⛹️ Basketball Player emoji

The Basketball Player emoji ⛹️, which is called Person with Ball by the Unicode Consortium, was approved under Unicode 5.2 in 2009. On most major platforms, the emoji depicts a human being dribbling a basketball towards the left. On most platforms, the person is wearing a tank top and shorts of different colors depending on the platform. The Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft versions of the emoji have the person wearing a headband. The Twitter and Microsoft versions depict a faceless person. The Microsoft, WhatsApp, and Facebook versions of the emoji are identical to the Man Basketball Player emoji ⛹️‍♂️. Unlike other major platforms, the Microsoft version of the emoji depicts a person facing the viewer while holding a basketball against their left side. The emoji can be customized with various skin tones.

Unsurprisingly, the Basketball Player emoji ⛹️ is often used to refer to basketball or basketball players. It is used to refer to both men’s and women’s basketball. It sees increased use during the NBA and WNBA seasons, as well as in March during the duration of the March Madness collegiate basketball tournament.

Typically, emoji users tend to choose either the Woman Basketball Player emoji ⛹️‍♀️ or Man Basketball Player emoji ⛹️‍♂️ instead of the Basketball Player emoji ⛹️ when referring to themselves or a specific basketball league or player. However, all three of these emoji overlap heavily in usage and may be used together.