Yiğit Arslan


Yiğit Arslan is a Turkish basketball player. He plays for the Turkish national basketball team and Galatasaray S.K.

Professional career

Tofaş (2014–2019)

Arslan started his professional career at Tofaş in 2014 at the age of 18, in the 2014–15 season, he averaged 2.6 point, 1.4 rebound and 0.5 assist. In the 2015–16 season, he averaged 6.1 point, 1.8 rebound and 1.1 assists. In the 2016–17 season, he averaged 3.5 point, 1.5 rebound and 0.8 assists. In the 2017–18 season, he averaged 4.8 point, 1.6 rebound and 1 assists In the 2017–18 season at Tofaş, he averaged 6.7 point, 2.7 rebound and 1.7 assists.

Galatasaray (2019–present)

Before the 2019–20 season, he moved to the Galatasaray S.K. team.

National team career

Junior teams

Arslan represented Turkey at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Konya, Turkey, he averaged 4.4 point, 2.7 rebounds and 0.3 assist.
He played at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, where he averaged 5.6 point, 2.4 rebounds and 0.6 assist. He also represented the Turkish national under-20 basketball team at the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Finland, where he averaged 9.4 point, 4.3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Senior team

Arslan represented Turkish national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, he averaged 0.7 point, 1 rebound and 0.3 assist.