Talk:List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise

Active players to potentially qualify
2024–2025
 * Devin Booker
 * Nikola Jokić
 * Kevon Looney
 * Karl-Anthony Towns
 * Myles Turner

2025–2026
 * Jaylen Brown
 * Joel Embiid

2026–2027
 * Bam Adebayo
 * De'Aaron Fox
 * Maxi Kleber
 * Furkan Korkmaz
 * Jamal Murray
 * Jayson Tatum

2027–2028
 * Luka Dončić
 * Jaren Jackson Jr.
 * Duncan Robinson (basketball)
 * Mitchell Robinson
 * Anfernee Simons
 * Trae Young

2028–2029
 * Vlatko Čančar
 * Brandon Clarke
 * Nic Claxton
 * Amir Coffey
 * Luguentz Dort
 * Darius Garland
 * Tyler Herro
 * De'Andre Hunter
 * Keldon Johnson
 * John Konchar
 * Terance Mann
 * Cody Martin (basketball)
 * Jordan McLaughlin
 * Ja Morant
 * Michael Porter Jr.
 * Naz Reid
 * Dean Wade
 * Coby White
 * Miles Bridges
 * Jonathan Isaac

Missing Dan Gadzuric
Dan Gadzuric is missing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.23.252.9 (talk) 19:03, 4 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Does not qualify

Threshold?
Is 13 seasons an unofficial threshold for players to be included on the list? There are a bunch of players that played their 12 only seasons with one team. Thief12 (talk) 03:20, 4 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, 13 is just a threshold to limit the list becoming too long. However, I've added players that played their entire 10, 11 and 12 seasons with only one franchise. They're notable enough to be included and the article is not that long anyway. — MT (talk) 15:43, 4 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Good, some of those were the ones I was talking about (Worthy, McMillan, Eaton, Erving, Pettit). Thief12 (talk) 17:02, 5 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Threshold is 10 seasons minimum. June 2019 Amiaheroyet (talk) 13:28, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Article not correct
Jeff Foster is listed in the main list, but not in the active player list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.160.153.47 (talk) 08:00, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Foster announced retirement yesterday and this article has been updated accordingly. — MT (talk) 08:30, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

similar lists for other sports
I noticed that the article title is inconsistent with other professional sports. For others (MLB, NHL, NFL) the phrasing is "players who spent" instead of "players who have spent"

Are there similar lists for other sports? I was looking list for NHL players with only one team, but could not find it. 85.217.36.71 (talk) 01:32, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

And searching "one franchise" returns this page and mostly some team pages. Curiously, second result is Pikachu... 85.217.36.71 (talk) 01:34, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Addition
I think Kevin Durant should be added to the list soon. He has been with the Thunder since they were back in Seattle under the SuperSonics. If Nick Collison is on there, he should as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.90.50.217 (talk) 03:22, 29 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Does not qualify

What about Karl Malone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.16.195.109 (talk) 23:22, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Active players
The following players are next on the list for active players: — MT (talk) 05:47, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 8 seasons (since 2008)
 * Brook Lopez, New Jersey / Brooklyn Nets
 * DeAndre Jordan, Los Angeles Clippers
 * Marc Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies
 * Mario Chalmers, Miami Heat
 * Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder
 * 7 seasons (since 2008)
 * Taj Gibson, Chicago Bulls
 * Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
 * DeMar DeRozan, Toronto Raptors
 * Jeff Teague, Atlanta Hawks

Name
Anyone else think the title for the article could be made simpler? For instance one idea I propose could be: "List of NBA Players with single franchise careers". It's less long-winded, succinct, and says the same detail in fewer words. Would appreciate feedback so we can get an actual consensus. Banan14kab (talk) 23:18, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Criteria for injured seasons?
Right now, guys like Nick Collison, Darrell Griffith, and Blake Griffin are listed minus one year, as they didn't play for a whole season while on the injury list. But technically, they were still with the team, so I think that "missing year" should count as well in their grand total, as they still appeared on their team's official rosters, even though they were on the injured list all year long. Any comments? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KnatLouie (talk • contribs) 13:00, 10 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Technically, the lead says" The players listed have spent their entire NBA career, of at least 10 seasons played... So, it should be seasons played, not under contract. We can probably clarify this more if one ever decided to take this to WP:FL. Incidentally, some players are still under contract with a team even when their playing career is over (Steve Nash with the Lakers comes to mind).—Bagumba (talk) 09:46, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

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Qualifying for list
A player must have played at least a game in ten different NBA seasons for a single NBA franchise. The seasons do not need to be consecutive. Playing for a franchise outside of the NBA does not disqualify the player from this list. A player serving in another capacity for another franchise does not invalidate their inclusion. Do not add a player until they have played the first game of their tenth season with the franchise. Due to the frequent changes in the NBA, an active player list is only maintained in the Talk section. Offseason trade: when a player is traded from a team they have been with their whole career, please do not remove them until they play their first game with the new team. The player may decide to retire or leave the NBA. (see: Mike Conley; Summer 2019)

Counting Seasons
A season is only counted if a player plays one game for the franchise that season. Information about other circumstances may be included in notes. For example, if a player was drafted but did not play a game for the franchise until another season. If a player is injured for an entire regular seasons and playoffs, that season is not included in their total. If a player leaves the team and returns, their total seasons are counted. Seasons played only in the franchise's D-League/G-league affiliate should not be counted.

Franchise relocation
If a player stays with a team, but the franchise changes its location and/or name, the player is considered to be part of the same franchise. (See: Nick Collison Rudy Tomjanovich; Al Bianchi, etc...)

Amiaheroyet (talk) 14:13, 20 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Do we count preseason games as "having played for a team"? 400spartans (talk) 16:36, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Generally, it's regular season. —Bagumba (talk) 09:42, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Table format and citations
Quite a few of the entired under the "Notes" column is a mere dash. So it's strange that a citation is needed for these. However, it appears that the citation actually supports the entire row entry, and not just "Notes". The removal of the dedicated "Ref" column was done here in 2019. Courtesy ping to you as the editor, as you did not leave an edit summary. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 09:40, 16 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Then put the citation in the cell with the semantic markup . ―Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:44, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * @Koavf: Did you mean  instead?  Are you saying that dedicated citation columns are never allowed, or that its column should be encoded without "scope"? Thanks in advance.—Bagumba (talk) 10:18, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * No, I mean row, as those individual cells were for a given row. I am not saying either of those things: I am saying that a column just for references is unnecessary clutter and is inferior to semantic markup. ―Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:24, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I am saying that a column just for references is unnecessary clutter and is inferior to semantic markup: Is that a guideline or a documented best practice somewhere? I see dedicated ref columns often in FLs.  I interpret a citation in a column such as "Notes" as appling only to that cell's specific note, and it looks strange that a standalone dash in a cell has a citation for support. —Bagumba (talk) 16:37, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * No. And I don't understand what you mean: how can a reference only apply to itself? What it's saying is "a claim is made across this row: here is the proof" and that is accomplished semantically by having the reference in the cell that is market up as the scope of that row. ―Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:40, 16 August 2023 (UTC)