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.

Inductees

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Key:

Also elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Male players

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In total, 66 men have been inducted.

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

Male teams

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Class of 2017[9]
  United States Men's Dream Team at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games -   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

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In total, 30 women have been inducted.

Year Inductee Nationality Pos. Achievements Ref.
2007
Liliana Ronchetti   Italy
2007
Vanya Voynova   Bulgaria
2007
Uljana Semjonova   Soviet Union
  Latvia
2007
Hortência Marcari   Brazil
2007
Ann Meyers   United States
2009
Jacky Chazalon   France
2010
Cheryl Miller   United States
2010
Natalya Zasulskaya   Soviet Union
  Russia
2013
Teresa Edwards   United States
2013
Paula Gonçalves   Brazil
2015
Anne Donovan   United States
2016
Michele Timms   Australia
2017
Razija Mujanović   Yugoslavia
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019
Janeth Arcain   Brazil [7]
2019
Margo Dydek   Poland
[7]
2020
Isabelle Fijalkowski   France
2020
Ágnes Németh   Hungary
2020
Shin-Ja Park   South Korea
2021
Hana Horáková   Czech Republic
2021
Penka Stoyanova   Bulgaria
2021
Zheng Haixia   China
2022
Lisa Leslie   United States
2022
Robyn Maher   Australia
2022
Catarina Pollini   Italy
2022
Jurgita Štreimikytė-Virbickienė   Lithuania
2022
Mame Maty Mbengue   Senegal
2023
Yuko Oga   Japan
2023
Katrina McClain   United States
2023
Amaya Valdemoro   Spain
2023
Penny Taylor   Australia

Male coaches

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In total, 29 individuals, have been inducted as male coaches.

Year Inductee Nationality Achievements Ref.
2007
Antonio Díaz-Miguel   Spain
2007
Alexander Gomelsky   Soviet Union
  Russia
2007
Henry "Hank" Iba   United States
2007
Vladimir Kondrashin   Soviet Union
  Russia
2007
Aleksandar Nikolić   Yugoslavia
  FR Yugoslavia
2007
Giancarlo Primo   Italy
2007
Dean Smith   United States
2007
Togo Renan Soares "Kanela"   Brazil
2007
Ranko Žeravica   Yugoslavia
  Serbia
2009
Pedro Ferrándiz   Spain
2009
Pete Newell   Canada
  United States
2010
Evgeny Gomelsky   Soviet Union
  Russia
2010
Lindsay Gaze   Australia
2010
Mirko Novosel   Yugoslavia
  Croatia
2013
John "Jack" Donohue   United States
  Canada
2013
Cesare Rubini   Italy
2016
Jorge Hugo Canavesi   Argentina
2017
Dušan Ivković   Yugoslavia
  Serbia
2019
Bogdan Tanjević   Yugoslavia
  Montenegro
[12]
2019
Mou Zuoyun   China [13]
2020
Svetislav Pešić   Serbia
2020
Rubén Magnano   Argentina
2021
Chuck Daly   United States
2021
Tom Maher   Australia
2021
Ettore Messina   Italy
2022
Geno Auriemma   United States
2022
Antonio Carlos Barbosa   Brazil
2022
Milan Vasojević   Serbia
2023
Alessandro "Sandro" Gamba   Italy

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Female coaches

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

Year Inductee Nationality Achievements Ref.
2007
Lidiya Alekseyeva   Russia
2009
Kay Yow   United States
2013
Pat Summitt   United States
2015
Jan Stirling   Australia
2019
Natália Hejková   Slovakia
[7]
2020
Tara VanDerveer   United States
2022
María Planas   Spain
2023
Valérie Garnier   France

Technical officials (referees)

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

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

Contributors

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National federations (8)

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

Year Inductee Major Contribution Ref.
2007
  Argentine Federation Founding member of FIBA
2007
  Czechoslovakian Federation Founding member of FIBA
2007
  Greek Federation Founding member of FIBA
2007
  Italian Federation Founding member of FIBA
2007
  Latvian Federation Founding member of FIBA
2007
  Portuguese Federation Founding member of FIBA
2007
  Romanian Federation Founding member of FIBA
2007
 0Swiss Federation Founding member of FIBA

Inductees (35)

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

Current candidates

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

Male player candidates (64)

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Female player candidates (28)

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Male coach candidates (27)

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b HALL OF FAMERS PLAYERS.
  2. ^ "FIBA Hall of Fame - Drazen Dalipagic's profile". halloffame.fiba.com. Archived from the original on 2007-06-24. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
  3. ^ "Nikos GALIS (2007 Class)". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Dragan KIĆANOVIĆ (2010 Class)". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Vlade DIVAC (2010 Class)". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Fasoulas Inducted to FIBA Hall of Fame". The National Herald. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Mourning, Arcain and Tanjevic among 11 top basketball personalities making up 2019 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame".
  8. ^ "2019 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame: Jiri Zidek".
  9. ^ Dream Team, Shaq and Kukoc headline 2017 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame Inductees.
  10. ^ HALL OF FAMERS The Dream Team (USA).
  11. ^ a b HALL OF FAMERS COACHES.
  12. ^ "2019 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame: Bogdan Tanjevic".
  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.
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