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:
| Player | Points | Team | Opposition | Date |
| Eddy Terrace | 63 | Belgium | Albania | 30/06/1957 |
| Luka Doncic | 47 | Slovenia | France | 07/09/2022 |
| Nikos Galis | 46 | Greece | Sweden | 03/06/1983 |
| Nikos Galis | 45 | Greece | Soviet Union | 24/06/1989 |
| 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 |
| 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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Credit: FIBA
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