EuroLeague Final Four MVP

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.

Dominique Wilkins was the EuroLeague's Final Four MVP in 1996.

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.[1]

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.[2][3]

All-time EuroLeague Final Four MVP award winners (1988–present)

Dejan Bodiroga was the EuroLeague's Final Four MVP 2 times (2002, 2003).

Šarūnas Jasikevičius was the EuroLeague's Final Four MVP in 2005.

Dimitris Diamantidis was the EuroLeague's Final Four MVP 2 times (2007, 2011).

Vassilis Spanoulis was the EuroLeague's Final Four MVP 3 times (2009, 2012, 2013).

J.C. Navarro was the EuroLeague's Final Four MVP in 2010.

Nando de Colo (#12 in blue), was the EuroLeague's Final Four MVP in 2016.

Luka Dončić was the EuroLeague's Final Four MVP in 2018.

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.[1]

*	Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
**	Member of the FIBA Hall of Fame
***	Member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame

Season	Final Four MVP	Club	Ref.
1987–88	Bob McAdoo*	Tracer Milano
1988–89	Dino Rađja*	Jugoplastika
1989–90	Toni Kukoč***	Jugoplastika
1990–91	Toni Kukoč*** (2)	POP 84
1991–92	Predrag Danilović	Partizan
1992–93	Toni Kukoč*** (3)	Benetton Treviso
1993–94	Žarko Paspalj	Olympiacos
1994–95	Arvydas Sabonis***	Real Madrid Teka
1995–96	Dominique Wilkins*	Panathinaikos
1996–97	David Rivers	Olympiacos
1997–98	Zoran Savić	Kinder Bologna
1998–99	Tyus Edney	Žalgiris
1999–00	Željko Rebrača	Panathinaikos
2000–01† (SuproLeague)	Ariel McDonald	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
2000–01† (EuroLeague)	Manu Ginóbili	Kinder Bologna
2001–02	Dejan Bodiroga	Panathinaikos
2002–03	Dejan Bodiroga (2)	FC Barcelona
2003–04	Anthony Parker	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
2004–05	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
2005–06	Theo Papaloukas	CSKA Moscow
2006–07	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
2007–08	Trajan Langdon	CSKA Moscow
2008–09	Vassilis Spanoulis	Panathinaikos
2009–10	Juan Carlos Navarro	Regal FC Barcelona
2010–11	Dimitris Diamantidis (2)	Panathinaikos
2011–12	Vassilis Spanoulis (2)	Olympiacos
2012–13	Vassilis Spanoulis (3)	Olympiacos
2013–14	Tyrese Rice	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	[1]
2014–15	Andrés Nocioni	Real Madrid	[4]
2015–16	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	[5]
2016–17	Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe	[6]
2017–18	Luka Dončić	Real Madrid	[7]
2018–19	Will Clyburn	CSKA Moscow	[8]
2019–20	Not awarded ¹
2020–21	Vasilije Micić	Anadolu Efes	[9]
2021–22	Vasilije Micić (2)	Anadolu Efes	[10]
2022–23	Edy Tavares	Real Madrid	[11]

Notes:

^1 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	Toni Kukoč
3	Vassilis Spanoulis
2	Dejan Bodiroga
	Dimitris Diamantidis
	Vasilije Micić
1	24 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
10×	United States
8×	Serbia
6×	Greece
3×	Yugoslavia
2×	Lithuania
	Argentina
	Slovenia
1×	Cape Verde
	Croatia
	France
	Spain
	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
6	Panathinaikos
4	CSKA Moscow
	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Olympiacos
	Real Madrid
3	Split
2	Anadolu Efes
	Virtus Bologna
	FC Barcelona
1	5 Teams

References

"European club champions: 1958-2014". Euroleague.net. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2017-05-18.
Fans to weigh in on Final Four MVP voting!
Fans to weigh in on Final Four MVP voting!
Nocioni named bwin MVP of Euroleague Final Four.
De Colo celebrates title as Final Four MVP.
Udoh caps historic Final Four with MVP award.
"Doncic chosen Final Four MVP". Euroleague.net. 2018-05-20. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
"Final Four MVP: Will Clyburn, CSKA Moscow". Euroleague.net. 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
"Micic is chosen Final Four MVP". Euroleague.net. 2021-05-30. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
"Micic repeats as Final Four MVP!". Euroleague.net. 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
"Edy Tavares crowned as Final Four MVP". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

External links

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[euroleague1958-1] "European club champions: 1958-2014". Euroleague.net. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2017-05-18.

[2] Fans to weigh in on Final Four MVP voting!

[3] Fans to weigh in on Final Four MVP voting!

[4] Nocioni named bwin MVP of Euroleague Final Four.

[5] De Colo celebrates title as Final Four MVP.

[6] Udoh caps historic Final Four with MVP award.

[7] "Doncic chosen Final Four MVP". Euroleague.net. 2018-05-20. Retrieved 2018-05-20.

[8] "Final Four MVP: Will Clyburn, CSKA Moscow". Euroleague.net. 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2019-05-20.

[9] "Micic is chosen Final Four MVP". Euroleague.net. 2021-05-30. Retrieved 2021-05-30.

[10] "Micic repeats as Final Four MVP!". Euroleague.net. 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2021-05-21.

[11] "Edy Tavares crowned as Final Four MVP". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

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