NYC Basketball Hall of Fame

The New York City Basketball Hall of Fame celebrates over 120 years of basketball history in the city that has come to be known as the "Mecca of Basketball" aka in New York City - recognizing and honoring the best basketball players, coaches, referees, promoters and contributors in the history of New York.

Candidates for the hall are nominated for the honor by the public and chosen annually by a select committee consisting of Hall of Famers, media personalities and coaches.

The governing body of the hall was most recently appointed by their peers in May 2023 for a two-year term.

History
The New York City Basketball Hall of Fame's inaugural class was inducted in May 1990. The hall's first class included all-time basketball superstars Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Billy Cunningham, Coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach, Coach Claire Bee, Bob Cousy, William “Pop” Gates, Connie Hawkins, Coach Dick McGuire, Holcombe Rucker, Adolph Schayes and Ms. Zelda Spoelstra.

A total of twenty eight classes of inductees were enshrined between 1990 and 2017 when the two legendary founders Robert A. "Bob" Williams and Howard "Garf" Garfinkel passed away, followed closely by the passing of founding board members Cecil Watkins and Tom Konchalski themselves members of the hall.

On 24 May 2023 a newly constituted board was appointed with the next induction ceremony scheduled for September 2024.

Inductees
Listed by induction year

1990

 * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
 * Billy Cunningham
 * Arnold "Red" Auerbach
 * Claire Bee
 * Bob Cousy
 * William "Pop" Gates
 * Connie Hawkins
 * Dick McGuire
 * Holcombe Rucker
 * Dolph Schayes
 * Zelda Spoelstra

1991

 * Nate "Tiny" Archibald
 * Bob Douglas
 * Nat Holman
 * Red Holzman
 * Ned Irish
 * Dolly King
 * Fuzzy Levane
 * Bernard "Red" Sarachek
 * Bobby Wanzer
 * Lenny Wilkens

1992

 * Jack "Dutch" Garfinkel
 * Marty Glickman
 * Sihugo Green
 * Richie Guerin
 * Sonny Hertzberg
 * John Isaacs
 * Joe Lapchick
 * Frank McGuire
 * Willis Reed
 * Tom "Satch" Sanders

1993

 * Roger Brown
 * Lou Carnesecca
 * Tony Jackson
 * Leonard Lewin
 * Nancy Liberman-Cline
 * Jim McMillian
 * Jammy Moskowitz
 * John Nucatola
 * Sid Tannenbaum
 * Max Zaslofsky
 * '38-'39 James Madison Championship Team

1994

 * Norm Drucker
 * Mickey Fisher
 * Ernie Grunfeld
 * Bernard King
 * Bobby McDermott
 * Al McGuire
 * Claude "Red" Phillips
 * Cal Ramsey
 * Ossie Schechtman
 * ‘49-50 CCNY Championship Team

1995

 * Al Badain
 * Arlington "Ollie" Edinboro
 * Bernie Fliegel
 * Charles Scott
 * Alan Seiden
 * ‘69-70 NBA Championship New York Knicks

1996

 * Marv Albert
 * Jerry Fleishman
 * Rudy La Russo
 * Howard Cann
 * Donnie Forman
 * Julius Erving
 * Vinnie Johnson
 * The N.Y. Renaissance

1997

 * Harry Boykoff
 * World B. Free
 * Kevin Loughery
 * Lou Rossini
 * Cecil Watkins
 * Milton Kutsher
 * St. John's Wonder Five

1998

 * Mel Davis
 * Ray Lumpp
 * Dean Meminger
 * Doug Moe
 * Irv Torgoff
 * Frank Layden
 * Bill Spiegel
 * Charles "Doc" Turner

1999

 * John Goldner
 * Hy Gotkin
 * Carl Green
 * Sidney Green
 * Howard Jones
 * Kevin Joyce
 * Tom Stith
 * Jim Valvano

2000

 * Rolando Blackman
 * Ralph Kaplowitz
 * John Condon
 * Jack Donohue
 * Lucille Kyvallos
 * Jack McMahon
 * Kenny Smith
 * Brian Winters
 * Power Memorial HS. ‘63-64

2001

 * Dan Buckley
 * Jack DeFares
 * Mike Dunleavy
 * Len Elmore
 * Tom Hemans
 * Mac Kinsbruner
 * Jim McDermott
 * Peter Vecsey

2002

 * Fred Crawford
 * Larry Fleischer
 * Charlie Hoxie
 * Albert King
 * Chris Mullin
 * Mark Reiner
 * Solly Walker

2003

 * Ed Conlin
 * Floyd Layne
 * Alfred "Butch" Lee
 * John Roche
 * Danny Lynch
 * Richard "Chink" Gaines
 * 1959-60 Boys High Team

2004

 * LeRoy Ellis
 * James "Buck" Freeman
 * John Lee
 * George Kaftan
 * Malik Sealy
 * Emilio "Zeke" Sinicola
 * Herb Turetzky
 * 1972-73 Queens College Team

2005

 * John Bach
 * Jack Curran
 * Lou Eisenstein
 * Clarence "Puggy" Bell
 * Vern Fleming
 * Lenny Rosenbluth
 * Willie Rubenstein
 * Dwayne "Pearl" Washington
 * The Original Celtics Team

2006

 * Stacey Arceneaux
 * George Gregory
 * Jamal Mashburn
 * Nevil "Butch" Shed
 * Willie Cager
 * Mark Jackson
 * Rick Pitino
 * Mickey Crowley
 * Tommy Kearns
 * John "Honey" Russell
 * Willie Worsley

2007

 * Burt Beagle
 * Walter Berry
 * Al Bianchi
 * Bobby Cremins
 * Mario Elie
 * Ed Pinckney
 * Hank Rosenstein
 * Bob Wolff

2008

 * Kenny Anderson
 * Louis "LuLu" Bender
 * Pete Gillen
 * Joe Goldstein
 * Bob McCullough
 * Sam Perkins
 * Rod Strickland
 * Eddie Younger

2009

 * John Andariese
 * John Crawford
 * Armond Hill
 * John Kresse
 * Gail Marquis
 * Spencer Ross
 * John Salley
 * Bill Schaeffer
 * Sam Schoenfeld

2010

 * George Johnson
 * Teddy Jones
 * Barney Sedran
 * Anthony Mason
 * Joe Mullaney
 * Isaac "Rab" Walthour
 * Phil Sellers
 * George Kalinsky

2011

 * Kenny Charles
 * Jim Larranaga
 * Donnie Walsh
 * Sonny Dove
 * Debbie Mason
 * John Warren
 * Tom Henderson
 * Mike Saunders

2012

 * Dick Bavetta
 * Donald Goldstien
 * Ricky Sobers
 * Ray Felix
 * Jack Kaiser
 * Charley Yelverton
 * Chuck Granby
 * Connie Simmons

2013

 * Vaughn Harper
 * Don Kennedy
 * Hank Whitney
 * Jerry Harkness
 * Manny Sokal
 * Lee Jones
 * George Thompson

2014

 * Craig "Speedy" Claxton
 * Hugh Evans
 * Mike Riordan
 * Felipe Lopez
 * Jack Rohan
 * Charlie Davis
 * Tom Owens
 * Christ the King HS 1993

2015

 * Mike Davis
 * Geoff Huston
 * Bob McKillop
 * Willie Hall
 * Richard Lapchick
 * Sam Worthen
 * Chamique Holdsclaw
 * Johnny Mathis

2016

 * Gus Alfieri
 * Howard Garfinkel
 * Sam Stith
 * Steve Burtt
 * Olden Polynice
 * Jayson Williams
 * Jim Couch
 * Jerry Reinsdorf
 * Willie Worsley

2017

 * Ron Behagen
 * Jackie Jackson
 * Steve Lappas
 * Larry Lembo
 * Anne Gregory O’Connell
 * Lamar Odom
 * Kevin Stacom
 * Robert A. Williams

2018-2023
No Activity

2024

 * Tina Charles
 * Lauren Cargill
 * Jonathan Halpert
 * Gil Reynolds
 * Joe Hammond
 * Raymond Delmau
 * Ronnie Nunn
 * Tom Konchalski
 * Jack Powers
 * Charley Rosen