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Who is the best Spain Olympic basketball player?

By YPB Team

Medal-winning guards, towering centers and the women behind Rio silver share one bracket, with Olympians ranging from Munich 1972 to Paris 2024.

  1. Pau Gasol — ranked #11
    Pau Gasol
    Power forward who played five Olympics for Spain from 2004 to 2020, winning silver in 2008 and 2012 and bronze in 2016.
    1000pts
  2. Willy Hernangómez — ranked #22
    Willy Hernangómez
    Center who played for Spain at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Olympics, winning bronze in Rio.
    599pts
  3. Juan Carlos Navarro — ranked #33
    Juan Carlos Navarro
    Guard nicknamed La Bomba who won Olympic silver with Spain in 2008 and 2012 and bronze in 2016.
    494pts
  4. Ricky Rubio — ranked #44
    Ricky Rubio
    Point guard who played the 2008 Olympic final at 17 and scored 38 points against the United States in the Tokyo 2020 quarterfinal.
    494pts
  5. Alba Torrens — ranked #55
    Alba Torrens
    Forward on Spain's women's team that won Olympic silver at Rio 2016, the country's first women's basketball Olympic medal.
    428pts
  6. Rudy Fernández — ranked #66
    Rudy Fernández
    Wing who in 2024 became the first men's basketball player to compete at six Olympics, winning silver in 2008 and 2012 and bronze in 2016.
    428pts
  7. Sergio Llull — ranked #77
    Sergio Llull
    Guard who played for Spain at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympics, winning silver in London and bronze in Rio.
    428pts
  8. 8
    Sergio Rodríguez
    Point guard who won Olympic silver in 2012 and bronze in 2016 with Spain and also played at Tokyo 2020.
    428pts
  9. 9
    Fernando Martín
    Power forward on Spain's silver-medal team at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics who in 1986 became the first Spaniard to play in the NBA.
    350pts
  10. Marc Gasol — ranked #1010
    Marc Gasol
    Center who won Olympic silver with Spain in 2008 and 2012 and returned for the Tokyo 2020 Games.
    257pts
  11. Felipe Reyes — ranked #1111
    Felipe Reyes
    Power forward on Spain's Olympic silver-medal teams of 2008 and 2012 and its bronze-medal team of 2016.
    257pts
  12. Juan Antonio San Epifanio — ranked #1212
    Juan Antonio San Epifanio
    Forward known as Epi who played four Olympics for Spain from 1980 to 1992 and led the 1984 silver-medal team in scoring.
    257pts
  13. Laia Palau — ranked #1313
    Laia Palau
    Point guard who won Olympic silver with Spain's women's team at Rio 2016 and played again at Tokyo 2020 aged 41.
    257pts
  14. Astou Ndour — ranked #1414
    Astou Ndour
    Senegal-born center who won Olympic silver with Spain's women's team at Rio 2016.
    257pts
  15. José Calderón — ranked #1515
    José Calderón
    Point guard on Spain's Olympic silver-medal teams of 2008 and 2012 and its bronze-medal team of 2016.
    0pts
  16. Juan Antonio Corbalán — ranked #1616
    Juan Antonio Corbalán
    Point guard on Spain's silver-medal team at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
    0pts

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