EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer

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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[edit]

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

* 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[edit]

Number Player Years
Soviet Union Jānis Krūmiņš 1958, 1959, 1960
Soviet Union Sergei Belov 1970, 1971, 1973
Spain Emiliano Rodríguez 1963, 1964
United States Bob Morse 1975, 1976
Lithuania Arvydas Sabonis 1986, 1995
France Antoine Rigaudeau 1998, 1999
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga 2001 SuproLeague*, 2003
Argentina Manu Ginóbili 2001 EuroLeague*, 2002
Serbia Vasilije Micić 2021, 2022

Top scoring performances in EuroLeague Finals games[edit]

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

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