Mr. Europa

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Mr. Europa
Sport Basketball
History
First award1976
Editions35
First winner Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Marzorati
Most wins Flag of Croatia.svg Toni Kukoč (4)
Most recent Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Navarro (2010)
Arvydas Sabonis won the Mr. Europa award 2 times (1985, 1997). Sabonis Lipofsky (1 of 1).JPG
Arvydas Sabonis won the Mr. Europa award 2 times (1985, 1997).

The Mister Europa European Player of the Year Award was an annual basketball award created in 1976, and given until 2010, by the panel of journalists of the Italian weekly magazine Superbasket . Its purpose was to praise the best basketball player with European citizenship for a given season, regardless of where he played in the world, including the NBA. The award was judged on the basis of both sports club and national team performances and accomplishments.

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Like the Italian newspaper's La Gazzetta dello Sport Euroscar Award, and Eurobasket.com's All-Europe Player of the Year, it was not the official FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award, which is given out by FIBA. Its legitimacy, however, stemmed from the fact that it was the oldest of all four awards, as it was created three years before the Euroscar, twenty-six years before the All-Europe Player of the Year, and twenty-nine years before the official FIBA award. Croatian small forward Toni Kukoč, holds the record for most wins with four, three of them being consecutive, a record as well.

Honor roll

Drazen Petrovic won the Mr. Europa award 2 times (1986, 1993). Lipofsky-JDrazen Petrovic.jpg
Dražen Petrović won the Mr. Europa award 2 times (1986, 1993).
Toni Kukoc won the Mr. Europa award 4 times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1996). Toni Kukoc.jpg
Toni Kukoč won the Mr. Europa award 4 times (1990, 1991, 1992, 1996).
Peja Stojakovic won the Mr. Europa award 2 times (2001, 2002). Peja Stojakovic Mavs cropped.jpg
Peja Stojaković won the Mr. Europa award 2 times (2001, 2002).
Pau Gasol won the Mr. Europa award 2 times (2004, 2009). Pau Gasol by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg
Pau Gasol won the Mr. Europa award 2 times (2004, 2009).

When a player was with more than one club in the calendar year of his award, all are listed.

Two players are listed as citizens of more than one country:

* 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
YearWinnerClub(s)
1976
Flag of Italy.svg Pierlo Marzorati** Flag of Italy.svg Birra Forst Cantù
1977
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dražen Dalipagić*** Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Partizan
1978
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dražen Dalipagić*** (2) Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Partizan
1979
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Tkachenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Stroitel
1980
Flag of Italy.svg Dino Meneghin*** Flag of Italy.svg Emerson Varese & Flag of Italy.svg Billy Milano
1981
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dragan Kićanović** Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Partizan & Flag of Italy.svg Scavolini Pesaro
1982
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dragan Kićanović** (2) Flag of Italy.svg Scavolini Pesaro
1983
Flag of Italy.svg Dino Meneghin*** (2) Flag of Italy.svg Billy / Simac Milano
1984
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi" Flag of Spain.svg FC Barcelona
1985
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Arvydas Sabonis*** Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Žalgiris
1986
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dražen Petrović*** Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Cibona
1987
Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Galis*** Flag of Greece.svg Aris
1988
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Šarūnas Marčiulionis*** Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Statyba
1989
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Vlade Divac*** Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Partizan & Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles Lakers
1990
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Toni Kukoč*** Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Jugoplastika / POP 84
1991
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Flag of Croatia.svg Toni Kukoč*** (2) Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg POP 84 & Flag of Italy.svg Benetton Treviso
1992
Flag of Croatia.svg Toni Kukoč*** (3) Flag of Italy.svg Benetton Treviso
1993
Flag of Croatia.svg Dražen Petrović*** (2) Flag of the United States.svg New Jersey Nets
1994
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević Flag of Italy.svg Recoaro Milano & Flag of Italy.svg Filodoro Bologna
1995
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević (2) Flag of Italy.svg Filodoro / Teamsystem Bologna
1996
Flag of Croatia.svg Toni Kukoč*** (4) Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Bulls
1997
Flag of Lithuania.svg Arvydas Sabonis*** (2) Flag of the United States.svg Portland Trail Blazers
1998
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Predrag "Saša" Danilović Flag of Italy.svg Kinder Bologna
1999
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Meneghin Flag of Italy.svg Varese Roosters
2000
Flag of Italy.svg Gregor Fučka Flag of Italy.svg Paf Wennington Bologna
2001
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Peja Stojaković Flag of the United States.svg Sacramento Kings
2002
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Peja Stojaković (2) Flag of the United States.svg Sacramento Kings
2003
Flag of Lithuania.svg Šarūnas Jasikevičius Flag of Spain.svg FC Barcelona & Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
2004
Flag of Spain.svg Pau Gasol* Flag of the United States.svg Memphis Grizzlies
2005
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Nowitzki* Flag of the United States.svg Dallas Mavericks
2006
Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Garbajosa Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja & Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto Raptors
2007
Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Diamantidis [1] Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
2008
Flag of Spain.svg Ricky Rubio [2] Flag of Spain.svg DKV Joventut
2009
Flag of Spain.svg Pau Gasol* (2) [3] Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles Lakers
2010
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Navarro [4] Flag of Spain.svg Regal FC Barcelona

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