Basketball Champions League Star Lineup

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The Basketball Champions League Star Lineup, or FIBA Champions League Star Lineup, is an annual award for the Basketball Champions League (BCL)'s top ten basketball players for each season. The Basketball Champions League is, along with the EuroCup, one of the two secondary level European-wide professional club basketball leagues in Europe. The award is given by FIBA. The award began in conjunction with the league's inaugural season, the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League.

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Voting criteria

The Star Lineup is chosen by a vote of the fans online, a vote of media journalists and representatives, and a vote of all of the head coaches of all of the teams in each season of the league. The fans, the media, and the league's head coaches each get 1/3 of the vote distribution.

Star Lineup by season

Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player was selected to either the First or Second Team.
BoldDenotes the player who was named Basketball Champions League MVP.

Player nationalities by national team:

SeasonFirst teamSecond teamRef.
PlayersTeamsPlayersTeams
2016–17 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Jordan Theodore Flag of Turkey.svg Banvit Flag of the United States.svg Will Hatcher Flag of Serbia.svg Partizan [1]
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Zack Wright Flag of France.svg Monaco Flag of the United States.svg Chris Kramer Flag of Germany.svg Oldenburg
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Melvin Ejim Flag of Italy.svg Reyer Venezia Flag of Lithuania.svg Gediminas Orelik Flag of Turkey.svg Banvit
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Aaron Doornekamp Flag of Spain.svg Iberostar Tenerife Flag of Greece.svg Dušan Šakota Flag of Greece.svg AEK Athens
Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Bogris Flag of Spain.svg Canarias Flag of Serbia.svg Vladimir Štimac Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş
2017–18 Flag of the United States.svg Manny Harris Flag of Greece.svg AEK Athens Flag of the United States.svg Gabe York Flag of Germany.svg Bayreuth [2]
Flag of the United States.svg D. J. Kennedy Flag of Turkey.svg Karşıyaka Flag of the United States.svg Kendrick Ray Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nymburk
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ovie Soko Flag of Spain.svg UCAM Murcia Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Evans Flag of France.svg Monaco
Flag of France.svg Louis Labeyrie Flag of France.svg SIG Strasbourg Flag of Greece.svg Dušan Šakota (2) Flag of Greece.svg AEK Athens
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Elmedin Kikanović Flag of France.svg Monaco Flag of Slovenia.svg Gašper Vidmar Flag of Turkey.svg Banvit
2018–19 Flag of Montenegro.svg Tyrese Rice Flag of Germany.svg Bamberg Flag of Cameroon.svg Paris Lee Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Antwerp Giants [3]
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Punter Flag of Italy.svg Virtus Bologna Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg James Feldeine Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel Jerusalem
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Abromaitis Flag of Spain.svg Canarias Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ovie Soko Flag of Spain.svg UCAM Murcia
Flag of the United States.svg Vince Hunter Flag of Greece.svg AEK Athens Flag of France.svg Amath M'Baye Flag of Italy.svg Virtus Bologna
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ismaël Bako Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Telenet Giants Antwerp Flag of the United States.svg Colton Iverson Flag of Spain.svg Canarias
2019–20 Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelinho Huertas Flag of Spain.svg Canarias Flag of Jamaica.svg Dylan Ennis Flag of Spain.svg Zaragoza [4]
Flag of the United States.svg Keith Langford Flag of Greece.svg AEK Athens Flag of Brazil.svg Vítor Benite Flag of Spain.svg Burgos
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vojtěch Hruban Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nymburk Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dyshawn Pierre Flag of Italy.svg Dinamo Sassari
Flag of the United States.svg TaShawn Thomas Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel Jerusalem Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Wiltjer Flag of Turkey.svg Türk Telekom
Flag of Georgia.svg Giorgi Shermadini Flag of Spain.svg Canarias Flag of France.svg Moustapha Fall Flag of Turkey.svg Türk Telekom
2020–21 Flag of the United States.svg C.J. Harris Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel Holon Flag of Jamaica.svg Dylan Ennis (2) Flag of Spain.svg Zaragoza [5]
Flag of the United States.svg Kasey Shepherd Flag of Russia.svg Nizhny Novgorod Flag of Italy.svg Darius Thompson Flag of Italy.svg New Basket Brindisi
Flag of the United States.svg Bonzie Colson Flag of France.svg SIG Strasbourg Flag of Cuba.svg Jasiel Rivero Flag of Spain.svg San Pablo Burgos
Flag of the United States.svg Raymar Morgan Flag of Turkey.svg Karşıyaka Flag of the United States.svg Omar Prewitt Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nymburk
Flag of Georgia.svg Giorgi Shermadini (2) Flag of Spain.svg Canarias Flag of the United States.svg Michale Kyser Flag of Latvia.svg VEF Rīga
2021–22 Flag of the United States.svg Joe Ragland Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel U-NET Holon Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelinho Huertas (2) Flag of Spain.svg Lenovo Tenerife [6]
Flag of Montenegro.svg Jonah Radebaugh Flag of Germany.svg MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg Flag of Georgia.svg Joe Thomasson Flag of Spain.svg Baxi Manresa
Flag of Nigeria.svg Chima Moneke Flag of Spain.svg Baxi Manresa Flag of the United States.svg DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray Nef
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Johnson Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel U-NET Holon Flag of the United States.svg Elijah Stewart Flag of Romania.svg U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Flag of Georgia.svg Giorgi Shermadini (3) Flag of Spain.svg Lenovo Tenerife Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Buva Flag of Lithuania.svg Rytas Vilnius
2022–23 Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelinho Huertas (3) Flag of Spain.svg Lenovo Tenerife Flag of the United States.svg Marcus Foster Flag of Lithuania.svg Rytas Vilnius [7]
Flag of North Macedonia.svg T. J. Shorts Flag of Germany.svg Telekom Baskets Bonn Flag of Montenegro.svg Kendrick Perry Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja
Flag of Spain.svg Darío Brizuela Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja Flag of the United States.svg DeAndre Lansdowne Flag of France.svg SIG Strasbourg
Flag of Panama.svg Akil Mitchell Flag of Greece.svg AEK Athens Flag of the United States.svg Levi Randolph Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
Flag of the United States.svg Zach Hankins Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem Flag of Georgia.svg Giorgi Shermadini (4) Flag of Spain.svg Lenovo Tenerife
2023–24 Flag of the United States.svg Joe Ragland (2) Flag of Greece.svg Peristeri Flag of Jamaica.svg Dylan Ennis (3) Flag of Spain.svg UCAM Murcia [8]
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Huertas (4) Flag of Spain.svg Lenovo Tenerife Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Hale Flag of Greece.svg Promitheas
Flag of Montenegro.svg Kendrick Perry (2) Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja Flag of the United States.svg Levi Randolph (2) Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
Flag of Bulgaria.svg David Kravish Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja Flag of Germany.svg Dylan Osetkowski Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja
Flag of the United States.svg Austin Wiley Flag of Turkey.svg Tofaş Flag of the United States.svg Vernon Carey Jr. Flag of Turkey.svg Pınar Karşıyaka

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