Dražen Dalipagić

Dražen Dalipagić
	Dalipagić in 2007
Personal information
Born	27 November 1951; Mostar, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	25 January 2025 (aged 73); Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1973: undrafted
Playing career	1971–1991
Position	Small forward
Number	14, 15
Coaching career	1992–2001
Career history
As a player:
1971–1980	Partizan
1980–1981	Carrera Venezia
1981–1982	Partizan
1982–1983	Real Madrid
1983–1985	A.P.U. Udine
1985–1988	Reyer Venezia
1988–1989	Glaxo Verona
1990–1991	Crvena zvezda
As a coach:
1992–1996	Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia
1998–1999	MZT Skopje
2000–2001	Astra Banka
Career highlights
	4× FIBA European Selection (1978, 1981 2×, 1982); 2× Yugoslav League champion (1976, 1979); Yugoslav Cup winner (1979); 2× FIBA Korać Cup champion (1978, 1979); 2× FIBA Korać Cup Finals Top Scorer (1974, 1978); Italian League Top Scorer (1988); FIBA EuroBasket MVP (1977); FIBA World Cup MVP (1978); FIBA World Cup Top Scorer (1978); The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia (1978); Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year (1978); 2× Mister Europa Player of the Year (1977, 1978); Euroscar Player of the Year (1980); FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991); 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008);
	Basketball Hall of Fame
	FIBA Hall of Fame
Men's basketball
Representing Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
FIBA World Cup
FIBA Eurobasket
Mediterranean Games

Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дражен "Праја" Далипагић; 27 November 1951 – 25 January 2025) was a Serbian professional basketball player and head coach. He was selected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in the year 1978, and is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugoslavian history. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. Dalipagić was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2004, and into the FIBA Hall of Fame, also as a player, in 2007. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. Playing for Partizan, Dalipagić won two Yugoslav league titles, a Yugoslav Cup, and two Korać Cups. He is the club's all-time leading scorer with 8,278 points. In 243 appearances with the Yugoslavia national team (second most) between 1973 and 1986, Dalipagić won 12 medals (second most) including gold medals at the Olympics (1980), World Cup (1978), and EuroBasket (1973, 1975, 1977).

During his professional playing career, he scored at least 50 points in a game 15 times. His single-game career scoring high was 70 points scored, achieved during an Italian League game, between Venezia and Virtus Bologna, on 25 January 1987. He was nicknamed "The Sky Jumper".