List of Greek NBA players

The list of Greek players that either play or have played in the National Basketball Association (NBA):

Currently active NBA players[]

Draft Year	Round	Pick	Entry Year	Player	Teams	teams played for
2013	1st	#15	2013	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks
2014	2nd	#51	2016	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks
2017	Undrafted	Undrafted	2017	- Naz Mitrou-Long	Indiana Pacers	Utah Jazz, Indiana Pacers
2018	2nd	#60	2018	Kostas Antetokounmpo	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers

Former NBA players[]

Draft Year	Round	Pick	Entry Year	Player	Drafted by	NBA teams played for	NBA seasons	NBA games	NBA playoff games
1953	7th	#57	1953	- Lou Tsioropoulos	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics	3	157	11
1959	5th	#37	1960	- Nick Mantis	Saint Louis Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers, St. Louis Hawks, Chicago Zephyrs	2	52	11
1980	3rd	#58	1980	- Kurt Rambis	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings	14	880	139
1987	Undrafted	Undrafted	1987	- Sergei Bazarevich	Undrafted	Atlanta Hawks	1	10	-
1996	1st	#23	2002	Efthimios Rentzias	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers	1	35	-
2000	1st	#25	2000	- Jake Tsakalidis	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns, Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets	7	315	10
2001	2nd	#47	2001	Antonis Fotsis	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies	1	28	-
2003	2nd	#58	2006	Andreas Glyniadakis	Detroit Pistons	Seattle SuperSonics	1	13	-
2004	2nd	#50	2006	Vassilis Spanoulis	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets	1	31	1
2008	1st	#23	2008	- Kosta Koufos	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings	12	686	37
2009	2nd	#45	2013	- Nick Calathes	Minnesota Timberwolves	Memphis Grizzlies	2	129	9
2012	2nd	#48	2014	Kostas Papanikolaou	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets, Denver Nuggets	2	69	8
2016	1st	#13	2016	Georgios Papagiannis	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers	3	39	-

Drafted but did not play in the NBA[]

Draft Year	Round	Pick	Player	Drafted by
1978	4th	#72	- David Stergakos	Boston Celtics
1978	5th	#95	- Dave Caligaris	Detroit Pistons
1979	4th	#68	- Nick Galis	Boston Celtics
1982	9th	#205	Panagiotis Giannakis	Boston Celtics
1986	2nd	#37	Panagiotis Fasoulas	Portland Trail Blazers
1987	4th	#90	Fanis Christodoulou	Atlanta Hawks
2003	2nd	#34	Sofoklis Schortsanitis	Los Angeles Clippers
2006	2nd	#57	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	Minnesota Timberwolves
2007	2nd	#58	Georgios Printezis	San Antonio Spurs
2015	2nd	#59	Dimitrios Agravanis	Atlanta Hawks

All the drafted players[]

Draft Year	Round	Pick	Player	Drafted by
1953	7th	#57	- Lou Tsioropoulos	Boston Celtics
1959	5th	#37	- Nick Mantis	Saint Louis Hawks
1978	4th	#72	- David Stergakos	Boston Celtics
1978	5th	#95	- Dave Caligaris	Detroit Pistons
1979	4th	#68	- Nick Galis	Boston Celtics
1980	3rd	#58	- Kurt Rambis	New York Knicks
1982	9th	#205	Panagiotis Giannakis	Boston Celtics
1986	2nd	#37	Panagiotis Fasoulas	Portland Trail Blazers
1987	4th	#90	Fanis Christodoulou	Atlanta Hawks
1996	1st	#23	Efthimios Rentzias	Denver Nuggets
2000	1st	#25	- Jake Tsakalidis	Phoenix Suns
2001	2nd	#47	Antonis Fotsis	Memphis Grizzlies
2003	2nd	#34	Sofoklis Schortsanitis	Los Angeles Clippers
2003	2nd	#58	Andreas Glyniadakis	Detroit Pistons
2004	2nd	#50	Vassilis Spanoulis	Dallas Mavericks
2006	2nd	#57	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	Minnesota Timberwolves
2007	2nd	#58	Georgios Printezis	San Antonio Spurs
2008	1st	#23	- Kosta Koufos	Utah Jazz
2009	2nd	#45	- Nick Calathes	Minnesota Timberwolves
2012	2nd	#48	Kostas Papanikolaou	New York Knicks
2013	1st	#15	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks
2014	2nd	#51	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	New York Knicks
2015	2nd	#59	Dimitrios Agravanis	Atlanta Hawks
2016	1st	#13	Georgios Papagiannis	Phoenix Suns
2017	2nd	#41	- Tyler Dorsey	Atlanta Hawks
2018	2nd	#60	Kostas Antetokounmpo	Philadelphia 76ers

NBA champions[]

Season	Player	Team
1956–57	- Lou Tsioropoulos	Boston Celtics
1958–59
1981–82	- Kurt Rambis	Los Angeles Lakers
1984–85
1986–87
1987–88
2019–20	Kostas Antetokounmpo
2021–22	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks
2021–22	Thanasis Antetokounmpo

Former NBA All-Star Game participants[]

Season	Location	Player	Team
2016–17	New Orleans, LA	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks
2017–18	Los Angeles, CA
2018–19	Charlotte, NC
2019–20	Chicago, IL
2021–22	Atlanta, GA

Former NBA All-Star Game Contest participants[]

Season	Location	Player	Team	NBA All-Star Game Contest
2013–14	New Orleans, LA	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge
2014–15	New York, NY			Slam Dunk Contest

See also[]

• NBA Draft
• List of National Basketball Association players by country

External links[]

• International players who have played in the NBA
• International players who have been drafted but have never played in the NBA
• Superbasket.gr list (in Greek)
• E-tipos.com (in Greek)
• Doubleteam.wordpress.com (in Greek)