Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Board of Trustees of Nba Players' Pension Plan Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$610M
Total assets
435
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$1.4M
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan · Sponsored by Board of Trustees of Nba Players' Pension Plan · Indiana · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$610M in assets, 435 participants

Board of Trustees of Nba Players' Pension Plan's National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan reported $610M in total assets and 435 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • 98th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan holds $610M for 435 participants - about $1.4M per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 13.0% over the 2023 plan year.

$610M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
435
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$1.4M
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan

National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Board of Trustees of Nba Players' Pension Plan, headquartered in Indiana. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $610M in total end-of-year assets and covers 435 participants across the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 832172122, and the plan has been effective since 1965-02-02. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $540M at the beginning of 2023 to $610M at year-end - up 13.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $603M, with reported net income of $68M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Board of Trustees of Nba Players' Pension Plan has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $540M to $725M, a gain of 34.3%, while reported participants moved from 438 to 520 (+18.7%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $725M; the softest was 2022 at $540M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $540M in assets across 1 plan covering 438 participants; 2023 - $610M in assets across 1 plan covering 435 participants; 2024 - $725M in assets across 1 plan covering 520 participants.

By assets, National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan outranks 98% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 6.1x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$540M
Total Assets (End of Year)$610M
Net Assets (End of Year)$603M
Net Income$68M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN832172122
Plan Effective Date1965-02-02
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees of Nba Players' Pension Plan)

$500M$600M$700M$800M 202220232024 $540M $725M ▲ +34.3%
Total plan assets by year, all Board of Trustees of Nba Players' Pension Plan 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 438 $540M
2023 1 435 $610M
2024 1 520 $725M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan holds $610M in total assets with 435 participants. It is sponsored by Board of Trustees of Nba Players' Pension Plan.
What type of plan is National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan?
National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1965-02-02. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 832172122.
Who sponsors the National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan?
National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan is sponsored by Board of Trustees of Nba Players' Pension Plan, located in Indiana. The sponsor's EIN is 832172122 and the plan operates in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry.
How did National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan perform in 2023?
National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.0% during 2023, moving from $540M to $610M in total assets. Net income was $68M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, National Basketball Association Players' Pension Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Indiana. Compare plans
  • Board of Trustees of Nba Players' Pension Plan's sponsor-wide assets have grown 34.3% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Arts, Entertainment & Recreation plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 832172122.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.