Playing in his eighth EuroLeague season, the Fenerbahce sharpshooter continues to rise up the charts.
Scottie Wilbekin is now sixth all-time in made three-pointers
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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul combo guard Scottie Wilbekin climbed into sixth place on the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague's all-time list for three-point shots made by making 2 on Friday to reach 519 for his career.
Those triples fell in a road loss to FC Barcelona but they allowed Wilbekin to surpass former Olympiacos Piraeus great Vassilis Spanoulis, who had nailed 518 three-pointers in his illustrious career. He now has four active players directly in front of him: Milos Teodosic (554), Rudy Fernandez (582), Sergio Rodriguez (584) and Sergio Llull (603). The all-time leader is Juan Carlos Navarro (623).
Wilbekin is, by far, the player in the top six with the least games in the competition, having made just 213 appearances. Teodosic has now taken part in 276 EuroLeague games and the other four all played more than 300. The Fenerbahce guard ranks third all time in three-pointers made per game, with 2.4, trailing only Terrell McIntyre (2.5) and Alexey Shved (2.5).
Scottie Wilbekin is an elite sharpshooter
Now in his eighth season, Wilbekin made his EuroLeague debut with Darussafaka Istanbul, a team he also led to the 2017-18 BKT EuroCup title, which saw him earn season MVP and Finals MVP honors. Wilbekin hit 105 three-pointers in 51 games with Darussafaka. In four seasons with Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, Wilbekin buried 326 three-pointers in 124 games. With Fenerbahce, Wilbekin has struck 88 times from downtown in 39 games.
He hit a personal-best 8 three-pointers while playing for Darussafaka in a 95-85 losing effort against CSKA Moscow on March 22, 2017. Wilbekin buried 7 three-pointers twice more, and downed 6 shots from beyond the arc five other times. Wilbekin is also one of three players to ever hit 10 three-pointers or more in a EuroCup game, along with John Roberson and Josh Adams.