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EuroLeague Rising Star

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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.

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.
More information Season, Rising Star ...
SeasonRising StarTeamRef.
2004–05 Slovenia Erazem Lorbek Italy Climamio Bologna
2005–06 Italy Andrea Bargnani Italy Benetton Treviso
2006–07 Spain Rudy Fernández Spain DKV Joventut
2007–08 Italy Danilo Gallinari Italy Armani Jeans Milano
2008–09 Serbia Novica Veličković Serbia Partizan Igokea
2009–10 Spain Ricky Rubio Spain Regal FC Barcelona
2010–11 Spain Nikola Mirotić Spain Real Madrid [1]
2011–12 Spain Nikola Mirotić (2×) Spain Real Madrid [2]
2012–13 Greece Kostas Papanikolaou Greece Olympiacos [3]
2013–14 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović Serbia Partizan NIS [4]
2014–15 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović (2×) Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker [5]
2015–16 Spain Álex Abrines Spain FC Barcelona Lassa [6]
2016–17 Slovenia Luka Dončić Spain Real Madrid [7]
2017–18 Slovenia Luka Dončić[a] (2×) Spain Real Madrid [8]
2018–19 Georgia (country) Goga Bitadze Montenegro Budućnost VOLI [9]
2019–20 Not awarded 1
2020–21 Spain Usman Garuba Spain Real Madrid [10]
2021–22 Lithuania Rokas Jokubaitis Spain Barcelona [11]
2022–23 Israel Yam Madar Serbia Partizan Mozzart Bet [12]
2023–24 Italy Gabriele Procida Germany Alba Berlin [13]
2024–25 France Nadir Hifi France Paris Basketball [14]
2025–26 Dominican Republic Jean Montero Spain Valencia Basket [15]
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Notes:

^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

Honours

Players

More information Number, Player ...
NumberPlayer
2 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović
Spain Nikola Mirotić
Slovenia Luka Dončić
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Player nationality


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NumberCountry
6 Spain Spain
3 Serbia Serbia
Slovenia Slovenia
Italy Italy
1 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
Georgia (country) Georgia
Greece Greece
Israel Israel
Lithuania Lithuania
France France
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Teams

More information Number, Team ...
NumberTeam
5 Spain Real Madrid
3 Spain Barcelona
Serbia Partizan
1 Montenegro Budućnost
Turkey Fenerbahçe
Italy Fortitudo Bologna
Spain Joventut Badalona
Italy Olimpia Milano
Greece Olympiacos
Italy Treviso
Germany Alba Berlin
France Paris Basketball
Spain Valencia Basket
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Also won EuroLeague MVP award.

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