EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

The EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer is the individual award for the player that gained the highest points in the EuroLeague Finals, the championship finals of the European-wide top-tier level professional club basketball competition, the EuroLeague.

EuroLeague Finals Top Scorers

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Jānis Krūmiņš was the FIBA European Champions Cup Finals' Top Scorer 3 times (1958, 1959, 1960).
 
Bob Morse was the FIBA European Champions Cup Finals' Top Scorer 2 times (1975, 1976).
 
Arvydas Sabonis was the EuroLeague Finals' Top Scorer 2 times (1986, 1995).
 
Dejan Bodiroga was the FIBA SuproLeague Finals' Top Scorer (2001), and the EuroLeague Finals' Top Scorer (2003).
 
Manu Ginóbili was the EuroLeague Finals' Top Scorer 2 times (2001, 2002).
 
Šarūnas Jasikevičius was the EuroLeague Finals' Top Scorer (2005).
 
Vassilis Spanoulis was the EuroLeague Finals' Top Scorer (2013).
 
Nando de Colo (#12 in blue), was the EuroLeague Finals' Top Scorer (2016).

From the 1958 season, to the present, the Top Scorer of the EuroLeague Finals is noted, regardless of whether he played on the winning or losing team.[1]

Bronze
Member of the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Silver
Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Gold
Member of both the FIBA Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
(X)
Denotes the number of times the player has been the Top Scorer.
Season Top Scorer Team Points Scored
Prior to EuroLeague Final Four Era (1958 to 1986–87)
  Jānis Krūmiņš   Rīgas ASK
22.5 average (2 games)
  Jānis Krūmiņš (2×)   Rīgas ASK
28.0 average (2 games)
  Jānis Krūmiņš (3×)   Rīgas ASK
21.5 average (2 games)
  Viktor Zubkov   CSKA Moscow
21.5 average (2 games)
  Wayne Hightower   Real Madrid
30
  Emiliano Rodríguez   Real Madrid
21.0 average (3 games)
  Emiliano Rodríguez (2×)   Real Madrid
29.5 average (2 games)
  Clifford Luyk   Real Madrid
24.0 average (2 games)
  Jiří Zídek Sr.   Slavia VŠ Praha
22
  Steve Chubin   Simmenthal Milano
34
  Miles Aiken   Real Madrid
26
  Vladimir Andreev   CSKA Moscow
37
  Sergei Belov   CSKA Moscow
21
  Sergei Belov (2×)   CSKA Moscow
24
  Petar Skansi   Jugoplastika
26
  Sergei Belov (3×)   CSKA Moscow
36
  Dino Meneghin   Ignis Varese
25
  Bob Morse   Ignis Varese
30
  Bob Morse (2×)   Mobilgirgi Varese
28
  Jim Boatwright   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
26
  Walter Szczerbiak Sr.   Real Madrid
25
  Žarko Varajić   Bosna
45
  Earl Williams   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
31
  Marco Bonamico   Sinudyne Bologna
26
  Bruce Flowers   Squibb Cantù
23
  Antonello Riva   Ford Cantù
20
  J.A. San Epifanio "Epi"   FC Barcelona
31
  Dražen Petrović   Cibona
36
  Arvydas Sabonis   Žalgiris
27
  Lee Johnson   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
24
EuroLeague Final Four Era (1987–88 to present)
  Bob McAdoo   Tracer Milano
25
  Doron Jamchi   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
25
  Toni Kukoč   Jugoplastika
20
  Zoran Savić   POP 84
27
  Sasha Danilović   Partizan
25
  Terry Teagle   Benetton Treviso
19
  Ferran Martínez   7up Joventut
17
  Arvydas Sabonis (2×)   Real Madrid Teka
23
  Artūras Karnišovas   FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
23
  David Rivers   Olympiacos
26
  Antoine Rigaudeau   Kinder Bologna
14
  Antoine Rigaudeau (2×)   Kinder Bologna
27
  Nate Huffman   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
26
  Dejan Bodiroga   Panathinaikos
27
  Manu Ginóbili   Kinder Bologna 15.4 average (5 games)
  Elmer Bennett   Tau Cerámica
  Victor Alexander
  Manu Ginóbili (2×)   Kinder Bologna
27
  Dejan Bodiroga (2×)   FC Barcelona
20
  Anthony Parker   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 21
  Miloš Vujanić   Skipper Bologna
  Šarūnas Jasikevičius   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
22
  Will Solomon   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
20
  Theo Papaloukas   CSKA Moscow
23
  Will Bynum   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
23
    J.R. Holden   CSKA Moscow
14
  Juan Carlos Navarro   Regal FC Barcelona
21
  Mike Batiste   Panathinaikos
18
  Kostas Papanikolaou   Olympiacos
18
  Vassilis Spanoulis   Olympiacos
22
    Tyrese Rice   Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
26
    Matt Lojeski[2]   Olympiacos
17
  Nando de Colo[3]   CSKA Moscow
22
2016–17   Bogdan Bogdanović   Fenerbahçe 17
  Nikola Kalinić[4]   Fenerbahçe
  Nicolò Melli   Fenerbahçe
28
    Shane Larkin   Anadolu Efes
29
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  Vasilije Micić   Anadolu Efes
25
  Vasilije Micić (2×)   Anadolu Efes
23
    Sasha Vezenkov   Olympiacos
29
  Kostas Sloukas   Panathinaikos
24

* The 2000–01 season was a transition year, with the best European teams splitting into two different major leagues: The SuproLeague, held by FIBA Europe, and the EuroLeague, held by Euroleague Basketball.

Multiple EuroLeague Finals Top Scorers

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Number Player Years
  Jānis Krūmiņš 1958, 1959, 1960
  Sergei Belov 1970, 1971, 1973
  Emiliano Rodríguez 1963, 1964
  Bob Morse 1975, 1976
  Arvydas Sabonis 1986, 1995
  Antoine Rigaudeau 1998, 1999
  Dejan Bodiroga 2001 SuproLeague*, 2003
  Manu Ginóbili 2001 EuroLeague*, 2002
  Vasilije Micić 2021, 2022

Top scoring performances in EuroLeague Finals games

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Points Scored Player Club Year Opponent Club
45
  Žarko Varajić   Bosna   Emerson Varese
37
  Vladimir Andreev   CSKA Moscow   Real Madrid
36
  Sergei Belov   CSKA Moscow   Ignis Varese
36
  Dražen Petrović   Cibona   Real Madrid
34
  Steve Chubin   Simmenthal Milano   Real Madrid
31
  Emiliano Rodríguez   Real Madrid
1964 (game 1)
  Spartak ZJŠ Brno
31
  Earl Williams   Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv   Real Madrid
31
  J.A. San Epifanio "Epi"   FC Barcelona   Banco di Roma Virtus
30
  Wayne Hightower   Real Madrid   Dinamo Tbilisi
30
  František Konvička   Spartak ZJŠ Brno
1964 (game 1)
  Real Madrid
30
  Clifford Luyk   Real Madrid
1965 (game 1)
  CSKA Moscow
30
  Mirza Delibašić   Bosna   Emerson Varese

See also

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References

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