Dwight Howard was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 6, 2025. He was a first-ballot inductee as an individual player and also recognized as a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team, famously known as the "Redeem Team." The enshrinement ceremony took place in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was honored alongside other basketball legends like Carmelo Anthony and Sue Bird.