EuroLeague Rising Star

The EuroLeague Rising Star in an annual award of the EuroLeague, which is the top-tier level European-wide professional club basketball league, that is given to the player the EuroLeague deems its "top rising star". The award began in the 2004–05 season, and the winner is selected by the EuroLeague's head coaches.

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awards, honours, and records
EuroLeague: (ECA)
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Individual awards:
Individual honours:
Stats & records:
Club stats & records:

Only players who were younger than age 22, on July 1 of the summer before the season started, are eligible for the award.

Winners
Nikola Mirotić was the first repeat winner, doing so in 2011 & 2012.
Bogdan Bogdanović was a two-time EuroLeague Rising Star (2014, 2015).
Luka Dončić was a repeat EuroLeague Rising Star in 2017 & 2018.
SeasonRising StarTeamRef.
2004–05 Slovenia Erazem Lorbek Italy Climamio Bologna
2005–06 Italy Andrea Bargnani Italy Benetton Treviso
2006–07 Spain Rudy Fernández Spain DKV Joventut
2007–08 Italy Danilo Gallinari Italy Armani Jeans Milano
2008–09 Serbia Novica Veličković Serbia Partizan Igokea
2009–10 Spain Ricky Rubio Spain Regal FC Barcelona
2010–11 Spain Nikola Mirotić Spain Real Madrid [1]
2011–12 Spain Nikola Mirotić (2×) Spain Real Madrid [2]
2012–13 Greece Kostas Papanikolaou Greece Olympiacos [3]
2013–14 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović Serbia Partizan NIS [4]
2014–15 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović (2×) Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker [5]
2015–16 Spain Álex Abrines Spain FC Barcelona Lassa [6]
2016–17 Slovenia Luka Dončić Spain Real Madrid [7]
2017–18 Slovenia Luka Dončić[lower-alpha 1] (2×) Spain Real Madrid [8]
2018–19 Georgia (country) Goga Bitadze Montenegro Budućnost VOLI [9]
2019–20 Not awarded 1
2020–21 Spain Usman Garuba Spain Real Madrid [10]
2021–22 Lithuania Rokas Jokubaitis Spain Barcelona [11]
2022–23 Israel Yam Madar Serbia Partizan Mozzart Bet [12]

Notes:

^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

Honours

Players
NumberPlayer
2 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović
Spain Nikola Mirotić
Slovenia Luka Dončić
1 Italy Andrea Bargnani
Italy Danilo Gallinari
Slovenia Erazem Lorbek
Greece Kostas Papanikolaou
Serbia Novica Veličković
Spain Ricky Rubio
Spain Rudy Fernández
Spain Álex Abrines
Georgia (country) Goga Bitadze
Spain Usman Garuba
Lithuania Rokas Jokubaitis
Israel Yam Madar

Player nationality


NumberCountry
6 Spain Spain
3 Serbia Serbia
Slovenia Slovenia
2 Italy Italy
1 Georgia (country) Georgia
Greece Greece
Israel Israel
Lithuania Lithuania

Teams
NumberTeam
5 Spain Real Madrid
3 Spain Barcelona
Serbia Partizan
1 Montenegro Budućnost
Turkey Fenerbahçe
Italy Fortitudo Bologna
Spain Joventut Badalona
Italy Olimpia Milano
Greece Olympiacos
Italy Treviso

Notes
  1. Also won EuroLeague MVP award.

References
  1. Euroleague.net Real Madrid's Nikola Mirotic chosen 2011 Rising Star.
  2. Real Madrid's Mirotic becomes first two-time Rising Star winner.
  3. "Rising Star Trophy winner: Kostas Papanikolaou, Olympiacos Piraeus". euroleague.net. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  4. "Euroleague coaches choose Partizan's Bogdanovic for Rising Star Trophy". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  5. Euroleague Rising Star Trophy: Bogdan Bogdanovic, Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul
  6. "Euroleague Rising Star Trophy: Alex Abrines, FC Barcelona Lassa". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  7. "Rising Star Trophy: Madrid's Doncic is unanimous winner". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  8. "2017-18 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Rising Star: Luka Doncic, Real Madrid". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  9. "EuroLeague Rising Star: Goga Bitadze, Buducnost VOLI Podgorica". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  10. "Rising Star Trophy winner: Usman Garuba, Real Madrid". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  11. "Barcelona's Rokas Jokubaitis wins the Rising Star Trophy!". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  12. "Yam Madar is the 2022-23 EuroLeague Rising Star winner | EuroLeague". Euroleague Basketball. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
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