Former Huskies and NBA Stars
- Ralph Bishop - competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics winning the Gold Medal.
- Jon Brockman - Currently plays with the Milwaukee Bucks.
- Charles Dudley - averaged 5.3 points per game and won an NBA Championship with Golden State in 1975.
- James Edwards - He retired with 14,862 career points and 6,004 career rebounds, 3x NBA Champion (1989, 1990, 1996)
- Lars Hansen - 1x NBA Champion (1979), 2006 inductee to the Canada Basketball Hall Of Fame.
- Bill Hanson - first Husky to lead the conference in rebounding.
- Spencer Hawes - Currently plays with the Philadelphia 76ers.
- Phil Zevenbergen Played with San Antonio Spurs one season, and is not very famous for a basketball player. He is an OK basketball player, who can surprisingly still dunk a 10 foot hoop.
- Steve Hawes - played ten seasons (1974–84) in the National Basketball Association.
- Bob Houbregs - career scoring average was 9.3 points per game, and he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2000, He was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.
- Todd MacCulloch - played 4 seasons in the NBA before retiring due to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
- Jack Nichols - He scored 5,245 points in his career and was a contributor to the Celtics' 1957 NBA Championship team.
- Louie Nelson - Drafted 19th overall in the 1973 draft, played 7 years in the NBA
- Nate Robinson - 2006, 2009, 2010 NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner
- Lorenzo Romar - Played five years in the NBA with Golden State, Milwaukee and Detroit
- Terrence Ross - Drafted 8th overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Toronto Raptors. 2013 NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner
- Brandon Roy - 2007 NBA Rookie of the Year, 3x NBA All-Star.
- Mark Sanford - 31st pick by the Miami Heat in the 1997 NBA Draft playing 3 years in the NBA. Fastest Freshman to score 500 points in school history doing so in only 32 games.
- Detlef Schrempf - 3x NBA All-Star and 2x NBA Sixth Man of the Year
- Christian Welp - 1984 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year who became the Huskies all-time leading scorer and later entered the NBA.
- Tony Wroten - Drafted 25th overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies.
- Isaiah Thomas - Currently plays for Sacramento Kings
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