How Many NBA Players Are Currently Active?
As of the 2019-2020 NBA season, there are 442 active NBA players.
Introduction
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is made up of 30 teams, 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. Each team plays 82 games in the regular season, which runs from October to April. After the regular season, 16 teams qualify for the playoffs.
NBA Players by Team
There are 30 teams in the NBA, and each team has a roster of 15 players. That means there are a total of 450 NBA players. Of those 450 players, about 410 are active each season. The other 40 or so are either injured or inactive (not playing).
NBA Players by Country
There are currently 451 NBA players from 41 different countries. The United States has the most with 283 players, followed by Canada with 58 players. Other countries represented in the NBA include:
-Australia (5)
-Bahamas (4)
-Brazil (5)
-Cameroon (4)
-China (2)
-Congo (1)
-Croatia (3)
-Dominican Republic (10)
-France (5)
-Georgia (1)
-Germany (2)
-Greece (1)
-Haiti (1)
-Israel (1)
-Italy (2)
NBA Players by College
There are currently 442 NBA players, with a majority of them coming from just a handful of colleges.
The most represented college in the NBA is UCLA, with 59 players. This is followed by Kentucky (57 players), Duke (34 players), and North Carolina (33 players).
Other notable colleges with a large number of NBA players include: Kansas (32 players), Gonzaga (28 players), and Michigan State (27 players).
