EuroLeague Rising Star

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

Season	Rising Star	Team	Ref.
2004–05	Erazem Lorbek	Climamio Bologna
2005–06	Andrea Bargnani	Benetton Treviso
2006–07	Rudy Fernández	DKV Joventut
2007–08	Danilo Gallinari	Armani Jeans Milano
2008–09	Novica Veličković	Partizan Igokea
2009–10	Ricky Rubio	Regal FC Barcelona
2010–11	Nikola Mirotić	Real Madrid	[1]
2011–12	Nikola Mirotić (2×)	Real Madrid	[2]
2012–13	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos	[3]
2013–14	Bogdan Bogdanović	Partizan NIS	[4]
2014–15	Bogdan Bogdanović (2×)	Fenerbahçe Ülker	[5]
2015–16	Álex Abrines	FC Barcelona Lassa	[6]
2016–17	Luka Dončić	Real Madrid	[7]
2017–18	Luka Dončić[a] (2×)	Real Madrid	[8]
2018–19	Goga Bitadze	Budućnost VOLI	[9]
2019–20	Not awarded 1
2020–21	Usman Garuba	Real Madrid	[10]
2021–22	Rokas Jokubaitis	Barcelona	[11]
2022–23	Yam Madar	Partizan Mozzart Bet	[12]

Honours

Players

Number	Player
2	Bogdan Bogdanović
	Nikola Mirotić
	Luka Dončić
1	Andrea Bargnani
	Danilo Gallinari
	Erazem Lorbek
	Kostas Papanikolaou
	Novica Veličković
	Ricky Rubio
	Rudy Fernández
	Álex Abrines
	Goga Bitadze
	Usman Garuba
	Rokas Jokubaitis
	Yam Madar

Player nationality

Number	Country
6	Spain
3	Serbia
	Slovenia
2	Italy
1	Georgia
	Greece
	Israel
	Lithuania

Teams

Number	Team
5	Real Madrid
3	Barcelona
	Partizan
1	Budućnost
	Fenerbahçe
	Fortitudo Bologna
	Joventut Badalona
	Olimpia Milano
	Olympiacos
	Treviso

Notes

References

External links

• EuroLeague Official Web Page
• Euroleague's channel on YouTube