Celebrity Thunder Fans

Comedian and actor Bill Hader grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma with no basketball team. When the Oklahoma City Thunder moved to his home state, Hader became a big fan with ambitions of being the team's Jack Nicholson.

Munn was born in Oklahoma City and thus, like seemingly everyone else from the state of Oklahoma, she became a big supporter of the Thunder as soon as they moved into town.

From Tulsa, Isaac, Taylor, and Zac Hanson are huge Thunder fans! They've even sang the national anthem at Chesapeake Energy Arena.

A native of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Marsden was among the many celebs happy to see his home state get an NBA team. He happily roots the team on and attends games when he's back home.

Hailing from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, the actress and singer made it all the to Broadway, so she knows what it's like to perform under pressure. Chenoweth roots for her home state's team and she's even performed the national anthem at Thunder home games.

Grammy-winning rockers Kings of Leon have Oklahoma ties. The band's lead vocalist Caleb grew up in “the worst of the worst ghetto in Oklahoma City.” So when the Thunder moved to town, it gave the musician hope. He's been able to repay that inspiration by performing with the band at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Grammy-winning rockers Kings of Leon have Oklahoma ties. Much of the band grew up in “the worst of the worst ghetto in Oklahoma City.” So when the Thunder moved to town, it gave the musicians hope. Matthew's been able to repay that inspiration by performing with the band at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Born and raised in Norman, Oklahoma, the country music icon has rooted for the Thunder since they moved to OKC in 2008.

The Good Charlotte guitarist is a super active Oklahoma City Thunder fan online. Martin loves to tweet his thoughts about the team. He's even been on the DowntoDunk podcast a couple times.

Clayton Bennett is Oklahoma through and through. That's why it's not surprise the multimillionaire business struck at the opportunity to bring the Thunder to OKC in 2008. To pay $350 million for something, chances are you really love it.

Growing up in Oklahoma City, NFL quarterback Sam Bradford was good friends with Blake Griffin, playing on an elite AAU basketball team together. Bradford was a Division I-caliber basketball player and has a deep love for the game, so it's no surprise when the Thunder moved to town while he was in college at OU, thus began Bradford's fandom origin story.

Billed from Norman, Oklahoma, Good Ol' JR is a WWE legend and a made man in OK. A big OU booster, Ross roots for all the local sports teams, and he's been known to catch a Thunder game court side from time to time.

Prince once stated in an interview that the Oklahoma City Thunder were his favorite NBA team. Now, it's impossible to ask the late-pop star and cultural icon. But as evidence, mere weeks before his untimely death, Prince attended a Thunder-Warriors game at Oracle Arena at the behest of W's owner Joe Lacob, while the musician was touring his way through San Francisco.

When Russell Westbrook threw a big party celebrating Paul George resigning with the Oklahoma City Thunder, in attendance was none other than the legendary rapper Nas. Is Nas a real fan of the Thunder? Probably not. But he is homies with Russ, so by association he must've rooted on the squad at one point.

Country music legend and Muskogee, Oklahoman, Carrie Underwood once showed her love for the local Thunder by appearing in a 2012 “Fear the Beard” promotion (in reference to Thunder shooting guard James Harden's iconic facial hair).

This commercial will tell you all need to know about Kate Upton's appreciation of the Oklahoma City Thunder. How the model/actresses got roped into doing this promo? Probably had to do with Upton's relation to Aubrey McClendon - the late part-owner of the team.

Waka Flocka Flame has shown respect for the Thunder via mixtape covers over the years. DuFlocka Rant: Volume 1 and Volume 2 both feature Flocka's face photoshopped over Russ Westbrook and KD's faces, respectively. Both times wearing thunder jerseys.

The Thunder moved to Oklahoma when Lockett was 16 years old. Hailing from Tulsa, the NFL wide receiver became a huge fan during his formative years.

The Bon Iver singer once wore a Steven Adams mask while performing a concert to show his love for the former Thunder center.

For a while in the 2010s, it was Jesse Jane vs. Bibi Jones in the battle of who's the biggest Oklahoma City Thunder fan / adult entertainment star. It's not Ranker's place to say definitively. That's for ye good folks of the internet to decide. Enjoy.

From Edmond, the comedian YouTuber and Tik Toker's love for the Oklahoma City Thunder is no joke. Kennedy is a vocal supporter of the team online and uses his social media influence to preach the gospel of Shai Gilgeous Alexander.

The adult film actress who hails from Oklahoma City has vocally supported her hometown team and showed her appreciation for the Thunder on social media.

From Oklahoma City, Lynne won the twelfth season of America's Got Talent. Lynne regularly performs her ventriloquist act at Thunder half time shows.

In the music video for his 2018 song “Come to Me," New Zealand singer Marlon Williams showed his appreciation for his fellow countryman Steven Adams who played center on the Thunder at the time by wearing his jersey in the video.

While in Oklahoma working on a film project in 2019, Eisenberg attended a Thunder game Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt. Eisenberg is a big NBA fan and it was a dream for him to attend a Thunder game.

Born and raised in Tulsa, Brooks supports his Oklahoma sports teams. Brooks has played record-setting shows at the Paycom Arena and stops by to catch a game when he's in town.

The Clinton, Oklahoma man is a big fan of everything Oklahoma sports. Keith once lent his voice to narrate the 2013 documentary, ‘OKC Thunder: Heart of the City.’

Rex Ryan hails from Ardmore, Oklahoma and his father Buddy is in the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. While football is Ryan's main squeeze, the former NFL head coach has been spotted at Thunder games over the years.

Tae Dye of Maddie & Tae hails from Ada, Oklahoma. As a child she dreamed of performing in arenas across the country, well that dream became a reality.

The Lawton, Oklahoma native and Grammy award-winning country music singer-songwriter is proud supporter of the Thunder. He's even sang the national anthem before games.

Brian is a 16-year-old living in Oklahoma. Though he has tried out for the school basketball team, he has never made it, relegated to being water boy for the team. While practicing at home, Brian's sister makes a video of him injuring himself. She shows the video around school, and it is eventually seen by Connor, the star player of the basketball team, who bullies him. In order to cheer him up, Brian's dad takes him to a Thunder game against the Detroit Pistons at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. At halftime, Brian is chosen to shoot a half-court shot which he misses and hits Rumble, the mascot in the process. Later on, he meets Kevin Durant and expresses his desire to play just like him. When Durant signs the special edition Oklahoma City Thunder basketball that Brian got to shoot the half-court shot with, a surge of energy causes Durant's talent to transfer to Brian when he hands it over. This is a true story that happened in 2012. The Thunder lost the game, with Durant shooting 0–13 in the 2nd half.