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.

Rudy Fernández was the EuroLeague Rising Star in 2007.

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.

Season	Rising Star	Team	Ref.
2004–05	Erazem Lorbek	Climamio Bologna
2005–06	Andrea Bargnani	Benetton Treviso
2006–07	Rudy Fernández	DKV Joventut
2007–08	Danilo Gallinari	Armani Jeans Milano
2008–09	Novica Veličković	Partizan
2009–10	Ricky Rubio	Regal FC Barcelona
2010–11	Nikola Mirotić	Real Madrid	[1]
2011–12	Nikola Mirotić (2×)	Real Madrid	[2]
2012–13	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos	[3]
2013–14	Bogdan Bogdanović	Partizan	[4]
2014–15	Bogdan Bogdanović (2×)	Fenerbahçe Ülker	[5]
2015–16	Álex Abrines	FC Barcelona Lassa	[6]
2016–17	Luka Dončić	Real Madrid	[7]
2017–18	Luka Dončić[lower-alpha 1] (2×)	Real Madrid	[8]
2018–19	Goga Bitadze	Budućnost VOLI	[9]
2019-20	Deni Avdija	Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv

Honours

Players

Number	Player
2	Bogdan Bogdanović
	Nikola Mirotić
	Luka Dončić
1	Andrea Bargnani
	Danilo Gallinari
	Erazem Lorbek
	Kostas Papanikolaou
	Novica Veličković
	Ricky Rubio
	Rudy Fernández
	Álex Abrines
	Goga Bitadze

Player nationality

Number	Country
5	Spain
3	Serbia
	Slovenia
2	Italy
1	Georgia
	Greece

Teams

Number	Team
4	Real Madrid
2	Partizan
	FC Barcelona
1	Budućnost
	Fenerbahçe
	Fortitudo Bologna
	Joventut Badalona
	Olimpia Milano
	Olympiacos
	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.

External links

• EuroLeague Official Web Page
• InterBasket EuroLeague Basketball Forum
• TalkBasket EuroLeague Basketball Forum
• Euroleague's channel on YouTube