Vassilis Spanoulis

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Vassilis Spanoulis
Βασίλης Σπανούλης
Gymnastikos S. Larissas
2001–2005Maroussi Athens
2005–2006Panathinaikos Athens
2006–2007Houston Rockets
2007–2010Panathinaikos Athens
2010–2021Olympiacos Piraeus
As coach:
2021–2022EuroLeague Under-18 Next Generation Select Team
2022–presentPeristeri
2023–presentGreece
Career highlights and awards
As a player:

Greek League career stats leaders

  • Greek League all-time leading scorer
  • Greek League all-time leader in assists
Career EuroLeague statistics
Points
4,455 (12.4 ppg)
Rebounds657 (1.8 rpg)
Assists1,607 (4.5 apg)
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Medals
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
FIBA World OQT 1 0 0
FIBA World Cup 0 1 0
FIBA Stanković World Cup
 1 0 0
FIBA EuroBasket
 1 0 1
Mediterranean Games 0 1 0
FIBA U-20 European Championship
 1 0 0
Albert Schweitzer U-18 World Tournament
 0 1 0
FIBA U-18 European Championship
 0 0 1
Total 4 3 2
Men's basketball
Representing  Greece
FIBA World OQT
Gold medal – first place 2008 Greece
FIBA World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2006 Japan
FIBA Stanković World Cup
Gold medal – first place
2006 China
FIBA EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2005 Serbia & Montenegro
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Poland
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2001 Tunisia
FIBA U-20 European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lithuania U-20 Team
Albert Schweitzer U-18 World Tournament
Silver medal – second place
2000 Mannheim
 Under-18
FIBA U-18 European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Croatia U-18 Team

Vassilis Spanoulis (also commonly known as Bill Spanoulis or Billy Spanoulis,

FIBA Europe League finalist, a 7 time Greek Basket League champion and 13 time Greek Basket League finalist, and a 4 time Greek Cup
winner and 9 time Greek Cup finalist.

In October 2023, Spanoulis was voted the

EuroLeague Legend (EuroLeaague's Hall of Fame).[12][13][14] He was also inducted into the Greek Basket League Hall of Fame, in 2022.[15]

During his pro playing career, at a height of 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) tall, and a weight of 212 lb (96 kg),

EuroLeague's all-time career leader in total points scored.[22]

Spanoulis first played pro

2009, being voted the EuroLeague Final Four MVP in the process.[24]

Spanoulis' transfer to

2015 and 2017
.

In 2017, European basketball historian Vladimir Stanković and the EuroLeague's expert basketball panel, named Spanoulis the "Most Clutch Player in EuroLeague History".[26] In 2020, Spanoulis was named the "Best EuroLeague Player of The 2010s Decade" by the readers of the website Eurohoops.net.[27]

Spanoulis played an instrumental role on the gold medal win of the

FIBA EuroBasket, since the year 2000.[30]

Early life and youth career

Spanoulis was born in

Dimitris
.

At the age of 7, Spanoulis began training in the sports of

Gymnastikos S. Larissas. Spanoulis' father Thanasis, died of cancer
, on 4 November 1997, when Spanoulis was 15 years old.

In 1999, at the age of 16, Spanoulis won the 1998–99 season's national under-18 club championship of Greece. He led Keravnos Larissa, the youth basketball subsidiary of Gymnastikos S. Larissas, to the title of the

3-point shot, to win the title, at the buzzer
.

In 2000, at the age of 17, Spanoulis won the silver medal at the

Albert Schweitzer Under-18 World Tournament, and the bronze medal at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. In 2002, at the age of 19, Spanoulis won the gold medal at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
, in which he made the game-winning free-throws.

Professional career

Gymnastikos S. Larissas

Spanoulis played with the

Gymnastikos S. Larissas. In the two seasons of 1999–00 and 2000–01, he played in the 2nd-tier level Greek 2nd Division, with Gymnastikos.[35]

Maroussi Athens

After playing two seasons with

Gymnastikos S. Larissas, in the Greek 2nd Division, Spanoulis signed a four-year contract with Maroussi Athens of the top-tier level Greek Basket League, the European-wide 3rd-tier level FIBA Korać Cup, and later, the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup. Maroussi paid Gymnastikos S.Larissas a contract buyout in the amount of 50 million Greek drachmas, in order to secure his player rights. When Spanoulis first joined Maroussi, the team's head coach at the time, Nikos Linardos, had the then 19 year old Spanoulis play one-on-one against the well-known veteran EuroLeague player Michael Koch. After their one-on-one match, Koch reportedly said to Linardos, "Coach, this kid is a star. He will be a great basketball player."[36]

2001–02 season

During the 2001–02 season, Spanoulis helped to lead

Maroussi to the Greek Cup Final. This was the first time the team had ever made it to the Greek Cup title game. Maroussi also competed in the European-wide 3rd-tier level FIBA Korać Cup 2001–02 season
.

2002–03 season

Spanoulis was voted the Greek Basket League's Best Young Player, of the 2002–03 season.

2003–04 season

In the

Maroussi to the Greek Basket League Finals. He also helped lead Maroussi to the 2003–04 season's FIBA Europe League (later called FIBA EuroChallenge) Final.[37] In the FIBA Europe League, Spanoulis averaged 10.8 points per game, and 6.4 assists per game, off the bench for Maroussi. He also shot 40% from three-point range. He was also named the Greek League Most Improved Player
that same season.

Spanoulis was then drafted in the 2nd round, of the 2004 NBA draft, by the Dallas Mavericks, following this sudden emergence. He also made it onto the Greece men's national basketball team, at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games.

2004–05 season

In the

Best Five Team
.

This was a breakthrough year for Vassilis, as he had averaged 11.1 points per game the previous season. He was considered to be one of the most improved players in Europe for the year. He helped to lead Maroussi to the 2nd place of the Greek Basket League, for the regular season. At the end of the year, Spanoulis was voted the European 6th Man of the Year, and Rookie of the Year in the EuroCup.[38] He started being called, "The Greek Steve Nash", by some European fans,[39][40] after this season.

Panathinaikos Athens

2005–06 season

Following his outstanding season in 2004–05 with

Maroussi, Spanoulis signed a 3-year contract worth €1.6 million net income, with EuroLeague powerhouse Panathinaikos Athens. Spanoulis and his agent, Miško Ražnatović,[41] set the contract terms so that Spanoulis would have a buyout clause after just one year, and set the buyout amount at US $400,000. This was Spanoulis' first season playing at the highest European-wide professional club level
.

With Panathinaikos, in the

Greek Basket League's Best Five Team.[42]

Spanoulis was also selected to the

All-EuroLeague Second Team.[35][43]

In 28.8 minutes per game of play, during the

2005–06 EuroLeague
competition, Spanoulis averaged 14.6 points, 3.1 assists, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.4 steals, in 23 games of EuroLeague play, with Panathinaikos Athens for the season. He also shot 61.8% in 2-point shooting, and 36.8% from 3-point range; 53.4% overall.

He was the team's leading scorer, even though he often came off the bench. He won the

FIBA Europe Player of the Year award voting.[35][44][45][46][47][48]

Many fans in Europe began calling him, "Euro Kobe",[49] after such a dominant rookie season of EuroLeague.[35][44][45][47][48][50]

Houston Rockets

On July 19, 2006,[35] Spanoulis opted out of the final two years of his contract with Panathinaikos Athens, and signed a three-year deal (2 years guaranteed) with the NBA's Houston Rockets, who paid for his contract buyout from Panathinaikos. The contract was worth $5.832 million.[51] His buyout from Panathinaikos was $400,000.

The contract amount was for an average of $1.944 million per season. The Rockets had acquired the rights to Spanoulis on draft night (June 24, 2004), when Houston swapped draft pick #55 Luis Flores, and cash considerations of $300,000 with the Dallas Mavericks, for Spanoulis (pick #50).[35][52]

"He's a very versatile ball handler," Rockets [then] general manager, Carroll Dawson, said. "He's a good finisher and a very good prospect. He wants to be a great player. Everybody is going to like this young man because he is a very hard-nosed player. We have watched his progress very closely," Dawson said. "It's a big adjustment to come to the NBA from Europe, but he is a hard worker."[53][54]

Rockets [then] Director of Player Personnel, Dennis Lindsey, stated the following about Spanoulis prior to the team signing him. "We're very, very happy with his progress," said Lindsey. "He changed clubs this year from Maroussi to the bigger club this year, Panathinaikos. For those not familiar with European basketball, they are like the New York Yankees of Greece and one of the two or three better organizations in Europe. They are an NBA level club. From our standpoint, we really like what Vassilis has done. He is their leading scorer. They are 9–1 in the EuroLeague and they have already qualified for the top sixteen."[55]

Lindsey praised Spanoulis' offensive ability. "He's got a couple of characteristics that we like," added Lindsey. "He can really drive and get the ball in the paint, and he's relentless with it. He kind of plays basketball like a fullback a little bit, where he just kind of breaks through the line and there's contact on a lot of plays."[55]

"The

owner and Jeff and Carroll really like what they've seen so far and we've made a couple of trips over and hopefully in the near future we can have him as a Rocket because we think he can help us."[55]

2006–07 NBA season

Spanoulis in 2006, during the 2006–07 season, with the Houston Rockets.

Spanoulis saw limited playing time with the

2006–07, averaging 2.7 points and 0.9 assists in 8.8 minutes per game, on 31.9% field goal shooting (17.2% from behind the 3-point line), in 31 games played off the bench.[56]

During Spanoulis' first NBA season there was a dispute between him and Rockets head coach, Jeff Van Gundy, over playing time. There was an issue between the team's management, Spanoulis, and the coach as well, over the contract that Spanoulis had signed. In order to sign with the Rockets, and fulfill his dreams of playing in the NBA, Spanoulis took a considerably smaller contract than the one that was being offered to him by his Greek team, Panathinaikos Athens. He still had two years under his contract with Panathinaikos, but his buyout was small, and could be paid by the Rockets.

Spanoulis agreed to play for Houston at a price of $1.944 million gross income per season, for 3 years, passing up on his former team Panathinaikos's much larger offer of €1.6 million net income per season, over 3 years, just for a chance of playing in the NBA. Spanoulis made the Rockets' rotation,[57] but there was a falling out between him and Rockets coach Van Gundy, after Van Gundy benched Spanoulis, after the coach claimed that he had played poorly, citing that rookie players are dangerous for coaches that are in contract years, and that Spanoulis was too turnover prone and lacking in outside shooting touch to be a good fit in Van Gundy's offensive system design. Said Van Gundy about the situation: "(Spanoulis) says, 'I was [Tracy] McGrady back home.' Great. McGrady is McGrady here," .. "I feel badly for him. He feels he was misled. Frankly, he's been his own worst enemy in many ways. Some of it is excuses. His turnovers have been high; his fouls have been high; his shooting percentage has been low. I would rather anybody start out with self-evaluation—what can I do better?—versus lash out and blame. Because I'm not playing him now doesn't mean he won't play in the future or we don't feel he could be a good player. I think he's allowed his disappointment to go to discouragement, which has, at times, stunted his improvement. We'll see. We'll see."[58]

Spanoulis was traded by the Rockets to the

power forward Luis Scola.[59][60] On August 19, 2007, the Spurs released Spanoulis, giving him the chance to return to Greece to play for Panathinaikos as he had requested. This was officially announced on August 23, 2007.[61]

Reportedly due to "family reasons," Spanoulis decided that he would not remain in the NBA, with his agent going as far as comparing the Rockets' reluctance to break his contract to slavery.[62] Spanoulis, instead opted to return to Panathinaikos, to once again play in the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague.[41]

In June 2013, Spanoulis claimed that Van Gundy told him on the first day he arrived at Houston that since he was a rookie, and unfamiliar to Van Gundy, he would be benched for the season. Spanoulis also claimed that the Rockets' next head coach, Rick Adelman, wanted to keep him, and also that both Tony Parker and Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs were interested in having him on their team.[63]

In November 2015, the

R.C. Buford, confirmed to the Greek press that the Spurs made the trade for Spanoulis with the intention of keeping him and having him play on their team. Buford also confirmed that it was Spanoulis' choice to not play with the Spurs, and to return to play in Greece.[64][65]

Back to Panathinaikos Athens

2007–08 season

On August 19, 2007, Spanoulis was released by the San Antonio Spurs, after deciding he wanted to play in Greece during the 2007–08 season. This was due to the fact that his mother was in poor health, and that Spanoulis wanted to be near her.[66] Spanoulis signed a 3-year contract with Panathinaikos,[67] the then defending EuroLeague champions. He was signed to play both point guard and shooting guard, along with fellow Greece men's national basketball team star, Dimitris Diamantidis. Former NBA player, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, would later join them in the team's guard rotation.

The contract Spanoulis signed was for 3-years, at

salary cap). Spanoulis' agent set up the contract so that Spanoulis could opt out of it after one year. Spanoulis originally stated that, after the first year of his contract, he might opt out of it and return to San Antonio to play in the NBA again.[66]

During the 2007–08 season, Spanoulis led his team,

Greek Basket League's Best Five Team
.

Spanoulis helped Panathinaikos win the Greek basketball double, as the club won both the Greek Basket League championship, and the Greek Cup title in 2008. In the Greek Cup Final, against Panathinaikos' arch-rival Olympiacos, Spanoulis helped to lead his team to the championship cup victory, by scoring 20 points and dishing out 7 assists.

2008–09 season

In 2009, Spanoulis led Panathinaikos to the coveted

Greek Basket League Best Five, and he was also named the 2009 Greek League MVP.[70]

After the 2008–09 club season, Spanoulis finished the year of 2009, by leading the senior

BTA Balkan Athlete of the Year,[19] which is an award that is given to the calendar year's best athlete that has citizenship in one of the twelve nations of the Balkans
region. Spanoulis is the only basketball player to ever win the award.

2009–10 season

Spanoulis won the

Panathinaikos
.

Olympiacos Piraeus

2010–11 season

In July 2010, after much speculation concerning his free agency and his next contract, Spanoulis signed a three-year contract with the

Greek Basket League assists leader
.

2011–12 season

In 2012, Spanoulis won both the

All-Europe Player of the Year
in 2012.

2012–13 season

Spanoulis was named the

2013 EuroLeague championship. He became just the second player to win both the EuroLeague MVP and the EuroLeague Final Four MVP in the same season, along with Dimitris Diamantidis; and he also became just the second player to win the EuroLeague Final Four MVP award 3 times, along with Toni Kukoč.[72]

Spanoulis also won the

All-Europe Player of the Year, for the second time, in 2013.[75]

2013–14 season

Spanoulis signed a 3-year contract extension, worth €6 million net income (€2 million net income per season),[76] plus team performance bonuses, with Olympiacos in July 2013.[77] With Olympiacos, he won the 2013 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, being named the MVP of the tournament.[78][79][80] In May 2014, he was named to the All-EuroLeague Team, for the sixth time in his career.[81]

2014–15 season

In May 2015, Spanoulis was chosen to the

2015 EuroLeague Final, and he also won the 2014–15 season's Greek League championship with Olympiacos, and was voted the MVP of the league's finals
.

2015–16 season

Spanoulis won the

Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall, Olympiacos won in the game's second overtime period, after Spanoulis hit another game-winning 3 point field goal, with 1.9 seconds remaining in the game.[85] He was subsequently named the 2016 Greek League MVP,[86][87] and the 2016 Greek League Finals MVP.[88][89]

2016–17 season

In June 2016, Spanoulis signed a new 2-year contract extension with Olympiacos, lasting through the 2017–18 season.[90] The contract was worth €3 million net income (€1.5 million net income per season).[91] During that season's EuroLeague competition, Euroleague.net named Spanoulis the "Most Clutch Player in EuroLeague History".[26] That same season, Spanoulis eventually led Olympiacos to the 2017 EuroLeague Final.

2017–18 season

During the 2017–18 season, Spanoulis became the

Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer. In May 2018, he was named to the All-EuroLeague Second Team, of the 2017–18 season, the eighth All-EuroLeague Team selection of his career, which set a record for the most All-EuroLeague Team selections of all time.[96]

2018–19 season

Prior to the start of the 2018–19 season, Spanoulis signed a one-year contract extension with

Olympiacos, on July 2, 2018,[97] at a salary of €1.2 million net income. He was named the MVP of Round 14 of the 2018–19 EuroLeague season.[98]

During the

Olimpia Milano.[102][103]

2019–20 season

After undergoing a

Olimpia Milano.[108][109][110]

On 2 January 2020, Spanoulis also passed Navarro as the

Žalgiris Kaunas.[116] It was the same right foot injury, that he had suffered in the previous 2018–19 season. On 7 February 2020, Spanoulis had another surgery to repair the tendon.[117]

On 12 May 2020, Spanoulis was named to the

sports journalists. He received more than twice as many votes as the player who came in second place in the voting,[121][2] which was Bogdan Bogdanović
.

2020–21 season

On July 11, 2020, Spanoulis re-signed with

FIBA European Champions Cup competition, in 1958.[125]

Spanoulis announced his intention to retire from playing professional club basketball on 26 June 2021.[126][127] On 27 September 2021, he held a press conference, in which he officially announced his retirement from the sport. [128]

National team career

Greek junior national team

Spanoulis was a key member of the

Albert Schweitzer Under-18 World Tournament, where he averaged 14.0 points per game,[131]
and won the silver medal with Greece.

Spanoulis was also on the

Greek under-20 junior national team that finished in first place, and thus won the gold medal, at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. During the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 championship's gold medal game, Spanoulis sank two clutch free throws, with just 13 seconds remaining on the game clock. That allowed Greece to clinch the win over the Spain under-20 national team, and win the tournament's gold medal.[35][132] Spanoulis averaged 16.0 points per game at the tournament.[133]

Greek senior national team

2009 FIBA EuroBasket
.

Spanoulis played with Greece at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. Spanoulis was a key member of the team for Greece during that tournament. Greece finished in second place in the tournament, winning the silver medal. Spanoulis won a gold medal with the

2006 FIBA Stanković World Cup tournament.[134] On the way to that achievement, Greece defeated Australia,[135] and then Germany[136] (the later whose team included NBA star Dirk Nowitzki
).

Spanoulis was named the MVP, of both the 2007 and 2009 friendly Acropolis Tournaments, in Athens, and he also won the same tournament 9 times with the Greece national team, in the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2015.[137]

Spanoulis' retirement from the Greece men's national basketball team was announced on September 17, 2015, after the

2015 FIBA EuroBasket
).

In December 2019, Greece's senior national team head coach at the time, Rick Pitino, stated that, "Just for the record, I would love to see Spanoulis join our national team”.[139][140] Pitino then stated in May 2020, on Spanoulis rejoining the Greece national team, "I must say that I still want Spanoulis to play. Before the injury, I thought that Spanoulis would play. I want him to be the leader, I want him to lead the team, even if he is not 100% ready. He will have time to get back on his feet. I want him to come as a leader. We will not win with athleticism, but with intelligence and the pride of playing for Greece. Spanoulis is very important to me, I want to have him with me. I will make him an offer that he can't refuse."[141]

In his career, Spanoulis had 146 official

FIBA EuroBasket 2000–2020 Dream Team
.

FIBA Summer Olympic Games

Spanoulis made his debut with the

Argentine national basketball team, 69–64, in the quarterfinals.[143] That was tied for the 2nd highest finish for Greece, in Summer Olympics Basketball
, in its history. The 5th-place finish, making Greece one of the top 5 national teams in the world, was the beginning of Greece's great run in international tournaments during the 2000s (decade).

Spanoulis averaged a team-leading 12.8 points per game,

FIBA Summer Olympics 1992–2020 Dream Team
in 2020.

On 3 June 2021, Spanoulis' return to once again play with the senior Greek national team at the 2020 FIBA World Olympics Qualification Tournament, after a six-year hiatus from the team was announced.[147][148][149] However, on 26 June 2021, Spanoulis announced his retirement from the sport for good, after he suffered an injury during Greece's training camp preparation.[150][151][152]

FIBA EuroBasket

At the

1987 FIBA EuroBasket, when the legendary players Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Fanis Christodoulou, and Panagiotis Giannakis
, led Greece's national team.

Two years later, at the

2007 FIBA EuroBasket, Spanoulis was again part of Greece's team.[155] Greece played the tournament shorthanded, as it was without key players, Antonis Fotsis and Sofoklis Schortsanitis, and was not able to medal in the tournament. Greece finished in 4th place in the tournament,[156] losing in the semifinals game against the Spain basketball team, and its numerous star players, like Marc Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, José Calderón, Sergio Rodríguez, Jorge Garbajosa, Rudy Fernández, and Pau Gasol. Spanoulis was the game's leading scorer, with 24 points, and he also dished out 5 assists,[157] but Spain got the win, by a score of 82–77, over the depleted Greek squad. Spanoulis led the Greek team in scoring during the tournament, with a scoring average of 11.7 points per game.[158]

At the

FIBA EuroBasket 2000–2020 Dream Team in 2020.[164]

FIBA World Cup

Spanoulis was a member of the Greek senior team that competed at the

Theo Papaloukas, led Greece to victory over the USA, by a score of 101–95.[167]
Spanoulis led the Greece national team in scoring during the 2006 FIBA World Cup, with an average of 11.7 points per game, and he also led the Greek team in free throw shooting percentage at 87.8 percent.[168]

Spanoulis also played with Greece at the

2010 FIBA World Cup, where he averaged 13.7 points per game,[169]
which made him Greece's leading scorer in the tournament.

Coaching career

EuroLeague Under-18 Next Generation Select Team

After he retired from playing professional club basketball, Spanoulis began a new career, working as a

EuroLeague Under-18 Next Generation Tournament's 2021–22 season Finals, where they lost to Mega Basket's Under-18 team, by a score of 82–61.[170][171][172]

Peristeri Athens

2022–23 season

On 24 June 2022, Spanoulis was officially announced as the new head coach of the

Olympiacos Piraeus
.

In the Greek Basket League's

Panathinaikos Athens. Peristeri then finished their season by sweeping the FIBA Champions League club PAOK Thessaloniki
3–0, in the league's third place series. During the course of the entire Greek Basket League season (regular season and playoffs), Peristeri managed to beat the Greek EuroLeague club Panathinaikos, three times in seven games, with one of their four losses against Panathinaikos coming by just one point.

In European-wide competition, Peristeri was eliminated by the

French Pro A League club JDA Dijon, by a series score of 2–1, in the play-ins of the FIBA Champions League 2022–23 season
.

2023–24 season

In the

Olympiacos Piraeus, in the semifinals, by a score of 84–64. In the 2023–24 edition of the Greek Cup
competition, Peristeri was once again eliminated by Olympiacos, as they lost in the quarterfinals, by a score of 87–68.

Greek national team

Spanoulis was named the head coach of the senior men's

Greek national team, on 2 October 2023.[175][176][177] He made his coaching debut in on 22 February 2024, guiding Greece to a 72–64 over the Czech Republic in Athens, as part of the EuroBasket 2025 qualification.[178]

Personal life

Spanoulis' older brother,

Miss Star Hellas of 2006, Olympia Chopsonidou
. Together, the couple have six children: Thanasis Spanoulis (born January 2, 2010), Vassilis Spanoulis Jr. (April 5, 2012), Dimitris Spanoulis (June 5, 2013), Emilia Spanouli (August 3, 2015), Anastasia Spanouli (September 25, 2017), and another daughter (January 20, 2020).

Spanoulis' basketball idols, and favorite players as a kid, were

Panathinaikos Athens.[181]

Spanoulis was the first Greek-born player to play for the

best man at Zisis' wedding.[186]

Spanoulis was one of the idols of Greek basketball player

Slovenia's national team and the Dallas Mavericks, in honor of Spanoulis.[193]

Club career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high  †  Won a EuroLeague championship  *  Led the league

EuroLeague

[194]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2005–06 Panathinaikos 23 3 27.8 .534 .368 .780 2.0 3.1 1.4 .0 14.6 15.5
2007–08 20 5 27.8 .444 .355 .750 2.6 2.7 1.3 .0 11.3 11.1
2008–09† 19 9 25.6 .413 .309 .879 2.4 3.5 1.2 .0 10.5 11.4
2009–10 14 6 25.3 .398 .277 .845 1.5 3.6 1.1 .0 10.3 9.7
2010–11 Olympiacos 20 17 29.5 .444 .347 .852 1.8 4.3 1.1 .1 14.2 14.3
2011–12† 21 19 29.8 .479 .386 .827 2.0 4.0 .7 .1 16.7 16.0
2012–13† 31 31 30.0 .397 .321 .782 2.2 5.5 .9 .0 14.7 15.1
2013–14 26 26 28.1 .430 .344 .738 2.0 4.6 .4 .0 15.1 13.0
2014–15 26 26 28.1 .396 .333 .759 1.8 5.5 .8 .1 14.4 14.4
2015–16 20 20 26.9 .318 .260 .706 1.5 5.4 .4 .0 11.2 8.6
2016–17 33 32 26.8 .396 .315 .759 1.7 6.1 .6 .0 12.6 11.9
2017–18 24 24 26.3 .396 .315 .817 1.5 5.6 .7 .0 14.0 11.9
2018–19 25 14 22.1 .382 .331 .712 1.8 5.1 .4 .0 10.2 9.0
2019–20 22 20 24.6 .410 .286 .807 1.2 4.6 .4 .0 11.3 9.7
2020–21 34 2 17.3 .458 .283 .644 1.5 2.7 .6 .0 6.4 4.7
Career 358 254 26.2 .412 .321 .779 1.8 4.5 .8 .0 12.4 11.7

Domestic leagues

Season Team League GP MPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02 Maroussi GBL 16 13 .606 .166 .650 .3 .9 .3 .0 4.9
2002–03 29 29.5 .496 .278 .750 1.4 3.3 1.5 .0 10.3
2003–04 33 28.3 .534 .361 .827 2.2 2.8 .8 .0 11.1
2004–05 35 30.9* .459 .377 .825 1.4 3.9* 1.2 .0 15.9*
2005–06 Panathinaikos 33 27.4 .519 .366 .779 1.7 3.5 1.0 .0 11.0
2007–08 36 26.4 .570 .393 .803 1.7 4.3* 1.1 .0 12.1
2008–09 30 23.7 .481 .405 .830 2.0 2.8 .7 .0 10.1
2009–10 31 21.1 .708 .433 .795 1.3 2.5 .6 .0 10.1
2010–11 Olympiacos 30 23.5 .515 .300 .784 1.4 5.1 .7 .0 10.6
2011–12 31 23.4 .475 .336 .815 2.1 5.0* .8 .0 11.7
2012–13 33 24.5 .487 .295 .743 1.5 5.7* .8 .0 11.3
2013–14 29 21.4 .441 .294 .745 2.0 4.8 .6 .0 9.4
2014–15 31 23.5 .525 .375 .747 1.7 5.6 .5 .0 12.5
2015–16 29 25.0 .459 .333 .822 1.5 5.4 .6 .0 13.1
2016–17 25 22.2 .442 .205 .802 1.5 5.7 .5 .0 8.4
2017–18 28 23.0 .487 .261 .821 1.6 5.3 .4 .0 10.8
2018–19 15 20.6 .518 .306 .642 2.5 4.8 .7 .0 9.5
Career 495 23.6 .504 .330 .792 1.7 4.3 .8 .0 11.0

NBA

[195]

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 Houston 31 0 8.8 .319 .172 .810 .7 .9 .2 .0 2.7
Career 31 0 8.8 .319 .172 .810 .7 .9 .2 .0 2.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2007
 Houston 1 0 3.0 .500 .000 1.000 1.0 1.0 .0 .0 4.0
Career 1 0 3.0 .500 .000 1.000 1.0 1.0 .0 .0 4.0

Greece national team career statistics

[196]

* Denotes tournaments in which Spanoulis won a Gold medal (1st place)
** Denotes tournaments in which Spanoulis won a Silver medal (2nd place)
*** Denotes tournaments in which Spanoulis won a Bronze medal (3rd place)
Year Tournament National Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2000
World Under-18
 Greece Under-18 7 N/A – – – – – – – – 14.0
2000
Europe Under-18
 8 N/A 25.9 .579 .286 .786 1.1 1.9 .5 .0 10.1
2002
Europe Under-20

Qualifying 		Greece Under-20 5 N/A 29.2 .545 .304 .533 3.4 4.4 1.4 .0 15.0
2002
Europe Under-20
 8 N/A 31.3 .467 .477 .875 3.1 5.5 .9 .0 16.0
Career 28 N/A 28.7 .520 .395 .755 2.5 3.9 .9 .0 13.7
Year Tournament National Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001 Mediterranean Games
Greece Men
 4 – – – – – – – – – 8.0
2004 Summer Olympics 6 N/A 11.0 .444 .500 .750 0.7 1.0 .3 .0 3.8
2005
 EuroBasket 7 0 10.3 .227 .100 .600 1.1 0.3 .3 .0 2.4
2006
Stanković World Cup
 3 N/A 23.0 .429 .444 .706 2.7 1.7 2.3 .0 9.3
2006
World Cup
 9 N/A 27.2 .358 .262 .878 1.8 1.3 1.2 .0 11.7
2007
 EuroBasket 9 0 26.1 .418 .303 .576 1.8 2.0 1.1 .0 11.7
2008 World OQT 4 N/A 24.0 .474 .400 .900 2.5 3.8 2.8 .0 12.8
2008 Summer Olympics 6 N/A 28.2 .531 .273 .632 3.0 3.0 1.3 .0 14.3
2009
 EuroBasket 9 8 31.3 .458 .436 .829 2.7 4.2 1.4 .1 14.1
2010
World Cup
 6 6 29.3 .520 .419 .810 1.0 2.3 1.2 .0 13.7
2012 World OQT 3 2 26.3 .613 .500 .619 2.7 5.7 0.3 .0 19.3
2013
 EuroBasket 6 6 30.2 .439 .303 .780 3.3 2.5 0.7 .2 16.7
2015
 EuroBasket 7 7 27.6 .411 .385 .727 2.3 5.3 0.3 .1 11.4
Career 79 N/A 24.9 .445 .351 .746 2.1 2.6 1.1 .0 11.3

Team awards and accomplishments

Pro club career

Worldwide club competitions

European club competitions

Domestic league club competitions

Youth club career

FIBA and national team career

Junior national team career

  • 2000 FIBA Under-18 European Championship
    :  Bronze
  • 2000 AST Under-18 World Tournament
    :  Silver
  • 2002 FIBA Under-20 European Championship
    :  Gold

Senior national team career

Individual awards and accomplishments

Worldwide awards

European awards

Domestic awards

  • 4× Greek League MVP: 2006, 2009, 2012, 2016
  • 4× Greek League Finals MVP: 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016
  • Greek League Top Scorer: 2005
  • 2× Greek League Most Popular Player: 2015, 2017
  • Greek League Best Young Player: 2003
  • Greek League Most Improved Player: 2004
  • 10×
    Greek League All-Star
    : 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019
  • 12×
    All-Greek League Team
    : 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • 4× Greek League Domestic Player of the Year: 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016
  • 3× All-Greek League Guard of the Year: 2009, 2012, 2016
  • 12× All-Greek League Domestic Team: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer
    : 2018
  • 4×
    Greek League assists leader
    : 2005, 2008, 2012, 2013
  • Professional Greek League's All-Time Career Scoring Leader
  • Professional Greek League's All-Time Career Assists Leader
  • Professional Greek League's Second All-Time Career 3 Pointers Made Leader
  • Greek League Hall of Fame: 2022

Olympiacos Piraeus awards

Youth club awards

FIBA awards

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