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thumb|upright|alt=Dirk Nowitzki, seated, wearing a green Nike shirt|German-born power forward Dirk Nowitzki has won six Euroscar Awards. The Euroscar European Player of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given to the year's best male European basketball player. Its name is a portmanteau of Europe and Oscar, and the award is often referred to as "European basketball’s Oscar”.

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Sports award.name
Euroscar
Sports award.sport
Basketball
Sports award.first
1979
Sports award.number
36
Sports award.firstwinner
Vladimir Tkachenko
Sports award.mostwins
Dirk Nowitzki Arvydas Sabonis (6 awards)
Sports award.mostrecent
Luka Dončić (1st award)

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thumb|upright|alt=Dirk Nowitzki, seated, wearing a green Nike shirt|German-born power forward Dirk Nowitzki has won six Euroscar Awards. The Euroscar European Player of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given to the year's best male European basketball player. Its name is a portmanteau of Europe and Oscar, and the award is often referred to as "European basketball’s Oscar”.

Any player with European citizenship is eligible for the award, regardless of his current club. The award is judged on the basis of both sports club and national team performances and accomplishments. The honor is presented the January after the calendar year it is awarded for, i.e. the 2011 award was presented in 2012. It was first given out in 1979 to Soviet center Vladimir Tkachenko, and has since then been routinely given to players who fared well in international competitions such as the EuroBasket, FIBA World Cup or Olympic Games. As of 2020, the most recent winner is Slovenian player Luka Dončić. Lithuanian center Arvydas Sabonis and German power forward Dirk Nowitzki hold the record for most wins with six each.

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