The EuroLeague Final Four Most Valuable Player Award is presented and awarded to the basketball player who has exhibited the most exceptional play during the EuroLeague Final Four. The award often goes to the best player on the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague's best team. It is generally considered to be the most prestigious individual award in European professional club basketball.

The Final Four MVP award was first given at the end of the 1987–88 season, when the competition that would later become called EuroLeague, was then known as the FIBA European Champions Cup. Prior to the 1987–88 season, the Top Scorer of the EuroLeague Finals was noted. However, an actual MVP was not named until the first EuroLeague Final Four of the modern era was held.

EuroLeague Finals Top Scorers (1958–1987) From the 1958 to 1986–87 seasons, the Top Scorer of the EuroLeague Finals was noted, regardless of whether he played on the winning or losing team. However, there was no actual MVP award given.

Voting criteria From the 1988 EuroLeague Final Four through the 2016 EuroLeague Final Four, the voting for the EuroLeague Final Four MVP was done by the accredited media members in attendance. Starting with the 2017 EuroLeague Final Four, the voting for the award includes an online vote of fans as well.Fans to weigh in on Final Four MVP voting!Fans to weigh in on Final Four MVP voting!

All-time EuroLeague Final Four MVP award winners (1988–present)

Since the end of the 1987–88 season, when the first EuroLeague Final Four (1988 EuroLeague Final Four) was held, an MVP is named at the conclusion of each Final Four.

* Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ** Member of the FIBA Hall of Fame *** Member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame

Season Final Four MVP Club Ref. Bob McAdoo* Tracer Milano Dino Rađja* Jugoplastika Toni Kukoč*** Jugoplastika Toni Kukoč*** (2) POP 84 Predrag Danilović Partizan Toni Kukoč*** (3) Benetton Treviso Žarko Paspalj Olympiacos Arvydas Sabonis*** Real Madrid Teka Dominique Wilkins* Panathinaikos David Rivers Olympiacos Zoran Savić Kinder Bologna Tyus Edney Žalgiris Željko Rebrača Panathinaikos Ariel McDonald Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Manu Ginóbili* Kinder Bologna Dejan Bodiroga Panathinaikos Dejan Bodiroga (2) FC Barcelona Anthony Parker Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Šarūnas Jasikevičius Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Theo Papaloukas CSKA Moscow Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos Trajan Langdon CSKA Moscow Vassilis Spanoulis Panathinaikos Juan Carlos Navarro Regal FC Barcelona Dimitris Diamantidis (2) Panathinaikos Vassilis Spanoulis (2) Olympiacos Vassilis Spanoulis (3) Olympiacos Tyrese Rice Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv Andrés Nocioni Real Madrid Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow Ekpe Udoh Fenerbahçe Luka Dončić Real Madrid Will Clyburn CSKA Moscow Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes Vasilije Micić (2) Anadolu Efes Edy Tavares Real Madrid Kostas Sloukas Panathinaikos Nigel Hayes-Davis Fenerbahçe Beko Evan Fournier Olympiacos

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

† The 2000–01 season was a transition year, with the best European teams splitting into two different major leagues: The SuproLeague, held by FIBA, and the EuroLeague, held by Euroleague Basketball. That season's EuroLeague Basketball tournament did not end with a Final Four tournament. Instead, it ended with a 5-game playoff series. So, Manu Ginóbili was named the EuroLeague Finals MVP that season.

Multiple honors Players Number Player 3 Toni Kukoč Vassilis Spanoulis 2 Dejan Bodiroga Dimitris Diamantidis Vasilije Micić 27 Players

NB: Kukoč won his first two awards in 1990 and 1991, as a citizen of SFR Yugoslavia; Croatia declared its independence on June 25, 1991, after that year's Champions Cup finals. Bodiroga won his first award in 2002, as a citizen of FR Yugoslavia. The country changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro in February 2003, three months before he won his second award; upon the dissolution of the latter state in 2006, he became a citizen of Serbia.

Player nationality Number Country United States 8× Serbia 7× Greece Yugoslavia 2× Lithuania Argentina Slovenia France 1× Cape Verde Croatia Spain Montenegro

NB: Players from the former Yugoslavia are classified by their nationality in one of the current post-Yugoslav states. Rice won his award in 2014, as a citizen of both the United States and Montenegro. Players from FR Yugoslavia classify as players from Serbia.

Teams Number Team Panathinaikos Olympiacos 4 CSKA Moscow Maccabi Tel Aviv Real Madrid 3 Split 2 Anadolu Efes FC Barcelona Fenerbahçe Virtus Bologna 4 Teams

See also EuroLeague awards EuroLeague Final Four EuroLeague All-Final Four Team EuroLeague MVP EuroLeague Playoffs and Play-in MVP EuroLeague SuperCup MVP EuroLeague Player Of the Year, Group Stage MVP, and Top 16 Stage MVP 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) EuroLeague 2000–2010 All-Decade Team EuroLeague 2010–2020 All-Decade Team EuroLeague Legends EuroLeague 25th Anniversary Team

References

External links EuroLeague official webpage