Greek Basketball League Finals MVP

The Greek Basketball League (GBL) Finals MVP, or Greek League Finals MVP award (Greek: Ελληνικού Α1 Μπάσκετ Πρωταθλήματος Tελικός MVP) is the yearly Finals MVP award for the playoff finals of the 1st-tier professional basketball league in Greece, the Greek Basketball League (GBL). Historically, the MVP of the Greek Basketball League Finals usually goes to the player that has the highest Performance Index Rating (PIR) stat, over the course of the Finals series, in combination with his team also winning the Greek Basketball League (GBL).

Greek Basketball League Finals MVP award winners

Nikos Galis was the Greek Basketball League Finals MVP four times (1988–1991).

Dino Rađja was the Greek Basketball League Finals MVP in 1998.

Dejan Bodiroga was the Greek Basketball League Finals MVP two times (1999, 2000).

Dimitris Diamantidis was the Greek Basketball League Finals MVP four times (2006, 2007, 2011, 2014).

Vassilis Spanoulis was the Greek Basketball League Finals MVP four times (2006, 2008, 2015, 2016).

Sasha Vezenkov was the Greek Basketball League Finals MVP two times (2022 and 2025).

Giorgos Printezis was the Greek Basketball League Finals MVP two times (2012 and 2015).

*	Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
**	Member of the FIBA Hall of Fame
***	Member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame

Season	Finals MVP	Club	Ref.
1987–88	/ Nikos Galis**	Aris
1988–89	/ Nikos Galis** (2×)	Aris
1989–90	/ Nikos Galis** (3×)	Aris
1990–91	/ Nikos Galis** (4×)	Aris
1991–92	Panagiotis Fasoulas**	PAOK
1992–93	Georgios Sigalas	Olympiacos
1993–94	Georgios Sigalas (2×)	Olympiacos
1994–95	Eddie Johnson	Olympiacos
1995–96	Georgios Sigalas (3×)	Olympiacos
1996–97	Georgios Sigalas (4×)	Olympiacos
1997–98	Dino Rađja*	Panathinaikos
1998–99	Dejan Bodiroga	Panathinaikos
1999–00	Dejan Bodiroga (2×)	Panathinaikos
2000–01	Željko Rebrača	Panathinaikos
2001–02	Dimos Dikoudis	AEK
2002–03	Jaka Lakovič	Panathinaikos
2003–04	Nikos Chatzivrettas	Panathinaikos
2004–05	Jaka Lakovič (2×)	Panathinaikos
2005–06	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
2005–06	Vassilis Spanoulis	Panathinaikos
2006–07	Dimitris Diamantidis (2×)	Panathinaikos
2007–08	Vassilis Spanoulis (2×)	Panathinaikos	^[1]
2008–09	Drew Nicholas	Panathinaikos	^[2]
2009–10	Mike Batiste	Panathinaikos
2010–11	Dimitris Diamantidis (3×)	Panathinaikos
2010–11	Mike Batiste (2×)	Panathinaikos
2011–12	Giorgos Printezis	Olympiacos
2012–13	Stéphane Lasme	Panathinaikos
2013–14	Dimitris Diamantidis (4×)	Panathinaikos
2014–15	Vassilis Spanoulis (3×)	Olympiacos	^[3]
2014–15	Giorgos Printezis (2×)	Olympiacos
2015–16	Vassilis Spanoulis (4×)	Olympiacos	^[4]^[5]
2016–17	Mike James	Panathinaikos
2017–18	Mike James (2×)	Panathinaikos
2018–19	/ Matt Lojeski	Panathinaikos
2019–20	Not awarded due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
2020–21	Ioannis Papapetrou	Panathinaikos
2021–22	/ Sasha Vezenkov	Olympiacos
2022–23	Moustapha Fall	Olympiacos
2022–23	/ Thomas Walkup	Olympiacos
2023–24	Mathias Lessort	Panathinaikos
2024–25	/ Sasha Vezenkov (2×)	Olympiacos	^[6]

Multiple Greek Basketball League Finals MVP award winners

*	Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
**	Member of the FIBA Hall of Fame
***	Member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame

Greek Basketball League Finals MVP	Number Of Greek Basketball League Finals MVPs Won	Years Won
Vassilis Spanoulis	(4×)	(2006, 2008, 2015, 2016)
Dimitris Diamantidis	(4×)	(2006, 2007, 2011, 2014)
Georgios Sigalas	(4×)	(1993, 1994, 1996, 1999)
/ Nikos Galis**	(4×)	(1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
/ Sasha Vezenkov	(2×)	(2022, 2025)
Mike James	(2×)	(2017, 2018)
Giorgos Printezis	(2×)	(2012, 2015)
Mike Batiste	(2×)	(2010, 2011)
Jaka Lakovič	(2×)	(2003, 2005)
Dejan Bodiroga	(2×)	(1999, 2000)

References

^ "Ο Βασίλης Σπανούλης με 12.8 πόντους Πολυτιμότερος παίκτης των Τελικών της Basket League". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
^ "Ο Ντρου Νικόλας ο κορυφαίος των Τελικών!". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
^ "Σπανούλης και Πρίντεζης με 13.6 πόντους MVP των Τελικών της Basket League !". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
^ Vassilis Spanoulis named MVP of the Greek Finals. 2016,
^ TAGHeuer MVP των τελικών ο Σπανούλης με 18.5 πόντους κατά μέσο όρο (in Greek).
^ ΦΕΡΩΝΑΣ, ΘΑΝΟΣ (2025-06-08). "Stoiximan GBL: MVP των τελικών ο Σάσα Βεζένκοβ". SPORT24 (in Greek). Retrieved 2025-06-14.

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)

[1] "Ο Βασίλης Σπανούλης με 12.8 πόντους Πολυτιμότερος παίκτης των Τελικών της Basket League". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-06-16.

[2] "Ο Ντρου Νικόλας ο κορυφαίος των Τελικών!". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-06-17.

[3] "Σπανούλης και Πρίντεζης με 13.6 πόντους MVP των Τελικών της Basket League !". - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-06-15.

[4] Vassilis Spanoulis named MVP of the Greek Finals. 2016,

[5] TAGHeuer MVP των τελικών ο Σπανούλης με 18.5 πόντους κατά μέσο όρο (in Greek).

[6] ΦΕΡΩΝΑΣ, ΘΑΝΟΣ (2025-06-08). "Stoiximan GBL: MVP των τελικών ο Σάσα Βεζένκοβ". SPORT24 (in Greek). Retrieved 2025-06-14.

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