The group of 41-point (or more) scorers in the EuroLeague now includes a fifth player
Ranking the top EuroLeague scoring performances of the last 20 years
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By scoring 45 points in Olympiacos Piraeus’s 112-69 win over FC Bayern Munich last week, Sasha Vezenkov registered the third-highest scoring output in the modern Turkish Airlines EuroLeague annals.
Only two players have scored more than Vezenkov in a game: Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul forward Nigel Hayes-Davis with the all-time record of 50 points and Anadolu Efes Istanbul guard Shane Larkin with 49.
When it comes to the last 20 years there are just two more players who have reached the 41-point mark: Tyrese Rice with Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens and Bobby Brown of Montepaschi Siena.
The rareness of 40-point games is a testament to how difficult it is to put up such numbers in the EuroLeague. It requires a lot of talent, skill, effort and – when it comes to breaking records – a fair amount of team coordination as well.
It’s no coincidence that all players who appear on the list have some notable individual distinctions, ranging from multiple All-EuroLeague selections to the Alphonso Ford Top Scorer award and Final Four MVPs.
While all these feats are impressive in their own right, some carry more significance than the rest for reasons outside of sheer numbers. Eurohoops ranked the highest-scoring performances of the last 20 years based not only on how stunning they were but also on their importance, difficulty, how much they mattered in the game they took place in, how each player made buckets, and how organically they reached their record.
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