EuroLeague Rising Star

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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.

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

Winners

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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.
Season Rising Star Team Ref.
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[a] (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]
2023–24 Italy  Gabriele Procida Germany  Alba Berlin [13]

Notes:

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

Honours

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Players

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Number Player
2 Serbia  Bogdan Bogdanović
Spain  Nikola Mirotić
Slovenia  Luka Dončić
1 Italy  Andrea Bargnani
Italy  Danilo Gallinari
Italy  Gabriele Procida
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

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Number Country
6 Spain  Spain
3 Serbia  Serbia
Slovenia  Slovenia
Italy  Italy
1 Georgia (country)  Georgia
Greece  Greece
Israel  Israel
Lithuania  Lithuania

Teams

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Number Team
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
Germany  Alba Berlin

Notes

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  1. ^ Also won EuroLeague MVP award.

References

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  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.
  13. ^ "ALBA's Gabriele Procida secures 2023-24 EuroLeague Rising Star award | EuroLeague". Euroleague Basketball. 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
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