A Comprehensive List of Every Star Athlete the Kardashians Have Dated

The ladies of the Kardashian-Jenner family have never had a shortage of suitors. Over the years, Kim, Kourtney, and Khloé Kardashian, along with younger sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner, have romanced some incredibly high-profile men, including several star athletes. In fact, some of the family’s eligible bachelorettes seem to have a strong preference for NBA stars. With the NBA season off to a fresh start, let’s take a look at all of the star athletes the Kardashian and Jenner sisters have dated.

Kim Kardashian has dated multiple celebrity athletes

Kim Kardashian is not picky when it comes to the career space her men fill. In the years since she became a public figure, she’s dated musicians, businessmen, comedians, and even married Kanye West. Kim Kardashian has also dated a few star athletes.

Kim rose to fame because of her sex tape with Ray J, but by the time she got really famous, she had moved on to Reggie Bush, an NFL running back. The couple dated on and off for two years before ultimately splitting. After their breakup, Bush went on to date and marry Lilit Avagyan, an Armenian ballerina who looked a lot like Kim Kardashian. Kardashian is half Armenian.

Kim later dated and married NBA star Kris Humphries. The marriage was doomed from the start, with fans noting the couple had absolutely no chemistry before even tying the knot. The marriage lasted 72 days. After that, Kim Kardashian mostly stopped dating star athletes, at least publicly.

Khloé Kardashian has had multiple serious relationships with NBA players

These days, Khloé Kardashian is busy being a mom, running a business, offering advice, and curating an obsessively organized life and home. Still, over the years, she’s had time to date. Most of the tallest Kardashians’ dating exploits have included celebrity athletes. Khloé has a preference for NBA players.

In 2008, she was linked to Rashad McCants, a former NBA guard who was drafted in 2005. The relationship was short-lived. She moved on pretty quickly when she brought Derrick Ward, a running back, to her sister’s birthday party in Mexico. After meeting him, she dated and married Lamar Odom within weeks in 2009.

Khloé and Lamar split in 2013 following his very public struggles with drug addiction and infidelity. Despite their dramatic relationship, she did help him through a medical emergency that nearly killed him before ultimately finalizing their divorce in December 2016. He has since made some creepy statements about having a sex doll that looks like his ex.

After finalizing her divorce, Khloé did not swear off NBA stars; instead, she dated a couple more. She had a pretty low-key relationship with James Harden for several months in 2015 and 2016. After the split, James Harden told Sports Illustrated that he wasn’t getting anything out of the romance and hated the attention it brought to his door.

That same year, she began seeing Tristan Thompson, a center for the Cleveland Cavaliers. The relationship has been a more intense rollercoaster ride than her marriage to Lamar Odom. Thompson has been caught cheating and fathering children outside of the relationship more than once. He cheated on Khloé when she was almost nine months pregnant with their first child. He was caught kissing a family friend and fathered a baby while he and Khloé were working with a surrogate to have their second child.

Kendall Jenner has romanced a couple of hoopsters, too

Kendall Jenner is the quietest of the sisters, opting for a more low-key lifestyle despite modeling in high-end fashion shows. She is also the only member of the Kardashian family who doesn’t have any kids yet. That doesn’t mean she isn’t actively dating, though. She’s had several high-profile relationships, with her most notorious being with Devin Booker.

Jenner was first connected to the 6’6 guard for the Phoenix Suns in April 2020. They made things official in June 2020 and went Instagram official for the following Valentine’s Day. Kendall and Booker have dated on and off since, with several lengthy breaks. They most recently reconciled in February 2025 before splitting again in June, according to AZ Central.

Before her lengthy love affair with Booker, she romanced Jordan Clarkson, Blake Griffin, and Ben Simmons, all NBA players. Jenner was rumored to be dating Clarkson, a guard for the New York Knicks, for a few months in early 2016. By the following summer, she had moved on to Blake Griffin, but ended that romance to link up with Ben Simmons in 2018. The romance lasted about a year.

Kourtney and Kylie have never pursued professional athletes

While Khloé, Kim, and Kendall all have a thing for star athletes, there are two Kardashian sisters who have steered clear of the sports stars. Kylie Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian have very different tastes in men. Neither has seriously dated an athlete.

Kourtney, the oldest of the group, has spent most of her public life in serious relationships. When fans first met her on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, she was already deeply involved with Scott Disick. That on-again-off-again romance, which began in 2006, lasted for around a decade. Disick’s actual job has always been a bit of a mystery, but he’s not a professional athlete. After Disick, she moved on with Younes Bendjima, a model. They dated until 2019 when they split for good. In 2021, she hooked up with Travis Barker, the drummer for Blink-182, after knowing him for years. They married in 2022.

Kylie Jenner, the baby of the family, seems to have a thing for creatives. She’s had high-profile romances with rapper Tyga, whom she began dating when she was underage, before she started seeing Travis Scott, also a music artist. Jenner and Scott had two children together before splitting for good. She has been seeing actor Timothée Chalamet since early 2023.