List of Turkish NBA players explained

The following is a list of Turkish players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This list also includes players who were born outside of Turkey but have represented the national team. Mirsad Türkcan is the first Turkish basketball player to play in the NBA.^[1]

Key

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	Center

Denotes player who is still active in the NBA

Players

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the .

Player	Pos.	Team(s) played	Career	Games played		NBA draft		Notes	Ref.
Regular season	Playoffs	Year (pick)	Team
	F/C	Philadelphia 76ers	–	41	0	2012 (53rd)	Los Angeles Clippers		[2]
	C/F	Chicago Bulls Houston Rockets New Orleans Pelicans	–, – –	471	37	2008 (36th)	Portland Trail Blazers		[3]
	G/F	Chicago Bulls	–present	0	0	Undrafted	—		[4]
	C	Boston Celtics Cleveland Cavaliers	–	69	0	2008 (60th)	Boston Celtics		[5]
	C/F	Utah Jazz Oklahoma City Thunder New York Knicks Portland Trail Blazers Boston Celtics	– – – , ,	748	59	2011 (3rd)	Utah Jazz	Born in Switzerland to Turkish parents, became a naturalized American citizen,[6] represented Turkey internationally.	[7]
	F	Milwaukee Bucks Detroit Pistons Orlando Magic Oklahoma City Thunder Philadelphia 76ers Atlanta Hawks Utah Jazz	2005-2007, –, – -, -	825	52	2005 (36th)	Milwaukee Bucks		[8]
	G	Philadelphia 76ers	2017–present	293	33	2016 (26th)	Philadelphia 76ers		[9]
	G	Seattle SuperSonics		5	0	Undrafted	—		[10]
	G	Dallas Mavericks New York Knicks Brooklyn Nets Boston Celtics		256	13	2013 (18th)	Atlanta Hawks	Born in the United States, became a naturalized Turkish citizen, represents Turkey internationally.[11]	[12]
	F/C	Detroit Pistons Utah Jazz New Jersey Nets	– –	634	71	2001 (38th)	Detroit Pistons		[13]
	F	Cleveland Cavaliers	2017–present	404	19	2015 (31st)	Cleveland Cavaliers	Born in Republic of Macedonia to ethnic Turkish father and Turkish/Bosnian mother, represents Turkey internationally.	[14]
	F/C	Houston Rockets	–present	147	0	2021 (16th)	Oklahoma City Thunder		[15]
	F	New York Knicks Milwaukee Bucks		17	2	1998 (18th)	Houston Rockets	Born in SFR Yugoslavia, has represented Turkey internationally.	[16]
	F	Sacramento Kings San Antonio Spurs Orlando Magic Toronto Raptors Phoenix Suns Los Angeles Clippers	– –, – –	997	109	2000 (16th)	Sacramento Kings		[17]
	C	Miami Heat Utah Jazz	– –present	65	17	Undrafted	—	Born in Uzbekistan to Turkish parents.	[18]

Drafted but never played

Player	Pos.	NBA draft		Notes	Ref.
Year (pick)	Team
	F	2005 (59th)	Atlanta Hawks
	G/F	2009 (57th)	Phoenix Suns	Born in SFR Yugoslavia, has represented Turkey internationally.
	F	2012 (50th)	Denver Nuggets
	F	2012 (57th)	Brooklyn Nets

See also

• List of foreign NBA players

Notes

• Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.
• dissolved in 1992 into five independent countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. FR Yugoslavia was renamed into Serbia and Montenegro in February 2003 and dissolved into two independent countries, Montenegro and Serbia, in June 2006.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mirsad Türkcan veda etti- CNN TÜRK - tarafsız güvenilir haberler . 2013-02-17 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234433/http://www.cnnturk.com/2012/spor/basketbol/09/17/mirsad.turkcan.veda.etti/676954.0/index.html . dead .
2. Web site: Furkan Aldemir Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 11, 2018.
3. Web site: Omer Asik Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 11, 2018.
4. Web site: Onuralp Bitim Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. December 11, 2023.
5. Web site: Semih Erden Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 11, 2018.
6. News: Enes Kanter Freedom: NBA star changes name to celebrate US citizenship. bbc.com. 30 November 2021 . BBC. January 11, 2022.
7. Web site: Enes Kanter Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 11, 2018.
8. Web site: Ersan Ilyasova Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 11, 2018.
9. Web site: Furkan Korkmaz Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 11, 2018.
10. Web site: Ibo Kutluay Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 11, 2018.
11. Web site: Shane Larkin'in Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Vatandaşlık İşlemleri Tamamlandı . February 7, 2020 . tbf.org.tr . . February 7, 2020 . tr.
12. Web site: Shane Larkin Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. February 13, 2020.
13. Web site: Mehmet Okur Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 11, 2018.
14. Web site: Cedi Osman Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 11, 2018.
15. Web site: Alperen Şengün Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 11, 2022.
16. Web site: Mirsad Turkcan Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 11, 2018.
17. Web site: Hedo Turkoglu Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. April 11, 2018.
18. Web site: Omer Yurtseven Statistics. basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. January 11, 2022.