Russian NBA Players: Every Player Born in Russia (2026-27)
All 3 players on an NBA roster this season who were born in Russia.
Updated Sep 1, 2026 · rosters as of the 2026-27 preseason
- Players
- 3
- Average height
- 6'9"
- Average age
- 22
- Teams represented
- 3 of 30
- Tallest
- Vladislav Goldin (7'0")
- Shortest
- Egor Demin (6'8")
- Oldest
- Vladislav Goldin (25)
- Youngest
- Egor Demin (20)
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.
Three NBA players on 2026-27 rosters were born in Russia, spread one apiece across the Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks, and Miami Heat. All three birthplaces — Moscow, Nalchick, and Rostov-on-Don — are distinct cities, making this a genuinely spread-out group within a single country.
Russia is one of 43 countries represented among the 110 international-born players in the league this season. The 3 players born there range in age from 20 to 25 and in height from 6'8" to 7'0".
Think you'd know these players from their team, height, age and jersey number alone?
Play Guess-the-Player with only players born in Russia →| Player | Team | Pos | Ht | Age | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egor Demin
|
Brooklyn Nets
|
G | 6'8" | 20 | Moscow, Russia |
Vladislav Goldin
|
Miami Heat
|
C | 7'0" | 25 | Nalchick, Russia |
Vsevolod Ishchenko
|
Dallas Mavericks
|
G | 6'8" | 21 | Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
Click any column heading to sort. Players with no college listed came into the league from overseas or straight out of high school.
Heights and positions across the group
The tallest of the 3 is Vladislav Goldin (#50, Miami Heat), a center standing 7'0" and born in Nalchick, Russia. The other two — Egor Demin (#8, Brooklyn Nets) and Vsevolod Ishchenko (Dallas Mavericks) — are both guards listed at 6'8". That makes 2 guards and 1 center, with no forwards in the group.
Colleges and ages among Russia-born players
Egor Demin, born March 3, 2006, in Moscow, attended BYU before joining Brooklyn. Vladislav Goldin, born May 12, 2001, in Nalchick, played college ball at Michigan. Vsevolod Ishchenko, born in Rostov-on-Don and 21 years old, has no college listed. At 20, Demin is the youngest of the three; Goldin at 25 is the oldest.
Where these players fit in the broader league
Russia-born players account for 3 of the 110 international players across the 2026-27 NBA. Each of the 3 plays for a different franchise, so no single team carries more than 1 Russia-born player on its roster this season.