Andre Iguodala is among the players born on Jan. 28.
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 Jan 28.
Andre Iguodala (1984)
Iguodala played 19 seasons in his NBA career and was selected ninth in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. He finished fourth in Rookie of the Year voting in that debut season, receiving some Defensive Player of the Year votes as well. His final season in Philly was in 2012, but he made it memorable by achieving his sole All-Star appearance.
Iguodala was a key piece in a 15-player trade that sent him to the Denver Nuggets, but he only spent season year there before being traded to the Golden State Warriors. Iguodala spent eight of his final 10 seasons with the Warriors, finishing Top 10 in Sixth Man of the Year four times during that span. His biggest accomplishment was taking down Finals MVP in 2015, one of his four championships with the Warriors. Iguodala just announced his retirement in 2023, averaging 11.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.4 steals throughout his career.
Michael Cage (1962)
Cage was the 14th pick in the 1984 NBA Draft by the LA Clippers, carving out a solid 14-year career. The big man spent his first four years in LA but broke out in his third and fourth seasons. Cage averaged 15.1 points, 12.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game in those final two years with the Clippers, leading the league in rebounding in 1988 (13 rpg). He spent the next six seasons with the Seattle SuperSonics, averaging 7.6 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. Cage closed his career by playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets and Philadelphia 76ers before retiring in 2000.
Want to see every NBA player born on January 28? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Jim Caldwell (January 28, 1943)
- Greg Smith (January 28, 1947)
- Jim Bostic (January 28, 1953)
- Fred Vinson (January 28, 1971)
- Joe Stephens (January 28, 1973)
- Jerome Allen (January 28, 1973)
- Tony Delk (January 28, 1974)
- Mark Madsen (January 28, 1976)
- Omar Cook (January 28, 1982)
- Carldell Johnson (January 28, 1983)
- Alan Williams (January 28, 1993)
- Joel Bolomboy (January 28, 1994)
- Brodric Thomas (January 28, 1997)
- Payton Pritchard (January 28, 1998)
- Isaiah Wong (January 28, 2001)
- Jaylen Martin (January 28, 2004)
- Emoni Bates (January 28, 2004)
