Victor Wembanyama

Victor Wembanyama
	Wembanyama with the San Antonio Spurs in 2024
No. 1 – San Antonio Spurs
Position	Center
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	4 January 2004; Le Chesnay, France
Listed height	7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2023: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Drafted by	San Antonio Spurs
Playing career	2019–present
Career history
2019–2021	Nanterre 92
2020–2021	→Centre Fédéral
2021–2022	ASVEL
2022–2023	Metropolitans 92
2023–present	San Antonio Spurs
Career highlights
	NBA All-Star (2025); NBA All-Defensive First Team (2024); NBA Rookie of the Year (2024); NBA All-Rookie First Team (2024); 2× NBA blocks leader (2024, 2025); French Player of the Year (2023); LNB Élite champion (2022); LNB Élite MVP (2023); All-LNB Élite First Team (2023); LNB Élite Top Scorer (2023); LNB Élite Best Defender (2023); 3× LNB Élite Best Young Player (2021–2023); LNB Élite blocks leader (2023); LNB Élite All-Star Game MVP (2022); 2× LNB Élite All-Star (2021, 2022);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Men's basketball
Representing France
Summer Olympics
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
FIBA U16 European Championship

Victor Wembanyama (/ˌwɛmbənˈjɑːmə/ WEM-bən-YAH-mə; French: [viktɔʁ wɛmbanjama]; born 4 January 2004), nicknamed "Wemby" and "the Alien", is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Considered one of the best basketball prospects of his generation due to his rare combination of height, length, defense, speed, ball-handling skills, shooting range and agility, he was selected first overall by the Spurs in the 2023 NBA draft.

Wembanyama began his professional career at age 15 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 honours 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, with whom he won a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics. 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 in which he led the league in blocks per game, 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 ever to be named to the All-Defensive First Team.