Lauri Markkanen

One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Lauri Markkanen: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you have a better example of his signature, or a story about it, the note at the foot of this page still stands.

Basketball is the family trade — both parents, Pekka and Riikka, played the game in Finland — and Markkanen grew up in Jyvaskyla before one dazzling season at Arizona made him the seventh pick in 2017. Traded to Utah in 2022 after stops in Chicago and Cleveland, the Finnisher found himself: an All-Star selection and the Most Improved Player award in 2023, followed by a five-year extension with the Jazz.

He remains the face of Finnish basketball, leading the national team at the 2023 World Cup, and that year became the first basketball player ever named Finnish Athlete of the Year.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHe came to Utah on September 1, 2022 in the Donovan Mitchell trade and turned into the face of the franchise, winning Most Improved Player in his first season here.

Full name

Lauri Elias Markkanen

Utah Jazz tenure

2022–

Position

Forward

Born

1997, Vantaa, Finland

Height

7′1″ (216 cm)

Weight

240 lb (109 kg)

College

Arizona

Drafted

2017, 1st round (No. 7), Minnesota