Ben Altit

Professional career

Ben Altit started his professional run with Bnei Herzliya in the 2012–13 season, averaging 4.9 points and 1.4 rebounds over 14 Israeli League games. The next season he signed with Euroleague squad Maccabi Tel Aviv and was on the team that won the 2013–14 Euroleague. For 2014–15, Maccabi loaned him to Ironi Ramat Gan. In the 2015 offseason, Altit joined Israeli Premier League newcomer Maccabi Kiryat Gat.

On August 1, 2016, he signed with Maccabi Ashdod for the 2016–17 season. A year later, on July 17, 2017, he moved to Hapoel Gilboa Galil. During a December 4, 2017, win over Bnei Herzliya (99–74), Altit dropped a career-high 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting plus five rebounds. He helped Gilboa Galil reach the 2018 Israeli League Playoffs, where they lost to Hapoel Jerusalem.

On July 24, 2018, he signed a one-year extension with Gilboa Galil, but on January 21, 2019, he left to join Ironi Nahariya for the rest of the season. On July 25, 2019, Altit signed a one-year deal with Maccabi Rishon LeZion, but a foot injury caused him to part ways on August 25, 2019. He then signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva on September 25, 2019, for the 2019–20 season. In 2021, Altit and his brother Nimrod auditioned for the fourth season of The X Factor Israel, hoping to represent Israel at Eurovision 2022, but neither passed the auditions.

Did You Know?

• Altit made his senior Israeli national team debut in a 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifier against Estonia on November 24, 2017.
• Altit played college basketball for Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island, averaging 4.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game in 2011–12.