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)
Player nationalities by national team.
Season Position Top scorer Team PPG FIBA EuroLeague top scorer (1991–92 to 1999–00) 1991–92 SG Nikos Galis Aris 32.3 1992–93 SG Zdravko Radulović Cibona 23.9 1993–94 SG Nikos Galis (2) Panathinaikos 23.8 1994–95 SG Predrag Danilović Buckler Bologna 22.1 1995–96 PF Joe Arlauckas Real Madrid 26.4 1996–97 SG Carlton Myers Teamsystem Bologna 22.9 1997–98 SF Peja Stojaković PAOK 20.9 1998–99 SG İbrahim Kutluay Fenerbahçe 21.4 1999–00 SF Miljan Goljović Zlatorog Laško 20.2 FIBA SuproLeague Top Scorer (2000–01) 2000–01 SG Miroslav Berić Partizan 23.3 EuroLeague top scorer (2000–01 to 2003–04) 2000–01 SG Alphonso Ford Peristeri 26.0 2001–02 SG Alphonso Ford (2) Olympiacos 24.8 2002–03 PG/SG Miloš Vujanić Partizan 25.8 2003–04 PG/SG Lynn Greer Śląsk Wrocław 25.1
Multiple EuroLeague top scorers (1992–2004) Number Player 2 Nikos Galis Alphonso Ford 1 10 Players
Alphonso Ford Trophy winners and top scorers (2005–present)
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. Player nationalities by national team.
Season Position Alphonso Ford Trophy (Top Scorer) Team PPG Ref. Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy (2004–05 to present) 2004–05 SG Charles Smith Scavolini Pesaro 20.7 2005–06 SG Drew Nicholas Benetton Treviso 18.5 2006–07 SG Igor Rakočević Tau Cerámica 16.2 2007–08 PF Marc Salyers Roanne 21.8 2008–09 SG Igor Rakočević (2) Tau Cerámica 18.0 2009–10 PF Linas Kleiza Olympiacos 17.1 2010–11 SG Igor Rakočević (3) Efes Pilsen 17.2 2011–12 G Bo McCalebb Montepaschi Siena 16.9 2012–13 G Bobby Brown Montepaschi Siena 18.8 2013–14 SG Keith Langford EA7 Milano 17.6 2014–15 G Taylor Rochestie Nizhny Novgorod 18.9 2015–16 SG Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow 19.4 2016–17 SG Keith Langford (2) UNICS 21.8 2017–18 SG Alexey Shved Khimki 21.8 EuroLeague Alphonso Ford Top scorer: Alexey Shved, Khimki.EuroLeague Alphonso Ford Top scorer: Alexey Shved. 2018–19 G Mike James AX Armani Exchange Milan 19.8 Alphonso Ford Top scorer: Mike James, Milan2019–20 (Not awarded)SG Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes 22.2 2020–21 SG Alexey Shved (2) Khimki 19.8 2021–22 G Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes 18.2 2022–23 PF Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos 17.6 2023–24 SG Markus Howard Baskonia 19.5 2024–25 SG Kendrick Nunn Panathinaikos 20.0 2025–26 PF Sasha Vezenkov (2) Olympiacos 19.0
Notes: Juan Carlos Navarro was the Top scorerStatistics RANK PLAYER POINTS AVE. 1 NAVARRO, JUAN CARLOS 16.77 of the 2006–07 season, while Igor Rakočević was the Alphonso Ford Trophy winner.Alphonso Ford Top scorer Trophy: Igor Rakocevic, Efes Pilsen. 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
Players Number Player 3 Igor Rakočević 2 Sasha Vezenkov Keith Langford Alexey Shved 1 Bobby Brown Nando de Colo Linas Kleiza Bo McCalebb Drew Nicholas Taylor Rochestie Marc Salyers Charles Smith Mike James Vasilije Micić Markus Howard Kendrick Nunn
Player nationality Number Country 9 United States 4 Serbia 2 Russia Bulgaria 1 France Lithuania North Macedonia Montenegro
Teams Number Team 3 Baskonia Olympiacos 2 Mens Sana Olimpia Milano Khimki Anadolu Efes 1 Treviso Chorale Roanne CSKA Moscow Nizhny Novgorod UNICS Victoria Libertas Pesaro Panathinaikos
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