Greek Basketball League Best Young Player

The Greek Basket League Best Young Player or Greek League Best Young Player is an annual award for the best under-22 aged player of each season of Greece's top-tier level professional basketball club league, the Greek Basket League (GBL).

Winners

Vassilis Spanoulis was the Greek League Best Young Player in 2003.

Season	Best Young Player	Club	Ref.
1998–99	Kostas Tsartsaris	Near East
1999–00	Dimos Dikoudis	AEK
2000–01	Antonis Fotsis	Panathinaikos
2001–02	Nikos Zisis	AEK
2002–03	Vassilis Spanoulis	Maroussi
2003–04	Not awarded
2004–05	Not awarded
2005–06	Dimitrios Tsaldaris	Aris
2006–07	Giorgos Printezis	Olympia Larissa
2007–08	Ian Vougioukas	Rethymno
2008–09	Kostas Papanikolaou	Aris
2009–10	Nikos Pappas	Kolossos Rodou
2010–11	Kostas Sloukas	Aris
2011–12	Kostas Papanikolaou (2×)	Olympiacos
2012–13	Sasha Vezenkov	Aris
2013–14	Sasha Vezenkov (2×)	Aris
2014–15	Sasha Vezenkov (3×)	Aris
2015–16	Ioannis Papapetrou	Olympiacos	^[1]
2016–17	Antonis Koniaris	PAOK	^[2]
2017–18	Antonis Koniaris (2×)	PAOK
2018–19	Zois Karampelas	Peristeri	^[3]
2019–20	Not awarded ¹
2020–21	Nikos Chougkaz	Ionikos Nikaias
2021–22	Omiros Netzipoglou	Aris
2022–23	Lefteris Mantzoukas	Panathinaikos
2023–24	Neoklis Avdalas	Karditsa
2024–25	Neoklis Avdalas (2×)	Karditsa

Notes:

^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20, due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

References

External links

Official Greek Basket League Site (in Greek)
Official Greek Basket League YouTube Channel (in Greek)
Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)
Basketblog.gr (in Greek)
GreekBasketball.gr (in Greek)

Greek Basketball League
1999: Tsartsaris 2000: Dikoudis 2001: Fotsis 2002: Zisis 2003: Spanoulis 2006: Tsaldaris 2007: Printezis 2008: Vougioukas 2009: Papanikolaou 2010: Pappas 2011: Sloukas 2012: Papanikolaou 2013: Vezenkov 2014: Vezenkov 2015: Vezenkov 2016: Papapetrou 2017: Koniaris 2018: Koniaris 2019: Karampelas 2021: Chougkaz 2022: Netzipoglou 2023: Mantzoukas 2024: Avdalas

Greek Basketball League
Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA) Hellenic Basketball Federation (EOK) Greek League System
Current clubs	AEK Aris Iraklis Karditsa Kolossos Maroussi Mykonos Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panionios PAOK Peristeri Promitheas
Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Champions	Panathinaikos (40) Olympiacos (14) Aris (10) AEK (8) Panellinios (6) Iraklis (2) PAOK (2) Near East (1) Athens University (1)
Awards	MVP Finals MVP Regular Season Top Scorer Full Season Top Scorer (Regular Season + Playoffs) Best Five Best Defender MIP MSP MPP All-Star Best Coach HOF
Statistics	Regular Season Leaders Full Season Leaders (Regular Season + Playoffs) Professional Career Leaders Amateur Career Leaders Tendex Economy
Associated Competitions	Greek Cup (MVP & Finals Top Scorer) Greek Super Cup Greek 2nd Division Greek 3rd Division Greek 4th Division Greek UNICEF Cup

Greek Basketball Championship
HEBA EOK System Awards MVP Finals MVP Cup MVP Cup Finals Top Scorer All-Star HOF Regular Season Leaders Full Season Leaders (Regular Season + Playoffs) Pro Career Leaders Amateur Career Leaders Tendex Economy
Panhellenic Basketball Championship 1927–28 to 1962–63	1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
Hellenic Alpha Basketball 1963–64 to 1985–86	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Hellenic Alpha1 Basketball 1986–87 to 1991–92	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
HEBA Alpha1 1992–93 to 2011–12	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
Greek Basket League 2012–13 to 2023–24	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Greek Basketball League (GBL) 2024–25 to present	2024–25
Associated Competitions	Greek Cup Greek Super Cup Greek 2nd Division Greek 3rd Division Greek 4th Division Greek UNICEF Cup

Basketball in Greece
Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA) Hellenic Basketball Federation (EOK) Greek Basketball League System
Men's League competitions	Greek Basketball League (GBL) (1st) Greek Elite League (2nd) Greek National 1 League (3rd) Greek National 2 League (4th)
Men's Cup competitions	Greek Cup (1st) Greek Super Cup (1st) Greek UNICEF Cup (2nd)
Men's National teams	Men's A Men's Under-26 (B) Men's Under-21 Men's Under-20 Men's Under-19 Men's Under-18 Men's Under-17 Men's Under-16
Women's League competitions	Greek Women's Basketball League (1st) Greek Women's 2nd Basketball League (2nd)
Women's Cup competitions	Greek Women's Cup (1st)
Women's National teams	Women's A Women's Under-20 Women's Under-18 Women's Under-16
See also	All-Star Game Hall of Fame Greek League Awards Greek League MVP Greek League Finals MVP Greek Cup MVP Greek clubs Greek clubs in Europe and worldwide Acropolis Tournament Greek NBA players / NBA draft picks Greek Professional League career leaders Greek Championship career leaders Greek League regular season leaders Greek League full season leaders (regular season + playoffs) Greek clubs by major honours won List of indoor arenas in Greece