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Serbia men's national basketball team


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countrySerbia
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logo_width180px
nicknameОрлови, Оrlovi
(The Eagles)
coachDušan Alimpijević
fiba_ranking
joined_fiba1936
fiba_zoneFIBA Europe
national_fedKSS
oly_appearances5
oly_medalsSilver: (1996, 2016)
Bronze: (2024)
wc_appearances7
wc_medalsGold: (1998, 2002)
Silver: (2014, 2023)
zone_championshipEuroBasket
zone_appearances14
zone_medalsGold: (1995, 1997, 2001)
Silver: (2009, 2017)
Bronze: (1999)
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first_gameFRY FR Yugoslavia 93–87
(Sofia, Bulgaria; 31 May 1995)
largest_winFRY FR Yugoslavia 128–61
(Atlanta, United States; 30 July 1996)
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largest_loss92–129
(Madrid, Spain; 14 September 2014)
show-medalsNo
Note

the men's team

(The Eagles) Bronze: (2024) Silver: (2014, 2023) Silver: (2009, 2017) Bronze: (1999) (Sofia, Bulgaria; 31 May 1995) (Atlanta, United States; 30 July 1996)

122–55 (Limasol, Cyprus; 10 August 2025) (Madrid, Spain; 14 September 2014) | show-medals = No

The Serbia men's national basketball team () represents Serbia in international men's basketball competition, and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked third 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, Serbia is considered sole legal successor. 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 disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1991. Following its international debut in 1995, strengthened by new stars of European basketball (Aleksandar Đorđević, Dejan Bodiroga, Željko Rebrača, Miroslav Berić, Peja Stojaković and many others), the 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.

In addition to players, Serbian coaches have also significantly influenced the development of basketball in Europe for almost a century. From Naismith Hall of Famer Aleksandar Nikolić and Olympic champion Ranko Žeravica to 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 7 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

Serbia after winning their semi-final match against Canada at the 2023 FIBA World Cup.

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

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalSummer Olympics0213FIBA World Cup2204EuroBasket3216Mediterranean Games0112Summer Universiade4228Diamond Ball1102Stanković Cup0011Total1010626

Competitive record

Name of the nation during the tournaments:

  • FRY FR Yugoslavia 1992–2002
  • SCG Serbia and Montenegro 2003–2006
  • SRB Serbia 2007–present
Major Tournaments RecordOlympic GamesMatches playedW-LPCTPF-PAPD3521-14.6002928 - 2667+261FIBA World Cup5840-18.6905045 - 4306+739EuroBasket10875-33.6948671 - 7969+702Total201136-65.67716644 - 14942+1702

Major tournaments

Major tournamentsTournamentRoundPositionW-LPCTPF-PAPDHead CoachQualificationas FRY FR Yugoslavia 1992–2002as SCG Serbia and Montenegro 2003–2006as SRB Serbia 2007–Total136-65.67716644 - 14942+170226/28
SUI 1935 to ITA 1991Part of YugoslaviaPart of Yugoslavia
ESP 1992 OlympicsSuspendedDuda IvkovićSuspended
GER 1993 Eurobasket
CAN 1994 World Cup
GRE 1995 EurobasketChampions1st9-01.000750-639+111Qualifying round
USA 1996 OlympicsRunners-up2nd7-1.875741-578+163Željko ObradovićDirectly qualified
ESP 1997 EurobasketChampions1st8-1.888736-633+103Directly qualified
GRE 1998 World CupChampions1st8-1.888698-563+135Directly qualified
FRA 1999 EurobasketSemi-finals3rd7-2.777657-587+70Directly qualified
AUS 2000 OlympicsQuarter-finals6th4-3.571494-483+11*Directly qualified*
TUR 2001 EurobasketChampions1st6-01.000549-409+140Svetislav PešićDirectly qualified
USA 2002 World CupChampions1st7-2.777806-670+136Directly qualified
SWE 2003 EurobasketQuarter-finals6th3-4.429537-561-24Duško VujoševićDirectly qualified
GRE 2004 OlympicsGroup stage11th2-4.333462-450+12Željko Obradović*Directly qualified*
SCG 2005 EurobasketPlay-off round9th2-2.500316-307+9Qualified as host
JPN 2006 World CupRound of 1611th2-4.333484-439+45Dragan ŠakotaWild card
ESP 2007 EurobasketGroup stage14th0-3.000215-228−13Moka SlavnićDirectly qualified
CHN 2008 OlympicsDid not qualifyDuda IvkovićDid not qualify
POL 2009 EurobasketRunners-up2nd6-3.666680-661+19Group A
TUR 2010 World CupSemi-finals4th6-3.666800-699+101Directly qualified
LTU 2011 EurobasketQuarter-finals8th5-6.455861-873-12Directly qualified
UK 2012 OlympicsDid not qualifyDid not qualify
SVN 2013 EurobasketQuarter-finals7th6-5.545809-828-19Group A
ESP 2014 World CupRunners-up2nd5-4.555743-720+23Sale ĐorđevićDirectly qualified
FRA CROGER LAT 2015 EurobasketSemi-finals4th7-2.777748-658+90Directly qualified
BRA 2016 OlympicsRunners-up2nd4-4.500665-627+38*Qual. Tournament*
FIN ISR ROU TUR 2017 EurobasketRunners-up2nd7-2.777741-670+71Directly qualified
CHN 2019 World CupQuarter-finals5th6-2.750753-598+155*Group L*
JPN 2020 Olympics*Did not qualify*Igor Kokoškov*Qual. Tournament*
CZE GEO ITA GER 2022 EuroBasketRound of 169th5-1.833552-455+97Svetislav PešićGroup E
PHI JPN IDN 2023 World CupRunners-up2nd6-2.750761-617+144*Group I*
FRA 2024 OlympicsSemi-finals3rd4-2.666566-529+37*Directly qualified*
CYP FIN POL LAT 2025 EurobasketRound of 1610th4-2.666520-460+60Group G
QAT 2027 World CupTo be determined*Group C*
USA 2028 OlympicsTo be determined
EST GRE SLO ESP 2029 EurobasketTo be determined

Olympic Games

Olympic GamesYearRoundPositionW-LPCTPF-PAPDHead CoachQualificationTotal21-14.6002928 - 2667+2615/8
Germany 1936 to KOR 1988Part of YugoslaviaPart of Yugoslavia
ESP 1992SuspendedDuda IvkovićSuspended
USA 1996Runners-up2nd7-1.875741-578+163Željko ObradovićDirectly qualified
AUS 2000Quarter-finals6th4-3.571494-483+11*Directly qualified*
GRE 2004Group stage11th2-4.333462-450+12*Directly qualified*
CHN 2008Did not qualifyDuda IvkovićDid not qualify
UK 2012Did not qualifyDid not qualify
BRA 2016Runners-up2nd4-4.500665-627+38Sale Đorđević*Qual. Tournament*
JPN 2020*Did not qualify*Igor Kokoškov*Qual. Tournament*
FRA 2024Semi-finals3rd4-2.666566-529+37Svetislav Pešić*Directly qualified*
USA 2028To be determinedTo be determined
AUS 2032

FIBA World Cup

FIBA World CupYearRoundPositionW-LPCTPF-PAPDHead CoachQualificationTotal40-18.6905045 - 4306+7397/7
ARG 1950 to ARG 1990Part of YugoslaviaPart of Yugoslavia
CAN 1994SuspendedDuda IvkovićSuspended
GRE 1998Champions1st8-1.888698-563+135Željko ObradovićDirectly qualified
USA 2002Champions1st7-2.777806-670+136Svetislav PešićDirectly qualified
JPN 2006Round of 1611th2-4.333484-439+45Dragan ŠakotaWild card
TUR 2010Semi-finals4th6-3.666800-699+101Duda IvkovićDirectly qualified
ESP 2014Runners-up2nd5-4.555743-720+23Sale ĐorđevićDirectly qualified
CHN 2019Quarter-finals5th6-2.750753-598+155*Group L*
PHI JPN IDN 2023Runners-up2nd6-2.750761-617+144Svetislav Pešić*Group I*
QAT 2027To be determined*Group C*

EuroBasket

EuroBasketYearRoundPositionW-LPCTPF-PAPDHead CoachQualificationTotal75-33.6948671 - 7969+70214/14
SUI 1935 to ITA 1991Part of YugoslaviaPart of Yugoslavia
GER 1993SuspendedDuda IvkovićSuspended
GRE 1995Champions1st9-01.000750-639+111Qualifying round
ESP 1997Champions1st8-1.888736-633+103Željko ObradovićDirectly qualified
FRA 1999Semi-finals3rd7-2.777657-587+70
TUR 2001Champions1st6-01.000549-409+140Svetislav Pešić
SWE 2003Quarter-finals6th3-4.429537-561-24Duško Vujošević
SCG 2005Play-off round9th2-2.500316-307+9Željko ObradovićQualified as host
ESP 2007Group stage14th0-3.000215-228−13Moka SlavnićDirectly qualified
POL 2009Runners-up2nd6-3.666680-661+19Duda IvkovićGroup A
LTU 2011Quarter-finals8th5-6.455861-873-12Directly qualified
SVN 2013Quarter-finals7th6-5.545809-828-19Group A
FRA CROGER LAT 2015Semi-finals4th7-2.777748-658+90Sale ĐorđevićDirectly qualified
FIN ISR ROU TUR 2017Runners-up2nd7-2.777741-670+71
CZE GEO ITA GER 2022Round of 169th5-1.833552-455+97Svetislav PešićGroup E
CYP FIN POL LAT 2025Round of 1610th4-2.666520-460+60Group G
ESTGRESLOESP 2029To be determined

Head to head record

A list of official matches played at the World and European Championships, as well as at the Olympic basketball tournament. Friendly matches are not included in this table.

OpponentsPldWLPDTotal (11)
22616-310
/451926-182
12111+161
413110+155
382513+187
1275+21
1091+51
211+1
440+20
303-19
18611373+104

Last updated: 25 September 2025

Results and fixtures

2023

2024

2025

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2026

Team

Serbia depth chart

  • SRB Svetislav Pešić
  • SRB Ognjen Stojaković
  • SRB Marko Marinović
  • SRB Nenad Jakovljević
  • SRB Mihajlo Mitić
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes club on 1 September 2025
  • Age – describes age on 31 December 2025 (25.3 average)

Depth chart for the Eurobasket 2025

Past rosters

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. FR Yugoslavia

YearsCoachCompetition
1992–1995Serbia and Montenegro Dušan Ivković1995 EuroBasket
1996–2000Serbia and Montenegro Željko Obradović1996 Summer Olympics
1997 EuroBasket
1998 World Cup
1999 EuroBasket
6th 2000 Summer Olympics
2000–2002Serbia and Montenegro Svetislav Pešić2001 EuroBasket
2002 World Cup

Serbia and Montenegro

YearsCoachCompetition
2003Serbia and Montenegro Duško Vujošević6th 2003 EuroBasket
2004–2005Serbia and Montenegro Željko Obradović11th 2004 Summer Olympics
9th 2005 EuroBasket
2006Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Šakota11th 2006 World Cup

Serbia

YearsCoachCompetition
2007Serbia Zoran Slavnić14th 2007 EuroBasket
2007–2013Serbia Dušan Ivković2009 EuroBasket
4th 2010 World Cup
8th 2011 EuroBasket
7th 2013 EuroBasket
2013–2019Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević2014 World Cup
4th 2015 EuroBasket
2016 Summer Olympics
2017 EuroBasket
5th 2019 World Cup
2019–2021Serbia Igor Kokoškov
2021–2025Serbia Svetislav Pešić9th 2022 EuroBasket
2023 World Cup
2024 Summer Olympics
10th 2025 EuroBasket
2025–Serbia Dušan Alimpijević

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 and preparation matches are not included.

  • Bold denotes players still playing international basketball.

Most capped players

#PlayerNational careerMatchesPoints
1Miloš Teodosić2007–2023941057
2Dejan Bodiroga1995–2005851023
3Nemanja Bjelica2009–201984692
Stefan Marković2007–201684348
5Nenad Krstić2004–201477933
6Bogdan Bogdanović2013–761130
7Dejan Tomašević1995–200571502
8Stefan Jović2014–202564323
9Milan Mačvan2009–201961447
10Miroslav Raduljica2009–202158627
Saša Obradović1995–200158392

Top scorers

#PlayerNational careerPointsMatchesAvg
1Bogdan Bogdanović2013–113076
2Miloš Teodosić2007–2023105794
3Dejan Bodiroga1995–2005102385
4Nenad Krstić2004–201493377
5Nemanja Bjelica2009–201969284
6Nikola Jokić2016–66640
7Predrag Danilović1995–200064043
8Miroslav Raduljica2009–202162758
9Dejan Tomašević1995–200550271
10Predrag Stojaković1999–200347429

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.

PlayerCareerGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1995–2005
7
1995–2005
7
1995–2001
6
1995–2005
4
1995–1998
4
1995–1998
4
1995–2002
4
1996–1999
4
1995–20004
1996–1999
4
1995–1997
3
1999–2007
3
1999–2003
3
2001–2007
2
2000–2006
2
1995–2003
2
1995–19962
1998–20002
1999–20012
****2013–
5
****2014–
4
2007–2016
3
2007–2016
3
2009–2019
3
2013–2017
3
2014–2019
3
****2017–
3
2009–2019
3
****2023–2
2009–2019
2
****2022–2
****2023–2
****2016–2
****2023–2
2004–2014
2
2013–2022
2
****2022–2
****2013–2
****2015–2
****2023–2
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

;(including achievements of Serbian players from 1945 to 1991)

International competitions

  • FIBA World Cup MVP (1950-)
    • Dragan Kićanović – 1974
    • Dražen Dalipagić – 1978
    • Dejan Bodiroga – 1998
  • FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team (1950-)
    • 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 (1950-)
    • Dražen Dalipagić – 1978
    • Dragan Kićanović – 1982
    • Bogdan Bogdanović – 2019
  • EuroBasket MVP (1935-)
    • Radivoj Korać – 1961
    • Dražen Dalipagić – 1977
    • Aleksandar Đorđević – 1997
    • Predrag Stojaković – 2001
  • EuroBasket All-Tournament Team (1967-)
    • 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 ** (1935-)
    • Radivoj Korać – 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965
  • EuroBasket Assists Leader
    • Miloš Teodosić – 2009, 2011
  • Olympics All-Star Five (2020-)
    • Nikola Jokić – 2024
  • Olympics All-Star second team (2024-)
    • Bogdan Bogdanović – 2024
  • Olympics Best Defensive Player (2024-)
    • 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, 2025
  • 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, 2026
  • NBA champion
    • Darko Miličić – 2004
    • Predrag Stojaković – 2011
    • Ognjen Kuzmić – 2015
    • Nemanja Bjelica – 2022
    • Nikola Jokić – 2023
    • Nikola Topić - 2025
  • 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
    • Marko Gudurić – 2025
  • 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
    • Miroslav Berić - 2001
    • 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
  • ** EuroLeague 25th Anniversary Team**
    • Dejan Bodiroga
    • Bogdan Bogdanović
    • Vasilije Micić
    • Miloš Teodosić
  • 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 – 2006
    • 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

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