(1998-03-04) March 4, 1998 (age 26) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight
220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school
Heritage (Palm Bay, Florida)
Melbourne Central Catholic (Melbourne, Florida)
Ossining (Ossining, New York)
Mt. Zion Prep (Baltimore, Maryland)
College
Dayton (2018–2020)
NBA draft
2020: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career
2020–present
Career history
2020–2023
New York Knicks
2023–present
Indiana Pacers
Career highlights and awards
NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (2022)
National college player of the year (2020)
Consensus first-team All-American (2020)
Karl Malone Award (2020)
Atlantic 10 Player of the Year (2020)
2× First-team All-Atlantic 10 (2019, 2020)
Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year (2019)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Obadiah Richard Toppin Jr. (born March 4, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of National Basketball Association (NBA). A power forward, he played college basketball for the Dayton Flyers.
A native of New York City, Toppin was born in the borough of Brooklyn, and graduated from Ossining High School in New York. After receiving no NCAA Division I offers, he played a postgraduate season at Mt. Zion Preparatory School in Maryland. As a freshman with the Dayton Flyers, Toppin was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year after leading his team in scoring. He had breakout success in his sophomore season, earning Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and National College Player of the Year honors.
After his sophomore college season, Toppin declared for the 2020 NBA draft where he was selected with the eighth overall pick by the New York Knicks. Toppin was the winner of the 2022 NBA Slam Dunk Contest after being runner-up in the year prior.
Obadiah Richard Toppin Jr. (born March 4, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of National Basketball Association...
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but later re-signed James Johnson. On the contrary, the Pacers acquired ObiToppin, the eighth overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft, from the New York Knicks...
Keldon Johnson, Miles Bridges, Saddiq Bey, and future Pacers teammate ObiToppin. Haliburton was selected to represent the United States Men's National...
affects the game positively in many, many ways". The Pacers also selected ObiToppin, Jalen Smith, Aaron Nesmith, and Jordan Nwora in the 2020 NBA draft. In...
zion-williamson-wins-naismith-trophy-2019-most-outstanding "Ionescu and Toppin Named 2020 Citizen Naismith Trophy Winners" (Press release). Atlanta Tipoff...
147–314) and free throw percentage (.869, 86–99), and was second to roommate ObiToppin in scoring (15.1 points per game). After the season, Crutcher declared...
original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020. "Top Flyer: Dayton's ObiToppin leads AP All-American team". FoxSports.com. Associated Press. March 20...
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Ossining, New York, as a 7th and 8th grader in 2015–16 alongside senior ObiToppin. Griffin played basketball for Archbishop Stepinac High School in White...
cash considerations in exchange for 47th pick Ignas Brazdeikis. 2020 1 8 ObiToppin United States PF Dayton 2020 1 23 Leandro Bolmaro Argentina SF FC Barcelona...
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