The Phoenix Suns have the most international players on a roster with seven. Chicago Bulls guard Thabo Sefolosha is the NBA’s first player from Switzerland. Andrea Bargnani of Italy, who was selected as the overall number one pick by the Toronto Raptors, made his debut against the Nets.
At the end of the 2005-06 regular season, the NBA featured 82 international players from 38 countries and territories on team rosters (both active and inactive). In comparison, the NBA featured 32 international players from 18 countries and territories in 1996-97.
The following is a complete list of international players on 2006-07 NBA opening night rosters (both active and inactive):
| COUNTRY | NAME | NBA TEAM |
| 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 |
Key
1 = Born in South Africa, raised in Canada
2 = Born in Sudan, became British citizen in 2006
3 = Born in Belgium
4 = Born in Nigeria, raised in England and moved to U.S.
5 = Born in Bosnia-Herzegovina and raised in Serbia-Montenegro
INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS WHOSE RIGHTS ARE HELD BY AN NBA TEAM
| COUNTRY | NAME | NBA TEAM |
| 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 |
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