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Forward · 2024–26

Svi Mykhailiuk

A professional at 15 with hometown Cherkaski Mavpy, Mykhailiuk played for Ukraine at the 2014 FIBA World Cup before he ever enrolled at Kansas, where he set a school record with 115 three-pointers as a senior. Drafted 47th in 2018, he traveled through seven teams and won a ring with the 2024 Celtics, only the second Ukrainian to play in an NBA Finals. Utah signed him to a four-year deal in August 2024, and he hit a career-high 28 points in November 2025.

He comes from a household of educators in Cherkasy. His mother teaches high school biology, and his father is a college history professor.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHe signed a four-year, $15 million deal on August 13, 2024 with only the first season guaranteed. Utah guaranteed the second on June 30, 2025, and after he started 41 of 50 games in 2025-26 the club guaranteed the next year as well.

Full name
Sviatoslav Yuriyovych Mykhailiuk
Utah Jazz tenure
2024–26
Position
Forward
Born
1997, Cherkasy, Ukraine
Height
6′8″ (203 cm)
Weight
185 lb (84 kg)
College
Kansas
Drafted
2018, 2nd round (No. 47), Los Angeles Lakers
Signature in the archive 2018-19 Panini Noir Basketball RC Patch /99 Pistons

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With the Jazz

SVI MYKHAILIUK · 2024–26 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
2024–25UTA3820.08.82.42.00.50.2.391.345.800
2025–26UTA5023.19.42.51.90.50.1.478.408.893
JAZZ TOTAL2 SEASONS8821.89.12.41.90.50.1.438.379.841

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

SVI MYKHAILIUK · 6 NOTES
  • Has represented Ukraine internationally since his teens.
  • At 17 he was the youngest player in Big 12 Conference history when he debuted for Kansas.
  • He committed to Kansas at sixteen, having already finished high school back in Ukraine.
  • He missed the team's Ice Bucket Challenge with the best excuse available, playing for Ukraine's senior side at the 2014 World Cup at seventeen.
  • He broke Kansas' single-season three-point record with 115, passing Downtown Terry Brown's 1991 mark on a pump-fake three against Duke.
  • After the 2022 invasion he and Alex Len, then the only Ukrainians in the NBA, issued a joint appeal closing with Our strength is in unity.