RJ Abarrientos
Filipino guard, KBL and PBA Rookie of the Year.
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Rhon Jhay Abarrientos is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball for the FEU Tamaraws.
Professional career
Abarrientos left FEU in June 2022 and signed with Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus of the Korean Basketball League as an Asian player quota, becoming the second Filipino to do so after SJ Belangel. He debuted on October 15, 2022, with 13 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal in a win over Suwon KT Sonicboom. On March 30, 2023, he was named KBL Rookie of the Year, averaging 13.6 points, 2.7 triples, 4.8 assists, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.4 steals in 29.1 minutes over 51 games.
He mutually parted ways with the team on June 30, 2023, and signed with Shinshu Brave Warriors of the Japanese B.League on July 4, 2023. On July 14, 2024, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel selected him third overall in the 2024 PBA Rookie Draft; he signed a three-year rookie contract on July 29, 2024. He won the 2024–25 PBA Rookie of the Year award on October 5, 2025, and his first Best Player of the Conference award on June 10, 2026.
Career statistics and honours
Medals
- Gold FIBA 3x3 Under-23 World Cup — 2018 Xi'an Shoot-Out Contest
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Did You Know?
- His maternal uncle is former PBA player Johnny Abarrientos.
- His father died due to illness when he was in high school.
- He was raised by his mother, grandparents, and his uncle.
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: RJ Abarrientos (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Statistics, medals and awards: the tables of the source article.
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