The Most Famous

BASKETBALL PLAYERS from Iran

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This page contains a list of the greatest Iranian Basketball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,757 Basketball Players, 1 of which were born in Iran. This makes Iran the birth place of the 59th most number of Basketball Players behind Panama, and Tunisia.

Top 8

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Iranian Basketball Players of all time. This list of famous Iranian Basketball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Hamed Haddadi (b. 1985)

With an HPI of 40.89, Hamed Haddadi is the most famous Iranian Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.

Hamed Ehdadi Haddadi (Persian: حامد حدادی, Persian pronunciation: [hɑmɛd ɛ hæddɑdi], born May 19, 1985) is an Iranian professional basketball player for Palayesh Naft Abadan of the Iranian Basketball Super League (IBSL). He played at the center position and is 7'2" (2.18 meters) tall and weighs 254 lbs (115 kilograms). Haddadi was the first Iranian to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) when he debuted with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008. He played with the Grizzlies until 2013 before bouncing around the league with the Toronto Raptors and the Phoenix Suns. In 2013, he returned home to Iran before playing in China.

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2. Behnam Yakhchali (b. 1995)

With an HPI of 0.00, Behnam Yakhchali is the 2nd most famous Iranian Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Behnam Yakhchali Dehkordi (Persian: بهنام یخچالی دهکردی, born 12 july, 1995) is an Iranian professional basketball player for the Gladiators Treves of the German ProA. He has played for the Iranian national basketball team.

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3. Mohammad Hassanzadeh (b. 1990)

With an HPI of 0.00, Mohammad Hassanzadeh is the 3rd most famous Iranian Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Mohammad Hassanzadeh Saberi Akhlaghi (Persian: محمد حسن‌زاده صابری اخلاقی, born October 6, 1990, in Shiraz) is an Iranian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Zob Ahan Isfahan in the Iranian Super League as well as for the Iranian national basketball team, as a forward. He participated in his first major international competition for the Iranian team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. He is 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) tall.

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4. Mohammad Sina Vahedi (b. 2001)

With an HPI of 0.00, Mohammad Sina Vahedi is the 4th most famous Iranian Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Mohammad Sina Vahedi (born 8 January 2001) is an Iranian basketball player for shahrdari gorgan and the Iranian national team. He represented Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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5. Mohammad Jamshidi (b. 1991)

With an HPI of 0.00, Mohammad Jamshidi is the 5th most famous Iranian Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Mohammad Jamshidi Jafarabadi (Persian: محمد جمشیدی جعفرآبادی, born July 30, 1991), known more simple as Mohammad Jamshidi, is an Iranian professional basketball player who is playing for the Mahram Tehran in the Iranian Super League. A 6'6" swingman, he is also a member of the Iranian men's national basketball team.

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6. Saeid Davarpanah (b. 1987)

With an HPI of 0.00, Saeid Davarpanah is the 6th most famous Iranian Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Saeid Davarpanah (Persian: سعید داورپناه, born September 7, 1987) is an Iranian professional basketball player, currently playing as a guard for Naft Abadan in the Iranian Basketball Super League. He is also a member of the Iranian national basketball team and competed at the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament.He was the youngest basketball player of Iran national basketball team at the 2008 Olympic Basketball He has been recognized as the best player in the Iranian Basketball League several times since 2008. He also competed in the 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, and his brilliance in these competitions made him more popular among the fans of the Iran Basketball League. He is especially popular among league fans in southern Iran due to his long and colorful presence in the Naft Abadan and Petrochimi.

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7. Navid Rezaeifar (b. 1996)

With an HPI of 0.00, Navid Rezaeifar is the 7th most famous Iranian Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Navid Rezaeifar (born August 23, 1996) is an Iranian basketball player for Shahrdari Gorgan and the Iranian national team. He participated at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup, and the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was named as one of the top 5 players in the 2017 William Jones Cup.

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8. Arsalan Kazemi (b. 1990)

With an HPI of 0.00, Arsalan Kazemi is the 8th most famous Iranian Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Arsalan Kazemi Naeini (Persian: ارسلان کاظمی نائینی; born 22 April 1990) is an Iranian professional basketball player for Shahrdari Gorgan of the Iranian Basketball Super League. He played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks and the Rice Owls basketball teams. He was the 54th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards, becoming the first Iranian to be drafted into the league. His rights were later traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. He was the captain of the Iranian under-18 national basketball team and has previously played for Zob Ahan Isfahan in the Iranian Basketball Super League at the age of 17 before travelling to the United States in February 2008.

People

Pantheon has 8 people classified as Iranian basketball players born between 1985 and 2001. Of these 8, 8 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Iranian basketball players include Hamed Haddadi, Behnam Yakhchali, and Mohammad Hassanzadeh. As of April 2024, 7 new Iranian basketball players have been added to Pantheon including Behnam Yakhchali, Mohammad Hassanzadeh, and Mohammad Sina Vahedi.

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