OG Anunoby New York Knicks · #8
OG Anunoby is an elite two-way wing for the 2026 NBA champion New York Knicks and one of the best British players in league history. Born in London to Nigerian parents, he won the 2019 title with Toronto — the first British player to win an NBA championship — led the league in steals in 2023, and was acquired by New York in 2023. In the 2026 Finals he sealed Game 4 with a tip-in at the buzzer.
OG Anunoby — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where OG Anunoby stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
OG Anunoby — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees OG Anunoby
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OG Anunoby career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 74 | 20.0 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 0.7 | .471 | .371 |
| 2018-19 | 67 | 20.2 | 7.0 | 2.9 | 0.7 | .453 | .332 |
| 2019-20 | 69 | 29.9 | 10.6 | 5.3 | 1.6 | .505 | .390 |
| 2020-21 | 43 | 33.3 | 15.9 | 5.5 | 2.2 | .480 | .398 |
| 2021-22 | 48 | 36.0 | 17.1 | 5.5 | 2.6 | .443 | .363 |
| 2022-23 | 67 | 35.6 | 16.8 | 5.0 | 2.0 | .476 | .387 |
| 2023-24 (Toronto) | 27 | 33.4 | 15.1 | 3.9 | 2.7 | .489 | .374 |
| 2023-24 (New York) | 23 | 34.9 | 14.1 | 4.4 | 1.5 | .488 | .394 |
| 2024-25 | 74 | 36.6 | 18.0 | 4.8 | 2.2 | .476 | .372 |
| 2025-26 | 67 | 33.2 | 16.7 | 5.2 | 2.2 | .484 | .386 |
| Career | 559 | 30.6 | 13.3 | 4.5 | 1.8 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the New York Knicks built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of OG Anunoby
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
A London-born lockdown wing and two-time champion — the elite two-way defender who sealed a Finals game at the buzzer.
Turning pro
Drafted 23rd overall, 2017 as a Forward.
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A London-born, Missouri-raised wing who became the first Brit to win an NBA title — and sealed a Finals game at the buzzer.
Chapter
Born in London to Nigerian parents and raised in Missouri, Anunoby starred at Indiana and was drafted 23rd by Toronto in 2017.
Chapter
He won the 2019 title with the Raptors — the first British NBA champion — and led the league in steals in 2023.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 7"
- Weight
- 240 lbs
- College
- Indiana
- Experience
- 10th Season
- NBA debut
- 2017
- Draft
- 23rd overall, 2017
- Born
- London, England
- Age
- 29
- Jersey
- #8
Anunoby's story spans continents. Born in London to Nigerian parents — his father a finance professor, his mother a Nigerian national-team track athlete who died of cancer when OG was one — he moved to Jefferson City, Missouri at four and switched from football to basketball around age eight as he shot up in height. His older brother Chigbo played in the NFL.
He has embraced his role as a trailblazer for British basketball, becoming a minority owner of the London Lions in 2023 and speaking about inspiring British kids to reach the NBA. Famously deadpan and low-key in public, he lets his two-way game do the talking — and it spoke loudest with a buzzer-beating tip-in in the 2026 Finals.
A quiet, elite two-way wing — a lockdown perimeter defender and knockdown shooter who rises in big moments.
OG Anunoby — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about OG Anunoby, answered.
