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BASKETBALL PLAYERS from United Kingdom

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This page contains a list of the greatest British Basketball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,268 Basketball Players, 6 of which were born in United Kingdom. This makes United Kingdom the birth place of the 25th most number of Basketball Players behind China and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Top 6

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary British Basketball Players of all time. This list of famous British 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. Ben Gordon (1983 - )

With an HPI of 30.78, Ben Gordon is the most famous British Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.

Benjamin Ashenafi Gordon (born April 4, 1983) is a British-American former professional basketball player. Gordon played for 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and he played college basketball for the University of Connecticut, where he won a national championship in 2004.He is the only player to have ever won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award as a rookie. Gordon is third in career three-point field goals for the Chicago Bulls, behind Kirk Hinrich and Zach LaVine. He shares the NBA record for most three point field goals in a game without a miss (9) with Latrell Sprewell and Jalen Brunson.

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2. Robert Archibald (1980 - 2020)

With an HPI of 27.90, Robert Archibald is the 2nd most famous British Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Robert Michael Archibald (29 March 1980 – 23 January 2020) was a Scottish professional basketball player. A 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) power forward / center from the University of Illinois, he was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2002 NBA draft with the third pick of the second round (32nd overall).

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3. Pops Mensah-Bonsu (1983 - )

With an HPI of 25.86, Pops Mensah-Bonsu is the 3rd most famous British Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Nana Papa Yaw "Pops" Mensah-Bonsu (born 7 September 1983) is a British basketball executive and former player. He played college basketball for George Washington University and professionally for five NBA teams as well as clubs in Spain, France, Turkey, Russia, Italy, Israel, and Greece. On an international level, he represented Great Britain and was a member of Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games. He also served as general manager of the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League from 2018 to 2020.

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4. Liz Cambage (1991 - )

With an HPI of 21.97, Liz Cambage is the 4th most famous British Basketball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Elizabeth Folake Cambage (born 18 August 1991) is an Australian professional basketball player who recently joined the Sichuan Yuanda Women's Basketball Team in Chengdu, China. Prior to her move to China, Cambage showcased her prowess with the Maccabi Bnot Ashdod of the Israeli Female Basketball Premier League. Cambage currently shares the WNBA single-game scoring record with A'ja Wilson, with her 53-point performance against the New York Liberty on 17 July 2018.She played for the Australia national team, the Opals, between 2009 and 2021, winning a gold medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, silver in the 2018 World Cup, and bronze in the 2012 Olympics.

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5. OG Anunoby (1997 - )

With an HPI of 20.88, OG Anunoby is the 5th most famous British Basketball Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Ogugua "OG" Anunoby Jr. (born 17 July 1997) is a British professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers. He won an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019 and led the league in steals while being named to his first NBA All-Defensive Team in 2023.

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6. Joel Freeland (1987 - )

With an HPI of 19.18, Joel Freeland is the 6th most famous British Basketball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Joel Daniel Freeland (born 7 February 1987) is a British former professional basketball player who last played for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. Standing at 2.10 m (6 ft 10+1⁄2 in), he played at the power forward and center positions. He also represented the Great Britain national basketball team.

Pantheon has 6 people classified as basketball players born between 1980 and 1997. Of these 6, 5 (83.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living basketball players include Ben Gordon, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, and Liz Cambage. The most famous deceased basketball players include Robert Archibald. As of April 2022, 1 new basketball players have been added to Pantheon including Liz Cambage.

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