Here's every Australian that has played in the NBA... so far
Here's every Australian that has played in the NBA... so far
Australia has a growing legacy in the NBA. Here's the definitive list of every Australian that has played in the world's best league to date.
Australia has established itself as a great source of NBA talent over the years.
Although Carl Rodwell and Ed Palubinskas were drafted before him, Luc Longley was the first Aussie to actually play in an NBA game.
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Since then we’ve seen the likes of Chris Anstey, David Andersen, Andrew Bogut, Patty Mills, Ben Simmons, Josh Giddey and more all compete in the world’s greatest league.
To qualify for this list, a player must have held Australian citizenship while taking the floor. It means players like Lanard Copeland and Darnell Mee, who played in the NBA and then brought their talents to the NBL before naturalising, are not included.
The same goes for those who were drafted but never saw any minutes, they also miss out.
*Refer to the below list for Aussies in history who had their name called on draft night.
Luc Longley
Draft: 1991, Pick 7, Minnesota Timberwolves
Teams: Minnesota Timberwolves (1991-1994)
Chicago Bulls (1994-1998)
Phoenix Suns (1999-2000)
New York Knicks (2000-2001)
Andrew Gaze
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Washington Bullets (1994)
San Antonio Spurs (1998)
Shane Heal
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Minnesota Timberwolves (1996-1997)
San Antonio Spurs (2003)
Mark Bradtke
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Philadelphia 76ers (1996-1997)
Chris Anstey
Draft: 1997, Pick 18, Portland Trail Blazers (Traded to Dallas Mavericks)
Teams: Dallas Mavericks (1997-1999)
Chicago Bulls (1999-2000)
Luke Schenscher
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Chicago Bulls (2006)
Portland Trail Blazers (2007)
Andrew Bogut
Draft: 2005, No. 1, Milwaukee Bucks
Teams: Milwaukee Bucks (2005-2012)
Golden State Warriors (2012-2016, 2019)
Dallas Mavericks (2016-2017)
Cleveland Cavaliers (2017)
Los Angeles Lakers (2017-2018)
Nathan Jawai
Draft: 2008, Pick 41, Indiana Pacers (Traded to Toronto Raptors)
Teams: Toronto Raptors (2008-2009)
Minnesota Timberwolves (2009-2010)
Patty Mills
Draft: 2009, Pick 55, Portland Trail Blazers
Teams: Portland Trail Blazers (2009-2011)
San Antonio Spurs (2012-2021)
Brooklyn Nets (2021-2023)
David Andersen
Draft: 2002, Pick 37, Atlanta Hawks
Teams: Houston Rockets (2009-2010)
Toronto Raptors (2010)
New Orleans Hornets (2010-2011)
Kyrie Irving
Draft: 2011, Pick 1, Cleveland Cavaliers
Teams: Cleveland Cavaliers (2011-2017)
Boston Celtics (2017-2019)
Brooklyn Nets (2019-2023)
Dallas Mavericks (2023)
Matthew Dellavedova
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Cleveland Cavaliers (2013-2016, 2018-2021)
Milwaukee Bucks (2016-2018)
Sacramento Kings (2022-2023)
Aron Baynes
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: San Antonio Spurs (2013-2015)
Detroit Pistons (2015-2017)
Boston Celtics (2017-2019)
Phoenix Suns (2019-2020)
Toronto Raptors (2020-2021)
Joe Ingles
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Utah Jazz (2014-2022)
Milwaukee Bucks (2022-2023)
Dante Exum
Draft: 2014, No. 5, Utah Jazz
Teams: Utah Jazz (2014-2019)
Cleveland Cavaliers (2019-2021)
Cameron Bairstow
Draft: 2014, No. 49, Chicago Bulls
Teams: Chicago Bulls (2014-2016)
Ben Simmons
Draft: 2016, No. 1, Philadelphia 76ers
Teams: Philadelphia 76ers (2016-2022)
Brooklyn Nets (2022-2023)
Thon Maker
Draft: 2016, No. 10, Milwaukee Bucks
Teams: Milwaukee Bucks (2016-2019)
Detroit Pistons (2019-2020)
Cleveland Cavaliers (2020-2021)
Mangok Mathiang
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Charlotte Hornets (2017-2018)
Deng Adel
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Cleveland Cavaliers (2019)
Isaac Humphries
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Atlanta Hawks (2019)
Mitch Creek
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Brooklyn Nets (2019)
Minnesota Timberwolves (2019)
Matisse Thybulle
Draft: 2019, Pick 20, Boston Celtics (Traded to Philadelphia 76ers)
Teams: Philadelphia 76ers (2019-2023)
Portland Trail Blazers (2023)
Ryan Broekhoff
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Dallas Mavericks (2018-2020)
Jonah Bolden
Draft: 2017, Pick 36, Philadelphia 76ers
Teams: Philadelphia 76ers (2018-2020)
Phoenix Suns (2020)
Will Magnay
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: New Orleans Pelicans (2020-2021)
Josh Green
Draft: 2020, No. 18, Dallas Mavericks
Teams: Dallas Mavericks (2020-2023)
Jock Landale
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: San Antonio Spurs (2021-2022)
Phoenix Suns (2022-2023)
Josh Giddey
Draft: 2021, No. 6, Oklahoma City Thunder
Teams: Oklahoma City Thunder (2021-2023)
Jack White
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Denver Nuggets (2022-23)
Chima Moneke
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Sacramento Kings (2022-2023)
Dyson Daniels
Draft: 2022, No. 8, New Orleans Pelicans
Teams: New Orleans Pelicans (2022-2023)
Xavier Cooks
Draft: Undrafted
Teams: Washington Wizards (2023)
