EuroLeague Basketball Legend Award

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague awards, honours, and records
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Individual awards:
Season MVP Final Four MVP Finals Top Scorer All-Final Four Team All-EuroLeague Team Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy Best Defender Rising Star Magic Moment MVP of the Month MVP of the Round (Performance Index Rating) Regular Season & Top 16 MVP Coach of the Year Club Executive of the Year FIBA SuproLeague Awards
Individual honours:
EuroLeague Legends 50 Greatest Contributors 2000–10 All-Decade Team 2010–20 All-Decade Team FIBA Festivals FIBA EuroStars
Stats & records:
EuroLeague records Final Four Records Season statistical leaders Career statistical leaders Single-game highs Winning head coaches Youngest players
Club stats & records:
Club stats Club rankings NBA vs. EuroLeague
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The EuroLeague Basketball Legend Award is an

, and front-office careers in the league. To which, the EuroLeague's organizing body, the Euroleague Basketball Company, sees fit to officially designate them as "EuroLeague Legends".

EuroLeague Legends may be officially designated during or after their playing, coaching, or administrative careers. All players, head coaches, and executives who have been active in the EuroLeague are eligible for the EuroLeague Legend designation. Currently, the EuroLeague Legend Award has only been given to nine players, one head coach, and one team executive.

Award winners

Players

Theo Papaloukas, in white, with the ball, as an Olympiacos

player, 2011.

FC Barcelona

player, 2009.

Maccabi

player, 2003.

Panathinaikos

player, 2013.

EuroLeague Legend	Position	Playing Career	Date Honored	Status	Reference
Theo Papaloukas	PG	1995–2013	December 12, 2013	Retired	[1]
Juan Carlos Navarro	SG	1997–2018	March 14, 2014	Retired	[2][3][4]
Ramūnas Šiškauskas	G/F	1996–2012	May 16, 2014	Retired	[5]
Šarūnas Jasikevičius	PG	1998–2014	February 12, 2015	Retired	[6][7][8]
Dimitris Diamantidis	PG	1999–2016	April 1, 2016	Retired	[9][10][11][12][13]
Mirsad Türkcan	PF	1994–2012	May 19, 2017	Retired	[14][15]
Felipe Reyes	F/C	1998–2021	Feb 19, 2022	Retired	[16]
Vassilis Spanoulis	PG/SG	1999–2021	Apr 20, 2022	Retired	[17][18]
Nikola Vujčić	F/C	1995–2013	Dec 6, 2022	Retired	[19][20]

Major EuroLeague accomplishments

EuroLeague Legend	Major EuroLeague Accomplishments
Theo Papaloukas	2× Champion : (2006, 2008) EuroLeague MVP: (2007) EuroLeague Final Four MVP: (2006) EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer: (2007) 2009 ) 4× All-EuroLeague Team: (2006–2009) 1× EuroLeague MVP of the Month 1× EuroLeague MVP of the Round EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team : (2010) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors : (2008)
Juan Carlos Navarro	2× Champion : (2003, 2010) EuroLeague MVP: (2009) EuroLeague Final Four MVP: (2010) EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer: (2010) 7× All-EuroLeague Team: (2006, 2007, 2009–2013) 3× EuroLeague MVP of the Month 3× EuroLeague MVP of the Round EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team : (2010) EuroLeague 2010–20 All-Decade Team: (2020) EuroLeague All-Time 3 Pointers Made Leader
Ramūnas Šiškauskas	2× Champion : (2007, 2008) EuroLeague MVP: (2008) 4× All-EuroLeague Team: (2007–2010) 2× EuroLeague MVP of the Month 3× EuroLeague MVP of the Round EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team : (2010)
Šarūnas Jasikevičius	4× Champion : (2003–2005, 2009) EuroLeague Final Four MVP: (2005) EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer: (2005) 2× All-EuroLeague Team: (2004, 2005) 2× EuroLeague MVP of the Round EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team : (2010) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors : (2008)
Dimitris Diamantidis	3× Champion : (2007, 2009, 2011) EuroLeague MVP: (2011) 2× EuroLeague Final Four MVP: (2007, 2011) 4× All-EuroLeague Team: (2007, 2011–2013) 6× EuroLeague Best Defender: (2005–2009, 2011) 2014 ) 2× EuroLeague MVP of the Month 5× EuroLeague MVP of the Round EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team : (2010) EuroLeague 2010–20 All-Decade Team: (2020) EuroLeague All-Time Steals Leader
Mirsad Türkcan	EuroLeague Regular Season MVP: (2002) EuroLeague Top 16 MVP: (2003) 3× All-EuroLeague Team: (2002–2004) 2011 ) 10× EuroLeague MVP of the Round
Felipe Reyes	2× Champion : (2015, 2018) 1× All-EuroLeague Team: (2015) 4× EuroLeague MVP of the Round
Vassilis Spanoulis	3× Champion : (2009, 2012, 2013) EuroLeague MVP: (2013) 3× EuroLeague Final Four MVP: (2009, 2012, 2013) EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer: (2013) 3× EuroLeague Final Four Top Scorer: (2009, 2012, 2013) 8× All-EuroLeague Team: (2006, 2009, 2011–2015, 2018) 3× EuroLeague MVP of the Month 8× EuroLeague MVP of the Round EuroLeague 2010–20 All-Decade Team: (2020) EuroLeague 2010–20 Player of the Decade : (2020) EuroLeague All-Time Scoring Leader
Nikola Vujčić	2× Champion : (2004, 2005) 5× All-EuroLeague Team: (2003–2007) 4× EuroLeague MVP of the Round EuroLeague 2000–10 All-Decade Team: (2010)

Head coaches

EuroLeague Legend	Career	Date Honored	Status	Major EuroLeague Accomplishments	Reference
Dušan Ivković	1978–2016	September 20, 2017	Retired	2× 2012 ) EuroLeague Coach of the Year: (2012 ) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors : (2008)	[21][22][23][24]

Executives

EuroLeague Legend	Role	Date Honored	Major EuroLeague Accomplishments	Reference
Shimon Mizrahi	Club executive	November 27, 2018	6× European Club Champion: 5× 2014 ) 2001 )*	[25][26][27][28][29]

* The 2000–01 season was a transition year, with the best European basketball teams split into two different major leagues: The

.

References

External links

• Euroleague.net Official Website (in English)

• Basketball Legends