NBA players born in 1997

39 NBA players on file were born in 1997. 28 are on NBA rosters now. De'Aaron Fox leads them with 12,735 career points. The first born in 1997 to play in the NBA were Jamal Murray, Brandon Ingram, Ivica Zubac, and Derrick Jones Jr. and 2 more, in 2016-17. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

On NBA rosters now (28)

NBA players born in 1997 on rosters now
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsCareerBorn
De'Aaron FoxSAG2017–20269603 GP · 12,735 PTS · 2,352 REB · 3,707 ASTHouston, TX
Jamal MurrayDENG2016–20269611 GP · 11,528 PTS · 2,348 REB · 3,044 ASTKitchener, ON
Brandon IngramLACF2016–202610572 GP · 11,311 PTS · 2,996 REB · 2,414 ASTKinston, NC
Bam AdebayoMIAC2017–20269640 GP · 10,391 PTS · 5,756 REB · 2,276 ASTNewark, NJ
Lauri MarkkanenUTAHF2017–20269492 GP · 9,323 PTS · 3,490 REB · 746 ASTJyvaskyla, Finland
John CollinsDETF2017–20269541 GP · 8,488 PTS · 4,172 REB · 767 ASTWest Palm Beach, FL
OG AnunobyNYF2017–20269559 GP · 7,451 PTS · 2,495 REB · 976 ASTLondon, England
Ivica ZubacINDC2016–202610632 GP · 6,630 PTS · 5,251 REB · 899 ASTMostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Donte DiVincenzoMING2018–20268498 GP · 5,469 PTS · 2,119 REB · 1,512 ASTNewark, DE
De'Andre HunterSACF2019–20267372 GP · 5,454 PTS · 1,521 REB · 587 ASTPhiladelphia, PA
Derrick Jones Jr.LACF2016–202610547 GP · 4,094 PTS · 1,803 REB · 435 ASTChester, PA
Landry ShametNYG2018–20268449 GP · 3,788 PTS · 754 REB · 669 ASTKansas City, MO
Moritz WagnerBKNC2018–20268399 GP · 3,575 PTS · 1,551 REB · 466 ASTBerlin, Germany
Thomas BryantCLEC2017–20269393 GP · 3,328 PTS · 1,907 REB · 359 ASTRochester, NY
Zach CollinsCHIF2017–20268388 GP · 3,110 PTS · 1,883 REB · 700 ASTLas Vegas, NV
Svi MykhailiukUTAHG2018–20268381 GP · 2,638 PTS · 713 REB · 555 ASTCherkasy, Ukraine
Sam HauserBOSF2021–20265334 GP · 2,613 PTS · 1,033 REB · 341 ASTStevens Point, WI
Drew EubanksNYF2018–20268426 GP · 2,401 PTS · 1,835 REB · 388 ASTTroutdale, OR
Ty JeromeMEMG2019–20267244 GP · 2,281 PTS · 509 REB · 733 ASTNew Rochelle, NY
Jonathan IsaacORLF2017–20267328 GP · 2,231 PTS · 1,491 REB · 244 ASTNaples, FL
Nick RichardsMIAC2020–20266305 GP · 2,154 PTS · 1,761 REB · 172 ASTKingston, Jamaica
Robert Williams IIIPORC2018–20268294 GP · 2,088 PTS · 2,018 REB · 385 ASTShreveport, LA
Matisse ThybulleLALG2019–20267377 GP · 1,872 PTS · 769 REB · 415 ASTIssaquah, WA
Jay HuffINDC2021–20265177 GP · 1,296 PTS · 489 REB · 172 ASTDurham, NC
Dru SmithMIAG2022–20264108 GP · 565 PTS · 247 REB · 239 ASTEvansville, IN
Alex MoralesORLG2025–202614 GP · 8 PTS · 3 REB · 4 ASTPaterson, NJ
Alpha DialloDENFNo games yet——New York, NY
Taylor FunkUTAHFNo games yet——Lancaster, PA

Former NBA players born in 1997 (11)

Former NBA players born in 1997
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsCareerBorn
Lonzo BallG2017–20267322 GP · 3,422 PTS · 1,705 REB · 1,814 ASTChino Hills, CA
Dennis Smith Jr.PG2017–20247326 GP · 3,160 PTS · 967 REB · 1,381 ASTFayetteville, NC
Furkan KorkmazSG2017–20247328 GP · 2,244 PTS · 646 REB · 391 ASTBakirkoy, Türkiye
Marquese ChrissSF2016–20226292 GP · 2,206 PTS · 1,366 REB · 298 ASTSacramento, CA
Skylar MaysPG2020–20244105 GP · 451 PTS · 122 REB · 182 ASTBaton Rouge, LA
Henry EllensonPF2016–2021583 GP · 342 PTS · 206 REB · 49 ASTRice Lake, WI
Kobi SimmonsG2017–2024442 GP · 221 PTS · 61 REB · 85 ASTAtlanta, GA
Zavier SimpsonG2021–2024211 GP · 86 PTS · 41 REB · 55 ASTLima, OH
Jared HarperG2019–2022316 GP · 42 PTS · 4 REB · 15 ASTMableton, GA
Grant RillerG2020–202117 GP · 18 PTS · 1 REB · 3 ASTOrlando, FL
Malik NewmanG2019–202222 GP · 10 PTS · 1 REB · 1 ASTJackson, MS

Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: points in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.