The EuroLeague MVP, or EuroLeague Full Season MVP, is the
award
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bestowed to the player that is deemed to be the "
Most Valuable Player
In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...
" during the full season of the
EuroLeague. The EuroLeague is the
top-tier level European-wide men's professional club
basketball
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league in Europe. The award has existed and been awarded by the EuroLeague since the
2004–05 season. It was originally awarded for play that included the league's regular season, top 16 stage, and playoffs, and currently is awarded for play that includes the regular season and playoffs, as the top 16 stage was eliminated.
So far,
Anthony Parker is the only player who has won the award twice. Other than Parker, all the other winners of the award have been Europeans, with
Nikola Mirotić being the most recent winner of the award for 2022.
Selection criteria
The EuroLeague MVP award is the first and only full season MVP award that is voted on and given by the EuroLeague. Previous awards like the
EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP
The EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP were awards that were given out by the top-tier level European-wide men's professional club basketball league, the EuroLeague. The EuroLeague initially gave out MVP awards for both the "regular seaso ...
awards were only for individual phases of the season, with the original regular season MVP award being based on the
PIR stat, rather than on an actual voting process. When the EuroLeague Full Season MVP award was created, those previous awards were phased out altogether, and were replaced by the
EuroLeague MVP of the Month
The EuroLeague MVP of the Month is the award of Europe's premier level basketball league, the EuroLeague, for the most valuable player of each month of the season. The award began in the 2004–05 season, after the EuroLeague eliminated the Eur ...
award.
The EuroLeague MVP award is based on a voting process. Currently, online fan voting represents 25% of the vote total for the MVP award, while media voting accounts for the remaining 75%. Team success is unofficially paramount during the selection process. Since established, the award has never gone to a player whose team did not reach the
EuroLeague Final Four
The EuroLeague Final Four is the final four format championship of the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague professional club basketball competition. The Euroleague Basketball Company used the final four format for the first time in 2002, f ...
. It is nevertheless theoretically possible for that to occur in the future, as no rule stands against it. For example, players whose teams only made it to the top 16 stage of the competition (when it existed in the past), were nominated into the online fan voting every year, and some were selected to the
All-EuroLeague First Team
The All-EuroLeague Team is an award for Europe's premier level league, the EuroLeague, that is given to the league's top ten basketball players for each season, since the 2000–01 season. During the FIBA era of the EuroLeague, players were honor ...
.
History
Starting with the
2004–05 season, the
EuroLeague officially began giving out its Full Season MVP award for the first time.
2014-15 bwin MVP: Nemanja Bjelica, Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul.
/ref> Unlike the previous EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP
The EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP were awards that were given out by the top-tier level European-wide men's professional club basketball league, the EuroLeague. The EuroLeague initially gave out MVP awards for both the "regular seaso ...
awards, this award encompasses the full season of EuroLeague, up until the EuroLeague Final Four
The EuroLeague Final Four is the final four format championship of the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague professional club basketball competition. The Euroleague Basketball Company used the final four format for the first time in 2002, f ...
stage. Also, rather than being based on the PIR statistical formula, like the earlier EuroLeague Regular Season MVP award, the Full Season MVP award is based on a combination of online voting by fans and the media. The online fan vote comprises 25% of the vote total, while the media vote encompasses 75% of the vote total.
Winners
Key
List
Notes:
: There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.
Multiple honors
Players
Player nationality
Teams
See also
* EuroLeague Awards
*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 ...
*EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP
The EuroLeague Regular Season and Top 16 MVP were awards that were given out by the top-tier level European-wide men's professional club basketball league, the EuroLeague. The EuroLeague initially gave out MVP awards for both the "regular seaso ...
*50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)
The 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) of FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague history were awarded and chosen on February 3, 2008, in Madrid, Spain. The occasion was the fiftieth anniversary since the founding of the inaugural sea ...
* EuroLeague Basketball 2001–10 All-Decade Team
References
External links
EuroLeague Official Web Page
2015-16 Euroleague MVP: Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow
InterBasket EuroLeague Basketball Forum
TalkBasket EuroLeague Basketball Forum
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Mvp
In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...
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