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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees


Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is dedicated to Canadian-American physician James Naismith, who invented the sport of basketball. The Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 1959. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame finally opened a physical location at Springfield College, on Feb. 17, 1968 after struggling for years trying to raise funds for construction. The popularity of the Basketball Hall of Fame necessitated that a new facility be constructed, and in 1985, an $11 million facility was built beside the scenic Connecticut River in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 2002, the Basketball Hall of Fame moved merely 100 yards south along Springfield's riverfront into a $47 million facility designed by renowned architects Gwathmey Siegel & Associates.

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees

Player Category

Connection Made Basketball

Year

Player

Player

Player

Player

2025Carmelo AnthonySue Bird - WNBA    Sylvia Fowles - WNBA    Dwight Howard
2025Maya Moore - WNBA    
2024Seimone Augustus-WNBA    Dick BarnettChauncey BillupsVince Carter
2024Michael Cooper- WNBAWalter DavisMichele Timms-WNBA
2023Pau GasolBecky Hammon-WNBADirk NowitzkiTony Parker
2023Dwyane Wade
2022Sonny BoswellSwin Cash-WNBAManu GinobiliTim Hardaway
2022Lou HudsonInman JacksonRadivoj KoracAlbert Pullins
2022Theresa Shank-GrentzLindsay Whalen-WNBA
2021Chris BoshBob DandridgeYolanda Griffith-WNBALauren Jackson-WNBA
2021Clarence JenkinsToni KukocPearl MoorePaul Pierce
2021Ben WallaceChris Webber  
2020Kobe BryantTamika Catchings-WNBATim DuncanKevin Garnett
2019Carl BraunCharles (Chuck) CooperVlade DivacBobby Jones
2019Sidney MoncriefJack SikmaTeresa Weatherspoon-WNBA  Paul Westphal
2018Ray AllenMaurice CheeksGrant HillJason Kidd
2018Steve NashDino RadjaCharlie ScottKatie Smith-WNBA
2018Tina Thompson-WNBA  Ora Mae Washington
2017Zack ClaytonNick GalisGeorge McGinnisTracy McGrady
2016Zelmo BeatyAllen IversonYao MingShaquille O'Neal
2016Cumberland PoseySheryl Swoopes-WNBA  
2015Louie DampierSpencer HaywoodJohn IsaacsLisa Leslie-WNBA
2015Dikembe MutomboJo Jo White
2014Sarunas MarciulionisAlonzo MourningMitch RichmondGuy Rodgers
2013Roger BrownRichie GuerinBernard KingGary Payton
2013Oscar SchmidtDawn Staley-WNBA  
2012Mel DanielsKatrina McClainReggie MillerRalph Sampson
2012Chet WalkerJamaal Wilkes
2011Teresa Edwards-WNBAArtis GilmoreChris MullinDennis Rodman
2011Arvydas SabonisGoose Tatum
2010Cynthia Cooper-Dyke-WNBADennis Johnson   Gus JohnsonKarl Malone 
2010Maciel PereiraScottie Pippen
2009Michael JordanDavid RobinsonJohn Stockton 
2008Adrian Dantley Patrick EwingHakeem Olajuwon
2006Charles BarkleyJoe DumarsDominique Wilkins
2005Hortencia Marcari
2004Drazen DalipagicClyde Drexler    Maurice StokesLynette Woodard-WNBA  
2003Dino MeneghinRobert ParishJames Worthy
2002Magic JohnsonDrazen Petrovic 
2001Moses Malone
2000Bob McAdooIsiah Thomas 
1999Kevin McHale  
1998Larry BirdMarques HaynesArnie Risen
1997Joan CrawfordDenise CurryAlex EnglishBailey Howell
1996Kresimir CosicGeorge GervinGail Goodrich Nancy Lieberman-WNBA
1996David ThompsonGeorge Yardley
1995Kareem Abdul-JabbarAnne Donovan-WNBA  Vern MikkelsenCheryl Miller-WNBA  
1994Carol BlazejowskiBuddy Jeannette
1993Walt BellamyJulius ErvingDan Issel Dick McGuire
1993Ann MeyersCalvin MurphyUljana SemjonovaBill Walton
1992Sergei BelovLusia Harris-StewartConnie HawkinsBob Lanier
1992Nera White
1991Tiny ArchibaldDave Cowens  Harry Gallatin
1990Dave BingElvin Hayes Neil JohnstonEarl Monroe
1989Pop GatesK.C. JonesLenny Wilkens
1988Clyde LovelletteBob McDermott-NBLWes Unseld
1987Rick BarryWalt FrazierBob HoubregsPete Maravich
1987Bobby Wanzer
1986Billy CunninghamTom Heinsohn
1985Al CerviNate Thurmond
1984John Havlicek  Sam Jones
1983Bill BradleyDave DeBusschereJack Twyman
1982Hal GreerSlater MartinFrank RamseyWillis Reed
1981Thomas Barlow
1980Jerry LucasOscar RobertsonJerry West
1979Wilt Chamberlain
1978Paul ArizinJoe FulksCliff HaganJim Pollard
1977Elgin BaylorLauren Gale-NBLWilliam Johnson
1976Tom GolaEd KrauseBill Sharman
1975Joseph BrennanBill RussellRobert Vandivier
1974Ernest Schmidt
1973John BeckmanDolph Schayes
1972Paul EndacottMax Friedman
1971Bob CousyBob Pettit
1970Bob Davies
1969Dutch Dehnert
1966Joe Lapchick
1964Harold FosterNat HolmanJohn Russell
1963Robert Gruenig
1962Jack McCrackenHarlan PageBarney SedranJohn (Cat) Thompson
1961Bernard BorgmannForrest DeBernardiBob KurlandAndy Phillip
1961John RoosmaChristian SteinmetzEdward Wachter
1960Victor HansonEd MacauleyBranch McCrackenCharles Murphy
1960John Wooden-NBL  
1959Charles HyattHank LuisettiGeorge MikanJohn Schommer

Coach Category

Connection Made Basketball

Year

Coach

Coach

Coach

Coach

2025Billy Donovan
2024Harley RedinBo RyanCharles Smith
2023Gene BessGary BlairDavid HixonGene Keady
2023Gregg Popovich
2022Bob HugginsGeorge KarlMarianne Stanley-WNBA
2021Rick AdelmanBill RussellJay Wright
2020Kim MulkeyBarbara StevensEddie SuttonRudy Tomjanovich
2019Bill Fitch
2018Charles "Lefty" Driesell
2017Robert HughesMuffet McGrawBill Self
2016Tom IzzoJohn McLendon
2015John CalipariLindsay GazeTom Heinsohn
2014Slick LeonardNolan RichardsonGary Williams
2013Sylvia HatchellGuy LewisRick PitinoJerry Tarkanian
2012Lidia AlexeevaDon Nelson
2011Herb MageeTara VanDerveer
2010Bob Hurley
2009Jerry SloanC. Vivian Stringer
2008Pat RileyCathy Rush
2007Van Chancellor-WNBA  Pedro FerrandizPhil JacksonMirko Novosel
2007Roy Williams
2006Geno AuriemmaSandro Gamba
2005Jim BoeheimJim CalhounSue Gunter
2004Bill Sharman    
2003Leon Barmore
2002Larry BrownLute OlsonKay Yow
2001John ChaneyMike Krzyzewski
2000Pat SummittMorgan Wootten
1999Billie MooreJohn Thompson
1998Jody ConradtAlex HannumAleksandar NikolicLenny Wilkens    
1997Pete CarrilAntonio Diaz-MiguelDon Haskins
1995Aleksandr GomelskyJohn Kundla
1994Denny CrumChuck Daly Cesare Rubini
1992Lou CarneseccaAlfred McGuireJack RamsayPhillip Woolpert
1991Bob Knight
1988Ralph Miller
1986Red HolzmanFred TaylorStanley Watts
1985Harold AndersonMarv HarshmanMargaret Wade
1984Jack Gardner
1983Dean Smith
1982Everett CaseClarence Gaines
1981Arad McCutchan
1980Everett Shelton
1979Sam BarryEdgar HickeyRay MeyerPete Newell
1977Frank McGuire
1976Harry Litwack
1973Bruce DrakeArthur LonborgJohn Wooden-NBL  
1972Edgar Diddle
1970Bernard Carnevale
1969Red AuerbachHenry IbaAdolph Rupp
1968Howard CannAmory GillAlvin Julian
1966Everett Dean
1965Howard Hobson
1964Ken Loeffler
1961George KeoganLeonard Sachs
1960Ernest BloodFrank KeaneyWard Lambert
1959Phog AllenHenry Clifford CarlsonWalter Meanwell

Contributor Category

Connection Made Basketball

Year

Contributor

Contributor

Contributor

Contributor

2025Micky Arison
2024Doug CollinsJerry WestHerb Simon
2023Jim Valvano
2022Del HarrisLarry Costello
2021Val AckermanCotton FitzsimmonsHoward Garfinkel
2020Patrick Baumann
2019Al Attles
2018Rod ThornRick Welts
2017Mannie JacksonRebecca Lobo-WNBAJerry KrauseTom Jernstedt
2016Jerry Reinsdorf
2015George Raveling
2014Nathaniel CliftonDavid Stern
2013E.B. HendersonRuss Granik
2012Don BarksdalePhil Knight
2011Tom SandersTex Winter
2010Jerry Buss
2008Bill DavidsonDick Vitale
2006Dave Gavitt
2005Hubie Brown
2004Jerry Colangelo
2003Chick HearnMeadowlark LemonEarl Lloyd
2000Danny BiasoneCharles Newton
1999Wayne EmbryFred Zollner
1991Borislav StankovicLawrence O'BrienLarry Fleisher
1985Senda Berenson AbbottBertha Teague
1984Clifford FaganEdward Steitz
1983Louis Wilke
1982Alva Duer
1981Ferenc HeppWalter Kennedy
1980Les Harrison
1979John McLendon
1977Charles "Tarzan" Cooper
1975Emil Liston
1974Harry FisherMaurice Podoloff
1973Elmer Ripley
1972Robert DouglasEdward GottliebClifford Wells
1971Abe Saperstein
1969Charles Taylor
1968Clair Bee
1965Paul HinkleWilliam MokrayWalter Brown
1964John BunnNed IrishWilliam Jones
1963William Reid
1962Frank MorgenweckLynn St. John
1961Arthur SchabingerArthur TresterJohn O'Brien
1960Henry Porter
1959Luther GulickEdward HickoxRalph MorganJames Naismith
1959Harold OlsenAmos Alonzo StaggOswald Tower

Team Category

Connection Made Basketball

Year

Team

Team

20252008 USA Men's Olympic Team
20231976 Women's Olympic Team
2019Tennessee A&I Teams Of 1957-59Wayland Baptist University Teams Of 1948-82
2014Immaculata University Women 1972-1974
2012All American Red Heads
20101960 USA Men's Olympic Team1992 USA Men's Olympic Team
20071966 Texas Western
2002Harlem Globetrotters
1963New York Rens
1961Buffalo Germans
1959Original CelticsThe First Team

Referee Category

Connection Made Basketball

Year

Referee

Referee

2025Danny Crawford
2022Hugh Evans
2016Darell Garretson
2015Dick Bavetta
2012Hank Nichols
2007Mendy Rudolph
1995Earl Strom
1986Red Mihalik
1983Lloyd Leith
1980Dallas Shirley
1979James Enright
1978John Nucatola
1961George HoytErnest Quigley
1961David TobeyDavid Walsh
1960George Hepbron
1959Matthew Kennedy