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EuroLeague Final Four MVP
European basketball award
European basketball award
The EuroLeague Final Four Most Valuable Player Award is presented and awarded to the basketball player who has exhibited the most exceptional play during the EuroLeague Final Four. The award often goes to the best player on the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague's best team. It is generally considered to be the most prestigious individual award in European professional club basketball.
The Final Four MVP award was first given at the end of the 1987–88 season, when the competition that would later become called EuroLeague, was then known as the FIBA European Champions Cup. Prior to the 1987–88 season, the Top Scorer of the EuroLeague Finals was noted. However, an actual MVP was not named until the first EuroLeague Final Four of the modern era was held.
EuroLeague Finals Top Scorers (1958–1987)
From the 1958 to 1986–87 seasons, the Top Scorer of the EuroLeague Finals was noted, regardless of whether he played on the winning or losing team. However, there was no actual MVP award given.
Main article: EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer
Voting criteria
From the 1988 EuroLeague Final Four through the 2016 EuroLeague Final Four, the voting for the EuroLeague Final Four MVP was done by the accredited media members in attendance. Starting with the 2017 EuroLeague Final Four, the voting for the award includes an online vote of fans as well.
All-time EuroLeague Final Four MVP award winners (1988–present)
Since the end of the 1987–88 season, when the first EuroLeague Final Four (1988 EuroLeague Final Four) was held, an MVP is named at the conclusion of each Final Four.
| *** | Member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame |
|---|
| Season | Final Four MVP | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA Bob McAdoo* | ITA Tracer Milano | ||
| YUG Dino Rađja* | YUG Jugoplastika | ||
| YUG Toni Kukoč*** | YUG Jugoplastika | ||
| YUG Toni Kukoč*** (2) | YUG POP 84 | ||
| YUG Predrag Danilović | YUG Partizan | ||
| HRV Toni Kukoč*** (3) | ITA Benetton Treviso | ||
| FRY Žarko Paspalj | GRE Olympiacos | ||
| LTU Arvydas Sabonis*** | ESP Real Madrid Teka | ||
| USA Dominique Wilkins* | GRE Panathinaikos | ||
| USA David Rivers | GRE Olympiacos | ||
| FRY Zoran Savić | ITA Kinder Bologna | ||
| USA Tyus Edney | LTU Žalgiris | ||
| FRY Željko Rebrača | GRE Panathinaikos | ||
| USA SLO Ariel McDonald | ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | ||
| ARG Manu Ginóbili* | ITA Kinder Bologna | ||
| FRY Dejan Bodiroga | GRE Panathinaikos | ||
| SCG Dejan Bodiroga (2) | ESP FC Barcelona | ||
| USA Anthony Parker | ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | ||
| LTU Šarūnas Jasikevičius | ISR Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | ||
| GRE Theo Papaloukas | RUS CSKA Moscow | ||
| GRE Dimitris Diamantidis | GRE Panathinaikos | ||
| USA Trajan Langdon | RUS CSKA Moscow | ||
| GRE Vassilis Spanoulis | GRE Panathinaikos | ||
| ESP Juan Carlos Navarro | ESP Regal FC Barcelona | ||
| GRE Dimitris Diamantidis (2) | GRE Panathinaikos | ||
| GRE Vassilis Spanoulis (2) | GRE Olympiacos | ||
| GRE Vassilis Spanoulis (3) | GRE Olympiacos | ||
| USA MNE Tyrese Rice | ISR Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv | ||
| ARG Andrés Nocioni | ESP Real Madrid | ||
| FRA Nando de Colo | RUS CSKA Moscow | ||
| USA NGR Ekpe Udoh | TUR Fenerbahçe | ||
| SLO Luka Dončić | ESP Real Madrid | ||
| USA Will Clyburn | RUS CSKA Moscow | ||
| SRB Vasilije Micić | TUR Anadolu Efes | ||
| SRB Vasilije Micić (2) | TUR Anadolu Efes | ||
| CPV Edy Tavares | ESP Real Madrid | ||
| GRE Kostas Sloukas | GRE Panathinaikos | ||
| USA Nigel Hayes-Davis | TUR Fenerbahçe Beko |
Notes: : There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe. † The 2000–01 season was a transition year, with the best European teams splitting into two different major leagues: The SuproLeague, held by FIBA, and the EuroLeague, held by Euroleague Basketball. That season's EuroLeague Basketball tournament did not end with a Final Four tournament. Instead, it ended with a 5-game playoff series. So, Manu Ginóbili was named the EuroLeague Finals MVP that season.
Multiple honors
Players
| Number | Player |
|---|---|
| 3 | YUG HRV Toni Kukoč |
| GRE Vassilis Spanoulis | |
| 2 | FRY SRB Dejan Bodiroga |
| GRE Dimitris Diamantidis | |
| SRB Vasilije Micić | |
| 26 Players |
NB:
- Kukoč won his first two awards in 1990 and 1991, as a citizen of SFR Yugoslavia; Croatia declared its independence on June 25, 1991, after that year's Champions Cup finals.
- Bodiroga won his first award in 2002, as a citizen of FR Yugoslavia. The country changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro in February 2003, three months before he won his second award; upon the dissolution of the latter state in 2006, he became a citizen of Serbia.
Player nationality
| Number | Country |
|---|---|
| USA United States | |
| 8× | SRB Serbia |
| 7× | GRE Greece |
| YUG Yugoslavia | |
| 2× | LTU Lithuania |
| ARG Argentina | |
| SVN Slovenia | |
| 1× | CPV Cape Verde |
| HRV Croatia | |
| FRA France | |
| ESP Spain | |
| MNE Montenegro |
NB:
- Players from the former Yugoslavia are classified by their nationality in one of the current post-Yugoslav states.
- Rice won his award in 2014, as a citizen of both the United States and Montenegro.
- Players from FR Yugoslavia classify as players from Serbia.
Teams
| Number | Team |
|---|---|
| GRE Panathinaikos | |
| 4 | RUS CSKA Moscow |
| ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
| GRE Olympiacos | |
| ESP Real Madrid | |
| 3 | YUG Split |
| 2 | TUR Anadolu Efes |
| ESP FC Barcelona | |
| TUR Fenerbahçe | |
| ITA Virtus Bologna | |
| 4 Teams |
References
References
- (2013-10-14). "European club champions: 1958-2014". Euroleague.net.
- [http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/istanbul-2017/news/i/7th7ad4767p8ctcn/fans-to-weigh-in-on-final-four-mvp-voting Fans to weigh in on Final Four MVP voting!]
- [http://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/450068/fans-weigh-final-four-mvp-voting/ Fans to weigh in on Final Four MVP voting!]
- [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/5yltk4drkbpxee7j/nocioni-named-bwin-mvp-of-euroleague-final-four Nocioni named bwin MVP of Euroleague Final Four.]
- [http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/berlin-2016/news/i/6vv9xlr95xxqfeoh/de-colo-celebrates-title-as-final-four-mvp De Colo celebrates title as Final Four MVP.]
- [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/7tqerufeft668lf8/udoh-caps-historic-final-four-with-mvp-award Udoh caps historic Final Four with MVP award.]
- (2018-05-20). "Doncic chosen Final Four MVP". Euroleague.net.
- (2019-05-19). "Final Four MVP: Will Clyburn, CSKA Moscow". Euroleague.net.
- (2021-05-30). "Micic is chosen Final Four MVP". Euroleague.net.
- (2022-05-21). "Micic repeats as Final Four MVP!". Euroleague.net.
- (21 May 2023). "Edy Tavares crowned as Final Four MVP". Euroleague.net.
- "Final Four MVP: Nigel Hayes-Davis, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul". Euroleague.net.
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