BASKETBALL PLAYERS from Switzerland

Top 4

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

1. Nikola Vučević (b. 1990)

With an HPI of 36.37, Nikola Vučević is the most famous Swiss Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into 29 different languages on wikipedia.

Nikola Vučević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Вучевић, pronounced [nǐkola ʋûːtʃeʋitɕ]; born 24 October 1990) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC Trojans before being drafted 16th overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. Vučević, who spent his rookie season with the 76ers, was traded to Orlando Magic before the start of the 2012–13 season as a part of the four-team trade that sent Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers. He played nine seasons for the Magic and was named an NBA All-Star twice during his tenure with the team. In the middle of the 2020–21 season, the Magic traded Vučević to the Chicago Bulls.

2. Enes Kanter (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 34.71, Enes Kanter is the 2nd most famous Swiss Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into 31 different languages.

Enes Kanter Freedom (Turkish pronunciation: [eˈnes kanˈtæɾ fɾiˈdom]; born Enes Kanter; May 20, 1992) is a Turkish-American former professional basketball player and human rights activist who last played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also had a brief professional wrestling career, where he is a former WWE 24/7 Champion. Born in Switzerland to Turkish parents, he was raised in Turkey and moved to the United States as a teenager. Freedom was selected as the third overall pick of the 2011 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. A center, Freedom played for five NBA teams during his eleven-year career.

3. Clint Capela (b. 1994)

With an HPI of 32.79, Clint Capela is the 3rd most famous Swiss Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into 23 different languages.

Clint N'Dumba Capela (born May 18, 1994) is a Swiss professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Known for his rebounding and shot-blocking abilities, he was selected with the 25th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets. He is the highest-earning team athlete in Switzerland's history. Capela began his professional career in 2012 with Élan Chalon of the LNB Pro A, where he played for two seasons and was honored as both the Pro A Best Young Player and Most Improved Player before declaring for the NBA draft in 2014. His breakout season came in 2016-2017 with the Rockets, as he saw a substantial increase in his role as a center and a key defensive player. He achieved the league's highest field goal percentage during the 2017-18 season, his 62.1% career field goal percentage is the 4th highest in NBA history, and has remained among the top players in rebounds and blocks, leading the NBA in rebounding during the 2021-22 season. He has represented the Swiss national team.

4. Thabo Sefolosha (b. 1984)

With an HPI of 32.46, Thabo Sefolosha is the 4th most famous Swiss Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into 25 different languages.

Thabo Patrick Sefolosha (; born 2 May 1984) is a Swiss professional basketball player for Vevey Riviera Basket of the Swiss Basketball League (SBL). He has played in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder, Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets, in the Turkish Basketball League for the Fenerbahçe, in France for Élan Chalon, in Italy for Angelico Biella, and in Switzerland for Vevey Riviera Basket. In 2006, he became the first player from Switzerland to play in the NBA, and in 2013, he was labelled the best Swiss basketball player of all-time by Swiss newspaper Freiburger Nachrichten.