The Most Famous
BASKETBALL PLAYERS from Netherlands
This page contains a list of the greatest Dutch Basketball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,757 Basketball Players, 2 of which were born in Netherlands. This makes Netherlands the birth place of the 45th most number of Basketball Players behind Sudan, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Dutch Basketball Players of all time. This list of famous Dutch Basketball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Rik Smits (b. 1966)
With an HPI of 40.58, Rik Smits is the most famous Dutch Basketball Player. His biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.
Rik Smits (born 23 August 1966), nicknamed "the Dunking Dutchman" is a Dutch former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft. An NBA All-Star in 1998, Smits reached the NBA Finals in 2000.
2. Francisco Elson (b. 1976)
With an HPI of 32.38, Francisco Elson is the 2nd most famous Dutch Basketball Player. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Francisco Marinho Robby Elson (born 28 February 1976) is a Dutch former professional basketball player. Elson was the seventh Dutch player to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Elson served as the captain of the Netherlands national basketball team in international basketball, as he led the team in several EuroBasket qualifying rounds. He was the first Dutch player to become NBA champion, with the San Antonio Spurs in 2007.
3. Dan Gadzuric (b. 1978)
With an HPI of 24.13, Dan Gadzuric is the 3rd most famous Dutch Basketball Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Daniel Gadzuric (Serbian: Даниел Гаџурић, romanized: Daniel Gadžurić; born 2 February 1978) is a Dutch-Serbian former professional basketball player. Gadzuric, a center, attended preparatory school at The Governor's Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, before playing college basketball for the Bruins at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Dutch basketball players born between 1966 and 1978. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Dutch basketball players include Rik Smits, Francisco Elson, and Dan Gadzuric. As of April 2024, 1 new Dutch basketball players have been added to Pantheon including Dan Gadzuric.
Living Dutch Basketball Players
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Rik Smits
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.58
Francisco Elson
1976 - Present
HPI: 32.38
Dan Gadzuric
1978 - Present
HPI: 24.13
