# Who is the best Spain Olympic basketball player?

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

*By YPB Team · Published November 12, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-best-spain-olympic-basketball-player*

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

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