Most NBA stars have taken a pass on this year’s World Cup, the first since 2014, but you will still we able to find a bunch of recognizable names across the various National Teams taking part in the tournament starting on August 31.
Here they are:
Angola (Group D)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Jose Antonio |
PG |
29 |
6-6 |
| Yanick Moreira |
C |
28 |
6-11 |
| Gerson Goncalves |
SG |
23 |
6-4 |
| Leonel Paulo |
PF |
33 |
6-6 |
| Eduardo Mingas |
PF |
40 |
6-6 |
| Hermenegildo Mbunga |
C |
33 |
6-9 |
| Reggie Moore |
PF |
38 |
6-7 |
| Leandro Conceicao |
PG |
29 |
6-5 |
| Olimpio Cipriano |
SG |
37 |
6-4 |
| Gerson Domingos |
PG |
23 |
5-10 |
| Carlos Morais |
SG |
33 |
6-3 |
| Valdelicio Joaquin |
C |
29 |
6-10 |
Argentina (Group B)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Nicolas Brussino |
SF |
26 |
6-8 |
| Agustin Caffaro |
C |
24 |
6-11 |
| Facundo Campazzo |
PG |
28 |
5-11 |
| Gabriel Deck |
SF |
24 |
6-7 |
| Marcos Delia |
C |
27 |
6-11 |
| Maximo Fjellerup |
SG |
21 |
6-6 |
| Tayavek Gallizzi |
PF |
26 |
6-9 |
| Patricio Garino |
SF |
26 |
6-7 |
| Nicolas Laprovittola |
PG |
26 |
6-4 |
| Lucio Redivo |
SG |
25 |
6-0 |
| Luis Scola |
PF |
39 |
6-9 |
| Luca Vildoza |
PG |
24 |
6-3 |
Australia (Group H)
Brazil (Group F)
Canada (Group H)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Aaron Best |
SG |
27 |
6-4 |
| Khem Birch |
C |
26 |
6-9 |
| Oshae Brissett |
SF |
21 |
6-9 |
| Melvin Ejim |
SF |
28 |
6-6 |
| Brady Heslip |
SG |
29 |
6-2 |
| Cory Joseph |
PG |
27 |
6-3 |
| Kaza Kajami-Keane |
PG |
25 |
6-2 |
| Andrew Nembhard |
PG |
19 |
6-5 |
| Duane Notice |
PG |
24 |
6-2 |
| Eugene Omoruyi |
PF |
23 |
6-6 |
| Kevin Pangos |
PG |
26 |
6-2 |
| Addison Patterson |
SG |
18 |
6-6 |
| Phil Scrubb |
PG |
26 |
6-4 |
| Thomas Scrubb |
SF |
27 |
6-7 |
| Kyle Wiltjer |
PF |
26 |
6-10 |
China (Group A)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Guo Ailun |
PG |
25 |
6-4 |
| Fang Shuo |
PG |
28 |
6-3 |
| Zhao Jiwei |
PG |
23 |
6-1 |
| Sun Minghui |
SG |
23 |
6-2 |
| Zhou Peng |
SF |
29 |
6-9 |
| Zhao Rui |
SF |
23 |
6-4 |
| Kelanbaike Makan |
SF |
26 |
6-6 |
| Abudushalamu Abudurexiti |
SF |
23 |
6-8 |
| Zhai Xiaochuan |
PF |
26 |
6-8 |
| Yi Jianlian |
PF |
31 |
7-0 |
| Zhou Qi |
C |
23 |
7-1 |
| Wang Zhelin |
C |
25 |
7-0 |
| Ren Junfei |
PF |
29 |
6-8 |
| Shen Zijie |
PF |
21 |
6-9 |
Czech Republic (Group E)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Patrik Auda |
PF |
29 |
6-9 |
| Ondrej Balvin |
C |
26 |
7-1 |
| Jaromir Bohacik |
SF |
27 |
6-6 |
| Petr Herman |
PF |
25 |
6-10 |
| Vojtech Hruban |
SF |
29 |
6-8 |
| Vit Krejci |
PG |
19 |
6-6 |
| Martin Kriz |
SF |
26 |
6-7 |
| Michael Mares |
SF |
26 |
6-4 |
| Lukas Palyza |
SF |
29 |
6-8 |
| Martin Peterka |
C |
24 |
6-8 |
| Viktor Pulpan |
PF |
23 |
6-3 |
| Pavel Pumprla |
SF |
33 |
6-6 |
| Simon Pursl |
SF |
22 |
6-9 |
| Petr Safarick |
SG |
25 |
6-4 |
| Tomas Satoransky |
PG |
27 |
6-7 |
| Blake Schlib |
SF |
35 |
6-6 |
| Jakub Sirina |
PG |
31 |
6-1 |
| Jakub Tuma |
PG |
20 |
6-4 |
| Jan Vesely |
C |
29 |
7-0 |
| Tomas Vyoral |
PG |
26 |
6-3 |
Dominican Republic (Group G)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Jhonatan Araujo |
C |
23 |
6-10 |
| Eulis Baez |
PF |
37 |
6-7 |
| Adris De Leon |
PG |
35 |
5-11 |
| Juan Jose Garcia |
PF |
30 |
6-7 |
| Victor Liz |
PG |
32 |
6-0 |
| Rigoberto Mendoza |
SG |
27 |
6-3 |
| Luis Montero |
SF |
26 |
6-7 |
| Dagoberto Pena |
SF |
31 |
6-6 |
| Ronald Ramon |
PG |
33 |
6-0 |
| Ronald Roberts |
PF |
28 |
6-8 |
| Sadiel Rojas |
SF |
30 |
6-4 |
| Gelvis Solano |
SG |
25 |
6-1 |
| Edgar Sosa |
PG |
31 |
6-2 |
| Juan Miguel Suero |
SF |
26 |
6-5 |
| Eloy Vargas |
C |
30 |
6-11 |
France (Group G)
Germany (Group G)
Greece (Group F)
Iran (Group C)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Sina Vahedi |
PG |
18 |
6-1 |
| Behshad Arabzadeh |
PG |
19 |
6-5 |
| Rouzbeh Arghavan |
C |
31 |
7-0 |
| Aaron Geramipoor |
PF |
26 |
6-10 |
| Hamed Haddadi |
C |
34 |
7-2 |
| Mohammad Hassanzadeh |
PF |
28 |
6-10 |
| Hamed Hosseinzadeh |
PG |
28 |
6-7 |
| Mohammad Jamshidi |
SG |
28 |
6-5 |
| Sajjad Mashayekhi |
PG |
25 |
5-11 |
| Meisam Mirzaei |
C |
27 |
6-10 |
| Rasoul Mozaffari |
PG |
25 |
6-2 |
| Samad Nikkhah Bahrami |
SF |
36 |
6-6 |
| Navid Niktash |
PF |
28 |
6-8 |
| Navid Rezaeifar |
SG |
22 |
6-3 |
| Keivan Riaei |
C |
25 |
6-10 |
| Mike Rostampour |
PF |
27 |
6-9 |
| Amir Sedighi |
PF |
26 |
6-8 |
| Behnam Yakhchali |
SG |
23 |
6-5 |
| Arman Zangeneh |
PF |
26 |
6-8 |
Italy (Group D)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Alessandro Gentile |
SF |
26 |
6-7 |
| Amedeo Della Valle |
SG |
26 |
6-4 |
| Amedeo Tessitori |
C |
24 |
6-10 |
| Andrea Cinciarini |
PG |
33 |
6-4 |
| Ariel Filloy |
PG |
32 |
6-3 |
| Awudu Abass |
SF |
26 |
6-7 |
| Brian Sacchetti |
PF |
33 |
6-7 |
| Daniel Hackett |
PG |
31 |
6-6 |
| Danilo Gallinari |
F |
31 |
6-10 |
| Giampaolo Ricci |
PF |
27 |
6-7 |
| Jeff Brooks |
PF |
30 |
6-8 |
| Luca Vitali |
PG |
33 |
6-7 |
| Luigi Datome |
SF |
31 |
6-8 |
| Marco Belinelli |
SG |
33 |
6-5 |
| Michele Vitali |
SG |
27 |
6-5 |
| Paul Biligha |
C |
29 |
6-7 |
| Pietro Aradori |
SG |
30 |
6-5 |
| Riccardo Moraschini |
SG |
28 |
6-4 |
| Diego Flaccadori |
SG |
23 |
6-4 |
| Davide Moretti |
PG |
21 |
6-2 |
| Davide Pascolo |
PF |
28 |
6-8 |
| Acchille Polonara |
PF |
27 |
6-8 |
| Stefano Tonut |
SG |
25 |
6-4 |
Ivory Coast (Group A)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Charles Abouo |
SF |
29 |
6-5 |
| Adjehi Baru |
PF |
27 |
6-9 |
| Cedric Bah |
PF |
25 |
6-7 |
| Tiegbe Bamba |
SF |
28 |
6-8 |
| Isaac Cisse |
PG |
20 |
6-0 |
| Bali Coulibaly |
PF |
24 |
6-6 |
| Jean Benoit Cyrille |
PG |
19 |
5-7 |
| Souleyman Diatabe |
PG |
32 |
6-0 |
| Guy Edi |
SF |
30 |
6-5 |
| Vafessa Fofana |
SF |
27 |
6-6 |
| Mohamed Kone |
PF |
38 |
6-11 |
| Willy Kouassi |
C |
27 |
6-10 |
| Herve Laminzana |
C |
38 |
6-10 |
| Bryan Pamba |
PG |
27 |
6-1 |
| Amadou Sidibe |
PF |
25 |
6-8 |
| Deon Thompson |
PF |
30 |
6-8 |
| Fode Traore |
SG |
34 |
6-3 |
| Frejus Zerbo |
C |
30 |
6-11 |
| Nisre Zouzoua |
SG |
23 |
6-2 |
Japan (Group E)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Seiya Ando |
PG |
27 |
5-11 |
| Shuto Ando |
SG |
25 |
6-3 |
| Yudai Baba |
SF |
24 |
6-6 |
| Nick Fazekas |
C |
34 |
6-11 |
| Rui Hachimura |
PF |
21 |
6-8 |
| Tenketsu Harimoto |
SF |
27 |
6-6 |
| Makoto Hiejima |
SG |
29 |
6-3 |
| Atsuya Ota |
C |
35 |
6-9 |
| Avi Koki Schafer |
C |
21 |
6-8 |
| Ryusei Shinoyama |
PG |
31 |
5-10 |
| Joji Takeuchi |
PF |
34 |
6-9 |
| Kosuke Takeuchi |
PF |
34 |
6-9 |
| Daiki Tanaka |
SG |
27 |
6-4 |
| Leo Vendrame |
PG |
25 |
6-0 |
| Hiyu Watanabe |
C |
20 |
6-10 |
| Yuta Watanabe |
PF |
24 |
6-9 |
Lithuania (Group H)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Eimantas Bendzius |
PF |
29 |
6-9 |
| Arnas Butkevicius |
SF |
26 |
6-6 |
| Martinas Geben |
C |
24 |
6-10 |
| Rokas Giedraitis |
SF |
27 |
6-7 |
| Marius Grigonis |
SG |
25 |
6-6 |
| Zygimantas Janavicius |
PG |
30 |
6-4 |
| Paulius Jankunas |
PF |
35 |
6-9 |
| Mantas Kalnietis |
PG |
32 |
6-5 |
| Mindaugas Kuzminskas |
SF |
29 |
6-9 |
| Lukas Lekavicius |
PG |
25 |
6-0 |
| Jonas Maciulis |
SF |
34 |
6-6 |
| Domantas Sabonis |
PF |
23 |
6-10 |
| Renaldas Seibutis |
SG |
34 |
6-5 |
| Edgaras Ulanovas |
SF |
27 |
6-6 |
| Jonas Valanciunas |
C |
27 |
6-11 |
Montenegro (Group F)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Milko Bjelica |
C |
35 |
6-9 |
| Ognjen Carapic |
PG |
20 |
6-5 |
| Igor Drobnjak |
PG |
19 |
6-3 |
| Bojan Dubljevic |
PF |
27 |
6-9 |
| Nemanja Djurisic |
SF |
27 |
6-8 |
| Pavle Djurisic |
SF |
19 |
6-9 |
| Nikola Ivanovic |
PG |
25 |
6-3 |
| Jovan Kljajic |
SG |
17 |
6-6 |
| Derek Needham |
PG |
28 |
5-11 |
| Aleksa Popovic |
SF |
32 |
6-7 |
| Petar Popovic |
PG |
22 |
6-2 |
| Dino Radoncic |
SF |
20 |
6-7 |
| Nemanja Radovic |
PF |
27 |
6-8 |
| Blagota Sekulic |
PF |
37 |
6-10 |
| Marko Simonovic |
PF |
19 |
6-10 |
| Sead Sehovic |
SG |
29 |
6-6 |
| Suad Sehovic |
SG |
32 |
6-7 |
| Marko Todorovic |
PF |
27 |
6-9 |
| Nemanja Vranjes |
SG |
31 |
6-3 |
| Nikola Vucevic |
C |
28 |
7-0 |
New Zealand (Group F)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Thomas Abercrombie |
SF |
32 |
6-6 |
| Yuat Alok |
PF |
22 |
6-11 |
| Taylor Britt |
PF |
22 |
6-9 |
| Max Darling |
PF |
18 |
6-6 |
| Finn Delany |
PF |
24 |
6-7 |
| Dan Fotu |
PF |
20 |
6-8 |
| Isaac Fotu |
PF |
25 |
6-8 |
| Tyrell Harrison |
C |
20 |
7-0 |
| Shea Ili |
PG |
26 |
6-0 |
| Jarrod Kenny |
PG |
33 |
6-1 |
| Robert Loe |
C |
28 |
6-11 |
| Taine Murray |
SG |
17 |
6-4 |
| Jordan Ngatai |
SF |
26 |
6-5 |
| Kruz Perrott-Hunt |
SF |
18 |
6-3 |
| Alex Pledger |
C |
32 |
7-1 |
| Ethan Rusbatch |
SG |
27 |
6-5 |
| Tohi Smith-Milner |
PF |
23 |
6-9 |
| Sam Timmins |
PF |
22 |
6-11 |
| Tom Vodanovich |
PF |
25 |
6-7 |
| Corey Webster |
SG |
30 |
6-1 |
| Tai Webster |
SG |
24 |
6-4 |
| Yanni Wetzell |
PF |
23 |
6-10 |
Nigeria (Group B)
Philippines (Group D)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Japeth Aguilar |
PF |
32 |
6-10 |
| Raymond Almazan |
C |
30 |
6-8 |
| Mark Barroca |
PG |
33 |
5-10 |
| Beau Belga |
C |
32 |
6-5 |
| Andray Blatche |
C |
32 |
6-11 |
| Robert Bolick |
PG |
23 |
6-1 |
| Jordan Clarkson |
SG |
27 |
6-5 |
| Paul Lee |
PG |
30 |
6-0 |
| John Paul Erram |
C |
30 |
6-8 |
| June Mar Fajardo |
C |
29 |
6-10 |
| Marcio Lassiter |
SG |
32 |
6-3 |
| Gabe Norwood |
SF |
34 |
6-6 |
| CJ Perez |
SG |
25 |
6-2 |
| RB Pogoy |
SG |
27 |
6-2 |
| Stanley Pringle |
PG |
32 |
6-1 |
| Kiefer Ravena |
PG |
25 |
6-0 |
| Troy Rosario |
SF |
27 |
6-7 |
| Christian Standhardinger |
PF |
30 |
6-8 |
| Matthew Wright |
SG |
28 |
6-4 |
Poland (Group A)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Aleksander Balcerowski |
C |
18 |
7-1 |
| Aaron Cel |
PF |
25 |
6-8 |
| Karol Gruszecki |
SF |
29 |
6-5 |
| Adam Hrycaniuk |
C |
35 |
6-9 |
| Lukasz Kolenda |
PG |
20 |
6-3 |
| Lukasz Koszarek |
PG |
35 |
6-2 |
| Damian Kulig |
PF |
32 |
6-9 |
| Kamil Laczynski |
PG |
20 |
6-3 |
| Dominik Olejniczak |
C |
23 |
6-10 |
| Mateusz Ponitka |
SF |
25 |
6-6 |
| Jakub Schenk |
PG |
25 |
6-0 |
| A.J. Slaughter |
PG |
32 |
6-3 |
| Michal Sokolowski |
SF |
26 |
6-5 |
| Krzysztof Sulima |
C |
29 |
6-8 |
| Adam Waczynski |
SG |
29 |
6-5 |
| Mathieu Wojciechowski |
C |
29 |
7-0 |
Puerto Rico (Group C)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Ramon Clemente |
PF |
33 |
6-7 |
| Gary Browne |
PG |
25 |
6-1 |
| Jorge Bryan Diaz |
C |
29 |
6-11 |
| Gian Clavell |
SG |
25 |
6-4 |
| David Huertas |
SG |
32 |
6-5 |
| Angel Rodriguez |
PG |
26 |
5-11 |
| Ivan Gandia |
PG |
21 |
6-1 |
| Chris Brady |
C |
23 |
6-10 |
| Emmy Andujar |
SF |
26 |
6-6 |
| Isaiah Pineiro |
SF |
22 |
6-7 |
| Alex Franklin |
SF |
31 |
6-6 |
| Javier Mojica |
PG |
34 |
6-4 |
| John Holland |
SG |
30 |
6-5 |
| Devon Collier |
SF |
28 |
6-8 |
Russia (Group B)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Joel Bolomboy |
C |
25 |
6-9 |
| Andrey Sopin |
PG |
22 |
6-2 |
| Sergey Karasev |
SF |
25 |
6-7 |
| Evgeny Baburin |
SG |
32 |
6-3 |
| Grigory Motovilov |
SG |
21 |
6-4 |
| Vitaly Fridzon |
SG |
33 |
6-5 |
| Vladimir Ivlev |
C |
29 |
6-9 |
| Semen Antonov |
SF |
30 |
6-8 |
| Andrey Zubkov |
PG |
28 |
6-9 |
| Nikita Balashov |
PF |
28 |
6-9 |
| Andrey Vorontsevich |
PF |
32 |
6-9 |
| Alexander Platunov |
PG |
22 |
6-4 |
| Mikhail Kulagin |
SG |
25 |
6-3 |
| Evgeny Valiev |
PF |
29 |
6-9 |
| Artem Zabelin |
C |
31 |
7-1 |
| Nikita Kurbanov |
SF |
32 |
6-8 |
Senegal (Group H)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Moustapha Diop |
SF |
23 |
6-7 |
| Ibrahima Faye |
C |
22 |
6-9 |
| Mouhammad Faye |
PF |
33 |
6-9 |
| Makhtar Gueye |
PF |
22 |
6-10 |
| Hamady Ndiaye |
C |
32 |
7-0 |
| Maurice Ndour |
PF |
27 |
6-9 |
| Momar Ndoye |
SF |
24 |
6-6 |
| Youssoupha Ndoye |
C |
28 |
6-11 |
| Lamine Sambe |
SG |
29 |
6-2 |
| Djibril Thiam |
PF |
33 |
6-9 |
| Babacar Toure |
C |
33 |
6-9 |
| Xane D’Almeida |
PG |
36 |
6-0 |
Serbia (Group D)
South Korea (Group B)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Choi Jun-yong |
PF |
25 |
6-7 |
| Heo Hoon |
PG |
24 |
5-11 |
| Jeong Hyo-geun |
SF |
25 |
6-7 |
| Kang Sang-jae |
PF |
24 |
6-8 |
| Kim Jong-kyu |
C |
28 |
6-9 |
| Kim Sun-hyung |
PG |
31 |
6-2 |
| Lee Dae-sung |
PG |
29 |
6-3 |
| Lee Jung-hyun |
SG |
32 |
6-3 |
| Lee Seoung-hyun |
C |
27 |
6-8 |
| Ricardo Ratliffe |
PF |
30 |
6-6 |
| Park Chan-Hee |
PG |
32 |
6-3 |
| Yang Hee-Jong |
SF |
35 |
6-4 |
Spain (Group C)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Pablo Aguilar |
PF |
30 |
6-9 |
| Javier Beiran |
SF |
32 |
6-5 |
| Victor Claver |
PF |
30 |
6-9 |
| Quino Colom |
PG |
30 |
6-2 |
| Ilimane Diop |
C |
24 |
6-11 |
| Jaime Fernandez |
PG |
26 |
6-1 |
| Rudy Fernandez |
SF |
34 |
6-5 |
| Marc Gasol |
C |
34 |
7-1 |
| Juancho Hernangomez |
SF |
23 |
6-9 |
| Willy Hernangomez |
C |
25 |
6-11 |
| Sergio Llull |
PG |
31 |
6-3 |
| Xavi Rabaseda |
SF |
30 |
6-6 |
| Pierre Oriola |
PF |
26 |
6-10 |
| Pau Ribas |
SG |
32 |
6-5 |
| Ricky Rubio |
PG |
28 |
6-3 |
| Joan Sastre |
SF |
27 |
6-7 |
Tunisia (Group C)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Mohamed Abbassi |
C |
28 |
6-8 |
| Makram Ben Romdhane |
PF |
30 |
6-8 |
| Amrou Bouallegue |
SG |
23 |
6-4 |
| Ziyed Chennoufi |
SF |
30 |
6-7 |
| Lassaad Chouaya |
SG |
29 |
6-2 |
| Mourad El Mabrouk |
SG |
32 |
6-1 |
| Hamza Foudhaili |
PF |
33 |
6-9 |
| Mokhtar Ghyaza |
SF |
32 |
6-8 |
| Mohamed Hadidane |
PF |
33 |
6-8 |
| Achraf Khayati |
PG |
30 |
5-11 |
| Nizar Knioua |
PG |
36 |
6-2 |
| Omar Mouhli |
SG |
33 |
6-4 |
| Haithem Saada |
PF |
24 |
6-8 |
| Mehdi Seyeh |
PG |
28 |
6-0 |
| Radhouane Slimane |
PF |
39 |
6-9 |
Turkey (Group E)
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
HT |
| Mert Akay |
PG |
19 |
6-5 |
| Ege Arar |
PF |
22 |
6-10 |
| Yigit Arslan |
SG |
23 |
6-4 |
| Ragip Berke Atar |
C |
20 |
6-11 |
| Dogus Balbay |
PG |
30 |
6-1 |
| Metecan Birsen |
SF |
24 |
6-10 |
| Berkan Durmaz |
PF |
22 |
6-9 |
| Semih Erden |
C |
33 |
7-0 |
| Tolga Gecim |
SF |
23 |
6-9 |
| Sehmus Hazer |
SG |
20 |
6-3 |
| Ersan Ilyasova |
PF |
32 |
6-10 |
| Furkan Korkmaz |
SG |
22 |
6-7 |
| Goksenin Koksal |
SG |
28 |
6-6 |
| Melih Mahmutoglu |
SG |
29 |
6-3 |
| Bobby Dizon |
PG |
36 |
5-10 |
| Ayberk Olmaz |
PF |
23 |
6-11 |
| Cedi Osman |
SF |
24 |
6-8 |
| Ridvan Oncel |
SG |
22 |
6-4 |
| Kartal Ozmizrak |
PG |
23 |
6-2 |
| Yigitcan Saybir |
PF |
20 |
6-8 |
| Sertac Sanli |
C |
28 |
7-0 |
| Bugrahan Tuncer |
SG |
26 |
6-4 |
| Metin Turen |
PF |
25 |
6-9 |
| Berk Ugurlu |
PG |
23 |
6-4 |
| Scottie Wilbekin |
PG |
26 |
6-2 |
| Muhsin Yasar |
C |
23 |
6-11 |