By Antigoni Zachari / info@eurohoops.net
With the EuroLeague playoffs drawing closer, Eurohoops takes a look at the statistic leaders of this century in the competition’s playoffs.
We present you with the top performers of all the basic categories, including index rating, points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks, featuring both current leaders and retired players.
Legendary Juan Carlos Navarro is in charge of the Index Rating category, even though Barcelona wasn’t able to make it to the playoffs this season. “La Bomba” is far ahead of any other player in this category, as he counts 517 points, an average of 13.26.
|
PLAYER |
TEAM(S) |
GAMES |
TOTAL INDEX |
AVERAGE |
|
Juan Carlos Navarro |
FC Barcelona Lassa |
39 |
517 |
13.26 |
|
Dimitris Diamantidis |
37 |
443 |
11.97 |
|
|
Ante Tomic |
Real Madrid, FC Barcelona Lassa |
26 |
375 |
14.42 |
|
Vassilis Spanoulis |
29 |
362 |
12.48 |
|
|
Victor Khryapa |
26 |
325 |
12.50 |
|
|
Felipe Reyes |
Estudiantes, Real Madrid |
33 |
319 |
9.67 |
Navarro, who recently reached the 4,000 point mark in the competition, also leads in most points scored, with Olympiacos‘ Vassilis Spanoulis chasing him.
|
PLAYER |
TEAM(S) |
GAMES |
TOTAL POINTS |
AVERAGE |
|
Juan Carlos Navarro |
FC Barcelona Lassa |
39 |
534 |
13.69 |
|
Vassilis Spanoulis |
Panathinaikos, Olympiacos |
29 |
371 |
12.79 |
|
Dimitris Diamantidis |
Panathinaikos |
37 |
328 |
8.86 |
|
Ante Tomic |
Real Madrid, FC Barcelona Lassa |
26 |
298 |
11.46 |
|
Felipe Reyes |
Estudiantes, Real Madrid |
33 |
293 |
8.88 |
|
Sergio Llull |
Real Madrid |
28 |
292 |
10.43 |
4 out of the Top 5 rebound leaders are currently active in EuroLeague, with Ante Tomic not participating to the playoffs this season. Dimitris Diamantidis ranks 6th, while Georgios Printezis follows shortly behind, in the 7th position of the playoffs’ leaders.
|
PLAYER |
TEAM(S) |
GAMES |
TOTAL REBOUNDS |
AVERAGE |
|
Felipe Reyes |
Estudiantes, Real Madrid |
33 |
171 |
5.8 |
|
Ante Tomic |
Real Madrid, FC Barcelona Lassa |
26 |
160 |
6.15 |
|
Ioannis Bourousis |
Olympiacos, Real Madrid, Baskonia |
27 |
149 |
5.52 |
|
Victor Khryapa |
26 |
130 |
5.23 |
|
|
David Andersen |
Virtus Vidivici, CSKA Moscow, FC Barcelonna Lassa, Montepaschi |
29 |
130 |
4.48 |
|
Georgios Printezis |
Olympiacos |
26 |
104 |
4.00 |
As for the assists category, two of the leaders are Final Four contenders, while one is chasing the other to finish the season in the second place of all time in Euroleague. Of course, Milos Teodosic and Vassilis Spanoulis are the players in question, with the former just a small step behind. Sergio Llull ranks 7th, just one position below Pablo Prigioni.
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PLAYER |
TEAM(S) |
GAMES |
TOTAL ASSISTS |
AVERAGE |
|
Dimitris Diamantidis |
Panathinaikos |
37 |
147 |
3.97 |
|
Vassilis Spanoulis |
Panathinaikos, Olympiacos |
29 |
138 |
4.76 |
|
Milos Teodosic |
Olympiacos, CSKA Moscow |
27 |
130 |
4.81 |
|
Theodoros Papaloukas |
Olympiacos, Maccabi Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow |
30 |
115 |
3.83 |
|
Juan Carlos Navarro |
FC Barcelona Lassa |
39 |
107 |
2.74 |
|
Sergio Llull |
Real Madrid |
28 |
94 |
3.36 |
Some legendary names in European and worldwide basketball have made their way to the top of the steals category through the years.
|
PLAYER |
TEAM(S) |
GAMES |
TOTAL STEALS |
AVERAGE |
|
Dimitris Diamantidis |
Panathinaikos |
37 |
45 |
1.22 |
|
Pablo Prigioni |
Baskonia, Real Madrid |
24 |
42 |
1.72 |
|
Theodoros Papaloukas |
Olympiacos, Maccabi Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow |
30 |
40 |
1.33 |
|
Marko Jaric |
Virtus Vidivici, Real Madrid, Montepaschi |
20 |
36 |
1.86 |
|
Manu Ginobili |
Virtus Vidivici |
12 |
35 |
2.92 |
|
Victor Khryapa |
CSKA Moscow |
26 |
26 |
1.00 |
|
Juan Carlos Navarro |
FC Barcelona Lassa |
39 |
25 |
0.64 |
|
Vassilis Spanoulis |
Panathinaikos, Olympiacos |
29 |
23 |
0.79 |
|
Felipe Reyes |
Estudiantes, Real Madrid |
33 |
21 |
0.64 |
|
Sergio Llull |
Real Madrid |
28 |
19 |
0.68 |
Panathinaikos’ Ioannis Bourousis ranks first in blocks and is the only currently active player amongst the Top 5 blockers in playoffs’ history.
|
PLAYER |
TEAM(S) |
GAMES |
TOTAL INDEX |
AVERAGE |
|
Ioannis Bourousis |
Olympiacos, Real Madrid, Baskonia |
27 |
25 |
0.93 |
|
Fran Vazquez |
FC Barcelona Lassa |
22 |
21 |
0.95 |
|
Stojan Vrankovic |
Fortitudo Bologna |
7 |
20 |
2.86 |
|
Tiago Splitter |
Baskonia |
19 |
19 |
1.00 |
|
Dimitris Diamantidis |
Panathinaikos |
37 |
19 |
0.51 |
|
Victor Khryapa |
CSKA Moscow |
26 |
16 |
0.62 |
|
Ante Tomic |
Real Madrid |
26 |
15 |
0.58 |
|
James Gist |
Panathinaikos |
17 |
13 |
0.76 |