Mr. Europa


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.
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

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
1976
Pierlo Marzorati** Birra Forst Cantù
1977
Dražen Dalipagić*** Partizan
1978
Dražen Dalipagić*** Partizan
1979
Vladimir Tkachenko Stroitel
1980
Dino Meneghin*** Emerson Varese & Billy Milano
1981
Dragan Kićanović** Partizan & Scavolini Pesaro
1982
Dragan Kićanović** Scavolini Pesaro
1983
Dino Meneghin*** Billy / Simac Milano
1984
Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi" FC Barcelona
1985
Arvydas Sabonis*** Žalgiris
1986
Dražen Petrović*** Cibona
1987
Nikos Galis*** Aris
1988
Šarūnas Marčiulionis*** Statyba
1989
Vlade Divac Partizan & Los Angeles Lakers
1990
Toni Kukoč Jugoplastika / Pop 84
1991
Toni Kukoč Pop 84 & Benetton Treviso
1992
Toni Kukoč Benetton Treviso
1993
Dražen Petrović*** New Jersey Nets
1994
Sašha Djordjević Recoaro Milano & Filodoro Bologna
1995
Sašha Djordjević Filodoro / Teamsystem Bologna
1996
Toni Kukoč Chicago Bulls
1997
Arvydas Sabonis*** Portland Trail Blazers
1998
Sašha Danilović Kinder Bologna
1999
Andrea Meneghin Varese Roosters
2000
Gregor Fučka Paf Wennington Bologna
2001
Peja Stojaković Sacramento Kings
2002
Peja Stojaković Sacramento Kings
2003
Šarūnas Jasikevičius FC Barcelona & Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
2004
Pau Gasol Memphis Grizzlies
2005
Dirk Nowitzki Dallas Mavericks
2006
Jorge Garbajosa Unicaja & Toronto Raptors
2007
Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos
2008
Ricky Rubio DKV Joventut
2009
Pau Gasol Los Angeles Lakers
2010
Juan Carlos Navarro Regal FC Barcelona