Which NAIA schools have NBA players listed?
This list includes only NAIA FCP programs we matched to Basketball-Reference college names with an NBA/ABA players table. The full NAIA directory is larger than the mapped set in this release.
Top schools by NBA/ABA players listed
- 1 Oklahoma City University 7 players
- 2 Dillard University 2 players
- 3 Wilberforce University 2 players
- 4 Bethel College 1 player
- 5 Culver-Stockton College 1 player
- 6 Dakota Wesleyan University 1 player
- 7 Hastings College 1 player
- 8 Huntington University 1 player
- 9 Lawrence Technological University 1 player
- 10 Southeastern University 1 player
- 11 St. Thomas University 1 player
- 12 Texas Wesleyan University 1 player
All listed NBA/ABA players
20 players
- 1973–74
- 1946–47
- 1946–47
- 1972–73 to 1985–86
- 1967–68 to 1968–69
- 1987–88 to 1992–93
- 1949–50 to 1952–53
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Lawrence Technological University
1952–53 - 1979–80 to 1988–89
- 1964–65
- 1985–86
- 1967–68
- 1963–64 to 1964–65
- 1958–59 to 1964–65
- 1966–67 to 1968–69
- 2024–25 to 2026–27
- 1980–81
- 1948–49 to 1950–51
- 1967–68
- 1969–70
Player lists come from Basketball-Reference college pages (as of Nov 12, 2026). Only programs we matched to a bbref college name are included; other directory schools are not shown. Schools without a Basketball-Reference player list are shown as none listed.