NBA players from Canada

34 NBA players on file were born in Canada. 12 are on NBA rosters now, among them Andrew Wiggins, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Jamal Murray. Andrew Wiggins leads them with 15,310 career points. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

On NBA rosters now (12)

NBA players from Canada on rosters now
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsCareerBorn
Andrew WigginsMIAF2014–202713845 GP · 15,310 PTS · 3,785 REB · 1,953 ASTThornhill, ON
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKCG2018–20279541 GP · 13,736 PTS · 2,550 REB · 2,862 ASTToronto, ON
Jamal MurrayDENG2016–202710620 GP · 11,760 PTS · 2,394 REB · 3,095 ASTKitchener, ON
RJ BarrettTORF2019–20278454 GP · 8,604 PTS · 2,508 REB · 1,502 ASTToronto, ON
Dillon BrooksPHXF2017–202710558 GP · 8,250 PTS · 1,836 REB · 1,103 ASTMississauga, ON
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerATLG2019–20278471 GP · 5,145 PTS · 1,255 REB · 1,199 ASTToronto, ON
Shaedon SharpePORG2022–20264234 GP · 3,676 PTS · 937 REB · 518 ASTLondon, ON
Andrew NembhardINDG2022–20275274 GP · 3,108 PTS · 735 REB · 1,452 ASTAurora, ON
Zach EdeyMEMC2024–2027386 GP · 834 PTS · 742 REB · 86 ASTToronto, ON
Will RileyWSHG2025–2027283 GP · 780 PTS · 214 REB · 149 ASTKitchener, ON
Leonard MillerCHIF2023–2027484 GP · 467 PTS · 245 REB · 56 ASTThornhill, ON
Ryan NembhardDENG2025–2027263 GP · 406 PTS · 134 REB · 318 ASTAurora, ON

Former NBA players (22)

Former NBA players from Canada
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsCareerBorn
Rick FoxSF1991–200413930 GP · 8,966 PTS · 3,517 REB · 2,649 ASTToronto, ON
Kelly OlynykF2013–202613842 GP · 8,272 PTS · 4,201 REB · 2,024 ASTToronto, ON
Tristan ThompsonC2011–202513819 GP · 6,822 PTS · 6,428 REB · 800 ASTBrampton, ON
Cory JosephPG2011–202514866 GP · 5,828 PTS · 2,094 REB · 2,517 ASTToronto, ON
Dwight PowellF2014–202612768 GP · 4,964 PTS · 3,252 REB · 800 ASTToronto, ON
Jamaal MagloireC2000–201212680 GP · 4,917 PTS · 4,408 REB · 386 ASTToronto, ON
Bill WenningtonC1985–200013720 GP · 3,301 PTS · 2,148 REB · 440 ASTCanada
Brandon ClarkeF2019–20267309 GP · 3,145 PTS · 1,689 REB · 410 ASTVancouver, BC
Andrew NicholsonF2012–20175285 GP · 1,700 PTS · 857 REB · 126 ASTMississauga, ON
Oshae BrissettSF2019–20256233 GP · 1,530 PTS · 899 REB · 189 ASTMississauga, ON
Dalano BantonF2021–20265222 GP · 1,475 PTS · 487 REB · 433 ASTToronto, ON
Todd MacCullochC1999–20034223 GP · 1,369 PTS · 888 REB · 121 ASTWinnipeg, MB
Caleb HoustanF2022–20264186 GP · 727 PTS · 269 REB · 98 ASTMississauga, ON
A.J. LawsonG2022–20264107 GP · 529 PTS · 200 REB · 60 ASTBrampton, ON
Eugene OmoruyiF2021–2024387 GP · 492 PTS · 203 REB · 65 ASTRexdale, ON
Naz Mitrou-LongG2017–2020320 GP · 33 PTS · 13 REB · 23 ASTMississauga, AB
Xavier Rathan-MayesSG2017–201815 GP · 29 PTS · 5 REB · 18 ASTScarborough, ON
Emanuel MillerF2024–2026211 GP · 25 PTS · 11 REB · 6 ASTScarborough, ON
Jackson RoweF2024–202516 GP · 22 PTS · 11 REB · 4 ASTToronto, ON
Kris JosephSF2012–2013110 GP · 9 PTS · 7 REB · 1 ASTCanada
Sim BhullarC2014–201513 GP · 2 PTS · 1 REB · 1 ASTNorth York, ON
Norm BakerG1946–194714 GP · 0 PTS · 0 REB · 0 ASTCanada

Birthplace as ESPN lists it for each player. Best career first: points in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.

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