1975, 1976) ABA All-Rookie First Team (1975) No. 24 retired by Philadelphia 76ers Consensus second-team All-American (1974) Summer Olympics Silver: 1972 | |
| 2019 | Sidney Moncrief | G | 5x NBA All-Star (1982–1986) All-NBA First Team (1983) 4x All-NBA Second Team (1982, 1984–1986) 2x NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1983, 1984) 4x NBA All-Defensive First Team (1983–1986) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982) No. 4 retired by the Milwaukee Bucks Consensus first-team All-American (1979) SWC Player of the Year (1979) College Basketball Hall of Fame (2018) | |
| 2019 | Jack Sikma | F/C | NBA champion (1979) 7× NBA All-Star (1979–1985) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1978) No. 43 retired by the Seattle SuperSonics 2x First-Team NAIA All-American (1976, 1977) Third-Team NAIA All-American (1975) 3x CCIW Player of the Year (1975–1977) | |
| 2019 | Teresa Weatherspoon | G | First WNBA player with 1,000 points and 1,000 assists 5× WNBA All-Star (1999–2003) 2x WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (1997, 1998) 4× All-WNBA Second Team (1997–2000) WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time (2011) WNBA Top 20@20 (2016) 6x Italian League All-Star (1989–1994) Wade Trophy (1988) Honda Sports Award (1988) 2x Kodak All-American (1987, 1988) America South Player of the Year (1988) Broderick Cup (1988) Summer Olympics Gold: 1988 Bronze: 1992 World Cup Gold: 1986 | |
| 2019 | Paul Westphal | G | NBA champion (1974) 5× NBA All-Star (1977–1981) 3x All-NBA First Team (1977, 1979, 1980) All-NBA Second Team (1978) Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor No. 44 retired by the Phoenix Suns No. 25 retired by USC College Basketball Hall of Fame (2018) | |
| 2020 | Kobe Bryant | G | 5× NBA champion (2000–2002, 2009, 2010) 2× NBA Finals MVP (2009, 2010) NBA Most Valuable Player (2008) 18× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000–2016) 4× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011) 11× All-NBA First Team (2002–2004, 2006–2013) 2× All-NBA Second Team (2000, 2001) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1999, 2005) 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006–2011) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2001, 2002, 2012) 2× NBA scoring champion (2006, 2007) NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1997) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1997) Nos. 8 & 24 retired by Los Angeles Lakers Naismith Prep Player of the Year (1996) First-team Parade All-American (1996) Fourth-team Parade All-American (1995) McDonald's All-American (1996) 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 2008, 2012 | |
| 2020 | Tamika Catchings | F | WNBA champion (Indiana Fever, 2012) WNBA Finals MVP (2012) WNBA MVP (2011) 10× WNBA All-Star (2002, 2003, 2005–2007, 2009, 2011, 2013–2015) 7× All-WNBA First Team (2002, 2003, 2006, 2009–2012) 5× All-WNBA Second Team (2004, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015) 5× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012) 10× WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2005–2013, 2015) 2× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2014, 2016) 8× WNBA steals leader (2002, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2013) WNBA Rookie of the Year (2002) WNBA Top 20@20 (2016) WNBA all-time steals leader WNBA playoffs all-time leading scorer WNBA playoffs all-time rebounding leader WNBA playoffs all-time steals leader Member of All-Decade Team Member of Top 15 Team NCAA Women's Basketball Champion (1998) 3× Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (2010, 2013, 2016) Polish National League champion (2009) 2× Turkish Cup winner (2010, 2011) 4x Summer Olympics Gold: 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | |
| 2020 | Tim Duncan | F/C | 5x NBA champion (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014) 2x NBA Most Valuable Player (2002-2003) 15x NBA All-Star (1998, 2000-2013, 2015) 3x NBA Finals MVP (1999, 2003, 2005) 10x All-NBA First Team Selection (1998-2005, 2007, 2013) 3x All-NBA Second Team Selection (2006, 2008-2009) 2x All-NBA Third Team Selection (2010, 2015) 8x NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1998-2005, 2007, 2013) 7x NBA All-Defensive Second Team Selection (1998, 2004, 2006, 2009-2010, 2013, 2015) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1998) NBA Rookie Of The Year (1998) FIBA Hall Of Fame (2020) USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2003) Summer Olympics Bronze: 2004 | [177] |
| 2020 | Kevin Garnett | F/C | NBA champion (2008) NBA Most Valuable Player (2004) 15× NBA All-Star (1997, 1998, 2000–2011, 2013) NBA All-Star Game MVP (2003) 4× All-NBA First Team (2000, 2003, 2004, 2008) 3× All-NBA Second Team (2001, 2002, 2005) 2× All-NBA Third Team (1999, 2007) NBA Defensive Player of the Year (2008) 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2000–2005, 2008, 2009, 2011) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2006, 2007, 2012) 4× NBA rebounding champion (2004–2007) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1996) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2006) Mr. Basketball USA (1995) 2× First-team Parade All-American (1994, 1995) McDonald's All-American Game MVP (1995) Illinois Mr. Basketball (1995) South Carolina Mr. Basketball (1994) Summer Olympics Gold: 2000 | |
| 2021 | Chris Bosh | C/F | 2x NBA champion (2012 & 2013) 11x NBA All-Star (2006-2016) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2004) 1x All-NBA Second Team (2007) Summer Olympics Gold: 2008 | |
| 2021 | Bob Dandridge | F/G | 2x NBA Champion (1971, 1978) 4x NBA All-Star (1973, 1975, 1976, 1979) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1970) 1x All-NBA Second Team (1979) 1x NBA All-Defensive First Team (1979) | |
| 2021 | Yolanda Griffith | C | WNBA Champion (Sacramento Monarchs, 2005) WNBA Finals MVP (2005) WNBA MVP (1999) WNBA Defensive Player of the Year 8x WNBA All-Star (1999-2001, 2003-2007) 2× All-WNBA First Team (1999, 2005) 3× All-WNBA Second Team (2000, 2001, 2004) 2× WNBA rebounding champion (1999, 2001) Member of WNBA All-Decade Team WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time (2011) WNBA Top 20@20 (2016) Russian League Player of the Year (2005) 2x Summer Olympics Gold: 2000, 2004 | |
| 2021 | Lauren Jackson | F/C | 4× WNBL MVP (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004) 4× WNBL Grand Final MVP (2002, 2003, 2006, 2010) 5x WNBL champion (1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2010) 6× WNBL All-Star Five (1999–2004) 7× WNBA All-Star (2001–2003, 2005–2007, 2009) 3× WNBA MVP (2003, 2007, 2010) 2× WNBA champion (2004, 2010) 3× WNBA scoring champion (2003, 2004, 2007) WNBA Finals MVP (2010) WNBA rebounding champion (2007) WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award (2007) 7× All-WNBA First Team (2003–2007, 2009, 2010) All-WNBA Second Team (2008) 2× All-Defensive First Team (2007, 2009) 3× All-Defensive Second Team (2005, 2008, 2010) 3× WNBA Peak Performer (2003, 2004, 2007) WNBA's All-Decade Team (2006) WNBA's Top 15 Team (2011) WNBA Top 20@20 (2016) Women's Korea Basketball League MVP (2007) 4x Summer Olympics: 3x Silver: 2000, 2004, 2008, 1x Bronze: 2012 | |
| 2021 | Fats Jenkins | A Two-Sport professional Athlete in both baseball and basketball in the 1920s and 1930s when both sports were racially segregated. Played basketball for the St. Christopher's Club youth team and then for the first teams that were named "Colored Basketball World's Champions" in 1917, 1918 and 1919. Went on to play for the New York Incorporators, the Loendi Big Five, the Commonwealth Big Five and eventually the renowned New York Renaissance where he served as team captain. The Colored Basketball World Championships were won by his team for eight straight years, even though he moved twice to three different teams. Standing at just 5’7” and 170 pounds, Jenkins was admired for his ability to remain poised and guide his team, while always aspiring for excellence. | ||
| 2021 | Toni Kukoč | F | 3× NBA champion (1996–1998) NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1996) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1994) FIBA World Championship MVP (1990) FIBA EuroBasket MVP (1991) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 5× Euroscar Player of the Year (1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998) 4× Mister Europa Player of the Year (1990–1992, 1996) 3× EuroLeague champion (1989–1991) 3× EuroLeague Final Four MVP (1990, 1991, 1993) EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer (1990) FIBA European Selection (1991) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) Italian League champion (1992) Italian Cup winner (1993) 4× Yugoslav League champion (1988–1991) 2× Yugoslav Cup winner (1990, 1991) 3× Croatian Sportsman of the Year (1989–1991) Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport (1992) FIBA Under-19 World Cup MVP (1987) 4× EuroBasket medalist Gold: 1989, 1991, Bronze: 1987, 1995 2x FIBA World Cup medalist Gold: 1990, Bronze:1994 2x Summer Olympics Silver: 1988, 1992 | |
| 2021 | Pearl Moore | Women’s college basketball all-time leader in points scored (4,061 Points) 4x AIAW Small College All-American Averaged 30 points per game Scored in double figures in all 127 college games American Women’s Sports Foundation Small College Player of the Year (1979) South Carolina AIAW Player of the Year (1979) South Carolina Amateur Athlete of the Year (1979) 1x WBL All-Star (1981) Enshrinee of the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame (2000) | ||
| 2021 | Paul Pierce | F | NBA champion (2008) NBA Finals MVP (2008) 10x NBA All-Star (2002-2006, 2008-2012) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1999) 1x All-NBA Second Team (2009) 3x All-NBA Third Team (2002, 2003, 2008) | |
| 2021 | Ben Wallace | C | NBA champion (2004) 4x NBA All-Star (2003-2006) 4x NBA Defensive Player of the Year (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) 3x All-NBA Second Team (2003, 2004, 2006) 2x All-NBA Third Team (2002, 2005) 5x NBA All-Defensive First Team (2002-2006) 1x NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2007) 2x NBA rebounding leader (2002, 2003) 1x NBA blocks leader (2002) First undrafted player in modern NBA history to be elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame. | |
| 2021 | Chris Webber | F | 5x NBA All-Star (1997, 2000-2003) 1x All-NBA First Team (2001) 3x All-NBA Second Team (1999, 2002, 2003) 1x All-NBA Third Team (2000) NBA Rookie Of The Year (1994) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1994) 1x NBA rebounding leader (1999) | |
| 2022 | Sonny Boswell | G | World Professional Basketball Tournament winner [178] | |
| 2022 | Manu Ginóbili | G | 4× NBA champion (2003, 2005, 2007, 2014) 2× NBA All-Star (2005, 2011) 2× All-NBA Third Team (2008, 2011) NBA Sixth Man of the Year (2008) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2003) EuroLeague champion (2001) EuroLeague Finals MVP (2001) All-EuroLeague First Team (2002) Italian League champion (2001) 2× Italian Cup winner (2001, 2002) 2× Italian League MVP (2001, 2002) Italian Cup MVP (2002) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) Summer Olympics Gold: 2004, Bronze: 2008 | |
| 2022 | Theresa Grentz | F | 3x Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships winner [179] | |
| 2022 | Tim Hardaway | G | 5× NBA All-Star (1991–1993, 1997, 1998) All-NBA First Team (1997) 3× All-NBA Second Team (1992, 1998, 1999) All-NBA Third Team (1993) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1990) Summer Olympics Gold: 2000 | |
| 2022 | Lou Hudson | G | 6x NBA All-Star (1969-74) [180] | |
| 2022 | Inman Jackson | C | World Professional Basketball Tournament winner [181] | |
| 2022 | Radivoj Korać | F | Summer Olympics Silver: 1968 2x FIBA World Cup medalist Silver: 1963, 1967 [182] | |
| 2022 | Albert Pullins | Member of the first Harlem Globetrotters Created the Harlem Clowns [183] | ||
| 2022 | Lindsay Whalen | G | 4× WNBA champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) 5× WNBA All-Star (2006, 2011, 2013–2015) 3× All-WNBA First Team (2008, 2011, 2013) 2× All-WNBA Second Team (2012, 2014) 3× WNBA Peak Performer (2008, 2011, 2012) 3× WNBA assists leader (2008, 2011–2012) WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016) WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021) Summer Olympics Gold: 2012, 2016 | |
| 2022 | Swin Cash | F | 3× WNBA champion (2003, 2006, 2010) 4× WNBA All-Star (2003, 2005, 2009, 2011) 2× WNBA All-Star MVP (2009, 2011) 2× All-WNBA Second Team (2003, 2004) WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016) WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021) 2× NCAA champion (2000, 2002) Summer Olympics Gold: 2004, 2012 | |
| 2023 | Pau Gasol | F/C | 2× NBA champion (2009, 2010 6× NBA All-Star (2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016) 2× All-NBA Second Team (2012, 2016) 2× All-NBA Third Team (2010, 2011) NBA Rookie of the Year (2003) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2003) 3× Liga ACB champion (1999, 2001, 2021) Spanish King's Cup winner (2001) Spanish King's Cup MVP (2001) ACB Finals MVP (2001) 2× FIBA Europe Player of the Year (2008, 2009) 2× Mister Europa Player of the Year (2004, 2009) 4× Euroscar Player of the Year (2008–2010, 2015) FIBA World Cup MVP (2006) FIBA EuroBasket MVP (2009, 2015) Summer Olympics Silver: 2008, 2012, Bronze: 2016 No. 16 retired by Los Angeles Lakers | |
| 2023 | Becky Hammon | G | 6× WNBA All-Star (2003, 2005–2007, 2009, 2011) 2× All-WNBA First Team (2007, 2009) 2× All-WNBA Second Team (2005, 2008) WNBA 15th Anniversary Team (2011) WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016) WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021) Spanish League champion (2010) Queen's Cup winner (2010) Summer Olympics Bronze: 2008 No. 25 retired by San Antonio Stars/Las Vegas Aces | |
| 2023 | Dirk Nowitzki | F | NBA champion (2011) NBA Finals MVP (2011) NBA Most Valuable Player (2007) 14× NBA All-Star (2002–2012, 2014, 2015, 2019) 4× All-NBA First Team (2005–2007, 2009) 5× All-NBA Second Team (2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011) 3× All-NBA Third Team (2001, 2004, 2012) NBA Three-Point Contest champion (2006) NBA Teammate of the Year (2017) NBA 75th Anniversary Team Bundesliga Most Valuable Player (1999) FIBA World Cup MVP (2002) FIBA EuroBasket MVP (2005) 6× Euroscar Player of the Year (2002–2006, 2011) 2× FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year (2005, 2011) 9× All-Europeans Power Forward of the Year (2005–2011, 2013, 2014) Mister Europa Player of the Year (2005) Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award (2020) No. 41 retired by Dallas Mavericks No. 14 retired by Germany national team | |
| 2023 | Tony Parker | G | 4× NBA champion (2003,2005,2007, 2014) NBA Finals MVP (2007) 6× NBA All-Star (2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014) 3× All-NBA Second Team (2011, 2012, 2013–14) All-NBA Third Team (2008–09) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2002) FIBA EuroBasket MVP (2013) 2× FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer (2011, 2013) 2× FIBA Europe Player of the Year (2013, 2014) 2× Euroscar Award (2007, 2013) 2× L'Équipe Champion of Champions (2003, 2013) LNB All-Star (2001) No. 9 retired by San Antonio Spurs | |
| 2023 | Dwyane Wade | G | 3× NBA champion (2006, 2012, 2013) NBA Finals MVP (2006) 13× NBA All-Star (2005–2016, 2019) NBA All-Star Game MVP (2010) 2× All-NBA First Team (2009, 2010) 3× All-NBA Second Team (2005, 2006, 2011) 3× All-NBA Third Team (2007, 2012, 2013) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2005, 2009, 2010) NBA scoring champion (2009) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2004) NBA 75th Anniversary Team Consensus first-team All-American (2003) Conference USA Player of the Year (2003) Summer Olympics Gold: 2008, Bronze: 2004 No. 3 retired by Miami Heat No. 3 retired by Marquette Golden Eagles |
