Dutch NBA Players: Every Player Born in Netherlands (2026-27)
All 3 players on an NBA roster this season who were born in the Netherlands.
Updated Sep 1, 2026 · rosters as of the 2026-27 preseason
- Players
- 3
- Average height
- 6'10"
- Average age
- 25.7
- Teams represented
- 3 of 30
- Tallest
- Quinten Post (7'0")
- Shortest
- Tristan Enaruna (6'8")
- Oldest
- Malevy Leons (26)
- Youngest
- Tristan Enaruna (25)
Birthplace, not citizenship. These lists group players by the country they were born in, which is what the public roster data records. A player born in one country may hold another nationality, may have grown up elsewhere, and may represent a different country internationally.
3 NBA players on 2026-27 rosters were born in the Netherlands, each on a different team. All three are big men — forwards and a center — making this one of the taller country groups in the league.
The players were born in 3 different Dutch cities: Amsterdam, Almere, and IJmuiden. Each attended a different American college before reaching the NBA, and their ages sit close together, ranging from 25 to 26.
Think you'd know these players from their team, height, age and jersey number alone?
Play Guess-the-Player with only players born in Netherlands →| Player | Team | Pos | Ht | Age | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Malevy Leons
|
Golden State Warriors
|
F | 6'9" | 26 | IJmuiden, Netherlands |
Quinten Post
|
Memphis Grizzlies
|
C | 7'0" | 26 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Tristan Enaruna
|
Cleveland Cavaliers
|
F | 6'8" | 25 | Almere, Netherlands |
Click any column heading to sort. Players with no college listed came into the league from overseas or straight out of high school.
The Players Born in the Netherlands
Quinten Post, a center for the Memphis Grizzlies, is the tallest of the group at 7'0" and was born in Amsterdam. Malevy Leons wears #33 for the Golden State Warriors, stands 6'9", and was born in IJmuiden. Tristan Enaruna, born in Almere, plays forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers at 6'8" and wears #21. All 3 players went through US college basketball — Post at Boston College, Leons at Bradley, and Enaruna at Cleveland State.
How This Group Fits the Broader NBA
The 2026-27 NBA includes players born in 43 different countries, with 110 international players in total. The 3 Netherlands-born players represent a small but notably tall slice of that group. With no guards in the mix, the roster skews heavily toward the frontcourt — 2 forwards and 1 center.