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The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional
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division of the
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. Administrated by the
Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (Spanish Basketball Clubs Association), more commonly known as the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), is a national sports association responsible for administering the main professional ba ...
(ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams
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to the
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and replaced by the top team in that division plus the winner of the promotion playoffs. The competition was founded as the ACB Primera División on 1983 following the decision of clubs in the Liga Nacional, founded in 1957, to break away from the
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and professionalize the league. The league's accumulated revenues were worth around €30 million in 2020, with Endesa and
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contributing 50% of the revenues of the league. The league is a corporation where president Antonio Martín is responsible for its management, whilst the member clubs act as shareholders. Clubs were apportioned central payment revenues of €12 million in 2019–20. A total of 49 teams have competed in Liga ACB since its inception in 1983. Seven teams have been crowned champions, with
FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Found ...
winning the title a record 16 times and
Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
14 times, though Liga ACB also saw other champions, including
Baskonia Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, S.A.D., commonly known as Saski Baskonia (), also known as Cazoo Baskonia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the ...
,
Joventut Badalona Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. Known to their fans as ''La Penya'' (in English, ''The Club''), it is one of only two teams ...
,
Bàsquet Manresa Bàsquet Manresa, S.A.D., also known as Baxi Manresa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Manresa, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and Basketball Champions League. Their home arena is the Pavelló Nou Congost. ...
,
Baloncesto Málaga Baloncesto Málaga, S.A.D., for sponsorship reasons named Unicaja, is a Spanish professional basketball team that is based in Málaga, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League. The team is sponsored by the Spanish ...
and
Valencia Basket Valencia Basket Club S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague, with home games played at the Fuente de San Luis. The club is spon ...
. Liga ACB is one of the most popular professional indoor sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 6,236 for league matches in the 2018–19 season. This is the ninth-highest of any domestic professional indoor sports league in the world and the fourth-highest of any professional basketball league in the world, behind the
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, the EuroLeague, and the
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.


Competition format

The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from October to May, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 34 games. Teams are ranked by total wins, with the eight highest-ranked clubs at the end of the season plays the playoffs and the winner of the playoffs is crowned champion.


Relegation and promotion

A system of
relegation and promotion In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams are transferred between multiple divisions based on their performance for the completed season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are often called open leagues. ...
exists between the Liga ACB and the
LEB Oro LEB or Leb may refer to: * Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway, Switzerland * Lebanon, UNDP country code * Lebanon Municipal Airport (New Hampshire) (FAA identifier) * Lexham English Bible * Life expectancy at birth * Liga Española de Balonce ...
. The two lowest placed teams in Liga ACB are relegated to the LEB Oro, and the top team from the LEB Oro promoted to Liga ACB, with an additional club promoted after a series of playoffs involving the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth placed clubs. Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history:


Controversies about promotion to Liga ACB

Until 2012, in the 29 editions played of the Liga ACB, only three teams declined promotion, due to acting as reserve teams or for lack of funds:
CB Guadalajara Club Baloncesto Guadalajara was a professional Basketball team based in Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It was also known as Rayet Guadalajara by sponsorship reasons. After the 1992–93 season, the team was promoted to Liga ACB The L ...
and
CB Cornellà Club Bàsquet Cornellà is a professional basketball team based in Cornellà de Llobregat, Catalonia. The team currently plays inLEB Plata. Since the 1990s until 2010, CB Cornellà worked as farm team of FC Barcelona. After the 2009–10 season, ...
in 1993 and CB Cajabilbao in 1994. Since 2012, due to the financial crisis that started in 2008, only two teams (
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and
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) of a possible 10 could promote to Liga ACB. This started a discussion about the promotion requirements of the ACB, considered by the
LEB Oro LEB or Leb may refer to: * Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway, Switzerland * Lebanon, UNDP country code * Lebanon Municipal Airport (New Hampshire) (FAA identifier) * Lexham English Bible * Life expectancy at birth * Liga Española de Balonce ...
clubs as "disproportionate". For clubs that promote and would make their debut in the ACB demands: * An arena with a minimum capacity of 5,000 seats. * An inbound of €3m. For clubs that return to the league after a promotion, an update of the inbound is demanded. * A deposit of €1.7m that would be returned in case of relegation to LEB Oro. In case of a new promotion, this deposit is required to be restored. * Conversion into a
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if the club remains in Liga ACB after its first season. In 2012, Iberostar Canarias and Menorca Bàsquet achieved promotion to ACB, but neither could fulfill the requirements in order to promote. However, Canarias finally played in ACB after buying the berth in the league of Lucentum Alicante, previously sold to the association. In 2013, neither
CB Atapuerca Club Baloncesto Atapuerca, more commonly known as (Autocid) Ford Burgos by sponsorship reasons, was a professional basketball team based in Burgos, Castilla y León and played in the Polideportivo El Plantío, in LEB Gold league. History The clu ...
, Ford Burgos by sponsorship reasons, nor Lucentum Alicante could promote. The latter resigned also to play in the second league and joined the fifth division. In 2014 and 2015,
CB Tizona Club Baloncesto Tizona S.A.D., more commonly known as UBU Tizona by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Burgos, Castilla y León and plays in the Polideportivo El Plantío. The team currently plays in LEB Plata. Histor ...
, also Ford Burgos by sponsorship reasons, did not promote despite achieving the place two years in a row. After its second failed promotion, the third in the city of Burgos, the club sued the Association any accused them of "distorting the reality". Also in 2015, despite having played in the league during the 1980s and 1990s,
Club Ourense Baloncesto Club Ourense Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to today by its sponsorship name of Río Ourense Termal, is a professional basketball team based in Ourense, Spain. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro. History Founded in 1978 as Club ...
was not admitted in the league despite fulfilling all the requirements, after not passing an accounts audit. However, ACB would admit Ourense for the 2016–17 season if it fulfilled the requirements regardless of their position in the
2015–16 LEB Oro season The 2015–16 LEB Oro season was the 20th season of the Spanish basketball second league LEB Oro. The season started on October 2 and ended on May 27 with the last game of the promotion playoffs finals. Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) ...
. On 24 April 2016, the National Commission of the Markets and the Competence argued that the inbound impedes, in an "unjustified, disproportionate and discriminatory" way, access of new clubs to Liga ACB. In June 2016, the two promoted teams from LEB Oro ( Palencia and
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) resigned promotion to the
2016–17 ACB season The 2016–17 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 34th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 30 September 2016 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 16 June 2017 with the ACB F ...
and requested to the ACB their sign-in before the 2017–18 season. However, as
Gipuzkoa Basket Donosti Gipuzkoa Basket 2001 Saskibaloi Kirol Elkartea S.A.D., commonly known as Gipuzkoa Basket and as Acunsa GBC for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. The team plays in the LEB Oro. ...
, who finished in relegation positions in three of the last four seasons, resigned from ACB, the Association offered again its place to Palencia and Melilla under these conditions: * An arena with a minimum capacity of 5,000 seats. * An inbound of €2m. The second million delayed on the dates agreed between the club and ACB. * A deposit of €1,6m that would be returned in case of relegation to LEB Oro. In case of a new promotion, this deposit is required to be restored. * Conversion into a
Sociedad Anónima Deportiva Sociedad anónima deportiva ("Public limited sports company") is a special type of public limited company in Spain. The new legal status was introduced in 1990http://www.csd.gob.es/csd/asociaciones/6SAD/ (Spanish) to improve financial management ...
before the start of their second season in Liga ACB. Palencia and Mellila refused the invitation, to reinforce their position against the inbound to play in the league. In April 2017, the National Commission for Markets and Competition declared the entering inbound and the deposit for the regulation of promotions and relegations as illegal, as they consider it "unjustified, discriminatory and excessive" and imposed a fine of €400,000 to the ACB. Subsequently, the ACB replied that it would appeal the decision of the CNMC, contending that it infringed on the self-organizing capacity of professional leagues, as recognized in the
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and in the European jurisprudence, and which was unprecedented in Europe and in the rest of the world. In May 2017, the ACB ratified to file a contentious-administrative appeal and request for precautionary measures before the National Court, on the occasion of the resolution of the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC), as well as to refuse any resolution or decision, present or future, which relates to that act. Also, the ACB approved to establish a negotiation plan with the CSD and the FEB regarding the number of participating teams and the conditions to access to the competition in the next seasons. In June 2017, the ACB agreed not to require the promotion requirements that have been the subject of the resolution (entering inbound and the deposit for the regulation of promotions and relegations) and the participation fee. Also, the ACB agreed to continue negotiations with the CSD, the FEB and the CNMC to try to establish by mutual agreement new conditions for promotion. In view of the possibility of reaching an agreement that establishes economic and financial requirements in a consensual way before July 5, the Assembly has agreed to establish two new access criteria, provided that there is no pronouncement of the National Court on the precautionary measures regarding the resolution of the National Court, nor agreement with the different bodies that replace it. These conditions were: * A deposit of €1.9m that would be returned in case of relegation to LEB Oro, guaranteeing at least the value contributed by the clubs in their moment of promotion. * A minimum budget (for all clubs) of €2.3m to play in the league. On 10 July 2017, the ACB ratified the agreement with the FEB endorsed by the CSD, to change the conditions to make them easier for promoted teams from LEB Oro. The ACB had also reached a principle of agreement with FEB and CSD regarding a reduction of competition to 16 clubs in 2019 and the model of promotions and relegations in the coming seasons. However, this text has not obtained the necessary support of the clubs in the General Assembly and has not been approved, agreeing to continue the negotiations to find the model of competition appropriate to the interests of the teams overall. These new conditions consist of: * A deposit of €1.6 million, to pay in four season, that would be returned in case of relegation to LEB Oro, guaranteeing at least the value contributed by the clubs in their moment of promotion. * A minimum budget (for all clubs) of €2 million to play in the league. Ten days later and two years after the denounce of
CB Tizona Club Baloncesto Tizona S.A.D., more commonly known as UBU Tizona by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Burgos, Castilla y León and plays in the Polideportivo El Plantío. The team currently plays in LEB Plata. Histor ...
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Gipuzkoa Basket Donosti Gipuzkoa Basket 2001 Saskibaloi Kirol Elkartea S.A.D., commonly known as Gipuzkoa Basket and as Acunsa GBC for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. The team plays in the LEB Oro. ...
and
CB Miraflores Club Baloncesto San Pablo Burgos, S.A.D., previously known as Club Baloncesto Miraflores and also known as Hereda San Pablo Burgos by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Burgos, Spain and plays in the Coliseum Burgos. ...
, also from Burgos, were promoted to Liga ACB. These were the first promotions since the one of Andorra in 2014. Also, Miraflores became the first team to make its debut in ACB since 2009.


Ranking of clubs on equal wins

If wins are equal between two or more clubs, the rules are: * If all clubs involved have played each other twice: ** If the tie is between two clubs, then the tie is broken using the point difference for the two matches those clubs have played against each other ** If the tie is between more than two clubs, then the tie is broken using the games the clubs have played against each other: *** a) head-to-head wins *** b) head-to-head point difference *** c) head-to-head points scored * If two legged games between all clubs involved have not been played, or the tie is not broken by the rules above, it is broken using: ** a) total point difference ** b) total points scored * If the tie is still not broken, a new tiebreak process is initiated with only those teams that remain tied.


Qualifying for European competitions

The top teams in Liga ACB, apart from EuroLeague clubs, qualify for the EuroCup and the Champions League with no preference for any competition. Three teams have guaranteed spots in the EuroCup and four teams have guaranteed spots in the Champions League. In addition, other clubs could participate in the
FIBA Europe Cup The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA's European-wide second level. Clubs mainly qualify for the competition based on their performance in natio ...
.


History

The first basketball league in Spain was the Liga Nacional, organised by the
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, whose first edition was played in
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by six teams from
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and the
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. Until 1983 it continued being organised by the
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and consisting in only a
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, where every teams faced all other twice, one at home and one away, with two points per win and one point in case of a draw. In 1982, the
Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (Spanish Basketball Clubs Association), more commonly known as the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), is a national sports association responsible for administering the main professional ba ...
was founded and one year later took the helm of the organisation of the league, with several changes in the competition format as they introduced the
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and the overtimes in case of draw.


League names

* 1983–1988: ACB Primera División * 1988–2011: Liga ACB * 2011–present Liga Endesa


Champions


Titles by club


Current clubs


All-time Liga ACB table

The all-time Liga ACB table is an overall record of all match results of every team that has played in Liga ACB since the 1983–84 season. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2021–22 season. League or status at 2021–22 season:


Awards

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ACB Most Valuable Player Award The ACB Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award of the Liga ACB, the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain. The ACB handed out the award first after the 1991–92 ACB season. Since then, four players have won the award more than ...
*
ACB Finals Most Valuable Player Award The ACB Finals Most Valuable Player Award is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. The ACB first named a Finals Most Valuable Player after the 1990–91 ACB season. Since then, only three player ...
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ACB Best Young Player Award The ACB Best Young Player Award, previously known as the ACB Rising Star Award, from 2005 to 2013, is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. The award has been given since the 2004–05 ACB sea ...
*
All-ACB Team The All-Liga ACB Team ( es, Quinteto Ideal de la ACB) is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. It is the yearly selection of the league's top 10 basketball players by position. The award began ...
*
ACB Player of the Month Award The ACB Player of the Month Award is a basketball award that recognises the best Liga ACB player for each month of the season. This award has been given out since the 1991–92 ACB season, 1991–92 season, and it is not decided by the Performance ...
*
ACB Best Coach The ACB Best Coach is the annual award that is given to the best coach of each regular season phase of the Liga ACB, which is the top-tier level professional club basketball league in the country of Spain. The award began with the Liga ACB 2007� ...
* AEEB Coach of the Year * ACB contests


Statistical leaders


All-time scoring leaders

Player nationality set by the player's national team affiliation. In bold, active players. In gold, players with more than 6,000 points, considered by the ACB as historic players. Stats through end of
2018–19 ACB season The 2018–19 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 36th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 29 September 2018 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 21 June 2019 with the finals ...
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All-time rebounding leaders

Player nationality set by the player's national team affiliation. In bold, active players. In gold, players with more than 2,500 rebounds, considered by the ACB as historic players. Stats through the end of the
2018–19 ACB season The 2018–19 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 36th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 29 September 2018 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 21 June 2019 with the finals ...
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Records

These are the standing ACB records for the regular season (RS) and play-offs (PO). * Most Points in a game :* RS: 54 by Epi,
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vs Joventut Massana on 18 February 1984 :* PO: 43 by David Russell,
CB Estudiantes Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., known simply as Estu and as Movistar Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is a member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB). Founded in 19 ...
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Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
on 28 March 1987 :* Liga Nacional (prior to the 1983–84 season): 65 by Walter Szczerbiak,
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vs Dyc Breogán on 8 February 1976 * Most Field Goals Made in a game :* RS: 25 by
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FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Found ...
vs OAR Ferrol on 17 March 1984 * Most Three Point Field Goals Made in a game :* RS: 12 by Jacob Pullen,
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CB Valladolid Club Baloncesto Valladolid, S.A.D. was a professional basketball team based in Valladolid, Castile-León, Spain. CB Valladolid was member of the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB). Famous players that have played for the team include Arvyd ...
on 8 March 2014 :* PO: 10 by
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FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Found ...
vs Breogán Caixa Galicia on 12 April 1986 * Most Free Throws Made in a game :* RS: 29 by Jeff Lamp,
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vs Fórum Filatélico Valladolid on 21 December 1991 :* PO: 19 by José Miguel Antúnez, Estudiantes Caja Postal vs
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on 19 April 1991 * Most Rebounds in a game :* RS: 29 by Clarence Kea, Juver Murcia vs Dyc Breogán on 21 December 1991 :* PO: 21 by Fernando Romay,
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on 4 April 1987; and by
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vs Montakit Fuenlabrada on 11 May 2016 :* PO: 13 by Michael Anderson, Caja San Fernando vs TDK Manresa on 22 May 1999; by
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, Caja San Fernando vs Real Madrid Teka on 7 May 1999; and by
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vs Adecco Estudiantes on 20 May 2001 * Most Steals in a game :* RS: 13 by
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on 1 May 1985 * Most Blocks in a game :* RS: 12 by
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vs Grupo Capitol Valladolid on 7 January 2007 :* PO: 8 by George Singleton, TDK Manresa vs Unicaja Polti on 7 April 1994; and by Derrick Alston, TDK Manresa vs Adecco Estudiantes on 8 May 1998 * PER :* RS: 66 by
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vs Coren Ourense on 31 March 1995 :* PO: 48 by
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, Banco Natwest Zaragoza vs Marbella Joventut on 18 April 1993 * Prolific Scorers :* Most 50 points RS games in a career: 2 by Eddie Phillips and Henry Turner. :* Most 50 points RS games in a season: 2 by Eddie Phillips in 1986/87 and Henry Turner in 1991/92. :* Most 40 points RS games in a career: 11 by Ray Smith. :* Most 40 points RS games in a season: 7 by Eddie Phillips in 1986/87 and Ray Smith in 1988/89. :* Most 40 points RS games streak: 3 by Eddie Phillips in 1986/87 and Oscar Schmidt in 1993/94. :* Most 30 points RS games in a season: 24 by Walter Berry in 1990/91. :* Most 30 points RS games streak: 13 by Walter Berry in 1990/91 (from stage 4 to stage 16). * Players with 20 rebounds games :* 12 games:
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(9 RS, 3 PO). :* 4 games:
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(4 RS) :* 3 games:
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(3 RS) and Ken Johnson (3 RS). :* 2 games: Clarence Kea (2 RS),
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(2 RS),
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(2 RS) and Claude Riley (2 RS). :* 1 game: Fernando Romay (1 PO),
Felipe Reyes Felipe Reyes Cabanás (born March 16, 1980) is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Spain national team. Standing at a height of 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) tall, and weighing 104 kg (229 lbs.), he pla ...
(1 RS), Granger Hall (1 RS),
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(1 RS) and Greg Foster (1 PO). * Double-Doubles (d-d) :* All-time RS: 205 by Granger Hall in 387 games, 137 by
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in 189 games, 119 by Claude Riley in 278 games, 116 by Larry Micheaux in 235 games, 100 by
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in 168 games :* All-time PO: 37 by
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in 46 games, 22 by Granger Hall in 46 games, 20 by Larry Micheaux in 33 games :* Most d-d in a single RS: 33 by
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, 1997–98 :* Most d-d in a single PO: 11 by
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, 1992–93 & 1993–94 :* RS games streak recording a d-d: 17 by
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, 1989–90 * Triple-Doubles **
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with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on 9 May 2018 **
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with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 12 blocks on 7 January 2007 **
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with 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists,
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on 12 May 2004 ** George Singleton with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 10 blocks on 12 February 1994 ** Nacho Suárez with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists on stage 13 1990–91; and 15 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists on stage 19 1990–91 ** Mike Smith with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 10 steals on 21 October 1989 * Most Points in a game :* RS: 147 –
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defeated Cajabilbao 147–106 on 31 January 1987 * Fewest Points in a game :* RS: 39 – Lagun Aro GBC was defeated by Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 61–39 on 25 April 2010 * Largest Margin of Victory in a game :* RS: 65 –
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defeated Real Betis Energía Plus 121–56 on 11 April 2018 * Victory with fewest points :* RS: 49 – Assignia Manresa defeated Meridiano Alicante 49–48 on 6 March 2011


Attendances

Since several years ago, the Liga ACB is the European domestic league with the highest average attendance, always surpassing the 6,000 spectators per game since the 2002–03 season.


Season averages

All averages include playoffs games. Source:ACB Noticias Digital
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Historic average attendances

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Individual game highest attendance

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Other competitions

* Spanish King's Cup *
Spanish Supercup Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...


Notes


References


External links


Liga ACB official website

Liga ACB on Eurobasket.com
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