# Serbia men's national basketball team

The Serbia men's national basketball team (Serbian: Кошаркашка репрезентација Србије, romanized: Košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international men's basketball competition, and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked second in the FIBA World Ranking.
From 1992 to 2003, the national team played in international tournaments under the name FR Yugoslavia, and from 2003 to 2006, under the name Serbia and Montenegro. Following Montenegro’s declaration of independence in 2006, the Basketball Federation of Serbia retained the place of the Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro as a FIBA member, and Serbia thus officially inherited all of the preceding country's results and medals.
Serbia has often been portrayed as a basketball powerhouse. With 16 members of the FIBA Hall of Fame (second most behind USA), 5 members of the Naismith’s Hall of Fame (second most behind USA) and 20% of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, Serbian players, coaches and administrators had and continue to have a profound effect on the development of basketball in Europe and the world.
From the leader of the Silver Generation of Yugoslavian basketball (Radivoj Korać), through the most important players of the First Golden Generation (Dragan Kićanović, Dražen Dalipagić, Zoran Slavnić and Ratko Radovanović) and Second Golden Generation (Vlade Divac, Žarko Paspalj, Zoran Savić, Predrag Danilović), the successes of Serbian players continued even after the collapse of the joint state in 1991. During the international debut in 1995, strengthened by new stars of European basketball (Aleksandar Đorđević, Dejan Bodiroga, Željko Rebrača, Dejan Tomašević, Peja Stojaković and many others), Serbian national team continued where Yugoslavia stopped by winning 7 medals from 1995 to 2002 (back to back World Championships in 1998 and 2002, 3 Eurobaskets in 1995, 1997 and 2001, silver at 1996 Olympics and bronze at 1999 Eurobasket).
The production of great players continued in the 21st century with Euroleague MVPs Miloš Teodosić, Nemanja Bjelica and Vasilije Micić, along with Bogdan Bogdanović, Nenad Krstić and 3-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokić. In 2020s the new generations continue in the footsteps of their predecessors, winning titles and individual accolades in both NBA and Euroleague, simultaneously positioning the national team in second place in the FIBA ranking.
Perhaps even more than the players on the court, Serbian coaches have significantly influenced the development of basketball in Europe for almost a century. From Naismith's Hall of Famer Aleksandar Nikolić and Olympic champion Ranko Žeravica through multiple Euroleague champions Dušan Ivković, Svetislav Pešić and Božidar Maljković to Željko Obradović, the greatest coach in European basketball history and outside the NBA, Serbian coaches have won a record 19 Euroleague titles, 17 out of 26 Yugoslavian medals and 13 medals with the Serbian national team at the biggest international competitions (FIBA World Cup, Eurobasket and Summer Olympics).
The four “Fathers of Yugoslav basketball” and recipients of the prestigious FIBA Order of Merit are also Serbs: coach, journalist, commentator and founder of Crvena Zvezda basketball team Nebojša Popović, long-term president of the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia Radomir Šaper, the aforementioned founder of the Serbian (and Yugoslav) coaching school Aleksandar Nikolić and Borislav Stanković, a Serb who probably had the greatest impact on the world of basketball. As the general secretary of FIBA Stanković is responsible for bridging the conflict between the NBA and FIBA. With the agreement between Stankovic and NBA commissioner David Stern, NBA players got the opportunity to play at the Olympics, while at the same time the first wave of European players went to the NBA. The agreement made basketball truly a global sport and directly opened the door for the continuation of American dominance on the international stage as well as the creation of a base of foreign players who will win 6 NBA MVP awards in a row and counting.

## History
### Serbia and Montenegro

With the start of Yugoslav Wars in 1991, and subsequent breakup of Yugoslavia, the Yugoslavia national team was disbanded. The team consisted of players selected from the population of over 23 million people, and the basketball infrastructure was evenly distributed among the six states which formed the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
In 1992, FR Yugoslavia was established as the federation of the two remaining Yugoslav republics, Serbia and Montenegro. The newly established country had less than half the population of the former country. The Basketball Federation of FR Yugoslavia became the governing body of basketball for the new country. After the adoption of UNSCR 757, the national team was suspended from participating in international tournaments. Due to these sanctions and ongoing war, the national team was prevented from participating at the 1992 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket 1993 and 1994 FIBA World Cup.

#### 1995–2002: Golden generation

Without much sponsorship for the war-impoverished country, the national team made its comeback to the international scene at the EuroBasket 1995 in Greece, where it won the gold medal; after defeating Lithuania in the final. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, the team lost 69–95 to the United States in the gold-medal game. After the defeat, the national team would go on to claim the gold medal in their next two international competitions, EuroBasket 1997 and the 1998 FIBA World Cup; while winning the bronze medal at EuroBasket 1999 and reclaiming gold once again at the EuroBasket 2001.
One of the most notable wins for the Yugoslavia national team came in the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIBA World Cup, where the host nation of the tournament, the United States was eliminated 81–78. The significance of the win was tremendous for the Serbian people in general, as the public in Serbia perceived the United States political leadership responsible for the breakup of Yugoslavia, and destruction of the country's infrastructure; as well as civil victims during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Thereafter, the Yugoslavia national team went on to win the competition, by defeating New Zealand in the semi-finals and Argentina in the final 84–77 in OT to win the gold medal.

#### 2003–2006: Underwhelming results

In 2002, FR Yugoslavia consisted of the states of Serbia and Montenegro. The merged nations came to a new agreement regarding continued co-operation, which, among other changes, promised the end of the name Yugoslavia. On 4 February 2003, the federal assembly of Yugoslavia created a loose state union—the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The following years were underwhelming as the national team failed to make the podium at international tournaments, after decades of winning medals.
At the EuroBasket 2003, the team came in sixth place, but due to their world champion status, were automatically qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece. Entering 2004, the national team participated in the less important Diamond Ball tournament, prior to the 2004 Olympic Games where they won the gold medal. Although the team was unable to carry over the momentum heading into the Olympics, and were eliminated in the group stage with a (1–4) record, finishing in 11th place.
After two consecutive tournament disappointments, hopes of getting back on the podium returned for the EuroBasket 2005 where Serbia and Montenegro was the host nation. Heading into the tournament, Željko Obradović was brought back for a second stint as head coach of the national team. However, they were eliminated in the play-off stage by France 74–71, and finished in ninth place. After the tournament, Obradović stepped down, and blamed a bad atmosphere among the team's star players for the failure. The team then participated at the 2006 FIBA World Cup on a wild card, due to the results in the past on the initiative by FIBA prominent administrator Borislav Stanković. Although the national team of Serbia and Montenegro came up short once again, with another ninth-place finish.
On 21 May 2006, Montenegrins voted in an independence referendum, with 55.5% supporting independence. The subsequent Montenegrin proclamation of independence in June 2006 and the Serbian proclamation of independence on 5 June ended the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and thus the last remaining vestiges of the former Yugoslavia.

### Serbia
#### 2006–2009

Following the dissolution of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro, the national team participated at the EuroBasket 2007. There, the team finished the competition failing to make it out of the group stage after three close losses. The result failed to qualify the team for the 2008 Summer Olympics, which was their first time missing the Olympic tournament after missing it in 1992 due to suspension.
In December 2007, the legendary Dušan Ivković hinted that he would take the helm as head coach of the national team.

#### 2009–2013: Flashes of old glory

Under Ivković's coaching, a new generation of players led by Nenad Krstić and Miloš Teodosić returned some of the old glory by taking the silver medal at Eurobasket 2009. At the 2010 FIBA World Cup, after narrowly defeating Croatia in the Round of 16, Miloš Teodosić hit a deep three-point shot to upset the favourites of the tournament Spain in the quarter-finals. Entering the semis, Serbia would come up short, after a controversial referee's error to the tournament's host Turkey 83–82. With the youngest team in the competition, Serbia eventually finished in fourth place after losing to Lithuania 99–88 in the bronze-medal game.
At the EuroBasket 2011, the team failed to reach the semi-finals, finishing the tournament in eighth place; thus failing to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the EuroBasket 2013, the team was once again eliminated in the quarter-finals and finished in seventh place.

#### 2013–2019: Silver generation

Following the EuroBasket 2013, Ivković stepped away from the position, and Serbian basketball hall of famer Aleksandar Đorđević stepped into his place.
Đorđević led the team to the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, where they lost in the final to the United States. At the EuroBasket 2015, Serbia finished in fourth place, with their only tournament loses coming in the semi-finals to Lithuania and in the bronze-medal game to France.
After winning the 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in Belgrade, the national team won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, losing in the final to the United States.
With the absence of team captains Miloš Teodosić, and Nikola Jokić, rising star Bogdan Bogdanović emerged as team leader at the EuroBasket 2017. The national team went on to earn their third silver medal in four years, after falling to a Goran Dragić-led Slovenia 93–85 in the final.
Facing a different qualification system introduced by FIBA for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, the national team was forced to play without their key players in nearly all of their qualification matches. However, they narrowly secured the last spot for the World Cup in their second round qualification group. Prior the World Cup, Serbia was dubbed as one of the favourites to win the tournament; but was eventually defeated in the quarter-finals by Argentina. With the team relegated to the classification phase, they would pick up wins against the United States and Czech Republic to finish in fifth place. After the tournament, head coach Đorđević announced his decision to leave the position after six years.

#### 2019–2021

Under head coach Igor Kokoškov, Serbia failed to qualify to the 2020 Summer Olympics after losing in the final game of the Qualifying Tournament to Italy before home crowd.

#### 2021–present

In 2021, legendary head coach Svetislav Pešić took over the team once again. In Pešić' first tournament as head coach, after winning all five group matches at the EuroBasket 2022, Italy upset Serbia in Round of 16 with 94–86 and Serbia finished in ninth place. At the 2023 FIBA World Cup, despite absence of several star players, Serbia managed to reach the tournament final where they lost to the Germany. Serbia won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics after defeating Germany with 93–83.

## Honours
### Medals table

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Summer Olympics | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| FIBA World Cup | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| EuroBasket | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Mediterranean Games | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Summer Universiade | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Diamond Ball | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Stanković Cup | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 |

## Competitive record

Name of the nation during the tournaments:
* FR Yugoslavia 1992–2002
* Serbia and Montenegro 2003–2006
* Serbia 2007–present
Major tournaments
Major tournaments
Tournament
Round
Position
W-L
PCT
PF-PA
PD
Head Coach
Qualification
1935 to 1991Part of Yugoslavia
Part of Yugoslavia
1992 OlympicsSuspended
Duda Ivković
Suspended
1993 Eurobasket
1994 World Cup
1995 Eurobasket Champions 1st9-01.000750-639+111
Qualifying round
1996 Olympics Runners-up 2nd7-1.875741-578+163
Željko Obradović
Directly qualified
1997 Eurobasket Champions 1st8-1.888628-544+84
Directly qualified
1998 World Cup Champions 1st8-1.888698-563+135
Directly qualified
1999 Eurobasket Semi-finals 3rd7-2.777657-587+70
Directly qualified
2000 OlympicsQuarter-finals6th4-3.571494-483+11
Directly qualified
2001 Eurobasket Champions 1st6-01.000549-409+140
Svetislav Pešić
Directly qualified
2002 World Cup Champions 1st7-2.777816-670+146
Directly qualified
2003 EurobasketQuarter-finals6th3-4.429537-561-24
Duško Vujošević
Directly qualified
2004 OlympicsGroup stage11th2-4.333462-450+12
Željko Obradović
Directly qualified
2005 EurobasketPlay-off round9th2-2.500316-307+9
Qualified as host
2006 World CupRound of 1611th2-4.333484-439+45
Dragan Šakota
Wild card
2007 EurobasketGroup stage14th0-3.000215-228−13
Moka Slavnić
Directly qualified
2008 OlympicsDid not qualify
Duda Ivković
Did not qualify
2009 Eurobasket Runners-up 2nd6-3.666603-602+1
Group A
2010 World CupSemi-finals4th6-3.666800-699+101
Directly qualified
2011 EurobasketQuarter-finals8th5-6.455600-648-48
Directly qualified
2012 OlympicsDid not qualify
Did not qualify
2013 EurobasketQuarter-finals7th6-5.545581-589-8
Group A
2014 World Cup Runners-up 2nd5-4.555743-720+23
Sale Đorđević
Directly qualified
2015 EurobasketSemi-finals4th7-2.777748-658+90
Directly qualified
2016 Olympics Runners-up 2nd4-4.500665-627+38
Qual. Tournament
2017 Eurobasket Runners-up 2nd7-2.777741-670+71
Directly qualified
2019 World CupQuarter-finals5th6-2.750753-598+155
Group L
2020 OlympicsDid not qualify
Igor Kokoškov
Qual. Tournament
2022 EuroBasketRound of 169th5-1.833552-455+97
Svetislav Pešić
Group E
2023 World Cup Runners-up 2nd6-2.750761-617+144
Group I
2024 Olympics Semi-finals 3rd4-2.666566-529+37
Directly qualified
2025 EurobasketTo be determined
To be determined
2027 World Cup
2028 Olympics
Total128-61.67715460 - 13870+159025/28
Olympic Games
Olympic Games
Year
Round
Position
W-L
PCT
PF-PA
PD
Head Coach
Qualification
1936 to 1988Part of Yugoslavia
Part of Yugoslavia
1992Suspended
Duda Ivković
Suspended
1996 Runners-up 2nd7-1.875741-578+163
Željko Obradović
Directly qualified
2000Quarter-finals6th4-3.571494-483+11
Directly qualified
2004Group stage11th2-4.333462-450+12
Directly qualified
2008Did not qualify
Duda Ivković
Did not qualify
2012Did not qualify
Did not qualify
2016 Runners-up 2nd4-4.500665-627+38
Sale Đorđević
Qual. Tournament
2020Did not qualify
Igor Kokoškov
Qual. Tournament
2024 Semi-finals 3rd4-2.666566-529+37
Svetislav Pešić
Directly qualified
2028To be determined
To be determined
2032
Total17-12.5862928 - 2667+2615/8 :

### FIBA World Cup

FIBA World Cup :
| Year | Round | Position | W-L | PCT | PF-PA | PD | Head Coach | Qualification |
| 1950 to 1990 | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia |
| 1994 | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | Duda Ivković | Suspended |
| 1998 | Champions | 1st | 8-1 | .888 | 698-563 | +135 | Željko Obradović | Directly qualified |
| 2002 | Champions | 1st | 7-2 | .777 | 806-670 | +136 | Svetislav Pešić | Directly qualified |
| 2006 | Round of 16 | 11th | 2-4 | .333 | 484-439 | +45 | Dragan Šakota | Wild card |
| 2010 | Semi-finals | 4th | 6-3 | .666 | 800-699 | +101 | Duda Ivković | Directly qualified |
| 2014 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5-4 | .555 | 743-720 | +23 | Sale Đorđević | Directly qualified |
| 2019 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 6-2 | .750 | 753-598 | +155 | Sale Đorđević | Group L |
| 2023 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6-2 | .750 | 761-617 | +144 | Svetislav Pešić | Group I |
| 2027 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | | | 40-18 | .690 | 5045 - 4306 | +739 | | 7/7 |

### EuroBasket

EuroBasket :
| Year | Round | Position | W-L | PCT | PF-PA | PD | Head Coach | Qualification |
| 1935 to 1991 | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia |
| 1993 | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | Duda Ivković | Suspended |
| 1995 | Champions | 1st | 9-0 | 1.000 | 750-639 | +111 | Duda Ivković | Qualifying round |
| 1997 | Champions | 1st | 8-1 | .888 | 628-544 | +84 | Željko Obradović | Directly qualified |
| 1999 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 7-2 | .777 | 657-587 | +70 | Željko Obradović | Directly qualified |
| 2001 | Champions | 1st | 6-0 | 1.000 | 549-409 | +140 | Svetislav Pešić | Directly qualified |
| 2003 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 3-4 | .429 | 537-561 | -24 | Duško Vujošević | Directly qualified |
| 2005 | Play-off round | 9th | 2-2 | .500 | 316-307 | +9 | Željko Obradović | Qualified as host |
| 2007 | Group stage | 14th | 0-3 | .000 | 215-228 | −13 | Moka Slavnić | Directly qualified |
| 2009 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6-3 | .666 | 603-602 | +1 | Duda Ivković | Group A |
| 2011 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 5-6 | .455 | 600-648 | -48 | Duda Ivković | Directly qualified |
| 2013 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 6-5 | .545 | 581-589 | -8 | Duda Ivković | Group A |
| 2015 | Semi-finals | 4th | 7-2 | .777 | 748-658 | +90 | Sale Đorđević | Directly qualified |
| 2017 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7-2 | .777 | 741-670 | +71 | Sale Đorđević | Directly qualified |
| 2022 | Round of 16 | 9th | 5-1 | .833 | 552-455 | +97 | Svetislav Pešić | Group E |
| 2025 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Svetislav Pešić | Group G |
| Total | | | 71-31 | .700 | 7477 - 6897 | +580 | | 14/14 |

## Results and fixtures

Win  Loss

### 2025
## Team
### Current roster

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

### Depth chart for the 2024 Olympics

Players on the preliminary squad list for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. Active players, that were for different reasons either not called up, or declined the invitation, include Miloš Teodosić, Nikola Kalinić, Vladimir Lučić, Stefan Jović, Boban Marjanović, Nemanja Nedović, Luka Mitrović, Nikola Topić, Nikola Đurišić, Tristan Vukčević, Dušan Beslać, Boriša Simanić, Uroš Trifunović, Balša Koprivica, Danilo Anđušić, Branko Lazić, Alen Smailagić
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Nikola Jokić | Nikola Milutinov | Uroš Plavšić |
| PF | Nikola Jović | Filip Petrušev | |
| SF | Ognjen Dobrić | Dejan Davidovac | |
| SG | Bogdan Bogdanović | Marko Gudurić | Vanja Marinković |
| PG | Aleksa Avramović | Vasilije Micić | |

## Head coaches

Since 1992, the national team has been managed by a total of eight different head coaches. Dušan Ivković, Željko Obradović, and Svetislav Pešić are the only coaches with more than one spell.
| Years | Coach | Competition |
| 1992–1995 | Dušan Ivković | 1995 EuroBasket |
| 1996–2000 | Željko Obradović | 1996 Summer Olympics 1997 EuroBasket 1998 World Cup 1999 EuroBasket 6th 2000 Summer Olympics |
| 2000–2002 | Svetislav Pešić | 2001 EuroBasket 2002 World Cup |
| Years | Coach | Competition |
| 2003 | Duško Vujošević | 6th 2003 EuroBasket |
| 2004–2005 | Željko Obradović | 11th 2004 Summer Olympics 9th 2005 EuroBasket |
| 2006 | Dragan Šakota | 11th 2006 World Cup |
| Years | Coach | Competition |
| 2007 | Zoran Slavnić | 14th 2007 EuroBasket |
| 2007–2013 | Dušan Ivković | 2009 EuroBasket 4th 2010 World Cup 8th 2011 EuroBasket 7th 2013 EuroBasket |
| 2013–2019 | Aleksandar Đorđević | 2014 World Cup 4th 2015 EuroBasket 2016 Summer Olympics 2017 EuroBasket 5th 2019 World Cup |
| 2019–2021 | Igor Kokoškov | None |
| 2021–present | Svetislav Pešić | 9th 2022 EuroBasket 2023 World Cup 2024 Summer Olympics |

## Player statistics

These tables include player statistics on Olympic games, FIBA World Cup and FIBA Eurobasket matches as well as matches on qualification tournaments since 1995. Friendly matches are not included.
* Bold denotes players still playing international basketball.
    As of 10 August 2024

## Notable players
### Multiple medal winners

This is a list of people who have won two or more medals, who represented FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro or Serbia since 1995.
| Player | Career | Total |
| Dejan Bodiroga | 1995–2005 | 7 |
| Dejan Tomašević | 1995–2005 | 7 |
| Saša Obradović | 1995–2001 | 6 |
| Željko Rebrača | 1995–2005 | 4 |
| Aleksandar Đorđević | 1995–1998 | 4 |
| Miroslav Berić | 1995–1998 | 4 |
| Vlade Divac | 1995–2002 | 4 |
| Nikola Lončar | 1996–1999 | 4 |
| Predrag Danilović | 1995–2000 | 4 |
| Milenko Topić | 1996–1999 | 4 |
| Zoran Savić | 1995–1997 | 3 |
| Milan Gurović | 1999–2007 | 3 |
| Predrag Stojaković | 1999–2003 | 3 |
| Marko Jarić | 2001–2007 | 2 |
| Igor Rakočević | 2000–2006 | 2 |
| Dejan Koturović | 1995–2003 | 2 |
| Žarko Paspalj | 1995–1996 | 2 |
| Dragan Lukovski | 1998–2000 | 2 |
| Dragan Tarlać | 1999–2001 | 2 |
| Bogdan Bogdanović | 2013– | 5 |
| Stefan Jović | 2014– | 4 |
| Stefan Marković | 2007–2016 | 3 |
| Miloš Teodosić | 2007–2016 | 3 |
| Miroslav Raduljica | 2009–2019 | 3 |
| Vladimir Štimac | 2013–2017 | 3 |
| Stefan Birčević | 2014–2019 | 3 |
| Marko Gudurić | 2017– | 3 |
| Milan Mačvan | 2009–2019 | 3 |
| Aleksa Avramović | 2023– | 2 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 2009–2019 | 2 |
| Dejan Davidovac | 2022– | 2 |
| Ognjen Dobrić | 2023– | 2 |
| Nikola Jokić | 2016– | 2 |
| Nikola Jović | 2023– | 2 |
| Nenad Krstić | 2004–2014 | 2 |
| Nikola Kalinić | 2013–2022 | 2 |
| Vanja Marinković | 2022– | 2 |
| Vasilije Micić | 2013– | 2 |
| Nikola Milutinov | 2015– | 2 |
| Filip Petrušev | 2023– | 2 |
| Marko Simonović | 2014–2020 | 2 |
* People in bold are still active competitors
* Montenegrin players from period 1995–2005 are not included, such as Vlado Šćepanović, Predrag Drobnjak and Nikola Bulatović.

### Individual awards
#### International competitions

* FIBA World Cup MVP
** Dragan Kićanović – 1974
** Dražen Dalipagić – 1978
** Dejan Bodiroga – 1998
* FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team
** Radivoj Korać – 1967
** Dragan Kićanović – 1978, 1982
** Dražen Dalipagić – 1978
** Vlade Divac – 1990
** Dejan Bodiroga – 1998
** Željko Rebrača – 1998
** Predrag Stojaković – 2002
** Miloš Teodosić – 2010, 2014
** Bogdan Bogdanović – 2019, 2023
* FIBA World Cup Top Scorer – by total points
** Dražen Dalipagić – 1978
** Dragan Kićanović – 1982
** Bogdan Bogdanović – 2019
* EuroBasket MVP
** Radivoj Korać – 1961
** Dražen Dalipagić – 1977
** Aleksandar Đorđević – 1997
** Predrag Stojaković – 2001
* EuroBasket All-Tournament Team
** Dražen Dalipagić – 1975, 1977, 1981
** Zoran Slavnić – 1977
** Dragan Kićanović – 1979, 1981
** Žarko Paspalj – 1989
** Vlade Divac – 1991, 1995
** Aleksandar Đorđević – 1997
** Željko Rebrača – 1997
** Dejan Bodiroga – 1997, 1999
** Predrag Stojaković – 2001
** Miloš Teodosić – 2009
** Bogdan Bogdanović – 2017
* FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer
** Radivoj Korać – 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965
* EuroBasket Assists Leader
** Miloš Teodosić – 2009, 2011
* Olympics All-Star Five
** Nikola Jokić – 2024
* Olympics Best Defensive Player
** Aleksa Avramović – 2024

#### Other notable achievements

* FIBA Order of Merit
** Aca Nikolić – 1995
** Nebojša Popović – 1997
** Radomir Šaper – 1999
** Borislav Stanković – 2015
* FIBA Hall of Fame
** Borislav Stanković (as contributor) – 2007
** Nebojša Popović (as contributor) – 2007
** Radomir Šaper (as contributor) – 2007
** Obrad Belošević (as official) – 2007
** Radivoj Korać – 2007
** Dražen Dalipagić – 2007
** Dragan Kićanović – 2010
** Vlade Divac – 2010
** Zoran Slavnić – 2013
** Predrag Stojaković – 2024
** Ratko Radovanović – 2025
* Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
** Borislav Stanković (as contributor) – 1991
** Dražen Dalipagić – 2004
** Vlade Divac – 2019
** Radivoj Korać – 2022
* Euroscar (1979-2019)
** Dražen Dalipagić – 1980
** Dragan Kićanović – 1981, 1982
** Predrag Stojaković – 2001
** Miloš Teodosić – 2016
* Mr. Europa (1976-2010)
** Dražen Dalipagić – 1977, 1978
** Dragan Kićanović – 1981, 1982
** Vlade Divac – 1989
** Aleksandar Đorđević – 1994, 1995
** Predrag Danilović – 1998
** Predrag Stojaković – 2001, 2002
* FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award (2005-2014)
** Miloš Teodosić – 2010
* NBA Finals MVP
** Nikola Jokić – 2023
* NBA Most Valuable Player
** Nikola Jokić – 2021, 2022, 2024
* NBA Conference Finals MVP
** Nikola Jokić – 2023
* All-NBA First Team
** Nikola Jokić – 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
* All-NBA Second Team
** Predrag Stojaković – 2004
** Nikola Jokić – 2020, 2023
* NBA All-Stars
** Vlade Divac – 2001
** Predrag Stojaković – 2002, 2003, 2004
** Nikola Jokić – 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
* NBA champion
** Darko Miličić – 2004
** Predrag Stojaković – 2011
** Ognjen Kuzmić – 2015
** Nemanja Bjelica – 2022
** Nikola Jokić – 2023
* NBA All-Rookie First Team
** Vlade Divac – 1990
** Nikola Jokić – 2016
* NBA All-Rookie Second Team
** Bogdan Bogdanović – 2018
* NBA 3-Point Shootout champion
** Predrag Stojaković – 2002, 2003
* J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
** Vlade Divac – 2000
* Euroleague champion
** Žarko Varajić – 1979
** Svetislav Pešić – 1979
** Ratko Radovanović – 1979
** Zoran Sretenović – 1989, 1990
** Zoran Savić – 1990, 1991, 1998
** Predrag Danilović – 1992, 1998
** Aleksandar Đorđević – 1992
** Slaviša Koprivica – 1992
** Zoran Stevanović – 1992
** Željko Rebrača – 1992, 2000
** Nikola Lončar – 1992
** Vladimir Dragutinović – 1992
** Mlađan Šilobad – 1992
** Dragiša Šarić – 1992
** Igor Perović – 1992
** Miroslav Pecarski – 1996
** Dragan Tarlać – 1997
** Milan Tomić – 1997
** Dejan Bodiroga – 2000, 2002, 2003
** Marko Jarić – 2001
** Nikola Jestratijević – 2001
** Radisav Ćurčić – 2001
** Miloš Vujanić – 2007
** Dejan Tomašević – 2007
** Dušan Šakota – 2007, 2009
** Milenko Tepić – 2011
** Marko Kešelj – 2012
** Miloš Teodosić – 2016
** Bogdan Bogdanović – 2017
** Nikola Kalinić – 2017
** Vasilije Micić – 2021, 2022
** Filip Petrušev – 2022
* EuroLeague MVP (2005-)
** Miloš Teodosić – 2010
** Nemanja Bjelica – 2015
** Vasilije Micić – 2021
* EuroLeague Final Four MVP (1988-)
** Predrag Danilović – 1992
** Žarko Paspalj – 1994
** Zoran Savić – 1998
** Željko Rebrača – 2000
** Dejan Bodiroga – 2002, 2003
** Vasilije Micić – 2021, 2022
* Euroleague Rising Star (2005-)
** Novica Veličković – 2009
** Bogdan Bogdanović – 2014, 2015
* Euroleague Finals Top Scorer (1958-)
** Žarko Varajić – 1979
** Zoran Savić – 1991
** Predrag Danilović – 1992
** Dejan Bodiroga – 2001, 2003
** Miloš Vujanić – 2004
** Bogdan Bogdanović – 2017
** Nikola Kalinić – 2017
** Vasilije Micić – 2021, 2022
* EuroLeague Top Scorer (1992-)
** Predrag Danilović – 1995
** Predrag Stojaković – 1998
** Miloš Vujanić – 2003
** Igor Rakočević – 2007, 2009, 2011
** Vasilije Micić – 2022
* EuroLeague rebounds leader
** Dejan Tomašević – 1998, 2001
** Boban Marjanović – 2015
** Nikola Milutinov – 2020, 2021
* EuroLeague assists leader
** Miloš Teodosić – 2015, 2017
* EuroLeague PIR leader
** Dejan Tomašević – 2001
** Boban Marjanović – 2015
* All EuroLeague First Team (2001-)
** Dejan Tomašević – 2001, 2002
** Marko Jarić – 2002
** Dejan Bodiroga – 2002, 2003, 2004
** Igor Rakočević – 2009
** Miloš Teodosić – 2010, 2015, 2016
** Nenad Krstić – 2012, 2013
** Nemanja Bjelica – 2015
** Boban Marjanović – 2015
** Bogdan Bogdanović – 2017
** Vasilije Micić – 2021
** Vladimir Lučić – 2021
* All EuroLeague Second Team (2001-)
** Miloš Vujanić – 2003, 2004
** Igor Rakočević – 2007
** Duško Savanović – 2011
** Miloš Teodosić – 2012, 2013, 2017
** Vasilije Micić – 2019, 2022
** Vladimir Lučić – 2022
* EuroLeague Basketball 2000–10 All-Decade Team
** Dejan Bodiroga – 2010
* EuroLeague 2000–10 Player of the Decade
** Dejan Bodiroga – 2010
* EuroLeague Basketball 2010–20 All-Decade Team
** Bogdan Bogdanović – 2020
** Miloš Teodosić – 2020
* FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
** Radivoj Korać
** Dražen Dalipagić
** Dragan Kićanović
** Zoran Slavnić
** Vlade Divac
* 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)
** Radivoj Korać
** Dražen Dalipagić
** Vlade Divac
** Aleksandar Đorđević
** Predrag Danilović
** Dejan Bodiroga
* All-Europeans Player of the Year (2002-)
** Predrag Stojaković – 2002, 2003, 2004
** Nikola Jokić – 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
* All-Europe Player of the Year (2002-)
** Dejan Bodiroga – 2002
** Bogdan Bogdanović – 2017
** Vasilije Micić – 2021, 2022
* All-Europe First Team (2003-)
** Dejan Bodiroga – 2003, 2004
** Miloš Teodosić – 2010, 2016
** Nenad Krstić – 2012, 2013
** Boban Marjanović – 2014
** Nemanja Bjelica – 2015
** Bogdan Bogdanović – 2017
** Nikola Milutinov – 2019
** Vladimir Lučić – 2020, 2021
** Vasilije Micić – 2021, 2022
* All-Europe Second Team (2003-)
** Dejan Tomašević – 2003
** Dejan Milojević – 2004
** Igor Rakočević – 2008, 2009
** Zoran Erceg – 2014
** Miloš Teodosić – 2015, 2017
** Boban Marjanović – 2015
** Vasilije Micić – 2019, 2020, 2023

## Notable coaches
### Individual achievements
#### (including achievements of Serbian coaches from 1945 to 1991)

* Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
** Aca Nikolić – 1998
* FIBA Hall of Fame
** Aca Nikolić – 2007
** Ranko Žeravica – 2007
** Dušan Ivković – 2017
** Svetislav Pešić – 2020
** Milan Vasojević – 2022
* NBA All-Star Game
** Igor Kokoškov – 2004
** Ognjen Stojaković – 2023
* NBA–winning assistant coach
** Igor Kokoškov – 2004
** Dejan Milojević – 2022
** Ognjen Stojaković – 2023
* EuroLeague Basketball Legend Award
** Dušan Ivković – 2017
* 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)
** Aca Nikolić
** Dušan Ivković
** Željko Obradović
** Božidar Maljković
* Alexander Gomelsky EuroLeague Coach of the Year (2005-)
** Željko Obradović – 2007, 2011, 2017
** Duško Vujošević – 2009
** Dušan Ivković – 2012
* All-Europe Coach of the Year (2003-)
** Svetislav Pešić – 2003
** Željko Obradović – 2007, 2009, 2011
** Dušan Ivković – 2012
** Igor Kokoškov – 2017
* EuroLeague-winning head coach
** Aca Nikolić – 1970, 1972, 1973
** Željko Obradović – 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017
** Dušan Ivković – 1997, 2012
** Božidar Maljković – 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996
** Svetislav Pešić – 2003
* Triple Crown
** Aca Nikolić – 1970, 1973
** Božidar Maljković – 1990
** Željko Obradović – 1992, 2007, 2009
** Dušan Ivković – 1997
** Svetislav Pešić – 2003