The Bucks have the most international players with seven. The Bobcats, Kings and Raptors each feature five international players. Omri Casspi (Israel), Jonas Jerebko (Sweden) and Hasheem Thabeet (Tanzania) are representing their countries for the first time on an NBA roster. France has the strongest representation with a record 10 players.
The following is a complete list of international players on ’09-10 NBA opening night rosters (both active and inactive):
| NATIONALITY | BIRTHPLACE | PLAYER | TEAM |
| Argentina | Carlos Delfino | Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Luis Scola | Houston Rockets | ||
| Andres Nocioni | Sacramento Kings | ||
| Manu Ginobili | San Antonio Spurs | ||
| Fabricio Oberto | Washington Wizards | ||
| Australia | David Andersen | Houston Rockets | |
| Patrick Mills | Portland Trail Blazers | ||
| Nathan Jawai | Minnesota Timberwolves | ||
| Andrew Bogut | Milwaukee Bucks | ||
| Belgium | Belgium Democratic Republic of the Congo | DJ Mbenga | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Brazil | Anderson Varejao | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Leandro Barbosa | Phoenix Suns | ||
| Nene | Denver Nuggets | ||
| Cameroon | Luc Mbah A Moute | Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Canada | Joel Anthony | Miami Heat | |
| Haiti | Samuel Dalembert | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Jamaal Magloire | Miami Heat | ||
| South Africa | Steve Nash | Phoenix Suns | |
| China | Yao Ming | Houston Rockets | |
| Yi Jianlian | New Jersey Nets | ||
| Congo | Serge Ibaka | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Croatia | Roko Ukic | Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Dominican Republic | Francisco Garcia | Sacramento Kings | |
| Al Horford | Atlanta Hawks | ||
| France | Alexis Ajinca | Charlotte Bobcats | |
| Nicolas Batum | Portland TrailBlazers | ||
| Guadeloupe | Rodrigue Beaubois | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Boris Diaw | Charlotte Bobcats | ||
| Yakhouba Diawara | Miami Heat | ||
| Ian Mahinmi | San Antonio Spurs | ||
| Belgium | Tony Parker | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Johan Petro | Denver Nuggets | ||
| Guadeloupe | Mickael Pietrus | Orlando Magic | |
| Martinique | Ronny Turiaf | Golden State Warriors | |
| Georgia | Zaza Pachulia | Atlanta Hawks | |
| Germany | Dirk Nowitzki | Dallas Mavericks | |
| Great Britain |
Kelenna Azubuike | Golden State Warriors | |
| Sudan | Luol Deng | Chicago Bulls | |
| Pops Mensah-Bonsu | Houston Rockets | ||
| Iran
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Hamed Haddadi | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Israel | Omri Casspi | Sacramento Kings | |
| Italy | Andrea Bargnani | Toronto Raptors | |
| Marco Belinelli | Toronto Raptors | ||
| Danilo Gallinari | New York Knicks | ||
| Latvia | Andris Biedrins | Golden State Warriors | |
| Lithuania | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Darius Songaila | New Orleans Hornets | ||
| Mexico | Eduardo Najera | New Jersey Nets | |
| Netherlands | Francisco Elson | Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Dan Gadzuric | Milwaukee Bucks | ||
| New Zealand | Sean Marks | New Orleans Hornets | |
| Poland | Marcin Gortat | Orlando Magic | |
| Puerto Rico | Carlos Arroyo | Miami Heat | |
| Jose Juan Barea | Dallas Mavericks | ||
| Russia | Andrei Kirilenko | Utah Jazz | |
| Senegal | DeSagana Diop | Charlotte Bobcats | |
| Serbia | Marko Jaric | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Nenad Krstic | Oklahoma City Thunder | ||
| Darko Milicic | New York Knicks | ||
| Montenegro | Aleksandar Pavlovic | Minnesota Timberwolves | |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | Vladimir Radmanovic | Charlotte Bobcats | |
| Croatia | Peja Stojakovic | New Orleans Hornets | |
| Slovenia | Primoz Brezec | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| Goran Dragic | Phoenix Suns | ||
| Rasho Nesterovic | Toronto Raptors | ||
| Beno Udrih | Sacramento Kings | ||
| Sasha Vujacic | Los Angeles Lakers | ||
| Spain | Jose Calderon | Toronto Raptors | |
| Rudy Fernandez | Portland Trail Blazers | ||
| Marc Gasol | Memphis Grizzlies | ||
| Pau Gasol | Los Angeles Lakers | ||
| Sergio Rodriguez | Sacramento Kings | ||
| St. Vincent and Grenadines | Adonal Foyle | Orlando Magic | |
| Sweden | Jonas Jerebko | Detroit Pistons | |
| Switzerland | Thabo Sefolosha | Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Tanzania | Hasheem Thabeet | Memphis Grizzlies | |
| Turkey | Ersan Ilyasova | Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Mehmet Okur | Utah Jazz | ||
| Hedo Turkoglu | Toronto Raptors | ||
| Ukraine | Kyrylo Fesenko | Utah Jazz | |
| Oleksiy Pecherov | Minnesota Timberwolves | ||
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Raja Bell | Charlotte Bobcats |
