Age, Biography and Wiki
Kristaps Porziņģis was born on August 2, 1995, in Liepāja, Latvia, making him 29 years old as of May 2025. He began his professional career with Sevilla in 2012, quickly rising through the ranks and earning the EuroCup Basketball Rising Star award in 2015 as the youngest recipient ever at age 19. Porziņģis declared for the NBA Draft in 2015 and was picked fourth overall by the New York Knicks. Nicknamed “The Unicorn” for his rare combination of size, agility, and shooting ability, Porziņģis has become known for his impact across multiple NBA franchises, including a stint with the Dallas Mavericks and then the Washington Wizards before joining the Boston Celtics as their starting center/power forward. He won his first NBA championship with the Celtics in 2024.
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| Date of Birth | 2 August 1995 |
| Age | 29 Years |
| Birth Place | Liepāja, Latvia |
| Horoscope | Leo |
| Country | Latvia |
Height, Weight & Measurements
Porziņģis stands out with his impressive physical stature. Although height listings vary slightly (most commonly cited as 7 ft 2 in / 2.18 m or 7 ft 3 in / 2.21 m), his official NBA listing is generally 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m). He weighs around 240 lbs (109 kg).
Porziņģis appeared in 72 of the Knicks' 82 games in 2015–16, missing the final seven games of the season due to a right shoulder strain. He finished with averages of 14.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.9 blocks per game. Porziņģis finished second in the NBA Rookie of the Year Award voting behind winner Karl-Anthony Towns, and earned NBA All-Rookie First Team honors.
The Celtics made the playoffs as the first seed in the Eastern Conference, and faced the Miami Heat in the first round. Porziņģis suffered a calf strain in Game 4 on 29 April 2024, and he missed the rest of that series. Porziņģis also missed the entirety of the Celtics' next two series against the Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers, as the Celtics advanced to the 2024 NBA Finals to face the Dallas Mavericks, his former team. Porziņģis returned for Game 1 of the Finals on 6 June, coming off the bench and scoring 18 of his 20 points in the first half. Three days later, in Game 2, Porziņģis developed a new injury with a "torn medial retinaculum, allowing dislocation of the posterior tibialis tendon" in his left leg that was considered completely unrelated to the previous calf injury he had dealt with for most of the playoffs. Despite missing the next two games, Porziņģis returned in Game 5 on 17 June, where he scored five points and helped the Celtics secure their record-setting 18th championship.
Porziņģis has been compared to Dirk Nowitzki, since both were trained in Europe before entering the NBA. Both Porziņģis and Nowitzki are seven-foot-plus players who are comfortable anywhere on the front line and can both shoot from the outside. During his rookie season, Kevin Durant dubbed Porziņģis a basketball "unicorn" because of his rare combination of size and skills. Although Porziņģis is currently listed at 7 ft tall, he was measured to be closer to 7 ft tall without shoes in 2019, which would put him among the tallest active NBA players. In January 2018, Porziņģis averaged 19 shot attempts per game for the Knicks, one of the most ever by a player his size (the only players taller than 7 ft to average 15 field goal attempts per game were Ralph Sampson and Yao Ming). Due to his height and mobility, Porziņģis is able to shoot over most defenders, with his sheer size and high volume creating a unique advantage initially shared by no other player in the NBA. More recently, younger "unicorns" like Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren have entered the league with playing styles often compared to Porziņģis.
| Height | 18 m |
| Weight | 240 lbs |
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Dating & Relationship Status
As of May 2025, there is no widely confirmed public information about Kristaps Porziņģis’s current dating or relationship status. He has maintained a relatively private personal life throughout his career, with no high-profile romantic relationships frequently highlighted in the media.
Porziņģis followed in his parents' footsteps and started playing basketball at age six. Once he turned 12, his older brother, Jānis, who played professionally in Europe, took Porziņģis to offseason training sessions. He played in youth competitions with BK Liepājas Lauvas, the most famous club based in his hometown of Liepāja, until age 15. An agent from Latvia sent video of Porziņģis around this time to teams in Spain and Italy. In 2010, Baloncesto Sevilla, a club that had a professional team competing in the Liga ACB in Spain, called Porziņģis for a tryout in an attempt to recruit foreign talent to its junior squads. He stood 6 ft and weighed 157 lb at this time. Porziņģis recalled the moment and said, "I came here with my brother for two or three days, but it was really hot and I couldn't play at my best because of that. Still, I received a contract in summer 2010 and I signed it." Inmaculada Avivar, a nutritionist for Sevilla, diagnosed that Porziņģis was suffering from anemia, meaning that he had fewer red blood cells. This caused Porziņģis to feel fatigue, shortness of breath, and inability to exercise. However, he gradually overcame the condition and began seeing improvement in his game. In addition to medical problems, Porziņģis had trouble picking up the language in Seville, making him reluctant to return there after his first tryout. In his first season playing for the junior squad, Porziņģis struggled to communicate with the coaching staff and his teammates and was often tired due to his health.
Tālis, his father, competed semi-professionally before becoming a bus driver. His mother, Ingrīda, was previously on Latvia women's youth national basketball team. His older brother, Jānis, also played professionally, while his oldest brother, Mārtiņš, who is approximately 15 years older than his youngest sibling, was also an avid player. Through an interpreter, Ingrīda said about Toms' death, "It felt like a bulldozer had run over my life. We had two other children who we had to care for. We had to live on.
Jānis Porziņģis competed at the European second tier EuroCup level, the same level in Europe that Kristaps later played at, in one game, and played European professional club basketball in various national leagues, including the Italian League, for more than 10 years. He is known to mentor his younger brother on and off the court and often called him after playing games for Cajasol Sevilla in Spain. Porziņģis talked about the relationship in an interview, "We'd break down the details. We watched the film together. He's always pushing me to work hard. We just spend a lot of time together and we just talk about basketball all the time..." The elder Porziņģis helped him train in the summer and work out in the gym in preparation for international competition in 2012.
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Net Worth
Kristaps Porziņģis is active on social media, primarily on Instagram (handle: @kporzee), where he shares updates about his basketball career, training, and personal interests. He also occasionally posts on Twitter and Facebook, engaging with fans and sharing insights into his life off the court.
Education
Detailed information about Porziņģis’s formal education is limited. He began his professional basketball career as a teenager after being scouted by Sevilla, and most of his early development occurred within the club’s youth system in Spain, rather than through traditional academic schooling. There is no public record of university-level education, as his focus has been on basketball from a young age.
