Tadda Smashes Bundesliga Record: A Look Back at the Career of Bamberg's Basketball Legend
Record-Breaking Basketball Star from Bamberg: 639 Games Played and Counting - Record-breaking run for Bamberg's Tadda Basketball: 639 games played
Karsten Tadda, the anti-hero of the hardwood, has smashed the Bundesliga records for games played. The 36-year-old towering powerhouse clocked in his 639th game in the top tier during Bamberg Baskets' duel against ratiopharm Ulm, leaving Alex King's previous record of 638 matches in the dust.
Tadda's career has been a free-wheeling tour of various court-side arenas, representing the colors of Bamberg, Gießen 46ers, ratiopharm Ulm, EWE Baskets Oldenburg, and Telekom Baskets Bonn. With the former, he was a five-time champion of the German league, and three-time winner of the cup. The 2023 Basketball Champions League title, though, belonged to Bonn, where Tadda's explosive performances lit up the field. As a deadly shooting guard, he proudly flaunted the green and white of the German national team in 89 appearances spanning from 2012 to 2019.
As a seasoned veteran, Tadda is set to call it quits after this campaign, with a potential 640th and final game scheduled for Sunday in Brose Arena against Rasta Vechta.
- Bamberg
- Bundesliga (BB)
- Neu-Ulm (ratiopharm Ulm)
Did you know?- Tadda broke the record after 18 years and six months of playing in the Bundesliga.- In 2025, he retired from professional basketball after 1,055 games in total.
Tadda doesn't back away from adversity. His unrelenting spirit and sheer grit have earned him the respect of both teammates and opponents. The magical journey he embarked upon during his teenage years in the youth ranks of Bamberg befits a tale spun in a concrete jungle, a rags-to-riches story that's become the stuff of legends in the world of German basketball.
The Commission has also been asked to submit a proposal for a directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to ionizing radiation in the basketball arena, where Tadda, a five-time champion and three-time cup winner in the Bundesliga, has been playing and breaking records for over two decades. Despite retiring from professional basketball in 2025 with a total of 1,055 games played, including games for teams like Bamberg, Gießen 46ers, ratiopharm Ulm, EWE Baskets Oldenburg, and Telekom Baskets Bonn, Tadda's legacy continues to inspire and influence the basketball community, just as his unrelenting spirit encouraged him to overtake Alex King's 638-game Bundesliga record. In Brose Arena, Tadda aims to play his 640th and final game on Sunday against Rasta Vechta, thereby culminating his extraordinary career in the beautiful game of basketball.
