Aaron Aban

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Galarrita and the surname or paternal family name is Aban.

Aaron Aban

No. 51 – Sta. Rosa Laguna Lions
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
League	PSL
Personal information
Born	(1982-04-08) April 8, 1982 Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Liceo de Cagayan University
College	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
PBA draft	2006: 1st round, 7th overall pick
Selected by the Alaska Aces
Playing career	2006–present
Career history
2006–2008	Alaska Aces
2008–2009	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants
2009–2010	Burger King Whoppers
2010–2016	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters / TNT Tropang Texters / Tropang TNT / TNT KaTropa
2016–2017	GlobalPort Batang Pier
2019–2020	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
2022–present	Sta. Rosa Laguna Lions
Career highlights and awards
6× PBA champion (2007 Fiesta, 2010–11 Philippine, 2011 Commissioner's, 2011–12 Philippine, 2012–13 Philippine, 2015 Commissioner's) NCAA Philippines Most Improved Player (2005) NCAA Philippines champion (2003) NCAA Philippines champion (2005)

Aaron Abril Galarrita Aban (born April 8, 1982) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Sta. Rosa Laguna Lions of the Pilipinas Super League. Born in Cagayan de Oro, he graduated his high school at Liceo de Cagayan University and went to Colegio de San Juan de Letran in college.

He is a former player of the Letran Knights in the NCAA and the Toyota Otis-Letran Sparks in the Philippine Basketball League. He joined the team in 2002 but after a solid performance in the 2003 NCAA Finals grew in success.

He was drafted seventh overall by the Alaska Aces in the 2006 PBA draft. In 2008, he was signed by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants. During the offseason of 35th season, he was traded to Burger King Titans in exchange of Rey Evangelista. Before the start of the 2010 Fiesta Conference, he was signed by the Talk N' Text Tropang Texters as a free agent.

In 2019, Aban came out from retirement to play for the 2019–20 ABL season, suiting up for San Miguel Alab Pilipinas.

PBA 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

Season-by-season averages

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006–07	Alaska	22	5.7	.292	.250	.538	.8	.2	.1	.0	1.6
2007–08	Alaska	19	8.7	.396	.421	.529	1.9	.1	.2	.2	2.9
2008–09	Purefoods	36	17.4	.477	.365	.586	2.2	.8	.3	.2	5.8
	Burger King
2009–10	Burger King	27	8.8	.364	.000	.700	.0	.0	.0	.0	2.3
	Talk 'N Text
2010–11	Talk 'N Text	61	10.4	.443	.227	.595	1.6	.2	.3	.0	3.2
2011–12	Talk 'N Text	19	14.9	.406	.214	.727	2.4	.5	.3	.0	3.3
2012–13	Talk 'N Text	48	9.9	.458	.429	.727	1.3	.2	.3	.1	2.2
2013–14	Talk 'N Text	28	8.1	.333	.312	1.000	1.1	.1	.1	.0	1.3
2014–15	Talk 'N Text	38	13.0	.451	.412	.455	1.2	.2	.1	.1	2.7
2015–16	TNT	17	10.4	.354	.304	.250	.8	.2	.1	.1	2.5
2016–17	GlobalPort	15	17.1	.511	.429	.800	2.7	.3	.4	.0	4.1
Career		330	11.2	.424	.336	.610	1.4	.3	.2	.1	2.9

References

• "Aaron Aban". Alaska Aces. Archived from the original on January 30, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2008.