Max Berning Fiedler (born February 26, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for BC Oostende of the BNXT League. He previously played for the Texas Legends of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Rice Owls.
Fiedler attended Melbourne High School in Melbourne, Florida, where he averaged 21.6 points, 14.3 rebounds and 2.5 blocks as a senior, helping the Bulldogs reach a 25âÂÂ5 record while leading them to the District 6-8A championship and a spot in the FHSAA playoffs.
Fiedler played college basketball for Rice where he averaged 9.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 3.9 assists in five seasons, finishing his career as the Owl's all-time leader in rebounds (1,144), assists (571), field goal percentage (65.8%), games played (148), and games started (135) while ranking second all-time in total blocks with 125.
In his last season, Fiedler became the first player to record 1,000 career points, 1,000 rebounds, 500 assists, 100 blocks, and 100 steals.
After going undrafted in the 2024 NBA draft, Fiedler joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2024 NBA Summer League and on August 31, 2024, he signed with the team on an Exhibit 10 deal. However, he was waived on October 17. On October 28, he joined the Delaware Blue Coats.
On January 6, 2025, Fiedler was traded to the Texas Legends.
In July 2025, Fiedler signed with BC Oostende of the Basketball Champions League.
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019âÂÂ20 | style="text-align:left;"| Rice | 20 || 7 || 12.4 || .558 || .000 || .625 || 4.1 || .7 || .3 || .7 || 2.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2020âÂÂ21 | style="text-align:left;"| Rice | 28 || 28 || 28 || .675 || .000 || .702 || 8.8 || 3.6 || .9|| .8 || 11.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021âÂÂ22 | style="text-align:left;"| Rice | 33 || 33 || 25.5 || .575 || .500|| .711|| 7.7 || 3.5 || .8 || .8 || 9.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022âÂÂ23 | style="text-align:left;"| Rice | 35|| 35|| 30.4|| .735|| .000 || .588 || 7.6 || 5.0 || .8 || 1.1|| 11.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023âÂÂ24 | style="text-align:left;"| Rice | 32 || 32 || 29.9 || .663 || .000 || .612 || 9.3|| 5.3|| .8 || .8 || 9.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 148 || 135 || 26.3 || .658 || .133 || .658 || 7.7 || 3.9 || .8 || .8 || 9.3
Fiedler is the son of Tristan and Sandy Fiedler, and the nephew of former NFL player Brian Bollinger.