Victor Wembanyama

Victor Wembanyama

Wembanyama with Metropolitans 92 in 2022
No. 1 – San Antonio Spurs
Position	Center
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 (age 20) Le Chesnay, France
Listed height	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)[1]
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2023: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career	2019–present
Career history
2019–2021	Nanterre 92
2021–2022	ASVEL
2022–2023	Metropolitans 92
2023–present	San Antonio Spurs
Career highlights and awards
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× LNB All-Star (2021, 2022) 3× Pro A Best Young Player (2021–2023)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's basketball Representing  France FIBA Under-19 World Cup 2021 Latvia Team FIBA U16 European Championship 2019 Italy Team

Victor Wembanyama (/ˌwɛmbənˈjɑːmə/ WEM-bən-YAH-mə;^[2] French: [viktɔʁ wɛmbanjama]; born 4 January 2004), nicknamed "Wemby" or "The Alien",^[3] is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Considered one of the best basketball prospects in a generation, he was selected first overall by the Spurs in the 2023 NBA draft. With a listed height of 7 feet 4 inches (2.24 metres), Wembanyama is tied with Boban Marjanović as the tallest active NBA player.^[4]

Wembanyama began his professional career 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 2022–23 season, Wembanyama signed with Metropolitans 92 and became the youngest player to win the Pro A MVP award, while earning Pro A Best Defender honors 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.

Wembanyama also plays for the French national team. 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.

Following a historic rookie season in the NBA, 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 to be ever named to the All-Defensive First Team.^[5][6]