Donte DiVincenzo is among the players born on Jan. 31.
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 31.
Donte DiVincenzo (1997)
DiVincenzo made a name for himself when he was the best player in Villanova’s championship game back in 2018. That caught the eyes of scouts, earning DiVincenzo the 17th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. The “Big Ragu” was mostly a reserve in his first two seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, but he really broke out in 2020. The shooting guard averaged 10.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.1 steals that year but was traded to the Sacramento Kings in 2021.
He joined the Golden State Warriors the following year but had his best season in 2023 with the New York Knicks when he joined all of his old Villanova teammates. DiVincenzo averaged 15.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.3 steals in that breakout campaign. He was a key piece to the Karl-Anthony Towns trade over the 2024 offseason and now plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Want to see every NBA player born on January 31? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Ed Dahler (January 31, 1926)
- Hal Lear (January 31, 1935)
- Johnny Egan (January 31, 1939)
- Len Chappell (January 31, 1941)
- Dick Garrett (January 31, 1947)
- Larry McNeill (January 31, 1951)
- Phil Hicks (January 31, 1953)
- Charles Jordan (January 31, 1954)
- Kenny Higgs (January 31, 1955)
- Rod Higgins (January 31, 1960)
- Tom Hovasse (January 31, 1967)
- Othella Harrington (January 31, 1974)
- Tyrone Nesby (January 31, 1976)
- Nicolas Laprovittola (January 31, 1990)
- Jameel Warney (January 31, 1994)
- Deonte Burton (January 31, 1994)
- Jalen McDaniels (January 31, 1998)
