Greek Basket League Most Spectacular Player

Last updated May 08, 2024

The Greek Basket League (GBL) Most Spectacular Player, or Greek Basket League MSP, is an annual award for the "most spectacular player" of each season of Greece's top-tier level professional basketball club league, the Greek Basket League. The award is given to the player that is deemed by the Greek sports media to have had the most impressive highlight plays of the season, which are usually in the vast majority of the time, slam dunk highlights. However, other kinds of spectacular highlight plays can also taken into account for the award.

Most spectacular players

Season	Player	Team	Ref.
Most Spectacular Player
2012–13	Brent Petway	Rethymno
2013–14	No award
2014–15	No award
2015–16	Okaro White	Aris	^[1]^[2]
2016–17	Mike James	Panathinaikos	^[3]
2017–18	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Panathinaikos
2018–19	Thanasis Antetokounmpo (2×)	Panathinaikos	^[4]
2020–21	Mario Hezonja	Panathinaikos
2021–22	Stefan Moody	Larisa
2022–23	Nate Renfro	PAOK

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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)

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[1] Ο Ο. Γουάιτ πιο θεαματικός παίκτης της Basket League ΣΚΡΑΤΣ (in Greek).

[2] SPORT24 ΜΠΑΣΚΕΤ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ STOIXIMAN.GR BASKET LEAGUE Βραβεύονται οι καλύτεροι στην κλήρωση της Basket League (in Greek).

[3] Πιο θεαματικός παίκτης της Stoiximan.gr Basket League ο Τζέιμς (in Greek).

[4] Basket League: Πιο θεαματικός ξανά ο Θανάσης Αντετοκούνμπο (in Greek).

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v t e Greek Basket League
Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA) Hellenic Basketball Federation (EOK) Greek League System
Current clubs	AEK Apollon Patras Aris Karditsa Kolossos Rodou Lavrio Maroussi Olympiacos Panathinaikos PAOK Peristeri Promitheas Patras
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
Champions	Panathinaikos (39) Olympiacos (14) Aris (10) AEK (8) Panellinios (6) Iraklis (2) PAOK (2) Near East (1) Athens University (1)
Awards	MVP Finals MVP Top Scorer Best Five Best Defender MIP BYP MSP MPP All-Star Best Coach HOF
Statistics	Season Leaders Pro 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

v t e Greek Basket Championship
HEBA EOK System Awards MVP Finals MVP Cup MVP Cup Finals Top Scorer All-Star HOF Season Leaders Pro Career Leaders Amateur Career Leaders Tendex Economy
Panhellenic Basket 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 Basket 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 Basket 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 present	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Associated Competitions	Greek Cup Greek Super Cup Greek 2nd Division Greek 3rd Division Greek 4th Division Greek UNICEF Cup

v t e Basketball in Greece
Hellenic Basketball Federation (EOK) Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA) Greek League System
National teams	Men's A Men's Under-26 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 A Women's Under-20 Women's Under-18 Women's Under-16
League competitions	Greek Basket League Greek A2 Basket League Greek B Basket League Greek C Basket League Greek Women's Basket Greek A2 Women's Basket
Cup competitions	Greek Cup Greek Super Cup Greek UNICEF Cup Greek Women's Cup
Other	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 Championship career leaders Greek League career leaders Greek League season leaders Greek clubs by major honours won List of indoor arenas in Greece

Greek Basket League Most Spectacular Player

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Most spectacular players

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