Jón Arnór Stefánsson


Jón Arnór Stefánsson is an Icelandic professional basketball player who plays for KR of the Domino's League, and a former member of the Icelandic national team. He won the FIBA EuroCup title in 2005 with Dynamo Saint Petersburg. He was a member of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks from 2003 to 2004, but he spent the whole season on the injury list and never played a regular season or playoff game with them.
On April 30, 2017, he won the Icelandic championship for the third time with KR and was named the 2017 playoffs MVP. On April 28, 2018, Jón Arnór won his fourth Icelandic championship after KR defeated Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals. In November 2018, Jón announced that he would retire after the 2018-2019 season.
On 4 May 2019 he won his 5th national championship after KR beat ÍR in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3-2.

High school career

Jón Arnór attended Artesia High School in Lakewood, California from 1999 to 2000. His stay was cut short when allegations rose that he and teammate Jack Michael Martínez had been illegally recruited by coach Wayne Merino. In the end Artesia basketball program was stripped of two championships and Merino, Artesia coach of thirteen seasons, was fired. Jón returned to KR in time for the 2000 Úrvalsdeild karla playoffs and helped the club win the national championship.

Professional career

Career statistics

Euroleague

National team career

Jón Arnór played 100 games for the Icelandic men's national basketball team from 2000 to 2019, appearing in EuroBasket 2015 and EuroBasket 2017. He retired after Iceland's 91-67 victory against Portugal on 21 February 2019, where he led all scorers with 17 points.

Awards and accomplishments

Club honours

Jón Arnór was born in Skövde, Sweden, to Icelandic parents. He is the brother of handballer and Olympic silver medalist Ólafur Stefánsson and former footballer Eggert Stefánsson who played with Fram in Úrvalsdeild karla.