| David Efianayi | |
| Number: | 4 |
| League: | Basketbol Süper Ligi |
| Team: | Galatasaray Ekmas |
| Position: | Guard |
| Birth Date: | 19 December 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Manchester, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 185 |
| High School: | Ocoee (Ocoee, Florida) |
| College: | Gardner–Webb (2015–2019) |
| Draft Year: | 2019 |
| Career Start: | 2019 |
| Years1: | 2019–2020 |
| Team1: | Bakken Bears |
| Years2: | 2020–2021 |
| Team2: | Horsens IC |
| Years3: | 2021–2022 |
| Team3: | Denain Voltaire Basket |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Team4: | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
| Years5: | 2023–2024 |
| Team5: | Petkim Spor |
| Years6: | 2024–present |
| Team6: | Galatasaray Ekmas |
David Efianayi (born December 19, 1995) is an American basketball player who plays guard for Galatasaray Ekmas of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[1] [2] He played college basketball at Gardner-Webb University.
Efianayi was born in Manchester, Connecticut, and raised in Orlando, Florida, after moving there in the fifth grade.[3] [1] He is 6inchesft2inchesin (ftin), and weighs 185lb.[1]
He played high school basketball at Ocoee High School ('14) in Ocoee, Florida.[1] [2] He was named All-County Honorable Mention by the Orlando Sentinel in his junior year.[4]
He played college basketball at Gardner-Webb University ('19) from 2015 to 2019.[1] [2] In 2017–18 he scored 17.5 points per game (3rd in the Big South), had an .807 free throw percentage (6th), and had 1.2 steals per game (10th).[5] In 2018–19 he scored 18.2 points per game (5th in the Big South), and had 0.7 blocks per game (7th).[5] Efianayi was named twice to the Sports Classic Indianapolis Subregional Team, All-Big South Honorable Mention Team in 2017, to the All-Big South Second Team in 2018 and 2019, to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District (3) Second Team in 2019, and to the Big South All-Tournament Team in 2019.[1] In 2020, he was named to the Big South Conference Men's Basketball All-Decade Team (2010–19).[6]
In 2019–20 Efianayi played for the Bakken Bears in Basketligaen in Denmark.[1] In 2020–21 he played for Horsens IC in Basketligaen, averaging 20.2 points per game (second in the league).[1] [7] In 2021–22 he played for Denain ASC Voltaire in LNB Pro B in France.[1]
In 2022–23 Efianayi plays guard for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, having signed with the team on July 5, 2022.[1]
On June 25, 2023, he signed with Petkim Spor of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[8]
On June 11, 2024, he signed with Galatasaray Ekmas of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[9]