Rudy Gobert

Rudy Gobert earns my deep respect for winning at the least glamorous part of the game. In an NBA obsessed with scoring, this 7-foot-plus Frenchman from Saint-Quentin built a Hall-of-Fame-caliber career almost entirely on defense, claiming Defensive Player of the Year three times. That is staggering. He even received France's National Order of Merit. I love athletes who master a single craft so completely that the world has to acknowledge them, and Gobert is the rim-protecting archetype. Anchoring both his clubs and the French national team, he turned discipline and timing into greatness. The unglamorous specialist, perfected.

Name (English)

Rudy Gobert

Name (Japanese)

ルディ・ゴベール

Reading

るでぃ・ごべーる

Born

June 26, 1992 (age 34)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Monkey

Origin

Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France

Height

216 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Awards & achievements

• 2018 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
• 2019 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
• 2021 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
• 2021 Knight of the National Order of Merit

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rudygobert27/
• Xhttps://x.com/rudygobert27
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy%20Gobert
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%99%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3446792

Tags

• Aisne
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-17

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