Anthony Davis

Anthony Davis

Davis with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2022
No. 3 – Los Angeles Lakers
Position	Center / power forward
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1993-03-11) March 11, 1993 (age 31) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	253 lb (115 kg)
Career information
High school	Perspectives Charter (Chicago, Illinois)
College	Kentucky (2011–2012)
NBA draft	2012: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the New Orleans Hornets
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2019	New Orleans Hornets / Pelicans
2019–present	Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (2020) NBA Cup champion (2023) 9× NBA All-Star (2014–2021, 2024) NBA All-Star Game MVP (2017) 4× All-NBA First Team (2015, 2017, 2018, 2020) All-NBA Second Team (2024) 3× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2018, 2020, 2024) 2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2015, 2017) 3× NBA blocks leader (2014, 2015, 2018) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2013) NBA 75th Anniversary Team NCAA champion (2012) NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2012) National college player of the year (2012) Consensus first-team All-American (2012) NABC Defensive Player of the Year (2012) USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2012) SEC Player of the Year (2012) NCAA blocks leader (2012) SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2012) SEC Rookie of the Year (2012) First-team Parade All-American (2011) McDonald's All-American (2011)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's basketball Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2012 London Team World Cup 2014 Spain Team

Anthony Marshon Davis Jr. (born March 11, 1993), nicknamed "AD", is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played for the New Orleans Pelicans. He plays the power forward and center positions. Davis is a nine-time NBA All-Star and has been named to four All-NBA First Teams and five NBA All-Defensive Teams. In his first season with the Lakers, he won the 2020 NBA Finals. In 2021, he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.^[1] He also won the inaugural NBA Cup in 2023 with the Lakers. Davis is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time.^[2][3][4][5]

Davis played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, when he was first team All-American and the Consensus National Player of the Year. He also won the USBWA National Freshman of the Year, NABC Defensive Player of the Year and the Pete Newell Big Man Award. Davis led the NCAA in blocks and set Southeastern Conference and NCAA Division I freshman single-season blocked shots records. He led Kentucky to a national championship and was named the most outstanding player of the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Davis left college for the NBA after one season and was drafted as the first overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the New Orleans Hornets, and was selected that summer to play in the 2012 Olympics. After his rookie season, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. The next season, he became an All-Star for the first time and led the NBA in blocked shots per game. He has since become the youngest player to score at least 59 points in an NBA game. In 2017, he was named the recipient of the NBA All-Star Game MVP Award after setting an All-Star Game scoring record of 52 points. Davis was traded to the Lakers in 2019. He has won gold medals with the United States national team on their 2012 Olympic team and 2014 World Cup team, making him the first player in basketball history to win an NCAA title, NBA title, Olympic gold medal and FIBA World Cup.