Free Basketball Games to Play Online

Basketball games that run right in your browser, on a phone or a laptop. Shoot threes, play a friend 1v1, solve the daily NBA puzzles or try to draft a perfect season. No download and no account.

Most played game Dunk Duel One-button 1v1 basketball with floppy physics. Play the CPU, run the tournament or take on a friend on one device. Play Dunk Duel
Shooting 3-Point Contest Five racks, 25 balls and 60 seconds in a 3D arena. Draft challenge Perfect Season Draft five players from random eras and try to go 82-0.

Daily NBA puzzles

Everyone gets the same puzzle each day, so you can compare results with friends.

Basketball Wordle Guess the hidden NBA player in six tries. New name every day. NBA Hoop Grid Fill the 3×3 grid with players who match both the row and the column. Stat Line Rush Name the player behind a famous stat line before the clock runs out. NBA Emoji Quiz Guess NBA legends from a few emoji clues.

Arcade basketball games

Quick shooting and 1v1 games. A round takes a minute or two.

Dunk Duel One-button 1v1 basketball with floppy physics. Play the CPU, run the tournament or take on a friend on one device. 3-Point Contest Five racks, 25 balls and 60 seconds in a 3D arena. Swipe up to shoot and chase the money balls. Basketball Shooting Game Time your release on the shot meter and climb 10 levels, from a short jumper to a half-court buzzer beater.

Draft and strategy games

Pick players, manage a budget and see how your team holds up.

Perfect Season Draft five players from random NBA teams and decades, then play all 82 games. Can your five go 82-0? Clutch Shot Simulator Down two in Game 7 with the ball in your hands. Five late-game situations, one shot each. $15 Budget Challenge Build an all-time starting five without going over budget. NBA Legend Builder Take one skill from each of nine legendary rosters and build a player nobody else has. NBA Pack Opener Open packs of NBA legends and see who you pull.

Career and GM games

Longer games where every choice changes how the story ends.

NBA Career Simulator Go from high school to draft night to the Hall of Fame vote. Every choice changes how your career turns out. The Long Road An interactive career story. Make the calls from age 16 to your last contract. Franchise GM Simulator Run a team for several seasons. Trades, the draft and the salary cap are on you.

NBA quizzes

Ten questions on NBA records, legends and big moments, with a score and a rank at the end.

All quizzes NBA history quiz LeBron James quiz

Basketball games with no download

Every game on this page runs in a normal browser tab. Open it on a phone, a tablet or a laptop and you are playing in a few seconds, with nothing to install and no account to create. Pick a quick arcade round, a daily puzzle you can share with friends, or a longer draft and career game. Looking for calculators, trade and season tools instead? They are all on the NBA tools page.

Can two people play on one device?

Yes. In Dunk Duel you can take on a friend on the same phone, tablet or laptop. You can also play against the CPU or run a tournament.

How do the daily puzzles work?

Basketball Wordle, NBA Hoop Grid, Stat Line Rush and the NBA Emoji Quiz give everyone the same puzzle, so you can compare results with friends. Basketball Wordle picks a new player every day.

Do the games cost anything?

No. All games on basketbols.com are free to play. There is no paywall and no sign-up.