Alphonso Ford Trophy
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The Alphonso Ford Trophy, also known as the Euroleague Best Scorer, is the annual award given to the Turkish Airlines Euroleague's Top Scorer throughout the Euroleague season, up until the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four stage of the season. The award began in the 2004–05 season, and is named after the late Alphonso Ford, one of the greatest scorers in Euroleague history.
Since the Alphonso Ford award has been given out (2004–05 season onwards), 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 was not given the Alphonso Ford Trophy award.
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Euroleague Top Scorers (1991–92 – 2003–04)
- Only counting the Euroleague Top Scorers starting with the 1991–92 season onwards.
- The 2000–01 season was a transition year, with the best European teams split into two different major leagues, the SuproLeague 2000-01, held by FIBA, and the Euroleague 2000-01, held by Euroleague Basketball Company.
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Nikos Galis | Aris |
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Zdravko Radulović | Cibona |
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Nikos Galis | Panathinaikos |
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Sasha Danilović | Buckler Bologna |
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Joe Arlauckas | Real Madrid |
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Carlton Myers | Teamsystem Bologna |
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Peja Stojaković | PAOK |
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İbrahim Kutluay | Fenerbahçe |
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Miljan Goljović | Zlatorog Laško |
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Miroslav Berić | Partizan |
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Alphonso Ford | Peristeri |
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Alphonso Ford | Olympiacos |
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Miloš Vujanić | Partizan |
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Lynn Greer | Śląsk Wrocław |
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Multiple Euroleague Top Scorers 1991–92 – 2003–04
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Nikos Galis | |
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Alphonso Ford Trophy winners and Top Scorers (2004–05 – 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.
Season | Position | Alphonso Ford Trophy (Top Scorer) | Team | PPG | Note |
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Charles Smith | Scavolini Pesaro |
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Drew Nicholas | Benetton Treviso |
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Igor Rakočević (Alphonso Ford Trophy) | Tau Cerámica |
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Juan Carlos Navarro (Top Scorer) | FC Barcelona |
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Marc Salyers | Roanne |
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Igor Rakočević (2) | Tau Cerámica |
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Linas Kleiza | Olympiacos |
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Igor Rakočević (3) | Efes Pilsen |
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Bo McCalebb | Montepaschi Siena |
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Bobby Brown | Montepaschi Siena |
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Keith Langford | EA7 Milano |
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Taylor Rochestie | Nizhny Novgorod |
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Honors since the 2004–05 season
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References and notes
External links
- Euroleague Official Web Page
- InterBasket Euroleague Basketball Forum
- TalkBasket Euroleague Basketball Forum
- Euroleague's Youtube Channel
- Euroleague's Youtube Channel (Spanish)