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January 3

Players born on this date and historic games played on January 3 across NBA, EuroLeague, ABA and other tracked leagues.

39 players born 40 games on record

Born on January 3

39 players
2000s · 4
Deni Avdija 2001 · 25 yrs · Forward · Israel 12.1 PPG Jaime Pradilla 2001 · 25 yrs · Power Forward · Spain 5.7 PPG DB Dovydas Buika 2007 · 19 yrs · Lithuania Max Gaspa 2006 · 20 yrs · Spain
1990s · 9
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 1995 · 31 yrs · Small Forward · Jordan 10.1 PPG Justin Sears 1994 · 32 yrs · Center · USA 9.1 PPG Dejan Musli 1991 · 35 yrs · Center · Serbia 9.1 PPG Doug McDermott 1992 · 34 yrs · Forward · USA 8.5 PPG AL Axel Louissaint 1996 · 30 yrs · Shooting Guard · Switzerland 7.9 PPG BB Beka Burjanadze 1994 · 32 yrs · Power Forward · Georgia 6.7 PPG Darius Morris 1991 · 35 yrs · Point Guard · USA 6.3 PPG Kristy Wallace 1996 · 30 yrs · Australia 6.1 PPG CL Christophe Leonard 1990 · 36 yrs · Small Forward · France
1980s · 17
Nikola Pekovic 1986 · 40 yrs · Center · Montenegro 12.5 PPG Gabriel Mikulas 1981 · 45 yrs · Power Forward · Argentina 11.6 PPG Linas Kleiza 1985 · 41 yrs · Power Forward · Lithuania 9.5 PPG AJ Adas Juskevicius 1989 · 37 yrs · Shooting Guard · Lithuania 8.8 PPG Heiko Schaffartzik 1984 · 42 yrs · Point Guard · Germany 8.8 PPG Marko Tomas 1985 · 41 yrs · Shooting Guard · Croatia 8.7 PPG MS Melvin Sanders 1981 · 45 yrs · Guard-Forward · USA 8.3 PPG Luca Garri 1982 · 44 yrs · Power Forward · Italy 7.1 PPG Tufan Onen 1989 · 37 yrs · Turkey 6.3 PPG BE Baris Ermis 1985 · 41 yrs · Point Guard · Turkey 6.2 PPG ST Sergey Toporov 1981 · 45 yrs · Russia 6.0 PPG NS Nicolai Simon 1987 · 39 yrs · Point Guard · Germany 5.8 PPG RO Randy Oveneke 1986 · 40 yrs · Small Forward · Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.2 PPG Cedric Simmons 1986 · 40 yrs · Forward · USA SV Sergey Varlamov 1984 · 42 yrs · Russia HR Hector Romero 1980 · 46 yrs · Power Forward · Venezuela Noelle Quinn 1985 · 41 yrs · Shooting Guard · USA
1970s · 1
Tony Farmer 1970 · 56 yrs · Forward · USA 5.3 PPG
1960s · 2
BJ Buck Johnson 1964 · 62 yrs · Forward · USA 9.1 PPG JE Jay Edwards 1969 · 57 yrs · Shooting Guard · USA
1950s · 1
Paul Mokeski 1957 · 69 yrs · Center · USA
1940s · 1
DM Don May 1946 · 80 yrs · Forward · USA 6.3 PPG
1930s · 1
GM George McLeod 1931 · 95 yrs · Forward · USA
1920s · 1
FN Fred Nagy 1924 · 102 yrs · Guard · USA
1910s · 2
JP Jake Pelkington 1916 · 110 yrs · Center · USA 11.1 PPG Dick Schulz 1917 · 109 yrs · Forward · USA 5.5 PPG

Games on January 3

40 games
2020s · 40