DeAndre Jordan is among players born on July 21.
With over 5,000 players in NBA history, at least one player was born on every day of the calendar year – including four 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 July 21.
DeAndre Jordan (1988)
Jordan has carved out an incredible career that has nearly spanned 20 years. He kickstarted his career when he was selected 35th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers out of Texas A&M. While Jordan was stuck in a reserve role his first two seasons, he became a starter in 2010. It only took two more years for Jordan to become one of the best big men in the association, leading the league in field goal percentage in 2013. That was the first of five straight seasons doing that, but he really took another leap the following season. Jordan led the league with 13.6 rebounds in 2014 and then grabbed a league-leading 15 rebounds per game the subsequent year.
Jordan also finished top 3 in Defensive Player of the Year voting in both of those while making his one and only All-Star appearance in 2017. Jordan spent time with the Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers and Denver Nuggets after that, and settled into a reserve role in Denver as of 2025. Jordan ranks third among all active players with 10,786 total rebounds.
Want to see every NBA player born on July 21? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Henry Pearcy (July 21, 1922)
- Jerry Paulson (July 21, 1935)
- Fred Hetzel (July 21, 1942)
- Steve Malovic (July 21, 1956)
- Conner Henry (July 21, 1963)
- Dave Henderson (July 21, 1964)
- Kaniel Dickens (July 21, 1978)
- Paul Davis (July 21, 1984)
- Von Wafer (July 21, 1985)
- Jason Thompson (July 21, 1986)
- Jamaal Franklin (July 21, 1991)
- Omari Spellman (July 21, 1997)
- Mason Jones (July 21, 1998)
- Bub Carrington (July 21, 2005)
