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38 Players
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Totals | Shooting | Per Game | Birth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rk | Player | Yrs | From | To | G | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | Date | City |
1 | Tariq Abdul-Wahad | 6 | 1998 | 2003 | 236 | 4807 | 720 | 1726 | 18 | 76 | 372 | 529 | 286 | 776 | 266 | 184 | 83 | 309 | 485 | 1830 | .417 | .237 | .703 | 20.4 | 7.8 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | Nov 3, 1974 | Maisons Alfort |
2 | Alexis Ajinça | 7 | 2009 | 2017 | 293 | 3905 | 645 | 1283 | 12 | 42 | 251 | 315 | 346 | 1150 | 143 | 102 | 181 | 249 | 661 | 1553 | .503 | .286 | .797 | 13.3 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | May 6, 1988 | Saint-Etienne |
3 | Joel Ayayi | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .000 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Mar 5, 2000 | Bordeaux | |
4 | Nicolas Batum | 16 | 2009 | 2024 | 1053 | 31268 | 3891 | 8906 | 1662 | 4540 | 1503 | 1807 | 1046 | 5254 | 3464 | 976 | 661 | 1632 | 1838 | 10947 | .437 | .366 | .832 | 29.7 | 10.4 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | Dec 14, 1988 | Lisieux |
5 | Malcolm Cazalon | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Aug 27, 2001 | Roanne | |||
6 | Sidy Cissoko | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | 12 | 141 | 16 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 45 | .485 | .083 | .800 | 11.8 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | Apr 2, 2004 | Saint-Maurice |
7 | Petr Cornelie | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | 13 | 38 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | .333 | .125 | .750 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Jul 26, 1995 | Calais |
8 | Bilal Coulibaly | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | 63 | 1715 | 188 | 432 | 64 | 185 | 92 | 131 | 56 | 256 | 110 | 57 | 48 | 87 | 137 | 532 | .435 | .346 | .702 | 27.2 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | Jul 26, 2004 | Saint-Cloud |
9 | Nando De Colo | 2 | 2013 | 2014 | 119 | 1414 | 169 | 394 | 49 | 135 | 66 | 79 | 37 | 211 | 203 | 63 | 12 | 116 | 135 | 453 | .429 | .363 | .835 | 11.9 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | Jun 23, 1987 | Sainte-Catherine-les-Arras |
10 | Moussa Diabaté | 2 | 2023 | 2024 | 33 | 259 | 34 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 30 | 46 | 74 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 88 | .515 | .500 | .633 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | Jan 21, 2002 | Paris |
11 | Boris Diaw | 14 | 2004 | 2017 | 1064 | 28768 | 3805 | 7711 | 475 | 1413 | 1054 | 1470 | 1258 | 4634 | 3684 | 648 | 510 | 1897 | 2269 | 9139 | .493 | .336 | .717 | 27.0 | 8.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Apr 16, 1982 | Cormeilles-en-Parisis |
12 | Yakhouba Diawara | 4 | 2007 | 2010 | 187 | 2614 | 233 | 653 | 122 | 405 | 67 | 103 | 77 | 258 | 122 | 52 | 16 | 72 | 276 | 655 | .357 | .301 | .650 | 14.0 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | Aug 29, 1982 | Paris |
13 | Ousmane Dieng | 2 | 2023 | 2024 | 72 | 934 | 125 | 297 | 47 | 168 | 29 | 39 | 29 | 156 | 83 | 22 | 12 | 45 | 64 | 326 | .421 | .280 | .744 | 13.0 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | May 21, 2003 | Villeneuve-sur-Lot |
14 | Evan Fournier | 12 | 2013 | 2024 | 704 | 19514 | 3447 | 7823 | 1359 | 3631 | 1354 | 1694 | 277 | 1878 | 1759 | 615 | 108 | 1083 | 1648 | 9607 | .441 | .374 | .799 | 27.7 | 13.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | Oct 29, 1992 | Saint-Maurice |
15 | Rudy Gobert | 11 | 2014 | 2024 | 757 | 23042 | 3562 | 5440 | 0 | 17 | 2468 | 3864 | 2539 | 8915 | 996 | 520 | 1614 | 1248 | 2027 | 9592 | .655 | .000 | .639 | 30.4 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.1 | Jun 26, 1992 | Saint-Quentin |
16 | Jaylen Hoard | 3 | 2020 | 2022 | 39 | 663 | 103 | 210 | 9 | 39 | 42 | 68 | 65 | 181 | 45 | 24 | 10 | 29 | 45 | 257 | .490 | .231 | .618 | 17.0 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | Mar 30, 1999 | Le Havre |
17 | William Howard | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Oct 25, 1993 | Montbrison | |
18 | Joffrey Lauvergne | 4 | 2015 | 2018 | 208 | 2823 | 477 | 995 | 49 | 172 | 156 | 217 | 239 | 789 | 180 | 55 | 34 | 165 | 286 | 1159 | .479 | .285 | .719 | 13.6 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Sep 30, 1991 | Mulhouse |
19 | Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot | 6 | 2017 | 2022 | 328 | 5254 | 648 | 1657 | 320 | 956 | 321 | 387 | 124 | 656 | 293 | 132 | 42 | 232 | 605 | 1937 | .391 | .335 | .829 | 16.0 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | May 9, 1995 | Cannes |
20 | Ian Mahinmi | 12 | 2008 | 2020 | 618 | 10353 | 1201 | 2254 | 8 | 50 | 799 | 1305 | 937 | 2705 | 357 | 357 | 443 | 601 | 1635 | 3209 | .533 | .160 | .612 | 16.8 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | Nov 5, 1986 | Rouen |
Rk | Player | Yrs | From | To | G | MP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | ORB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | MP | PTS | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | Date | City |
21 | Théo Maledon | 4 | 2021 | 2024 | 177 | 3753 | 467 | 1255 | 182 | 588 | 257 | 324 | 63 | 489 | 518 | 131 | 34 | 283 | 275 | 1373 | .372 | .310 | .793 | 21.2 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | Jun 12, 2001 | Rouen |
22 | Cozell McQueen | 1 | 1987 | 1987 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | Jan 18, 1962 | Paris | ||
23 | Jérôme Moïso | 5 | 2001 | 2005 | 145 | 1392 | 158 | 323 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 118 | 126 | 395 | 38 | 45 | 68 | 104 | 183 | 386 | .489 | .000 | .593 | 9.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | Jun 15, 1978 | Paris |
24 | Adam Mokoka | 2 | 2020 | 2021 | 25 | 168 | 19 | 47 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 47 | .404 | .280 | .400 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | Jul 18, 1998 | Paris |
25 | Erik Murphy | 1 | 2014 | 2014 | 24 | 62 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | .231 | .000 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | Oct 26, 1990 | Lyon | |
26 | Elie Okobo | 2 | 2019 | 2020 | 108 | 1677 | 186 | 471 | 64 | 203 | 87 | 118 | 28 | 188 | 242 | 56 | 11 | 107 | 163 | 523 | .395 | .315 | .737 | 15.5 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | Oct 23, 1997 | Bordeaux |
27 | Johan Petro | 8 | 2006 | 2013 | 473 | 7262 | 976 | 2114 | 2 | 13 | 248 | 366 | 536 | 1836 | 227 | 193 | 234 | 374 | 1158 | 2202 | .462 | .154 | .678 | 15.4 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | Jan 27, 1986 | Paris |
28 | Vincent Poirier | 2 | 2020 | 2021 | 32 | 169 | 20 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 49 | .417 | .333 | .615 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | Oct 17, 1993 | Clamart |
29 | Antoine Rigaudeau | 1 | 2003 | 2003 | 11 | 91 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | .229 | .200 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | Dec 17, 1971 | Cholet | |
30 | Rayan Rupert | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | 39 | 633 | 54 | 161 | 28 | 78 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 92 | 62 | 12 | 3 | 31 | 56 | 155 | .335 | .359 | .760 | 16.2 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | May 31, 2004 | Strasbourg |
31 | Olivier Sarr | 3 | 2022 | 2024 | 46 | 633 | 84 | 150 | 16 | 43 | 39 | 51 | 56 | 160 | 25 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 87 | 223 | .560 | .372 | .765 | 13.8 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | Feb 20, 1999 | Niort |
32 | Michael Stewart | 8 | 1998 | 2005 | 286 | 3303 | 246 | 556 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 251 | 349 | 907 | 88 | 56 | 278 | 142 | 557 | 623 | .442 | .522 | 11.5 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | Apr 25, 1975 | Cucq-Trepied-Stella-Plage | |
33 | Pape Sy | 1 | 2011 | 2011 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .333 | .000 | 1.000 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | Apr 5, 1988 | Loudeac |
34 | Killian Tillie | 2 | 2021 | 2022 | 54 | 643 | 62 | 184 | 37 | 119 | 14 | 19 | 27 | 84 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 78 | 175 | .337 | .311 | .737 | 11.9 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | Mar 5, 1998 | Cagnes-sur-Mer |
35 | Axel Toupane | 3 | 2016 | 2021 | 33 | 413 | 34 | 90 | 15 | 46 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 101 | .378 | .326 | .750 | 12.5 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Jul 23, 1992 | Mulhouse |
36 | Victor Wembanyama | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | 71 | 2106 | 551 | 1186 | 128 | 394 | 292 | 367 | 161 | 755 | 274 | 88 | 254 | 260 | 153 | 1522 | .465 | .325 | .796 | 29.7 | 21.4 | 10.6 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 3.6 | Jan 4, 2004 | Le Chesnay |
37 | Dominique Wilkins* | 15 | 1983 | 1999 | 1074 | 38113 | 9963 | 21589 | 711 | 2231 | 6031 | 7438 | 2950 | 7169 | 2677 | 1378 | 642 | 2669 | 2061 | 26668 | .461 | .319 | .811 | 35.5 | 24.8 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | Jan 12, 1960 | Paris |
38 | Guerschon Yabusele | 2 | 2018 | 2019 | 74 | 486 | 61 | 138 | 21 | 65 | 30 | 44 | 40 | 105 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 55 | 173 | .442 | .323 | .682 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Dec 17, 1995 | Dreux |
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