Kings guard De’Aaron Fox is 1 of 10 NBA Players born on Dec. 20.
With over 5,000 players in NBA history, at least one player was born on every day of the calendar year – including three leap-day ballers. Our day-by-day breakdown of the players born on each day of the year continues.
Below are the most notable NBA players born on Dec 20.
De’Aaron Fox (1997): Fox has established himself as one of the best point guards in today’s NBA. The agile guard was selected fifth overall in the 2017 NBA Draft by Sacramento. He had a breakout sophomore season in 2018-19. Fox made his only All-Star appearance in 2022, also winning Clutch Player of the Year that same year. He led the league with 2.0 steals per game last season. This year, he’s averaging 27.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists, and 1.7 steals per game, putting him on track for another potential All-Star appearance.
Want to see every NBA player born on December 20? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Herm Schaefer (December 20, 1918)
- Don Sunderlage (December 20, 1929)
- Dave Stallworth (December 20, 1941)
- Bill Hosket (December 20, 1946)
- Dick Gibbs (December 20, 1948)
- Phil Lumpkin (December 20, 1951)
- Jim Zoet (December 20, 1953)
- Raymond Townsend (December 20, 1955)
- Hollis Copeland (December 20, 1955)
- Trent Tucker (December 20, 1959)
- Howard Wright (December 20, 1967)
- Bobby Phills (December 20, 1969)
- Derrick Dial (December 20, 1975)
- Royal Ivey (December 20, 1981)
- Erick McRee (December 20, 1993)
- Wes Iwundu (December 20, 1994)
- Anzejs Pasecniks (December 20, 1995)
- D’Moi Hodge (December 20, 1998)
