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Where does Doncic's 47-point performance rank in EuroBasket history?

COLOGNE(Germany) - Luka Doncic produced the best individual scoring display at FIBA EuroBasket in the last 65 years with a stunning performance in Cologne on Wednesday.

Slovenia's superstar finished with 47 points on an efficient 15-of-23 shooting to set the second-highest scoring mark in the history of the competition.


Doncic racked up 27 points by half-time and continued to climb up the all-time scoring list; eventually passing 1987 tournament MVP Nikos Galis - who features multiple times in the top 10 - with his final points coming late in the fourth quarter of an 88-82 victory over France.


Just 24 hours earlier, Giannis Antetokounmpo had become just the third player in the 21st century to score at least 40 points in a single game - following on from Pau Gasol (40) in 2015 and Dirk Nowitzki (43) in 2001 - after pouring in 41 points for Greece.

The last time at least two players had a game with 40 points or more in a game in the same tournament was in 1987.

Here is the list of top 10 scoring performances in EuroBasket history:

Rank Player Points Team Opposition Date
1. Eddy Terrace 63 Belgium Albania 30/06/1957
2. Luka Doncic 47 Slovenia France 07/09/2022
3. Nikos Galis 46 Greece Sweden 03/06/1983
4. Nikos Galis 45 Greece Soviet Union 24/06/1989
5. Miki Berkowitz 44 Israel Turkey 12/06/1975
= Nikos Galis 44 Greece Romania 03/06/1987
= Nikos Galis 44 Greece Yugoslavia 04/06/1987
= Doron Jamchy 44 Israel Romania 11/06/1987
= Nenas Markovic 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina Latvia 30/06/1997
10. Emiliano Rodriguez 43 Spain Netherlands 05/10/1967
= Giorgos Kolokithas 43 Greece Spain 07/10/1967
= Nikos Galis 43 Greece Bulgaria 22/06/1989
= Dirk Nowitzki 43 Germany Spain 09/09/2001

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