List of members of the FIBA Hall of Fame

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The

referees, executives, and other major contributors to the sport of basketball
.

Inductees

Key:

Also elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Male players

In total, 66 individuals, have been inducted as male players.

Year Inductee Nationality Pos. Achievements Ref.
2007
Sasha Belov
 Soviet Union
 Russia
2007
Sergei Belov  Soviet Union
 Russia
List of achievements
2007
Emiliano Rodríguez  Spain
List of achievements
2007
Bill Russell  United States
C
2007
Radivoj Korać  Yugoslavia
 Serbia
PF
List of achievements
2007
Krešimir Ćosić  Yugoslavia
 Croatia
List of achievements
2007
Teófilo Cruz  Puerto Rico
List of achievements
2007
Dražen Dalipagić  Yugoslavia
 Serbia
List of achievements
2007
Ivo Daneu  Yugoslavia
 Slovenia
List of achievements
2007
Mirza Delibašić  Yugoslavia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
List of achievements
2007
Oscar Furlong  Argentina
2007
Nikos Galis  Greece
 United States
2007
Fernando Martín
 Spain
PF
List of achievements
2007
Pierluigi Marzorati  Italy
List of achievements
2007
Amaury Pasos  Brazil
PF
List of achievements
2007
Dražen Petrović  Yugoslavia
 Croatia
List of achievements
2009
Bira Maciel  Brazil
PF/C
List of achievements
    • Olympic Games bronze medalist (1964)
    • South American Club Champion
      (1964, 1969)
    • Brazilian Champion
      (1965, 1966, 1969, 1977, 1981)
    • São Paulo State
      champion (1964–1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1980, 1981)
    • FIBA's 50 Greatest Players
      (1991)
    • FIBA Order of Merit (1994)
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
List of achievements
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
PF
List of achievements
2015
Ruperto Herrera  Cuba
List of achievements
2015
Michael Jordan  United States
2015
Šarūnas Marčiulionis  Soviet Union
 Lithuania
List of achievements
2015
Antoine Rigaudeau  France
List of achievements
2015
Vladimir Tkachenko  Soviet Union
 Russia
C
List of achievements
2016
Panagiotis Fasoulas  Greece
C
List of achievements
2016
Hakeem Olajuwon  Nigeria
 United States
C
2016
Juan Antonio San Epifanio  Spain
List of achievements
2016
Manuel Raga  Mexico
List of achievements
    • FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (1970, 1973)
    • EuroLeague champion (1970, 1972, 1973)
    • 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors
      (2008)
    • Italian League champion (1969–1971)
    • Italian Cup winner (1969–1971)
    • Swiss League
      champion (1975–1977)
    • Swiss Cup
      winner (1975)
    • Best Mexican Player of the 20th Century
2017
Miki Berkovich  Israel
List of achievements
2017
Pero Cameron  New Zealand
PF/C
List of achievements
2017
Valdis Valters  Soviet Union
 Latvia
2017
Toni Kukoč  Yugoslavia
 Croatia
PF
List of achievements
2017
Shaquille O'Neal  United States
C
2019
Atanas Golomeev  Bulgaria
C
List of achievements
[7]
2019
Alonzo Mourning  United States
C
List of achievements
[7]
2019
Fabricio Oberto  Argentina
C
List of achievements
[7]
2019
José Ortiz  Puerto Rico
List of achievements
[7]
2019
Mohsen Medhat Warda  Egypt [7]
2019
Jiří Zídek Sr.  Czechoslovakia
List of achievements
[8]
2020
Mieczysław Łopatka  Poland
List of achievements
2020
Steve Nash  Canada
2020
Modestas Paulauskas  Soviet Union
 Lithuania
List of achievements
2020
Kenichi Sako  Japan
2020
Sasha Volkov  Soviet Union
 Ukraine
PF/C
List of achievements
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
    • FIBA's 50 Greatest Players
      (1991)
    • FIBA European Selection
      (1981 2×, 1982, 1987)
    • Czechoslovakian League
      champion (1979, 1980, 1983–1985)
    • Czechoslovakian Player of the Year
      (1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985)
    • 10× Czechoslovakian League All-Star Five (1976–1985)
    • 10×
      Slovakian Player of the Year
      (1975–1984)
    • Best Slovak Player of the 20th Century (2000)
2021
Oscar Moglia  Uruguay
List of achievements
2021
Detlef Schrempf  Germany
PF
2021
Sergei Tarakanov  Soviet Union
 Russia
PF
List of achievements
2023
Ângelo Victoriano  Angola
List of achievements
2023
Sony 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
)
  • FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team (1954)
  • FIBA Asia Cup All-Tournament Team (1960)
  • 2023
    Yao Ming  China
    List of achievements

    Male teams

    Class of 2017[9]
    United States 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 C #6 Patrick Ewing
    Bench
    PG #12 John Stockton SG #10 Clyde Drexler
    Chris Mullin
    David Robinson
    Coaches
    Head coach
    Chuck Daly
    Assistant coach
    Mike Krzyzewski
    Assistant coach
    Lenny Wilkens
    Assistant coach
    P. J. Carlesimo

    Female players

    In total, 30 individuals, have been inducted as female players.

    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
    PF
    2010
    Natalya Zasulskaya  Soviet Union
     Russia
    PF
    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
    PF
    2020
    Ágnes Németh  Hungary
    2020
    Shin-Ja Park  South Korea
    2021
    Hana Horáková  Czech Republic
    • FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year
      (2010)
    • FIBA World Championship
      MVP (2010)
    2021
    Penka Stoyanova  Bulgaria
    2021
    Zheng Haixia  China
    2022
    Lisa Leslie  United States
    2022
    Robyn Maher  Australia
    2022
    Catarina Pollini  Italy
    PF/C
    2022
    Jurgita Štreimikytė-Virbickienė
     Lithuania
    2022
    Mame Maty Mbengue  Senegal
    2023
    Yuko Oga  Japan
    2023
    Katrina McClain  United States
    PF
    2023
    Amaya Valdemoro  Spain
    2023
    Penny Taylor  Australia

    Male coaches

    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  
    FR Yugoslavia
    2007
    Giancarlo Primo  Italy
    2007
    Dean Smith  United States
    2007
    Togo Renan Soares "Kanela"
     Brazil
    • Olympic Games bronze medalist (1960)
    • South American Club
      champion (1953)
    • Brazilian champion
      (1973)
    • São Paulo State
      champion (1972)
    • 20×
      Rio de Janeiro State
      champion (1939, 1942–1945, 1947–1949, 1951–1960, 1962, 1964)
    2007
    Ranko Žeravica  Yugoslavia
     Serbia
    2009
    Pedro Ferrándiz  Spain
    2009
    Pete Newell  Canada
     United States
    2010
    Evgeny Gomelsky  Soviet Union
     Russia
    • 1992
      )
    • Honored Coach of the Russian SSR (1967)
    • Honored Coach of the USSR (1977)
    • Russian Women's Basketball Coach of the Year (1998)
    • Contributor to Russian Basketball
      (2008)
    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

    NB:

    Female coaches

    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)

    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
    • 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors
      (2008)
    2015
    Robert Blanchard  France

    Contributors

    National federations (8)

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

    Year Inductee Major Contribution Ref.
    2007
    Argentina Argentine Federation Founding member of FIBA
    2007
    Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Federation Founding member of FIBA
    2007
    Greece Greek Federation Founding member of FIBA
    2007
    Italy Italian Federation Founding member of FIBA
    2007
    Latvia Latvian Federation Founding member of FIBA
    2007
    Portugal Portuguese Federation Founding member of FIBA
    2007
    Romania Romanian Federation Founding member of FIBA
    2007
    Swiss Federation
    Founding member of FIBA

    Inductees (35)

    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
    2007
    Edward S. Steitz  United States
    2007
    Decio Scuri  Italy
    2007
    Antonio dos Reis Carneiro  Brazil
    2007
    José Cláudio dos Reis  Brazil
    2007
    Abdel Azim Ashry  Egypt
    2007
    Abdel Moneim Wahby  Egypt
    2007
    Nikolai Semashko  Soviet Union
    2007
    Robert Busnel  France
    • Olympic Order (1990)
    • National Order of Merit (France)
    • Officer of the
      Legion of Honor
      (1989)
    • Glory of Sport
      (1994)
    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
    2007
    James Naismith  Canada
     United States
    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

    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

    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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