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Victor Wembanyama

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Wembanyama with Metropolitans 92 in 2022

No. 1 \u2013 San Antonio Spurs

Position

Center

League

NBA

Personal information

Born

4 January 2004 (age 21)
Le Chesnay, France

Listed height

7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)

Listed weight

235 lb (107 kg)

Career information

NBA draft

2023: 1st round, 1st overall pick

Selected by the San Antonio Spurs

Playing career

2019\u2013present

Career history

2019\u20132021

2021\u20132022

2022\u20132023

2023\u2013present

Career highlights and awards

NBA All-Star (2025)
NBA All-Defensive First Team (2024)
NBA Rookie of the Year (2024)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (2024)
NBA blocks leader (2024)
Pro A champion (2022)
French player of the year (2023)
Pro A Most Valuable Player (2023)
Pro A Best Scorer (2023)
Pro A Best Defender (2023)
All-Pro A First Team (2023)
LNB All-Star Game MVP (2022)
2\u00d7 LNB All-Star (2021, 2022)
3\u00d7 Pro A Best Young Player (2021\u20132023)

Stats at NBA.com $\"Edit$

Stats at Basketball Reference $\"Edit$

Medals

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Men's basketball\n
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Representing $\"\"$ France\n
Summer Olympics\n
$\"Silver$	2024 Paris	Team\n
FIBA Under-19 World Cup\n
$\"Silver$	2021 Latvia	Team\n
FIBA U16 European Championship\n
$\"Silver$	2019 Italy	Team\n

Victor Wembanyama (/\u02ccw\u025bmb\u0259n\u02c8j\u0251\u02d0m\u0259/ WEM-b\u0259n-YAH-m\u0259;^[1] French: [vikt\u0254\u0281 w\u025bmbanjama]; born 4 January 2004), nicknamed \"Wemby\"^[2] and \"The Alien\"^[3]^[4], is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Considered one of the best basketball prospects of his generation due to his rare combination of height, length, speed, ball-handling skills, shooting range and agility, he was selected first overall by the Spurs in the 2023 NBA draft.\n

Wembanyama began his professional career at age 15 with Nanterre 92 of the LNB Pro A in 2019. Two years later, he moved to ASVEL and won the Pro A title in his only season with the team. In the 2022\u201323 season, Wembanyama signed with Metropolitans 92 and became the youngest player to win the Pro A MVP award, while earning Pro A Best Defender honours and leading the league in scoring, rebounds and blocks. He was unanimously named an LNB All-Star twice, winning the All-Star Game MVP once, and was a three-time Pro A Best Young Player.\n

Wembanyama also plays for the French national team, with whom he won a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics. At the youth level, he led his team to two silver medals, including at the 2021 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, where he set the FIBA record for blocks per game in a single tournament.\n

Following a historic rookie season in the NBA in which he led the league in blocks per game, Wembanyama was unanimously named the 2024 NBA Rookie of the Year, finished second in the 2024 Defensive Player of the Year voting to compatriot Rudy Gobert, and became the first rookie ever to be named to the All-Defensive First Team.^[5]^[6]\n

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GP\n	Games played\n	GS \n	Games started\n	MPG \n	Minutes per game\n
FG% \n	Field goal percentage\n	3P% \n	3-point field goal percentage\n	FT% \n	Free throw percentage\n
RPG \n	Rebounds per game\n	APG \n	Assists per game\n	SPG \n	Steals per game\n
BPG \n	Blocks per game\n	PPG \n	Points per game\n	Bold \n	Career high\n
\" \n	Led the league	\n

Year\n	Team\n	GP\n	GS\n	MPG\n	FG%\n	3P%\n	FT%\n	RPG\n	APG\n	SPG\n	BPG\n	PPG\n
2023\u201324\n	San Antonio\n	71	71	29.7	.465	.325	.796	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6\"	21.4\n
Career\n	71	71	29.7	.465	.325	.796	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	21.4\n

Year\n	Team\n	GP\n	GS\n	MPG\n	FG%\n	3P%\n	FT%\n	RPG\n	APG\n	SPG\n	BPG\n	PPG\n	PIR\n
2021\u201322^[144]\n	ASVEL\n	13\n	10\n	17.5\n	.348\n	.303\n	.667\n	3.8\n	.5\n	.4\n	1.9\n	6.5\n	5.5\n
Career\n	13\n	10\n	17.5\n	.348\n	.303\n	.667\n	3.8\n	.5\n	.4\n	1.9\n	6.5\n	5.5\n

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National	United States France BnF data Poland
Other	IdRef

v t e San Antonio Spurs roster
\n 0 K. Johnson \n 1 Wembanyama \n 3 Paul \n 4 Fox \n 5 Castle \n 7 Duke (TW) \n 10 Sochan \n 11 McLaughlin \n 14 Wesley \n 22 Branham \n 24 Vassell \n 27 Minix (TW) \n 28 Bassey \n 30 Champagnie \n 40 Barnes \n 54 Mamukelashvili \n 55 Ingram (TW) \n
\n Head coach: Popovich \n Assistant coaches: Brown \n M. Johnson \n Nielsen \n Noyes \n

Early life and youth career

Professional career

Nanterre 92 (2019\u20132021)

ASVEL (2021\u20132022)

Metropolitans 92 (2022\u20132023)

San Antonio Spurs (2023\u2013present)

2023\u201324 season: Rookie of the Year

2024\u201325 season: First All-Star selection

National team career

Junior national team

Senior national team

2024 Summer Olympics

Player profile

Career statistics

NBA

EuroLeague

Off the court

Sponsorships

Orders

See also

References

External links

Victor Wembanyama

Talks

Chronicle