O armador do Chicago Bulls, Thabo Sefolosha é o primeiro jogador da Suíça na NBA. Andrea Bargnani da Itália, que foi selecionado como a escolha geral número um pelo Raptors de Toronto, faz a sua primeira partida na quarta-feira, dia 1 de novembro.
Ao final da temporada normal de 2005-2006, a NBA tinha 82 jogadores estrangeiros de 38 países e territórios na relação dos seus times (ativos e inativos). Em comparação, a NBA tinha 32 jogadores estrangeiros de 18 países e territórios diferentes na temporada de 1996-1997.
A lista abaixo contém todos os jogadores estrangeiros que participarão da noite de abertura da NBA para a temporada de 2006-2007 relações (ativos e inativos):
| PAÍS | NOME | EQUIPE DA NBA |
| Argentina | Carlos Delfino | Detroit Pistons |
| Emanuel "Manu" Ginobili | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Walter Herrmann | Charlotte Bobcats | |
| Andres Nocioni | Chicago Bulls | |
| Fabricio Oberto | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Australia | Andrew Bogut | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Bosnia- Herzegovina | Damir Markota | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Brazil | Rafael Araujo | Utah Jazz |
| Leandro Barbosa | Phoenix Suns | |
| Anderson Varejao | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Marcus Vinicius | N.O./Okla. City Hornets | |
| Nene | Denver Nuggets | |
| Canada | Jamaal Magloire | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Steve Nash 1 | Phoenix Suns | |
| China | Yao Ming | Houston Rockets |
| Congo | Didier Ilunga-Mbenga | Dallas Mavericks |
| Dikembe Mutombo | Houston Rockets | |
| Croatia | Gordan Giricek | Utah Jazz |
| Dominican Republic | Francisco Garcia | Sacramento Kings |
| England | Luol Deng 2 | Chicago Bulls |
| Pops Mensah-Bonsu | Dallas Mavericks | |
| France | Boris Diaw | Phoenix Suns |
| Yakhouba Diawara | Denver Nuggets | |
| Mickael Gelabale | Seattle SuperSonics | |
| Tony Parker 3 | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Johan Petro | Seattle SuperSonics | |
| Mickael Pietrus | Golden State Warriors | |
| Ronny Turiaf | Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Georgia | Zaza Pachulia | Atlanta Hawks |
| Germany | Dirk Nowitzki | Dallas Mavericks |
| Greece | Vassilis Spanoulis | Houston Rockets |
| Jake Tsakalidis | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Guyana | Rawle Marshall | Indiana Pacers |
| Haiti | Samuel Dalembert | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Ireland | Pat Burke | Phoenix Suns |
| Italy | Andrea Bargnani | Toronto Raptors |
| Latvia | Andris Biendrins | Golden State Warriors |
| Lithuania | Martynas Andriuskevicius | Chicago Bulls |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Sarunas Jasikevicius | Indiana Pacers | |
| Linas Kleiza | Denver Nuggets | |
| Darius Songaila | Washington Wizards | |
| Mexico | Eduardo Najera | Denver Nuggets |
| Montenegro | Aleksandar Pavlovic | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Netherlands | Francisco Elson | San Antonio Spurs |
| Dan Gadzuric | Milwaukee Bucks | |
| New Zealand | Sean Marks | Phoenix Suns |
| Nigeria | Michael Olowokandi 4 | Boston Celtics |
| Puerto Rico | Carlos Arroyo | Orlando Magic |
| Jose Juan Barea | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Russia | Viktor Khryapa | Chicago Bulls |
| Andrei Kirilenko | Utah Jazz | |
| Yaroslav Korolev | Los Angeles Clippers | |
| Senegal | DeSagana Diop | Dallas Mavericks |
| Mouhamed “Saer” Sene | Seattle SuperSonics | |
| Pape Sow | Toronto Raptors | |
| Serbia | Zarko Cabarkapa | Golden State Warriors |
| Mile Ilic | New Jersey Nets | |
| Marko Jaric | Minnesota Timberwolves | |
| Nenad Krstic | New Jersey Nets | |
| Darko Milicic | Orlando Magic | |
| Vladimir Radmanovic 5 | Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Zeljko Rebraca | Los Angeles Clippers | |
| Predrag Stojakovic | NO/OKC Hornets | |
| Slovenia | Primoz Brezec | Charlotte Bobcats |
| Bostjan Nachbar | New Jersey Nets | |
| Radoslav "Rasho" Nesterovic | Toronto Raptors | |
| Uros Slokar | Toronto Raptors | |
| Beno Udrih | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Sasha Vujacic | Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Spain | Jose Manuel Calderon | Toronto Raptors |
| Jorge Garbajosa | Toronto Raptors | |
| Pau Gasol | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Sergio Rodriguez | Portland Trail Blazers | |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines | Adonal Foyle | Golden State Warriors |
| Switzerland | Thabo Sefolosha | Chicago Bulls |
| Turkey | Ersan Ilyasova | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Mehmet Okur | Utah Jazz | |
| Hidayet "Hedo" Turkoglu | Orlando Magic | |
| Ukraine | Vitaly Potapenko | Sacramento Kings |
| Uruguay | Esteban Batista | Atlanta Hawks |
| U.S Virgin Islands | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
| Raja Bell | Phoenix Suns |
JOGADORES ESTRANGEIROS CUJOS CONTRATOS PERTENCEM A EQUIPES DA NBA
| PAÍS | NOME | EQUIPE DA NBA |
| Argentina | Federico Kammerichs | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Luis Scola | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Australia | David Andersen | Atlanta Hawks |
| Ben Pepper | Boston Celtics | |
| Belarus | Vladimir Veremeenko | Washington Wizards |
| Belgium | Alex Hervelle | Denver Nuggets |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | Edin Bavcic | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Nedzad Sinanovic | Portland Trail Blazers | |
| China | Xue Yuyang | Denver Nuggets |
| Croatia | Kosta Perovic | Golden State Warriors |
| Josip Sesar | Boston Celtics | |
| Roko Leni Ukic | Toronto Raptors | |
| Czech Republic | Loukas Mavrokefalidis | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Denmark | Christian Drejer | New Jersey Nets |
| England | Andrew Betts | Indiana Pacers |
| Joel Freeland | Portland Trail Blazers | |
| France | Alain Digbeu | Atlanta Hawks |
| Ian Mahinimi | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Paccelis Morlende | Seattle SuperSonics | |
| Frederic Weiss | New York Knicks | |
| Georgia | Viktor Sanikidze | San Antonio Spurs |
| Germany | Peter Fehse | Seattle SuperSonics |
| Greece | Sofoklis Schortsanitis | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Israel | Lior Eliyahu | Houston Rockets |
| Yotam Halperin | Seattle SuperSonics | |
| Doron Sheffer | Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Lithuania | Robertas Javtokas | San Antonio Spurs |
| Aurelijius Zukauskas | Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Netherlands | Ramon Van de Hare | Orlando Magic |
| Nigeria | Ejike Ugboaja | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Poland | Marcin Gortat | Orlando Magic |
| Szymon Szewczyk | Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Puerto Rico | Guillermo Diaz | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Ricky Sanchez | Denver Nuggets | |
| Russia | Andrei Festisov | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Sergei Karaulov | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Senegal | Malick Badiane | Houston Rockets |
| Cheick Samb | Detroit Pistons | |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Dejan Bodiroga | Sacramento Kings |
| Mladen Sekularac | Golden State Warriors | |
| Milos Vujanic | Phoenix Suns | |
| Slovenia | Sani Becirovic | Denver Nuggets |
| Erazem Lorbek | Indiana Pacers | |
| Spain | Robert Duenas | Miami Heat |
| Albert Miralles | Boston Celtics | |
| Juan Carlos Navarro | Washington Wizards | |
| Fran Vasquez | Orlando Magic | |
| Turkey | Cenk Akyol | Atlanta Hawks |
| Ukraine | Sergey Lishok | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Oleksiy Pecherov | Washington Wizards |
