NBA players from Colorado

15 NBA players on file were born in Colorado. 5 are on NBA rosters now, among them Derrick White, Dalton Knecht, and Nique Clifford. Chauncey Billups leads them with 15,802 career points. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

NBA players who went to college at Colorado →

On NBA rosters now (5)

NBA players from Colorado on rosters now

Player	Pos	Years	Seasons	Career	Born
Derrick WhiteBOS	G	2017–2027	10	581 GP · 7,795 PTS · 2,180 REB · 2,532 AST	Parker, CO
Dalton KnechtNY	F	2024–2027	3	134 GP · 944 PTS · 298 REB · 88 AST	Thornton, CO
Nique CliffordOKC	G	2025–2027	2	83 GP · 658 PTS · 289 REB · 187 AST	Colorado Springs, CO
Jase RichardsonORL	G	2025–2027	2	63 GP · 292 PTS · 82 REB · 82 AST	Denver, CO
Graham IkeGS	F	2026–2027	1	8 GP · 39 PTS · 22 REB · 7 AST	Aurora, CO

Former NBA players (10)

Former NBA players from Colorado

Player	Pos	Years	Seasons	Career	Born
Chauncey Billups	PG	1997–2014	17	1,043 GP · 15,802 PTS · 2,992 REB · 5,636 AST	Deves, CO
Joe Kleine	C	1985–2000	15	965 GP · 4,666 PTS · 3,991 REB · 622 AST	Colorado Springs, CO
Jason Smith	F	2007–2019	11	616 GP · 3,777 PTS · 2,075 REB · 453 AST	Greeley, CO
Darrick Martin	PG	1994–2008	13	490 GP · 3,364 PTS · 550 REB · 1,414 AST	Denver, CO
Michael Ruffin	PF	1999–2009	9	414 GP · 716 PTS · 1,632 REB · 250 AST	Denver, CO
Eddie Gill	PG	2000–2009	7	187 GP · 571 PTS · 207 REB · 217 AST	Aurora, CO
Chuck Nevitt	C	1982–1994	9	155 GP · 251 PTS · 239 REB · 19 AST	Cortez, CO
Nick Fazekas	PF	2007–2008	1	26 GP · 107 PTS · 89 REB · 11 AST	Arvada, CO
Kaniel Dickens	SF	2003–2008	3	19 GP · 22 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST	Denver, CO
Thomas Wayne Hovasse	G	1994–1995	1	2 GP · 0 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST	Durango, CO

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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