NBA birthdays: Players born on June 30 

With over 5,000 players in NBA history, at least one player was born on every day of the calendar year – including three leap day ballers. Our day-by-day breakdown of the players born on each day of the year continues.

Below are the most notable NBA players born on June 30. 

Mitch Richmond (1965) 

Richmond was the fifth overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. This shooting guard came out of the gates as a stud, winning Rookie of the Year in his debut campaign. That remarkable rookie season started a stretch of Richmond averaging at least 21 points per game over the next decade. After spending his first three seasons in Golden State, he switched to the Sacramento Kings in 1991. Richmond made his first of six straight All-Star appearances in his second year in Sactown, finishing All-NBA in five of those. In addition, Richmond received MVP votes three times between 1996 and 1998. 

That was his final season with the Kings, closing his career with a three-year stint in Washington and a one-year stint with the Lakers before officially retiring in 2002. That final season in LA was a fruitful one, with Richmond winning his first and only title. That earned Richmond a Hall of Fame induction in 2014, having averaged 21 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.2 steals throughout his 14-year career. 

Trevor Ariza (1985)

A role player sounds like a demeaning label at times, but Ariza was truly one of the best role players over the last 25 years. It all started when he was selected 43rd overall in the 2004 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks. After short stints with New York and Orlando, things really took off for Ariza when he joined the Los Angeles Lakers in 2007. He finished 17th in Defensive Player of the Year voting the following year and helped them win a title in 2009. Ariza then became a starter for the Houston Rockets in 2009. In that breakout year, he averaged a career-high 14.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game. 

That also proved to the rest of the NBA that he was always meant to be a starter, finishing Top 10 in Defensive Player of the Year voting four times over the next seven seasons. Those were split between the Rockets and Washington Wizards, with Ariza spending time with the Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat after that. It went full circle when Ariza retired with the Lakers in 2022, averaging 10.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.5 steals throughout his 18-year career. 

Want to see every NBA player born on June 30? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:

• Gene Ollrich (June 30, 1922)
• Fred Schaus (June 30, 1925)
• Warren Davis (June 30, 1943)
• Bubbles Hawkins (June 30, 1954)
• Tariq Owens (June 30, 1995)
• Damian Jones (June 30, 1995)