The Basketball Hall of Fame is an institution dedicated to honoring and preserving the history of basketball. The Hall of Fame is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, it serves as a tribute to players, coaches, referees, and other significant contributors to the sport of basketball. The Hall of Fame exhibit displays memorabilia, and interactive displays that highlight the achievements and impact of individuals and teams in basketball history.
There are plenty of NBA players on this inductees list as the league has gained immense popularity in the last decade and NBA team logos are one of the most recognizable sports logos in the world. Induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame is considered one of the highest honors in the sport, recognizing individuals and teams for their hoops excellence and lasting impact on basketball at the highest levels.
Basketball Hall of Fame List
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| Name (Player or Team) | Category | Played in the NBA | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 US Women’s Olympic Team | Team | 2023 | |
| Gene Bess | Coach | 2023 | |
| Gary Blair | Coach | 2023 | |
| Pau Gasol | Player | NBA | 2023 |
| Becky Hammon | Player | 2023 | |
| David Hixon | Coach | 2023 | |
| Gene Keady | Coach | 2023 | |
| Dirk Nowitzki | Player | NBA | 2023 |
| Tony Parker | Player | NBA | 2023 |
| Gregg Popovich | Coach | 2023 | |
| Jim Valvano | Coach | 2023 | |
| Dwyane Wade | Player | NBA | 2023 |
| Swin Cash | Player | 2022 | |
| Larry Costello | Contributor | 2022 | |
| Hugh Evans | Referee | 2022 | |
| Manu Ginobili | Player | NBA | 2022 |
| Tim Hardaway | Player | NBA | 2022 |
| Del Harris | Contributor | 2022 | |
| Lou Hudson | Player | NBA | 2022 |
| Bob Huggins | Coach | 2022 | |
| George Karl | Coach | 2022 | |
| Radivoj Korac | Player | 2022 | |
| Theresa Shank-Grentz | Player | 2022 | |
| Marianne Stanley | Coach | 2022 | |
| Lindsay Whalen | Player | 2022 | |
| Val Ackerman | Player | 2021 | |
| Rick Adelman | Coach | 2021 | |
| Chris Bosh | Player | NBA | 2021 |
| Bob Dandridge | Player | NBA | 2021 |
| Cotton Fitzsimmons | Coach | 2021 | |
| Howard Garfinkel | Contributor | 2021 | |
| Yolanda Griffith | Player | 2021 | |
| Lauren Jackson | Player | 2021 | |
| Fats Jenkins | Player | 2021 | |
| Toni Kukoc | Player | NBA | 2021 |
| Pearl Moore | Player | 2021 | |
| Paul Pierce | Player | NBA | 2021 |
| Bill Russell | Coach | 2021 | |
| Ben Wallace | Player | NBA | 2021 |
| Chris Webber | Player | NBA | 2021 |
| Jay Wright | Coach | 2021 | |
| Patrick Baumann | Contributor | 2020 | |
| Kobe Bryant | Player | NBA | 2020 |
| Tamika Catchings | Player | 2020 | |
| Tim Duncan | Player | NBA | 2020 |
| Kevin Garnett | Player | NBA | 2020 |
| Kim Mulkey | Coach | 2020 | |
| Barbara Stevens | Coach | 2020 | |
| Eddie Sutton | Coach | 2020 | |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | Coach | 2020 | |
| Al Attles | Contributor | 2019 | |
| Carl Braun | Player | NBA | 2019 |
| Chuck Cooper | Player | NBA | 2019 |
| Vlade Divac | Player | NBA | 2019 |
| Bill Fitch | Coach | 2019 | |
| Bobby Jones | Player | NBA | 2019 |
| Sidney Moncrief | Player | NBA | 2019 |
| Jack Sikma | Player | NBA | 2019 |
| Tennessee A&I Teams of 1957–59 | Team | 2019 | |
| Wayland Baptist Women's Teams of 1948–82 | Team | 2019 | |
| Teresa Weatherspoon | Player | 2019 | |
| Paul Westphal | Player | NBA | 2019 |
| Ray Allen | Player | NBA | 2018 |
| Maurice Cheeks | Player | NBA | 2018 |
| Charles Driesell | Coach | 2018 | |
| Grant Hill | Player | NBA | 2018 |
| Jason Kidd | Player | NBA | 2018 |
| Steve Nash | Player | NBA | 2018 |
| Dino Radja | Player | NBA | 2018 |
| Charlie Scott | Player | NBA | 2018 |
| Katie Smith | Player | 2018 | |
| Tina Thompson | Player | 2018 | |
| Rod Thorn | Contributor | NBA | 2018 |
| Ora Mae Washington | Player | 2018 | |
| Rick Welts | Contributor | 2018 | |
| Zack Clayton | Player | 2017 | |
| Nick Galis | Player | 2017 | |
| Robert Hughes | Coach | 2017 | |
| Mannie Jackson | Contributor | 2017 | |
| Tom Jernstedt | Contributor | 2017 | |
| Jerry Krause | Contributor | 2017 | |
| Rebecca Lobo | Contributor | 2017 | |
| George McGinnis | Player | NBA | 2017 |
| Tracy McGrady | Player | NBA | 2017 |
| Muffet McGraw | Coach | 2017 | |
| Bill Self | Coach | 2017 | |
| Zelmo Beaty | Player | NBA | 2016 |
| Darell Garretson | Referee | 2016 | |
| Allen Iverson | Player | NBA | 2016 |
| Tom Izzo | Coach | 2016 | |
| John McLendon | Coach | 2016 | |
| Yao Ming | Player | NBA | 2016 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | Player | NBA | 2016 |
| Cumberland Posey | Player | 2016 | |
| Jerry Reinsdorf | Contributor | 2016 | |
| Sheryl Swoopes | Player | 2016 | |
| Dick Bavetta | Referee | 2015 | |
| John Calipari | Coach | 2015 | |
| Louis Dampier | Player | NBA | 2015 |
| Lindsay Gaze | Coach | 2015 | |
| Spencer Haywood | Player | NBA | 2015 |
| Tom Heinsohn | Coach | NBA | 2015 |
| John Isaacs | Player | 2015 | |
| Lisa Leslie | Player | 2015 | |
| Dikembe Mutombo | Player | NBA | 2015 |
| George Raveling | Contributor | 2015 | |
| Jo Jo White | Player | NBA | 2015 |
| Nathaniel Clifton | Contributor | NBA | 2014 |
| Immaculata University | Team | 2014 | |
| Slick Leonard | Coach | NBA | 2014 |
| Sarunas Marciulionis | Player | NBA | 2014 |
| Alonzo Mourning | Player | NBA | 2014 |
| Nolan Richardson | Coach | 2014 | |
| Mitch Richmond | Player | NBA | 2014 |
| Guy Rodgers | Player | NBA | 2014 |
| David Stern | Contributor | 2014 | |
| Gary Williams | Coach | 2014 | |
| Roger Brown | Player | 2013 | |
| Richie Guerin | Player | NBA | 2013 |
| Sylvia Hatchell | Coach | 2013 | |
| Bernard King | Player | NBA | 2013 |
| Guy Lewis | Coach | 2013 | |
| Gary Payton | Player | NBA | 2013 |
| Rick Pitino | Coach | 2013 | |
| Oscar Schmidt | Player | 2013 | |
| Dawn Staley | Player | 2013 | |
| Jerry Tarkanian | Coach | 2013 | |
| Lidia Alexeeva | Coach | 2012 | |
| All American Red Heads | Team | 2012 | |
| Don Barksdale | Contributor | NBA | 2012 |
| Mel Daniels | Player | NBA | 2012 |
| Phil Knight | Contributor | 2012 | |
| Katrina McClain | Player | 2012 | |
| Reggie Miller | Player | NBA | 2012 |
| Don Nelson | Coach | 2012 | |
| Hank Nichols | Referee | 2012 | |
| Ralph Sampson | Player | NBA | 2012 |
| Chet Walker | Player | NBA | 2012 |
| Jamaal Wilkes | Player | NBA | 2012 |
| Teresa Edwards | Player | 2011 | |
| Artis Gilmore | Player | NBA | 2011 |
| Herb Magee | Coach | 2011 | |
| Chris Mullin | Player | NBA | 2011 |
| Dennis Rodman | Player | NBA | 2011 |
| Arvydas Sabonis | Player | NBA | 2011 |
| Tom Sanders | Contributor | NBA | 2011 |
| Goose Tatum | Player | 2011 | |
| Tara VanDerveer | Coach | 2011 | |
| Tex Winter | Coach | 2011 | |
| 1960 USA Men's Olympic Team | Team | 2010 | |
| 1992 USA Men's Olympic Team | Team | 2010 | |
| Jerry Buss | Contributor | 2010 | |
| Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | Player | 2010 | |
| Bob Hurley | Coach | 2010 | |
| Dennis Johnson | Player | NBA | 2010 |
| Gus Johnson | Player | NBA | 2010 |
| Karl Malone | Player | NBA | 2010 |
| Maciel Pereira | Player | 2010 | |
| Scottie Pippen | Player | NBA | |
| Michael Jordan | Player | NBA | 2009 |
| David Robinson | Player | NBA | 2009 |
| Jerry Sloan | Coach | 2009 | |
| John Stockton | Player | NBA | 2009 |
| C. Vivian Stringer | Coach | 2009 | |
| Adrian Dantley | Player | NBA | 2008 |
| Bill Davidson | Contributor | 2008 | |
| Patrick Ewing | Player | NBA | 2008 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | Player | NBA | 2008 |
| Pat Riley | Coach | 2008 | |
| Cathy Rush | Coach | 2008 | |
| Dick Vitale | Contributor | 2008 | |
| Van Chancellor | Coach | 2007 | |
| Pedro Ferrandiz | Coach | 2007 | |
| Phil Jackson | Coach | 2007 | |
| Mirko Novosel | Coach | 2007 | |
| Mendy Rudolph | Referee | 2007 | |
| Texas Western | Team | 2007 | |
| Roy Williams | Coach | 2007 | |
| Geno Auriemma | Coach | 2006 | |
| Charles Barkley | Player | NBA | 2006 |
| Joe Dumars | Player | NBA | 2006 |
| Sandro Gamba | Coach | 2006 | |
| Dave Gavitt | Contributor | 2006 | |
| Dominique Wilkins | Player | NBA | 2006 |
| Jim Boeheim | Coach | 2005 | |
| Hubie Brown | Contributor | 2005 | |
| Jim Calhoun | Coach | 2005 | |
| Sue Gunter | Coach | 2005 | |
| Hortencia Marcari | Player | 2005 | |
| Jerry Colangelo | Contributor | 2004 | |
| Drazen Dalipagic | Player | 2004 | |
| Clyde Drexler | Player | NBA | 2004 |
| Bill Sharman | Coach | 2004 | |
| Maurice Stokes | Player | NBA | 2004 |
| Lynette Woodard | Player | 2004 | |
| Leon Barmore | Coach | 2003 | |
| Chick Hearn | Contributor | 2003 | |
| Meadowlark Lemon | Contributor | 2003 | |
| Earl Lloyd | Contributor | NBA | 2003 |
| Dino Meneghin | Player | 2003 | |
| Robert Parish | Player | NBA | 2003 |
| James Worthy | Player | NBA | 2003 |
| Larry Brown | Coach | 2002 | |
| Harlem Globetrotters | Team | 2002 | |
| Magic Johnson | Player | NBA | 2002 |
| Lute Olson | Coach | 2002 | |
| Drazen Petrovic | Player | NBA | 2002 |
| Kay Yow | Coach | 2002 | |
| John Chaney | Coach | 2001 | |
| Mike Krzyzewski | Coach | 2001 | |
| Moses Malone | Player | NBA | 2001 |
| Danny Biasone | Contributor | 2000 | |
| Bob McAdoo | Player | NBA | 2000 |
| Charles Newton | Contributor | 2000 | |
| Pat Summit | Coach | 2000 | |
| Isiah Thomas | Player | NBA | 2000 |
| Morgan Wootten | Coach | 2000 | |
| Wayne Embry | Contributor | NBA | 1999 |
| Kevin McHale | Player | NBA | 1999 |
| Billie Moore | Coach | 1999 | |
| John Thompson | Coach | 1999 | |
| Fred Zollner | Contributor | 1999 | |
| Larry Bird | Player | NBA | 1998 |
| Jody Conradt | Coach | 1998 | |
| Alex Hannum | Coach | 1998 | |
| Marques Haynes | Player | 1998 | |
| Aleksandar Nikolic | Coach | 1998 | |
| Arnie Risen | Player | NBA | 1998 |
| Lenny Wilkens | Coach | 1998 | |
| Pete Carril | Coach | 1997 | |
| Joan Crawford | Player | 1997 | |
| Denise Curry | Player | 1997 | |
| Antonio Diaz-Miguel | Coach | 1997 | |
| Alex English | Player | NBA | 1997 |
| Don Haskins | Coach | 1997 | |
| Bailey Howell | Player | NBA | 1997 |
| Kresimir Cosic | Player | 1996 | |
| George Gervin | Player | NBA | 1996 |
| Gail Goodrich | Player | NBA | 1996 |
| Nancy Lieberman | Player | 1996 | |
| David Thompson | Player | NBA | 1996 |
| George Yardley | Player | NBA | 1996 |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Player | NBA | 1995 |
| Anne Donovan | Player | 1995 | |
| Aleksandr Gomelsky | Coach | 1995 | |
| John Kundla | Coach | 1995 | |
| Vern Mikkelsen | Player | NBA | 1995 |
| Cheryl Miller | Player | 1995 | |
| Earl Strom | Referee | 1995 | |
| Carol Blazejowski | Player | 1994 | |
| Denny Crum | Coach | 1994 | |
| Chuck Daly | Coach | 1994 | |
| Buddy Jeannette | Player | NBA | 1994 |
| Cesare Rubini | Coach | 1994 | |
| Walt Bellamy | Player | NBA | 1993 |
| Julius Erving | Player | NBA | 1993 |
| Dan Issel | Player | NBA | 1993 |
| Dick McGuire | Player | NBA | 1993 |
| Ann Meyers | Player | 1993 | |
| Calvin Murphy | Player | NBA | 1993 |
| Uljana Semjonova | Player | 1993 | |
| Bill Walton | Player | NBA | 1993 |
| Sergei Belov | Player | 1992 | |
| Lou Carnesecca | Coach | 1992 | |
| Lusia Harris-Stewart | Player | 1992 | |
| Connie Hawkins | Player | NBA | 1992 |
| Bob Lanier | Player | NBA | 1992 |
| Alfred McGuire | Coach | 1992 | |
| Jack Ramsay | Coach | 1992 | |
| Nera White | Player | 1992 | |
| Phillip Woolpert | Coach | 1992 | |
| Tiny Archibald | Player | NBA | 1991 |
| Dave Cowens | Player | NBA | 1991 |
| Larry Fleisher | Contributor | 1991 | |
| Harry Gallatin | Player | NBA | 1991 |
| Bob Knight | Coach | 1991 | |
| Lawrence O'Brien | Contributor | 1991 | |
| Borislav Stankovic | Contributor | 1991 | |
| Dave Bing | Player | NBA | 1990 |
| Elvin Hayes | Player | NBA | 1990 |
| Neil Johnston | Player | NBA | 1990 |
| Earl Monroe | Player | NBA | 1990 |
| Pop Gates | Player | 1989 | |
| K.C. Jones | Player | NBA | 1989 |
| Lenny Wilkens | Player | NBA | 1989 |
| Clyde Lovellette | Player | NBA | 1988 |
| Bob McDermott | Player | 1988 | |
| Ralph Miller | Coach | 1988 | |
| Wes Unseld | Player | NBA | 1988 |
| Rick Barry | Player | NBA | 1987 |
| Walt Frazier | Player | NBA | 1987 |
| Bob Houbregs | Player | NBA | 1987 |
| Pete Maravich | Player | NBA | 1987 |
| Bobby Wanzer | Player | NBA | 1987 |
| Billy Cunningham | Player | NBA | 1986 |
| Tom Heinsohn | Player | NBA | 1986 |
| Red Holzman | Coach | 1986 | |
| Red Mihalik | Referee | 1986 | |
| Fred Taylor | Coach | 1986 | |
| Stanley Watts | Coach | 1986 | |
| Harold Anderson | Coach | 1985 | |
| Senda Berenson Abbott | Contributor | 1985 | |
| Al Cervi | Player | NBA | 1985 |
| Marv Harshman | Coach | 1985 | |
| Bertha Teague | Contributor | 1985 | |
| Nate Thurmond | Player | NBA | 1985 |
| Margaret Wade | Coach | 1985 | |
| Clifford Fagan | Contributor | 1984 | |
| Jack Gardner | Coach | 1984 | |
| John Havlicek | Player | NBA | 1984 |
| Sam Jones | Player | NBA | 1984 |
| Edward Steitz | Contributor | 1984 | |
| Bill Bradley | Player | NBA | 1983 |
| Dave DeBusschere | Player | NBA | 1983 |
| Lloyd Leith | Referee | 1983 | |
| Dean Smith | Coach | 1983 | |
| Jack Twyman | Player | NBA | 1983 |
| Louis Wilke | Contributor | 1983 | |
| Everett Case | Coach | 1982 | |
| Alva Duer | Contributor | 1982 | |
| Clarence Gaines | Coach | 1982 | |
| Hal Greer | Player | NBA | 1982 |
| Slater Martin | Player | NBA | 1982 |
| Frank Ramsey | Player | NBA | 1982 |
| Willis Reed | Player | NBA | 1982 |
| Thomas Barlow | Player | 1981 | |
| Ferenc Hepp | Contributor | 1981 | |
| Walter Kennedy | Contributor | 1981 | |
| Arad McCutchan | Coach | 1981 | |
| Les Harrison | Contributor | 1980 | |
| Jerry Lucas | Player | NBA | 1980 |
| Oscar Robertson | Player | NBA | 1980 |
| Everett Shelton | Coach | 1980 | |
| Dallas Shirley | Referee | 1980 | |
| Jerry West | Player | NBA | 1980 |
| Sam Barry | Coach | 1979 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain | Player | NBA | 1979 |
| James Enright | Referee | 1979 | |
| Edgar Hickey | Coach | 1979 | |
| John McLendon | Coach | 1979 | |
| Ray Meyer | Coach | 1979 | |
| Pete Newell | Coach | 1979 | |
| Paul Arizin | Player | NBA | 1978 |
| Joe Fulks | Player | NBA | 1978 |
| Cliff Hagan | Player | NBA | 1978 |
| John Nucatola | Referee | 1978 | |
| Jim Pollard | Player | NBA | 1978 |
| Elgin Baylor | Player | NBA | 1977 |
| Charles Cooper | Player | 1977 | |
| Lauren Gale | Player | 1977 | |
| William Johnson | Player | 1977 | |
| Frank McGuire | Coach | 1977 | |
| Tom Gola | Player | NBA | 1976 |
| Ed Krause | Player | 1976 | |
| Harry Litwack | Coach | 1976 | |
| Bill Sharman | Player | NBA | 1976 |
| Joseph Brennan | Player | 1975 | |
| Emil Liston | Contributor | 1975 | |
| Bill Russell | Player | NBA | 1975 |
| Robert Vandivier | Player | 1975 | |
| Harry Fisher | Contributor | 1974 | |
| Maurice Podoloff | Contributor | 1974 | |
| Ernest Schmidt | Player | 1974 | |
| John Beckman | Player | 1973 | |
| Bruce Drake | Coach | 1973 | |
| Arthur Lonborg | Coach | 1973 | |
| Elmer Ripley | Contributor | 1973 | |
| Dolph Schayes | Player | NBA | 1973 |
| John Wooden | Coach | 1973 | |
| Edgar Diddle | Coach | 1972 | |
| Robert Douglas | Contributor | 1972 | |
| Paul Endacott | Player | 1972 | |
| Max Friedman | Player | 1972 | |
| Edward Gottlieb | Contributor | 1972 | |
| Clifford Wells | Contributor | 1972 | |
| Bob Cousy | Player | NBA | 1971 |
| Bob Pettit | Player | NBA | 1971 |
| Abe Saperstein | Contributor | 1971 | |
| Bernard Carnevale | Coach | 1970 | |
| Bob Davies | Player | NBA | 1970 |
| Red Auerbach | Coach | 1969 | |
| Dutch Dehnert | Player | 1969 | |
| Henry Iba | Coach | 1969 | |
| Adolph Rupp | Coach | 1969 | |
| Charles Taylor | Contributor | 1969 | |
| Clair Bee | Contributor | 1968 | |
| Howard Cann | Coach | 1968 | |
| Amory Gill | Coach | 1968 | |
| Alvin Julian | Coach | 1968 | |
| Everett Dean | Coach | 1966 | |
| Joe Lapchick | Player | 1966 | |
| Walter Brown | Contributor | 1965 | |
| Paul Hinkle | Contributor | 1965 | |
| Howard Hobson | Coach | 1965 | |
| William Mokray | Contributor | 1965 | |
| John Bunn | Contributor | 1964 | |
| Harold Foster | Player | 1964 | |
| Nat Holman | Player | 1964 | |
| Ned Irish | Contributor | 1964 | |
| William Jones | Contributor | 1964 | |
| Ken Loeffler | Coach | 1964 | |
| John Russell | Player | 1964 | |
| Robert Gruenig | Player | 1963 | |
| New York Rens | Team | 1963 | |
| William Reid | Contributor | 1963 | |
| Jack McCracken | Player | 1962 | |
| Frank Morgenweck | Contributor | 1962 | |
| Harlan Page | Player | 1962 | |
| Barney Sedran | Player | 1962 | |
| Lynn St. John | Contributor | 1962 | |
| John Thompson | Player | 1962 | |
| Bernard Borgmann | Player | 1961 | |
| Buffalo Germans | Team | 1961 | |
| Forrest DeBernardi | Player | 1961 | |
| George Hoyt | Referee | 1961 | |
| George Keogan | Coach | 1961 | |
| Bob Kurland | Player | 1961 | |
| John O'Brien | Contributor | 1961 | |
| Andy Phillip | Player | NBA | 1961 |
| Ernest Quigley | Referee | 1961 | |
| John Roosma | Player | 1961 | |
| Leonard Sachs | Coach | 1961 | |
| Arthur Schabinger | Contributor | 1961 | |
| Christian Steinmetz | Player | 1961 | |
| David Tobey | Referee | 1961 | |
| Arthur Trester | Contributor | 1961 | |
| Edward Wachter | Player | 1961 | |
| David Walsh | Referee | 1961 | |
| Ernest Blood | Coach | 1960 | |
| Victor Hanson | Player | 1960 | |
| George Hepbron | Referee | 1960 | |
| Frank Keaney | Coach | 1960 | |
| Ward Lambert | Coach | 1960 | |
| Ed Macauley | Player | NBA | 1960 |
| Branch McCracken | Player | 1960 | |
| Charles Murphy | Player | 1960 | |
| Henry Porter | Contributor | 1960 | |
| John Wooden | Player | 1960 | |
| Phog Allen | Coach | 1959 | |
| Henry Clifford Carlson | Coach | 1959 | |
| Luther Gulick | Contributor | 1959 | |
| Edward Hickox | Contributor | 1959 | |
| Charles Hyatt | Player | 1959 | |
| Matthew Kennedy | Referee | 1959 | |
| Hank Luisetti | Player | 1959 | |
| Walter Meanwell | Coach | 1959 | |
| George Mikan | Player | NBA | 1959 |
| Ralph Morgan | Contributor | 1959 | |
| James Naismith | Contributor | 1959 | |
| Harold Olsen | Contributor | 1959 | |
| Original Celtics | Team | 1959 | |
| John Schommer | Player | 1959 | |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg | Contributor | 1959 | |
| The First Team | Team | 1959 | |
| Oswald Tower | Contributor | 1959 |