Owen Klassen

Owen James Klassen^[2] (born October 31, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Rostock Seawolves of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). He played university basketball at Acadia University and is a current member of the Canadian national basketball team.

Owen Klassen

Rostock Seawolves
Position	Power forward / center
League	Bundesliga
Personal information
Born	(1991-10-31) October 31, 1991 (age 33) Kingston, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Listed height	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight	115 kg (254 lb)
Career information
High school	Bayridge Secondary (Kingston, Ontario)
College	Acadia (2009–2014)
NBA draft	2014: undrafted
Playing career	2014–present
Career history
2014–2015	MZT Skopje
2015–2016	Phoenix Hagen
2016–2017	Budućnost Podgorica
2017	PAOK
2017–2018	s.Oliver Würzburg
2018–2019	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
2019–2020	Antwerp Giants
2020	Hamilton Honey Badgers
2020–2021	Boulazac Basket Dordogne
2021–2022	Löwen Braunschweig
2022–2023	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
2023–2025	Würzburg Baskets
2025–present	Rostock Seawolves
Career highlights
All-CEBL Second Team (2020) Montenegrin League champion (2017) Montenegrin Cup winner (2017) Phoenix Hagen Team of the Century[1]
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Canada Universiade 2011 Shenzhen National team

Professional career

In September 2014, Owen started his professional career overseas at Macedonian Adriatic League team MZT Skopje, at the time coached by Zmago Sagadin.^[3] His contract was terminated by mutual agreement in March 2015, after a prognosis that a full recovery from an already lengthy back injury of his would last longer than previously expected.^[4]

On July 31, 2015, Klassen signed with Phoenix Hagen.^[5] On December 1, 2015, Owen was named German BBL Round 10 Player of the Week following an impressive 17 point, 10 rebound performance in a win over EWE Baskets Oldenburg.^[6]

On May 2, 2016, he re-signed with Hagen for one more season.^[7] On December 8, 2016, he left Hagen and signed with Montenegrin club Budućnost Podgorica for the rest of the season.^[8]

On August 3, 2017, Klassen signed with the Greek League club PAOK.^[9] On December 21, 2017 PAOK announced the end of their corporation.^[10] The same day he signed with German club s.Oliver Würzburg.^[11]

On July 27, 2018, he signed with Riesen Ludwigsburg.^[12]

In July 2019, Klassen signed with the Antwerp Giants.^[13] During the 2019-20 season, he averaged 10 points and six rebounds per game.

On August 13, 2020, he signed with Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro A.^[14]

On August 13, 2021, he has signed with Löwen Braunschweig of the Basketball Bundesliga.^[15]

On July 19, 2022, he has signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga.^[16]

On June 24, 2025, he signed with Rostock Seawolves of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).^[17]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009–10	Acadia	20	13	28.1	.500	.377	.684	7.6	1.5	1.0	1.1	10.5
2010–11	Acadia	20	20	32.5	.420	.349	.686	9.6	1.7	.9	1.9	18.3
2011–12	Acadia	18	18	30.7	.520	.514	.717	10.1	2.2	.9	1.5	16.5
2012–13	Acadia	16	16	30.2	.500	.233	.775	10.8	2.5	1.0	1.4	16.3
2013–14	Acadia	17	17	29.8	.562	.316	.683	10.6	2.4	.8	1.2	20.0
Career		91	84	30.3	.501	.358	.710	9.8	2.1	.89	1.41	16.4

Professional

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2014–15	MZT	26	26	16.1	.579	.222	.550	5.4	.5	.5	.4	5.7
2015–16	Hagen	33	33	22.7	.516	.286	.541	6.4	1.3	.7	.6	9.4
2016–17	Hagen	9	9	27.1	.647	.400	.543	7.8	1.8	1.1	.7	13.2
2016–17	Budućnost	15	15	23.4	.652	.375	.683	6.3	1.1	.8	.6	9.5
2017–18	PAOK	18	18	15.7	.412	.500	.672	4.7	.5	.5	.2	6.1
2017–18	Würzburg	21	21	20.8	.566	.000	.750	5.5	.9	.4	.4	8.6
2018–19	Ludwigsburg	43	43	20.6	.549	.259	.776	6.1	.9	.3	.5	9.8
2019–20	Antwerp	37	37	21.6	.503	.362	.635	6.6	1.7	.6	.8	9.3
2020–21	Hamilton	8	8	20.0	.442	.200	.615	6.5	1.3	1.1	1.1	8.5
2020–21	Boulazac	18	18	19.6	.563	.200	.702	5.3	1.6	.9	.5	7.0
2021–22	Braunschweig	35	35	21.7	.579	.143	.629	6.3	1.6	.6	.7	11.0
2022–23	Oldenburg	33	33	18.1	.587	.000	.669	6.0	1.7	.6	.4	9.7
2023–24	Würzburg	32	32	18.1	.596	.500	.534	5.9	.8	.8	.7	7.8
2024–25	Würzburg	27	27	23.9	.585	.000	.511	6.9	1.9	1.1	.6	7.2
Career		354	354	20.4	.560	.284	.634	6.1	1.3	.6	.6	8.7

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017	Budućnost	3	3	23.3	.400	.000	.600	5.0	1.0	0.0	.7	6.0
2023	Würzburg	7	7	20.4	.529	.000	.692	4.7	.7	0.9	.2	6.7
Career		10	10	21.3	.489	.000	.652	4.8	0.8	1.7	0.3	6.5

International

Year	Competition	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2011	2011 Pan American Games	4	4	22.0	.444	.357	.800	7.5	1.3	.5	.8	9.8
2013	FISU Universiade	8	0	18.8	.657	.000	.620	7.3	.9	.3	.6	6.8
2019	2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup	11	0	15.6	.500	.182	.800	5.2	.7	.3	.7	5.8
2020	2022 FIBA AmeriCup qualification	4	0	22.8	.435	.000	.500	6.5	.5	.3	.8	6.5
2023	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualification (Americas)	6	0	12.5	.722	.000	.714	5.0	1.7	.5	.2	5.2
Career		33	0	18.4	.552	.269	.687	6.3	1.0	.4	.6	6.8

In 2014, Owen was a member of the Canadian National team's 11 game European tour.