NBA Players’ Zodiac Signs: 4,573 Players, One Chart

Who tops the NBA chart?

Virgo takes the top spot. But all signs hit the court. This list spans past and present players.

Share of 4,573 people. Gold marks the most. Purple marks the fewest. Ties share a rank.

Virgo tops the NBA list partly because more Americans are born in late summer. See the rarest zodiac sign. This may help explain the count. It does not prove a cause.

1. 1. Virgo423 · 9.2% · Most

   Yao Ming · James Harden · Phil Jackson · Reggie Miller

2. 2. Cancer412 · 9.0%

   Pau Gasol · Ray Allen · Kawhi Leonard · Dikembe Mutombo

3. 3. Aries398 · 8.7%

   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar · Kyrie Irving · John Stockton · Moses Malone

4. 4. Aquarius389 · 8.5%

   Michael Jordan · Bill Russell · Steve Nash · Klay Thompson

5. 5. Leo388 · 8.5%

   Magic Johnson · Wilt Chamberlain · Bob Cousy · Manu Ginóbili

6. 6. Pisces384 · 8.4%

   Shaquille O'Neal · Stephen Curry · Charles Barkley · Luka Dončić

7. 7. Scorpio383 · 8.4%

   Russell Westbrook · Metta Sandiford-Artest · Devin Booker · Lamar Odom

8. 8. Gemini379 · 8.3%

   Dirk Nowitzki · Allen Iverson · Jerry West · Carmelo Anthony

9. 9. Libra369 · 8.1%

   Derrick Rose · Scottie Pippen · Paul Pierce · Chauncey Billups

10. 10. Taurus357 · 7.8%

    Tim Duncan · Dennis Rodman · Chris Paul · Tony Parker

11. 11. Sagittarius350 · 7.7%

    Larry Bird · Giannis Antetokounmpo · Arvydas Sabonis · Oscar Robertson

12. 12. Capricorn341 · 7.5% · Fewest

    LeBron James · Dwyane Wade · Gilbert Arenas · Victor Wembanyama

The MVP club

Pisces leads the MVP list with 6: Charles Barkley, Joel Embiid, Julius Erving, Shaquille O'Neal, Stephen Curry, Wes Unseld. With just 33 winners, gaps this small often happen by chance. Earth leads the MVP Five Elements Day Master count with 10. That gap is within chance too.

We count each winner once. The list runs from 1956 to 2025. These 33 winners have a clear Sun sign.

1. 1. Pisces6 · 18.2% · Most
2. 2. Leo4 · 12.1%
2. 2. Sagittarius4 · 12.1%
4. 4. Aquarius3 · 9.1%
4. 4. Libra3 · 9.1%
4. 4. Scorpio3 · 9.1%
7. 7. Aries2 · 6.1%
7. 7. Cancer2 · 6.1%
7. 7. Gemini2 · 6.1%
7. 7. Taurus2 · 6.1%
11. 11. Capricorn1 · 3.0% · Fewest
11. 11. Virgo1 · 3.0% · Fewest

Born on the cusp

These 4 winners sit out the Sun sign chart. Their birth day is a day when the Sun changed signs.

Hakeem Olajuwon · born on the cusp · 1963-01-21 · Wood Day Master

Karl Malone · born on the cusp · 1963-07-24 · Earth Day Master

Kobe Bryant · born on the cusp · 1978-08-23 · Fire Day Master

Nikola Jokić · born on the cusp · 1995-02-19 · Metal Day Master

Five Elements twist

Your Day Master is the core element of the day you were born. Five Elements gives you a new lens on that day. It does not tell us who will get rich or win.

All NBA players

1. 1. Metal945 · 20.7% · Most
2. 2. Water933 · 20.4%
3. 3. Earth923 · 20.2%
4. 4. Wood899 · 19.7%
5. 5. Fire873 · 19.1% · Fewest

MVP Day Masters

Earth leads. This chart counts all 37 winners, including the 4 born on the cusp. A Sun sign change does not remove their Day Master.

1. 1. Earth10 · 27.0% · Most
2. 2. Metal8 · 21.6%
3. 3. Fire7 · 18.9%
3. 3. Wood7 · 18.9%
5. 5. Water5 · 13.5% · Fewest

How we counted

We used full birth dates from Wikidata. Swiss Ephemeris gave us each Sun sign. We kept 4,573 people. We left out 327 people born on a day when the Sun changed signs. Date: 2026-10-10.

The player set uses NBA players with full birth dates. The MVP set has 37 distinct winners. We kept 33 in its Sun sign count and left out 4 cusp births.

Sources: Wikidata birth dates and Swiss Ephemeris Sun signs. This page uses the saved data, not a live feed.

The gaps here are small. A standard statistics test (chi-square) says gaps this size often happen by chance with 4,573 people. A different list of names could reorder the signs, so read this for fun, not as proof.

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