He has played on basketball teams that won the Turkish National Championships, once among high schools and twice among universities. As the President of the Boğaziçi University Sports Club, he organized the first International SportsFest in 1980, still an ongoing and popular event at the University. He was also the manager of University’s sports activities: supervised a number of university teams and represented Bosphorus University at the Turkish Sports Congress.

He was one of the founding members of the Basketball Player’s Association and the 1896 Bosphorus Sports Club.

Dr. Argüden has served as a board member of Anadolu Efes Sports Club -the most successful Turkish basketball club both in domestic and international competitions- until 2016, when he was elected to the board of Turkish Basketball Federation. He has served as Vice-Chair and Executive Committee Member of the federation.

During the ‘Boğaziçi Sports Ambassador’ award ceremony, Dr. Yılmaz Argüden shared his proposal to organize the Olympic Games under the theme “Olympics Unite” with the collaboration of “Türkiye, Palestine, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Italy.”

During high school and university, he excelled at the 400m and 1500m races in track and field. He currently holds a skipper license for small yachts and also enjoys tennis, golf, downhill skiing, sailing, and playing bridge. He is a member of İstanbul Golf Club, which is the third oldest golf club in continental Europe.