By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
With the new NBA season tipping off Tuesday night, the league has released the full list of international players who are on are on opening-night rosters for the 2021-22 Anniversary season. A stunning number of 107 international players originating from 39 different countries.
As the league slowly becomes more global, we’ve seen a record-tying six international players in 2020-21 All-NBA Teams: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks; Greece; ties to Nigeria; All-NBA First Team), Luka Doncic (Mavericks; Slovenia; All-NBA First Team), Nikola Jokić (Nuggets; Serbia; All-NBA First Team), Joel Embiid (All-NBA Second Team), Rudy Gobert (Jazz; France; All-NBA Third Team) and Kyrie Irving (Nets; Australia; All-NBA Third Team).
In addition to those 109 players, there are also a record 12 international players from seven countries on two-way contracts, including six players who participated in the Basketball Without Boarders program.
Below please find the full list of international players on 2021-22 opening-night rosters (active and inactive):
| Country | Name | NBA Team | Ties |
| Angola | Bruno Fernando | Boston Celtics | |
| Argentina | Facundo Campazzo* | Denver Nuggets | |
| Argentina | Gabriel Deck* | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Argentina | Leandro Bolmaro* | Minnesota Timberwolves | |
| Australia | Ben Simmons | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Australia | Jock Landale | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Australia | Joe Ingles | Utah Jazz | |
| Australia | Josh Giddey* | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Australia | Josh Green* | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Australia | Kyrie Irving | Brooklyn Nets | |
| Australia | Patty Mills | Brooklyn Nets | |
| Austria | Jakob Poeltl | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Bahamas | Buddy Hield | Sacramento Kings | |
| Bahamas | Kai Jones* | Charlotte Hornets | |
| Bahamas | Deandre Ayton* | Phoenix Suns | Ties to Nigeria |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jusuf Nurkić | Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Brazil | Didi Louzada | New Orleans Pelicans | |
| Brazil | Raul Neto | Washington Wizards | |
| Cameroon | Joel Embiid* | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Cameroon | Pascal Siakam* | Toronto Raptors | |
| Canada | Andrew Wiggins | Golden State Warriors | |
| Canada | Brandon Clarke | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Canada | Cory Joseph | Detroit Pistons | Ties to Trinidad and Tobago |
| Canada | Dalano Banton | Toronto Raptors | |
| Canada | Dillon Brooks | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Canada | Dwight Powell | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Canada | Jamal Murray* | Denver Nuggets | |
| Canada | Josh Primo* | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Canada | Kelly Olynyk* | Detroit Pistons | |
| Canada | Kevin Pangos | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Canada | Khem Birch | Toronto Raptors | |
| Canada | Luguentz Dort* | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Canada | Nickeil Alexander-Walker | New Orleans Pelicans | |
| Canada | Oshae Brissett | Indiana Pacers | |
| Canada | RJ Barrett* | New York Knicks | |
| Canada | Trey Lyles | Detroit Pistons | |
| Canada | Tristan Thompson | Sacramento Kings | Ties to Jamaica |
| Canada | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander* | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Croatia | Bojan Bogdanović | Utah Jazz | |
| Croatia | Dario Šarić* | Phoenix Suns | |
| Croatia | Ivica Zubac | LA Clippers | |
| Czech Republic | Tomáš Satoranský* | New Orleans Pelicans | |
| Czech Republic | Vít Krejčí* | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Jonathan Kuminga | Golden State Warriors | |
| Dominican Republic | Al Horford | Boston Celtics | |
| Dominican Republic | Chris Duarte | Indiana Pacers | Ties to Canada |
| Egypt | Abdel Nader | Phoenix Suns | |
| Finland | Lauri Markkanen* | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| France | Evan Fournier | New York Knicks | Ties to Algeria |
| France | Frank Ntilikina* | Dallas Mavericks | Ties to Belgium and Rwanda |
| France | Killian Hayes* | Detroit Pistons | |
| France | Nicolas Batum* | LA Clippers | Ties to Cameroon |
| France | Rudy Gobert | Utah Jazz | |
| France | Théo Maledon | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| France | Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot | Atlanta Hawks | Ties to Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Georgia | Goga Bitadze* | Indiana Pacers | |
| Germany | Daniel Theis | Houston Rockets | |
| Germany | Dennis Schröder | Boston Celtics | Ties to The Gambia |
| Germany | Isaac Bonga* | Toronto Raptors | |
| Germany | Isaiah Hartenstein* | LA Clippers | |
| Germany | Maxi Kleber | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Germany | Franz Wagner | Orlando Magic | |
| Germany | Moritz Wagner | Orlando Magic | |
| Greece | Georgios Kalaitzakis | Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Greece | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks | Ties to Nigeria |
| Greece | Thanasis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks | Ties to Nigeria |
| Israel | Deni Avdija* | Washington Wizards | |
| Italy | Danilo Gallinari* | Atlanta Hawks | |
| Jamaica | Nick Richards | Charlotte Hornets | |
| Japan | Rui Hachimura* | Washington Wizards | Ties to Benin |
| Japan | Yuta Watanabe | Toronto Raptors | |
| Latvia | Davis Bertans | Washington Wizards | |
| Latvia | Kristaps Porziņģis | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Lithuania | Domantas Sabonis | Indiana Pacers | |
| Lithuania | Jonas Valančiūnas* | New Orleans Pelicans | |
| Montenegro | Marko Simonović | Chicago Bulls | |
| Montenegro | Nikola Vučević | Chicago Bulls | |
| New Zealand | Steven Adams | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Nigeria | Charles Bassey* | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Nigeria | Josh Okogie | Minnesota Timberwolves | |
| Nigeria | Precious Achiuwa | Toronto Raptors | |
| Nigeria | Udoka Azubuike | Utah Jazz | |
| Nigeria | Chimezie Metu | Sacramento Kings | |
| Republic of the Congo | Serge Ibaka | LA Clippers | Ties to Spain |
| Senegal | Gorgui Dieng* | Atlanta Hawks | |
| Serbia | Aleksej Pokuševski* | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Serbia | Boban Marjanović | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Serbia | Bogdan Bogdanović | Atlanta Hawks | |
| Serbia | Nemanja Bjelica | Golden State Warriors | |
| Serbia | Nikola Jokić | Denver Nuggets | |
| Slovenia | Goran Dragić | Toronto Raptors | |
| Slovenia | Vlatko Čančar | Denver Nuggets | |
| Slovenia | Luka Dončić | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Spain | Juancho Hernangómez | Boston Celtics | |
| Spain | Ricky Rubio | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Spain | Santi Aldama* | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Spain | Usman Garuba | Houston Rockets | Ties to Nigeria |
| Spain | Willy Hernangómez* | New Orleans Pelicans | |
| St. Lucia | Chris Boucher | Toronto Raptors | Ties to Canada |
| Sudan | Bol Bol | Denver Nuggets | |
| Switzerland | Clint Capela | Atlanta Hawks | Ties to Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Turkey | Alperen Sengun | Houston Rockets | |
| Turkey | Cedi Osman | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Turkey | Enes Kanter* | Boston Celtics | |
| Turkey | Furkan Korkmaz | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Turkey | Omer Yurtseven | Miami Heat | |
| Ukraine | Alex Len | Sacramento Kings | |
| Ukraine | Svi Mykhailiuk | Toronto Raptors | |
| United Kingdom | OG Anunoby | Toronto Raptors | Ties to Nigeria |
Below please find the full list of international two-way players:
| Country | First Name | NBA Team | Ties |
| Canada | Eugene Omoruyi | Dallas Mavericks | Ties to Nigeria |
| Canada | Ignas Brazdeikis* | Orlando Magic | Ties to Lithuania |
| Croatia | Luka Šamanić* | New York Knicks | |
| France | Petr Cornelie | Denver Nuggets | |
| France | Sekou Doumbouya* | Los Angeles Lakers | Ties to Guinea |
| France | Killian Tillie | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| France | Yves Pons | Memphis Grizzlies | Ties to Haiti |
| France | Joel Ayayi* | Washington Wizards | |
| Georgia | Sandro Mamukelashvili* | Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Lithuania | Arnoldas Kulboka* | Charlotte Hornets | |
| Portugal | Neemias Queta | Sacramento Kings | |
| Senegal | Tacko Fall | Cleveland Cavaliers |