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This is an alphabetically ordered list of basketball players. (See also National Basketball Association; Women’s National Basketball Association.)

(Read James Naismith’s 1929 Britannica essay on his invention of basketball.)

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Melissa Petruzzello.
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