La NBA a publié la liste des joueurs « internationaux » qui sont sur la ligne de départ de la saison 2020-21. Ils sont 107 de 41 pays et avec 9 joueurs la France arrive en deuxième position derrière le Canada (17) et devant l’Australie (8), la Serbie et l’Allemagne (6).
Curieusement, la NBA indique un éventuel lien avec d’autres pays (!), mais si le Cameroun est ainsi mentionné pour Nicolas Batum -le pays d’origine de son père-, les Etats-Unis n’apparaissent pas pour Killian Hayes ou le Rwanda pour Frank Ntilikina.
10 joueurs bénéficient par ailleurs de two-ways contracts dont 2 Français.
| Pays | Nom | Equipe | Lien avec d’autres pays** |
| Angola | Bruno Fernando | Atlanta Hawks | |
| Argentina | Facundo Campazzo* | Denver Nuggets | |
| Australia | Aron Baynes | Toronto Raptors | |
| Australia | Matthew Dellavedova | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Australia | Danté Exum | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Australia | Josh Green | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Australia | Joe Ingles | Utah Jazz | |
| Australia | Kyrie Irving | Brooklyn Nets | |
| Australia | Patty Mills | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Australia | Ben Simmons | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Austria | Jakob Poeltl | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Bahamas | Buddy Hield | Sacramento Kings | |
| Bahamas | Deandre Ayton* | Phoenix Suns | Nigeria |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jusuf Nurkić | Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Brazil | Bruno Caboclo* | Houston Rockets | |
| Brazil | Cristiano Felicio | Chicago Bulls | |
| Brazil | Raul Neto | Washington Wizards | |
| Cameroon | Joel Embiid* | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Cameroon | Pascal Siakam* | Toronto Raptors | |
| Canada | Nickeil Alexander-Walker | New Orleans Pelicans | |
| Canada | RJ Barrett* | New York Knicks | |
| Canada | Khem Birch | Orlando Magic | |
| Canada | Ignas Brazdeikis* | New York Knicks | Lithuania |
| Canada | Dillon Brooks | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Canada | Brandon Clarke | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Canada | Luguentz Dort* | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Canada | Cory Joseph | Sacramento Kings | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Canada | Mfiondu Kabengele | LA Clippers | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Canada | Trey Lyles | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Canada | Mychal Mulder | Golden State Warriors | |
| Canada | Jamal Murray* | Denver Nuggets | |
| Canada | Kelly Olynyk* | Miami Heat | |
| Canada | Dwight Powell | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Canada | Tristan Thompson | Boston Celtics | Jamaica |
| Canada | Andrew Wiggins | Golden State Warriors | |
| Canada | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander* | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Croatia | Bojan Bogdanović | Utah Jazz | |
| Croatia | Luka Šamanić* | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Croatia | Dario Šarić* | Phoenix Suns | |
| Croatia | Ivica Zubac | LA Clippers | |
| Czech Republic | Tomáš Satoranský* | Chicago Bulls | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Bismack Biyombo | Charlotte Hornets | |
| Dominican Republic | Al Horford | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Egypt | Abdel Nader | Phoenix Suns | |
| Finland | Lauri Markkanen* | Chicago Bulls | |
| France | Nicolas Batum* | LA Clippers | Cameroon |
| France | Sekou Doumbouya* | Detroit Pistons | Guinea |
| France | Evan Fournier | Orlando Magic | Algeria |
| France | Rudy Gobert | Utah Jazz | |
| France | Killian Hayes* | Detroit Pistons | |
| France | Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot | Brooklyn Nets | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| France | Théo Maledon | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| France | Frank Ntilikina* | New York Knicks | |
| France | Vincent Poirier | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Gabon | Chris Silva | Miami Heat | |
| Georgia | Goga Bitadze* | Indiana Pacers | |
| Germany | Isaac Bonga* | Washington Wizards | |
| Germany | Isaiah Hartenstein* | Denver Nuggets | |
| Germany | Maxi Kleber | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Germany | Dennis Schröder | Los Angeles Lakers | The Gambia |
| Germany | Daniel Theis | Boston Celtics | |
| Germany | Moritz Wagner | Washington Wizards | |
| Greece | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks | Nigeria |
| Greece | Thanasis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks | Nigeria |
| Israel | Deni Avdija* | Washington Wizards | |
| Italy | Danilo Gallinari* | Atlanta Hawks | |
| Italy | Nicolò Melli | New Orleans Pelicans | |
| Jamaica | Nick Richards | Charlotte Hornets | |
| Japan | Rui Hachimura* | Washington Wizards | Benin |
| Latvia | Davis Bertans | Washington Wizards | |
| Latvia | Anžejs Pasečņiks* | Washington Wizards | |
| Latvia | Kristaps Porziņģis | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Latvia | Rodions Kurucs | Brooklyn Nets | |
| Lithuania | Domantas Sabonis | Indiana Pacers | |
| Lithuania | Deividas Sirvydis* | Detroit Pistons | |
| Lithuania | Jonas Valančiūnas* | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Montenegro | Nikola Vučević | Orlando Magic | |
| New Zealand | Steven Adams | New Orleans Pelicans | |
| Nigeria | Precious Achiuwa | Miami Heat | |
| Nigeria | Udoka Azubuike | Utah Jazz | |
| Nigeria | Josh Okogie | Minnesota Timberwolves | |
| Republic of the Congo | Serge Ibaka | LA Clippers | Spain |
| Senegal | Gorgui Dieng* | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Serbia | Nemanja Bjelica | Sacramento Kings | |
| Serbia | Bogdan Bogdanović | Atlanta Hawks | |
| Serbia | Nikola Jokić | Denver Nuggets | |
| Serbia | Boban Marjanović | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Serbia | Aleksej Pokuševski* | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Serbia | Alen Smailagić | Golden State Warriors | |
| Slovenia | Vlatko Čančar | Denver Nuggets | |
| Slovenia | Goran Dragić | Miami Heat | |
| Slovenia | Luka Dončić | Dallas Mavericks | |
| South Sudan | Thon Maker* | Cleveland Cavaliers | Australia and Uganda |
| South Sudan | Wenyen Gabriel | New Orleans Pelicans | |
| Sudan | Bol Bol | Denver Nuggets | |
| Spain | Marc Gasol* | Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Spain | Juancho Hernangómez | Minnesota Timberwolves | |
| Spain | Willy Hernangómez* | New Orleans Pelicans | |
| Spain | Ricky Rubio | Minnesota Timberwolves | |
| St. Lucia | Chris Boucher | Toronto Raptors | Canada |
| Switzerland | Clint Capela | Atlanta Hawks | Angola and Republic of the Congo |
| Turkey | Enes Kanter* | Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Turkey | Furkan Korkmaz | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Turkey | Cedi Osman | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Ukraine | Alex Len | Toronto Raptors | |
| Ukraine | Svi Mykhailiuk | Detroit Pistons | |
| United Kingdom | OG Anunoby | Toronto Raptors | Nigeria |
Liste des joueurs avec un two-way contract :
| Country | Name | Team | Ties to Other Countries** |
| Australia | Will Magnay | New Orleans Pelicans | |
| Canada | Nate Darling | Charlotte Hornets | |
| France | Adam Mokoka | Chicago Bulls | Republic of the Congo |
| France | Killian Tillie | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Greece | Kostas Antetokounmpo* | Los Angeles Lakers | Nigeria |
| Guinea | Mamadi Diakite | Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Italy | Nico Mannion | Golden State Warriors | |
| Japan | Yuta Watanabe | Toronto Raptors | |
| Senegal | Tacko Fall | Boston Celtics | |
| Senegal | Karim Mané | Orlando Magic | Canada |
Photo: Frank Ntilikina (FIBA)
