FIBA EuroBasket Top 100 scorers: 25-1

MUNICH (Germany) - There's no better time to remember the top 100 scorers in competition history than the 100-day mark in the countdown to FIBA EuroBasket 2022.

Divided into four segments of 25 players each, the series now concludes with exactly 100 days to go to the 41st edition of the flagship event as the tournament's greatest scorers are revealed.

Ranks 100-76
Ranks 75-51
Ranks 50-26

25. Timo LAMPEN  

FORWARD

Birth date: 05/09/1934
Died: 27/05/1999

Points: 621
Games played: 51
Participations: 7 (1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965)
Medals: 0

Lampen played in over 50 games at EuroBasket for Finland during a run of seven consecutive appearances at the major tournament. The forward averaged 18.1 points per game in 1959 to finish as the tournament's third-leading scorer.

24. Drazen DALIPAGIC  

FORWARD

Birth date: 27/11/1951

Points: 623
Games played: 43
Participations: 6 (1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983)
Medals: 🥇(1973, 1975, 1977), 🥈(1981), 🥉(1979)

Dalipagic was part of the Yugoslavia side that won three consecutive gold medals at EuroBasket from 1973-1977. He was named MVP in the 1977 triumph with 19.4 points per game and went on to add a bronze medal in 1979 followed by silver in 1981 to complete the set at the tournament.

23. Dino MENEGHIN  

CENTER

Birth date: 18/01/1950

Points: 638
Games played: 57
Participations: 8 (1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983)
Medals: 🥇(1983), 🥉(1971, 1975)

Meneghin helped Italy to a maiden EuroBasket title in 1983 following two third-placed finishes in the 1970s. The center secured gold in the last of eight appearances in the tournament having also won a bronze medal in 1971 and 1975, while his son Andrea Meneghin also won gold in 1999.

22. Andrei KIRILENKO  

FORWARD

Birth date: 18/02/1981

Points: 650
Games played: 38
Participations: 5 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011)
Medals: 🥇(2007), 🥉(2011)

Kirilenko was the EuroBasket MVP in 2007 after leading Russia to the title with 18.0 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game in Spain. The forward made the All-Tournament Team on three occasions - the last of which came in his final appearance in 2011 when Russia finished in third as Kirilenko added a bronze medal.

21. Arvydas SABONIS  

CENTER

Birth date: 19/12/1964

Points: 652
Games played: 36
Participations: 5 (1983, 1985, 1989, 1995, 1999)
Medals: 🥇(1985), 🥈(1995), 🥉(1983, 1989)

Sabonis is well regarded as a legend of the game across Europe and he won medals with both the Soviet Union and Lithuanian. The dominant center won the EuroBasket title in 1985 as the tournament's MVP - either side of bronze medals - before adding a silver to his collection with Lithuania in 1995 with 21.8 points and 14.5 rebounds per game to make the All-Tournament Team for a third, and final time.

20. Herve DUBUISSON  

SHOOTING GUARD

Birth date: 08/08/1957

Points: 657
Games played: 47
Participations: 7 (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989)
Medals: 0

Dubuisson holds the record for the most points scored for the French senior men's team and made seven consecutive appearances at EuroBasket from 1977-1989. He averaged 18.2 points per game in the 1981 tournament, but was never able to win a medal in the competition.

19. Doron JAMCHY  

SHOOTING GUARD

Birth date: 01/07/1961

Points: 659
Games played: 31
Participations: 6 (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1993, 1995)
Medals: 0

Jamchy had the best scoring average at EuroBasket 1985 with 28.1 points per game for Israel with a tournament-high of 42 points against Germany. The guard then put up 31.9 points per outing in 1987 and made six appearances at the tournament in total, albeit without winning a medal.

18. Dragan KICANOVIC  

SHOOTING GUARD

Birth date: 17/08/1953

Points: 662
Games played: 40
Participations: 6 (1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983)
Medals:  🥇(1973, 1975, 1977), 🥈(1981), 🥉(1979)

Kicanovic won a total of five medals in six appearances at EuroBasket for Yugoslavia including a run of three straight titles from 1973-1977. The shooting guard led the team in scoring in the third of those triumphs with 20.3 points per game before proceeding to make the All-Tournament Team at the next two editions.

17. Kresimir COSIC  

CENTER

Birth date: 26/11/1948
Died: 25/05/1995

Points: 672
Games played: 59
Participations: 9 (1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983)
Medals: 🥇(1973, 1975, 1977), 🥈(1969, 1971, 1981), 🥉(1979)

Another member of the Yugoslavia side that won the EuroBasket title in three successive tournaments during the 1970s, Cosic also finished with three silver medals and a bronze in making an impressive nine appearances. The center was a two-time MVP and made the All-Tournament Team on five occasions before later leading Yugoslavia to another medal as head coach in 1987.

16. Wayne BRABENDER  

SHOOTING GUARD

Birth date: 16/10/1945

Points: 684
Games played: 42
Participations: 6 (1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981)
Medals: 🥈(1973)

Brabender led Spain to a EuroBasket silver medal on home soil in 1973 with 19.7 points per game to claim the MVP award in the process. The Minnesota native made a total of six straight appearances at the tournament having also enjoyed plenty of domestic success in Spain, also.

15. Dariusz ZELIG  

FORWARD

Birth date: 22/11/1957

Points: 703
Games played: 41
Participations: 6 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991)
Medals: 0

Zelig makes it into the top 15 scorers at EuroBasket having played in six consecutive tournaments for Poland from 1979-1991. The forward averaged 22.6 points per game in the 1985 edition before going even better two years later after posting 26.4 points per outing in Greece as Poland achieved another seventh-placed finish.

14. Stephane OSTROWSKI  

FORWARD

Birth date: 17/03/1962

Points: 706
Games played: 43
Participations: 6 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995)
Medals: 0

Ostrowski played in six consecutive EuroBasket tournaments for France and made the All-Tournament Team in 1989 with 24.0 points per game. The forward then helped his side to fourth place two years later having never managed to claim a medal at Europe's flagship event.

13. Sergei BELOV  

SHOOTING GUARD

Birth date: 23/01/1944
Died: 03/10/2014

Points: 727
Games played: 51
Participations: 7 (1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979)
Medals: 🥇(1967, 1969, 1971, 1979), 🥈(1975, 1977), 🥉(1973)

Belov is cemented amongst the all-time European greats having won the EuroBasket title on four occasions with the Soviet Union with a top-three finish in each of his seven appearances. He was MVP in the 1967 title triumph and made the All-Tournament Team an incredible six times before later coaching Russia to a medal in 1997 to add to his legacy.

12. Stanislav KROPILAK  

FORWARD / CENTER

Birth date: 10/06/1955

Points: 760
Games played: 54
Participations: 7 (1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987)
Medals: 🥈(1985), 🥉(1977, 1981)

Kropilak won three medals at EuroBasket in seven appearances for Czechoslavakia and made the All-Tournament Team in 1983 with an average of 21.6 points per game. The forward-center helped his side to a silver medal in 1985 following two third-placed finishes in 1977 and 1981.

11. Juan Carlos NAVARRO  

SHOOTING GUARD

Birth date: 13/06/1980

Points: 768
Games played: 53
Participations: 7 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)
Medals: 🥇(2009, 2011), 🥈(2003, 2007), 🥉(2001, 2017)

Navarro was named EuroBasket MVP in 2011 after leading Spain to a second title with 18.7 points per game having previously won the event two years prior. 'La Bomba' also won silver and bronze medals on two occasions each as part of Spain's prolonged success in the tournament in past couple of decades.

10. Panagiotis GIANNAKIS  

GUARD

Birth date: 01/01/1959

Points: 769
Games played: 58
Participations: 8 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995)
Medals: 🥇(1987), 🥈(1989)

Giannakis was another star of the Greek side of the late 1980s as they won the EuroBasket title in 1987 followed by a silver medal two years later. The point guard averaged just shy of 20 points per game in both the 1993 and 1995 editions with Giannakis moving into coaching and leading Greece to another EuroBasket title in 2005 in his second spell in charge.

9. Radivoj KORAC  

FORWARD

Birth date: 05/11/1938
Died: 02/06/1969

Points: 844
Games played: 34
Participations: 4 (1959, 1961, 1963, 1965)
Medals: 🥈(1961, 1965), 🥉(1963)

Korac made an immediate impression on his debut at EuroBasket in 1959 for Yugoslavia with 27.6 points per game as the tournament's leading scorer. The forward then claimed the MVP award two years later after securing a silver medal before adding a bronze in 1963 followed by another silver in his final appearance having amassed 800+ points in just 34 games before tragically passing away at the age of 30.

8. Emiliano RODRIGUEZ  

FORWARD

Birth date: 10/06/1937

Points: 864
Games played: 53
Participations: 7 (1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971)
Medals: 0

Rodriguez earned the honor of EuroBasket MVP in 1963 after putting up 19.8 points per game for Spain in the midst of seven consecutive appearances in the tournament. The small forward was not able to win a medal for Spain, but twice averaged 20+ points per game as a prolific scorer during the 1960s.

7. Juan Antonio SAN EPIFANIO  

FORWARD

Birth date: 12/06/1959

Points: 894
Games played: 52
Participations: 8 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993)
Medals: 🥈(1983), 🥉(1991)

San Epifanio enjoyed a long playing career with Spain's national team with eight appearances at EuroBasket from 1983-1991. The Barcelona legend made it onto the All-Tournament Team in 1983 with 20.6 points per game as Spain claimed a silver medal before helping the team secure bronze in his penultimate tournament in 1991.

6. Miki BERKOVICH  

FORWARD

Birth date: 17/02/1954

Points: 917
Games played: 49
Participations: 7 (1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985)
Medals: 🥈(1979)

Berkovich sits just outside the top five scorers in EuroBasket history having averaged 20+ points per game in four successive appearances for Israel. The forward helped his side win a silver medal as the MVP in 1979 with 22.6 points per outing as they finished as runners-up in Italy.

5. Kamil BRABENEC  

SHOOTING GUARD

Birth date: 04/02/1951

Points: 918
Games played: 60
Participations: 8 (1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987)
Medals: 🥈(1985), 🥉(1977, 1981)

Brabenec does make it into the top five scorers in EuroBasket history having featured in a total of eight tournaments from 1971-1987. The shooting guard won the first of two bronze medals in 1977 before a second followed four years later, and helped Czechoslavakia upgrade to silver in 1985 with 17.9 points per game in his penultimate appearance.

4. Nikos GALIS  

SHOOTING GUARD

Birth date: 23/07/1957

Points: 1031
Games played: 33
Participations: 5 (1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991)
Medals: 🥇(1987), 🥈(1989)

An elite scorer, Galis is one of just four players to have amassed 1000+ points in EuroBasket history and did so in just 33 appearances - holding the record as the all-time leading scorer until 2015. Galis topped the tournament's scoring charts on four occasions and led Greece to the title in 1987 as MVP with 37.0 points per game including a 40-point effort in the final. He also won a silver medal in 1989 with 35.6 points per outing.

3. Dirk NOWITZKI  

FORWARD

Birth date: 19/06/1978

Points: 1052
Games played: 54
Participations: 7 (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Medals: 🥈(2005)

A current EuroBasket ambassador, Nowitzki represented Germany at seven different EuroBasket appearances the last of which coming in 2015, and is renowned as being a modern European great. Nowitzki claimed the MVP award in 2005 after leading Germany to a silver medal with a dominant 26.1 points and 10.6 rebounds per game in Serbia and Montenegro. The forward also led the tournament in scoring in 2001 and 2007 and made the All-Tournament Team on three occasions in total.

2. Tony PARKER  

GUARD

Birth date: 17/05/1982

Points: 1104
Games played: 66
Participations: 8 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Medals: 🥇(2013), 🥈(2011), 🥉(2005, 2015)

Parker had taken over as the leading scorer in EuroBasket history at the 2015 edition before being surpassed two years later. The French legend played a total of 66 games at the tournament for France in eight appearances with the highlight being the title-winning effort of 2013. It was Parker's third time on the All-Tournament Team with 19.0 points per game having also won a silver medal in 2011 as well as bronze on two occasions, 10 years apart including his final appearance on home soil in 2015.

1. Pau GASOL  

FORWARD / CENTER

Birth date: 06/07/1980

Points: 1183
Games played: 58
Participations: 7 (2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Medals: 🥇(2009, 2011, 2015), 🥈(2003, 2007), 🥉(2001, 2017)

Pau Gasol holds the number one spot in the top 100 scorers in EuroBasket history having passed Tony Parker in his final appearance in the tournament in 2017. The legendary center announced his retirement last year having won three EuroBasket titles with Spain amongst seven medals at the event. Gasol was MVP in the triumphs in 2009 and 2015 - leading the competition in scoring in both editions as well as in 2003. He also made the All-Tournament Team on each of his seven appearances.

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