The Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy, also known as the EuroLeague best scorer, is an annual basketball award of Europe's premier level league, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. It is given to the top scorer throughout the EuroLeague season, up until the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four stage of the season. The award, under its current name, began in the 2004–05 season, and is named after the late Alphonso Ford, who was one of the greatest scorers in EuroLeague history.

Since the Alphonso Ford award has been given out (2004–05 season onward), a player could average the most points during the EuroLeague full season competition, and not win the award, since it is only counted for games up to the EuroLeague Final Four. Prior to the 2004–05 season, the EuroLeague's top scorer was recorded statistically, but it was called the EuroLeague top scorer award.

EuroLeague top scorers (1992–2004)


SeasonPositionTop scorerTeamPPG
FIBA EuroLeague top scorer (1991–92 to 1999–00)
1991–92 SG Greece Nikos Galis Greece Aris 32.3
1992–93 SG Croatia Zdravko Radulović Croatia Cibona 23.9
1993–94 SG Greece Nikos Galis (2) Greece Panathinaikos 23.8
1994–95 SG Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Predrag Danilović Italy Buckler Bologna 22.1
1995–96 PF United States Joe Arlauckas Spain Real Madrid 26.4
1996–97 SG Italy Carlton Myers Italy Teamsystem Bologna 22.9
1997–98 SF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Peja Stojaković Greece PAOK 20.9
1998–99 SG Turkey İbrahim Kutluay Turkey Fenerbahçe 21.4
1999–00 SF Slovenia Miljan Goljović Slovenia Zlatorog Laško 20.2
EuroLeague top scorer (2000–01 to 2003–04)
2000–01 SG United States Alphonso Ford Greece Peristeri 26.0
2001–02 SG United States Alphonso Ford (2) Greece Olympiacos 24.8
2002–03 PG/SG Serbia and Montenegro Miloš Vujanić Serbia and Montenegro Partizan 25.8
2003–04 PG/SG United States Lynn Greer Poland Śląsk Wrocław 25.1

Multiple EuroLeague top scorers (1992–2004)

NumberPlayer
2 Greece Nikos Galis
United States Alphonso Ford
1 10 Players

Alphonso Ford Trophy winners and top scorers (2005–present)

Igor Rakočević won the Alphonso Ford Trophy on 3 occasions (2007, 2009, 2011).
Keith Langford won the Alphonso Ford Trophy on 2 occasions (2014, 2017).
Sasha Vezenkov was the first Bulgarian winner, as he won Alphonso Ford Trophy award in 2023.

Beginning with the 2004–05 season, the EuroLeague awards the Alphonso Ford Trophy, in memorial of the late Alphonso Ford, to the player with the highest scoring average before the EuroLeague Final Four takes place. Because of this, it is still possible for a player to lead the league in scoring, but not win the Alphonso Ford Trophy. This happened during the 2006–07 season, when Igor Rakočević won the Alphonso Ford Trophy, but Juan Carlos Navarro was the league's top scorer.

Navarro had the highest full season scoring average in the EuroLeague, at 16.8 points per game, but did not win the Alphonso Ford Trophy, because he did not have the highest scoring average prior to the start of the EuroLeague Final Four. So instead, Rakočević was given the trophy, despite actually finishing second in the full season scoring statistical category, with an average of 16.2 points per game.

SeasonPositionAlphonso Ford Trophy (top scorer)TeamPPGRef.
Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy (2004–05 to present)
2004–05 SG United States Charles Smith Italy Scavolini Pesaro 20.7
2005–06 SG United States Drew Nicholas Italy Benetton Treviso 18.5
2006–07 SG Serbia Igor Rakočević1 Spain Tau Cerámica 16.2
2007–08 PF United States Marc Salyers France Roanne 21.8
2008–09 SG Serbia Igor Rakočević (2) Spain Tau Cerámica 18.0
2009–10 PF Lithuania Linas Kleiza Greece Olympiacos 17.1
2010–11 SG Serbia Igor Rakočević (3) Turkey Efes Pilsen 17.2 [1]
2011–12 PG North Macedonia Bo McCalebb Italy Montepaschi Siena 16.9 [2]
2012–13 PG United States Bobby Brown Italy Montepaschi Siena 18.8 [3]
2013–14 SG United States Keith Langford Italy EA7 Milano 17.6 [4]
2014–15 PG Montenegro Taylor Rochestie Russia Nizhny Novgorod 18.9
2015–16 SG France Nando de Colo Russia CSKA Moscow 18.9 [5]
2016–17 SG United States Keith Langford (2) Russia UNICS 21.8 [6]
2017–18 SG Russia Alexey Shved Russia Khimki 21.8 [7][8]
2018–19 PG United States Mike James Italy A|X Armani Exchange Milan 20.2 [9]
2019–20
Not awarded 2
2020–21 SG Russia Alexey Shved (2) Russia Khimki 19.8 [10]
2021–22 PG Serbia Vasilije Micić Turkey Anadolu Efes 18.2 [11]
2022–23 PF Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov Greece Olympiacos 17.6 [12]

Notes:

^1 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro was the Top scorer[13] of the 2006–07 season, while Serbia Igor Rakočević was the Alphonso Ford Trophy winner.[14]
^2 There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

Honors since the 2004–05 season

References

  1. ↑ "Alphonso Ford Top scorer Trophy: Igor Rakocevic, Efes Pilsen". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Montepaschi Siena's Bo McCalebb wins Alphonso Ford Top scorer Trophy". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Montepaschi Siena's Bobby Brown wins Alphonso Ford Top scorer Trophy". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Alphonso Ford Top scorer Trophy goes to Keith Langford, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "2015-16 Alphonso Ford Top scorer Trophy: Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Alphonso Ford Top scorer Trophy goes to Keith Langford of Unics!". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  7. ↑ EuroLeague Alphonso Ford Top scorer: Alexey Shved, Khimki.
  8. ↑ EuroLeague Alphonso Ford Top scorer: Alexey Shved.
  9. ↑ Alphonso Ford Top scorer: Mike James, Milan
  10. ↑ "Alphonso Ford Top scorer Trophy: Alexey Shved, Khimki". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "2021-22 Alphonso Ford Top scorer Trophy winner: Vasilije Micic, Anadolu Efes Istanbul". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "Sasha Vezenkov captures the 2022-23 Ford Top scorer Trophy | EuroLeague". Euroleague Basketball. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  13. ↑ Statistics RANK PLAYER POINTS AVE. 1 NAVARRO, JUAN CARLOS 16.77
  14. ↑ Alphonso Ford Top scorer Trophy: Igor Rakocevic, Efes Pilsen.
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