Greek Basketball Cup Finals MVP

Last updated February 22, 2024

The Greek Basketball Cup Finals MVP is an annual award that is given to the most valuable player of the Finals of the Greek Basketball Cup, which is the top-tier level national domestic professional men's cup competition of the sport of basketball, in the country of Greece. The Greek Basketball Cup is contested between the top seven placed teams from each first half season of the top-tier level Greek Basket League, and the winners of the second-tier level Greek national basketball cup competition, the Greek UNICEF Cup.

Greek Basketball Cup Finals Top Scorers and MVPs

Since the first Greek Cup in 1976, the Top Scorer of the Greek Cup Finals is given an award, regardless of whether he plays on the winning or losing team. Since 1995, a Finals MVP is also named at the conclusion of the Finals.

(X)	Denotes the number of multiple times that the player was the Top Scorer or MVP.

Season	Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer	Club	Greek Cup Finals MVP	Club
1975–76	/ Georgios Kastrinakis	Olympiacos
1976–77	/ Steve Giatzoglou	Olympiacos
1977–78	/ Steve Giatzoglou (2×)	Olympiacos
1978–79	/ Steve Giatzoglou (3×)	Olympiacos
1979–80	/ Steve Giatzoglou (4×) & / Georgios Kastrinakis (2×)	Olympiacos
1980–81	Vassilis Goumas	AEK
1981–82	Vangelis Alexandris	PAOK
1982–83	Takis Koroneos	Panathinaikos
1983–84	Nikos Stavropoulos	PAOK
1984–85	Panagiotis Giannakis	Aris
1985–86	/ David Stergakos	Panathinaikos
1986–87	/ Nikos Galis	Aris
1987–88	Panagiotis Giannakis (2×)	Aris
1988–89	/ Nikos Galis (2×)	Aris
1989–90	/ Nikos Galis (3×)	Aris
1990–91	Georgios Gasparis & Ken Barlow	Panionios & PAOK
1991–92	/ Nikos Galis (4×)	Aris
1992–93	/ Nikos Galis (5×)	Panathinaikos
1993–94	Žarko Paspalj	Olympiacos
1994–95	/ Bane Prelević	PAOK	Bane Prelević	PAOK
1995–96	Dominique Wilkins	Panathinaikos	Dominique Wilkins	Panathinaikos
1996–97	Harold Ellis	Apollon Patras	David Rivers	Olympiacos
1997–98	Panagiotis Liadelis	Aris	Panagiotis Liadelis	Aris
1998–99	Frankie King	PAOK	Walter Berry	PAOK
1999–00	Željko Rebrača	Panathinaikos	Željko Rebrača	Panathinaikos
2000–01	İbrahim Kutluay	AEK	İbrahim Kutluay	AEK
2001–02	Alphonso Ford	Olympiacos	Alphonso Ford	Olympiacos
2002–03	Fragiskos Alvertis	Panathinaikos	Fragiskos Alvertis	Panathinaikos
2003–04	Smush Parker	Aris	Nestoras Kommatos	Aris
2004–05	DeJuan Collins	Aris	Jaka Lakovič	Panathinaikos
2005–06	/ Roderick Blakney	Maroussi	Kostas Tsartsaris	Panathinaikos
2006–07	Kostas Tsartsaris	Panathinaikos	Kostas Tsartsaris (2×)	Panathinaikos
2007–08	Lynn Greer	Olympiacos	Kostas Tsartsaris (3×)	Panathinaikos
2008–09	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
2009–10	Miloš Teodosić	Olympiacos	Miloš Teodosić	Olympiacos
2010–11	Miloš Teodosić (2×)	Olympiacos	Miloš Teodosić (2×)	Olympiacos
2011–12	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Panathinaikos
2012–13	Dimitris Diamantidis (2×)	Panathinaikos	Roko Ukić	Panathinaikos
2013–14	Ramel Curry	Panathinaikos	Ramel Curry	Panathinaikos
2014–15	Toarlyn Fitzpatrick	Apollon Patras	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	Panathinaikos
2015–16	Gaios Skordilis	Faros Keratsiniou	Dimitris Diamantidis (2×)	Panathinaikos
2016–17	Will Cummings	Aris	/ James Feldeine	Panathinaikos
2017–18	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	Manny Harris	AEK
2018–19	Will Hatcher	PAOK	/ Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos
2019–20	Kendrick Ray	AEK	Nikos Zisis	AEK
2020–21	Ioannis Papapetrou	Panathinaikos	Ioannis Papapetrou	Panathinaikos
2021–22	Nemanja Nedović	Panathinaikos	/ Tyler Dorsey	Olympiacos
2022–23	/ Alec Peters	Olympiacos	/ Sasha Vezenkov	Olympiacos
2023–24	Dinos Mitoglou	Panathinaikos	Moustapha Fall	Olympiacos

Multiple Greek Cup Finals Top Scorers

Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer	Number Of Times Being Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer
/ Nikos Galis	(5×)
/ Steve Giatzoglou	(4×)
Dimitris Diamantidis	(2×)
Miloš Teodosić	(2×)
Panagiotis Giannakis	(2×)
/ Georgios Kastrinakis	(2×)

Multiple Greek Cup Finals MVP winners

Greek Cup Finals MVP	Number Of Times Being Greek Cup Finals MVP
Kostas Tsartsaris	(3×)
Dimitris Diamantidis	(2×)
Miloš Teodosić	(2×)

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References

External links

Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)
Official website (in Greek)
Official English website (in English)
Greek Basket League Highlights Archived 2013-10-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
Greek Basketball (Men) Eurobasket.com (in English)
Basketblog.gr (in Greek)

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