Alphonso Ford Trophy

Igor Rakočević won the Alphonso Ford Trophy on 3 occasions (2007, 2009, 2011).

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.

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.

Season	Position	Top Scorer	Team	PPG
1991–92	SG	Nikos Galis	Aris	32.3
1992–93	SG	Zdravko Radulović	Cibona	23.9
1993–94	SG	Nikos Galis	Panathinaikos	23.8
1994–95	SG	Sasha Danilović	Buckler Bologna	22.1
1995–96	PF	Joe Arlauckas	Real Madrid	26.4
1996–97	SG	Carlton Myers	Teamsystem Bologna	22.9
1997–98	SF	Peja Stojaković	PAOK	20.9
1998–99	SG	İbrahim Kutluay	Fenerbahçe	21.4
1999-00	SF	Miljan Goljović	Zlatorog Laško	20.2
2000–01	SG	Miroslav Berić	Partizan	23.3
2000–01	SG	Alphonso Ford	Peristeri	26.0
2001–02	SG	Alphonso Ford	Olympiacos	24.8
2002–03	PG	Miloš Vujanić	Partizan	25.8
2003–04	PG	Lynn Greer	Śląsk Wrocław	25.1

Multiple Euroleague Top Scorers 1991–92 – 2003–04

Number	Player
2	Alphonso Ford
	Nikos Galis
1	10 Players

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
2004–05	SG	Charles Smith	Scavolini Pesaro	20.6
2005–06	SG	Drew Nicholas	Benetton Treviso	18.4
2006–07	SG	Igor Rakočević	Tau Cerámica	16.2
2007–08	PF	Marc Salyers	Roanne	21.8
2008–09	SG	Igor Rakočević (2)	Tau Cerámica	18.0
2009–10	PF	Linas Kleiza	Olympiacos	17.1
2010–11	SG	Igor Rakočević (3)	Efes Pilsen	17.2	[1]
2011–12	PG	Bo McCalebb	Montepaschi Siena	16.9	[2]
2012–13	PG	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena	18.8	[3]
2013–14	SG	Keith Langford	EA7 Milano	17.6	[4]
2014–15	PG	Taylor Rochestie	Nizhny Novgorod	18.9
2015–16	SG	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	18.9	[5]

Honors since the 2004–05 season

Players Number Player 3 Igor Rakočević 1 Bobby Brown Nando de Colo Linas Kleiza Bo McCalebb Keith Langford Drew Nicholas Taylor Rochestie Marc Salyers Charles Smith

Player nationality Number Country 7 USA 3 Serbia 1 France Lithuania

Teams Number Team 2 Mens Sana Baskonia 1 Treviso FC Barcelona Chorale Roanne CSKA Moscow Efes Pilsen Nizhny Novgorod Olimpia Milano Olympiacos Victoria Libertas Pesaro

References and notes

1. "Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy: Igor Rakocevic, Efes Pilsen". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
2. "Montepaschi Siena's Bo McCalebb wins Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
3. "Montepaschi Siena's Bobby Brown wins Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
4. "Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy goes to Keith Langford, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
5. "2015-16 Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy: Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

External links

• Euroleague Official Web Page
• InterBasket Euroleague Basketball Forum
• TalkBasket Euroleague Basketball Forum
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• Euroleague's Youtube Channel (Spanish)