Liga ACB

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Liga Endesa
Liga Endesa logo.png
Founded1983; 38 years ago (1983)
First season1983–84
CountrySpain
Other club(s) fromAndorra
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams18
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toLEB Oro
Domestic cup(s)Copa del Rey
SupercupSupercopa de España
International cup(s)EuroLeague
EuroCup
Champions League
Current championsBarça (16th title)
(2020–21)
Most championshipsBarça (16 titles)
TV partnersMovistar+
Websiteacb.com
2021–22 season
This article is about the top Spanish league. For the Spanish association, see Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto.

The Liga ACB,[a] known as Liga Endesa[b] for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams relegated to the LEB Oro and replaced by the top team in that division plus the winner of the playoffs.

The competition was founded as the ACB Primera División on 1983 following the decision of clubs in the Liga Nacional, founded in 1957, to break away from the Spanish Basketball Federation and professionalize the league. The league is a corporation in which the member clubs act as shareholders.

A total of 49 teams have competed in Liga ACB since its inception in 1983. Seven teams have been crowned champions, with FC Barcelona winning the title a record 16 times and Real Madrid 13 times, though Liga ACB also saw other champions, including Baskonia, Joventut Badalona, Bàsquet Manresa, Baloncesto Málaga and Valencia Basket.

Liga ACB is one of the most popular professional indoor sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 6,236 for league matches in the 2018–19 season. This is the ninth-highest of any domestic professional indoor sports league in the world and the fourth-highest of any professional basketball league in the world, behind the National Basketball Association, the EuroLeague, and the Women's National Basketball Association.

Competition format[]

Real Madrid playing against Fuenlabrada

The competition format follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a season, which lasts from October to May, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 34 games. Teams are ranked by total wins, with the eight highest-ranked clubs at the end of the season plays the playoffs and the winner of the playoffs is crowned champion.

Promotion and relegation[]

A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Liga ACB and the LEB Oro. The two lowest placed teams in Liga ACB are relegated to the LEB Oro, and the top team from the LEB Oro promoted to Liga ACB, with an additional club promoted after a series of playoffs involving the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth placed clubs. Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history:

Number of clubs in Liga ACB throughout the years hide
Period (in years) No. of clubs Promotions
1983–1986 16 clubs 3 clubs
1986–1988 2 clubs
1988–1992 24 clubs
1992–1993 22 clubs
1993–1996 20 clubs
1996–2008 18 clubs
2008–2009 17 clubs
2009–2016 18 clubs
2016–2017 17 clubs
2017–2020 18 clubs
2020–2021 19 clubs 1 club
2021–present 18 clubs 2 clubs

Controversies about promotion to Liga ACB[]

Until 2012, in the 29 editions played of the Liga ACB, only three teams declined promotion, due to acting as reserve teams or for lack of funds: CB Guadalajara and CB Cornellà in 1993 and CB Cajabilbao in 1994.

Since 2012, due to the financial crisis that started in 2008, only two teams (Canarias and Andorra) of a possible 10 could promote to Liga ACB. This started a discussion about the promotion requirements of the ACB, considered by the LEB Oro clubs as "disproportionate".[1]

For clubs that promote and would make their debut in the ACB demands:[2]

  • An arena with a minimum capacity of 5,000 seats.
  • An inbound of €3m. For clubs that return to the league after a promotion, an update of the inbound is demanded.
  • A deposit of €1.7m that would be returned in case of relegation to LEB Oro. In case of a new promotion, this deposit is required to be restored.
  • Conversion into a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva if the club remains in Liga ACB after its first season.

In 2012, Iberostar Canarias and Menorca Bàsquet achieved promotion to ACB, but neither could fulfill the requirements in order to promote.[3] However, Canarias finally played in ACB after buying the berth in the league of Lucentum Alicante, previously sold to the association.[4]

In 2013, neither CB Atapuerca, Ford Burgos by sponsorship reasons, nor Lucentum Alicante could promote. The latter resigned also to play in the second league and joined the fifth division.

In 2014 and 2015, CB Tizona, also Ford Burgos by sponsorship reasons, did not promote despite achieving the place two years in a row. After its second failed promotion, the third in the city of Burgos, the club sued the Association[1] any accused them of "distorting the reality".[5] Also in 2015, despite having played in the league during the 1980s and 1990s, Club Ourense Baloncesto was not admitted in the league despite fulfilling all the requirements, after not passing an accounts audit.[6] However, ACB would admit Ourense for the 2016–17 season if it fulfilled the requirements regardless of their position in the 2015–16 LEB Oro season.[7]

On 24 April 2016, the National Commission of the Markets and the Competence argued that the inbound impedes, in an "unjustified, disproportionate and discriminatory" way, access of new clubs to Liga ACB.[8]

On June 2016, the two promoted teams from LEB Oro (Palencia and Melilla) resigned promotion to the 2016–17 ACB season and requested to the ACB their sign-in before the 2017–18 season. However, as Gipuzkoa Basket, who finished in relegation positions in three of the last four seasons, resigned from ACB,[9] the Association offered again its place to Palencia and Melilla under these conditions:[10][11]

  • An arena with a minimum capacity of 5,000 seats.
  • An inbound of €2m. The second million delayed on the dates agreed between the club and ACB.
  • A deposit of €1,6m that would be returned in case of relegation to LEB Oro. In case of a new promotion, this deposit is required to be restored.
  • Conversion into a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva before the start of their second season in Liga ACB.

Palencia and Mellila refused the invitation, to reinforce their position against the inbound to play in the league.[12][13]

In April 2017, the National Commission for Markets and Competition declared the entering inbound and the deposit for the regulation of promotions and relegations as illegal, as they consider it "unjustified, discriminatory and excessive" and imposed a fine of €400,000 to the ACB.[14][15][16] Subsequently, the ACB replied that it would appeal the decision of the CNMC, contending that it infringed on the self-organizing capacity of professional leagues, as recognized in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in the European jurisprudence, and which was unprecedented in Europe and in the rest of the world.[17][18]

In May 2017, the ACB ratified to file a contentious-administrative appeal and request for precautionary measures before the National Court, on the occasion of the resolution of the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC), as well as to refuse any resolution or decision, present or future, which relates to that act. Also, the ACB approved to establish a negotiation plan with the CSD and the FEB regarding the number of participating teams and the conditions to access to the competition in the next seasons.[19][20]

In June 2017, the ACB agreed not to require the promotion requirements that have been the subject of the resolution (entering inbound and the deposit for the regulation of promotions and relegations) and the participation fee. Also, the ACB agreed to continue negotiations with the CSD, the FEB and the CNMC to try to establish by mutual agreement new conditions for promotion. In view of the possibility of reaching an agreement that establishes economic and financial requirements in a consensual way before July 5, the Assembly has agreed to establish two new access criteria, provided that there is no pronouncement of the National Court on the precautionary measures regarding the resolution of the National Court, nor agreement with the different bodies that replace it.[21] These conditions were:

  • A deposit of €1.9m that would be returned in case of relegation to LEB Oro, guaranteeing at least the value contributed by the clubs in their moment of promotion.
  • A minimum budget (for all clubs) of €2.3m to play in the league.

On 10 July 2017, the ACB ratified the agreement with the FEB endorsed by the CSD, to change the conditions to make them easier for promoted teams from LEB Oro. The ACB had also reached a principle of agreement with FEB and CSD regarding a reduction of competition to 16 clubs in 2019 and the model of promotions and relegations in the coming seasons. However, this text has not obtained the necessary support of the clubs in the General Assembly and has not been approved, agreeing to continue the negotiations to find the model of competition appropriate to the interests of the teams overall.[22] These new conditions consist of:

  • A deposit of €1.6 million, to pay in four season, that would be returned in case of relegation to LEB Oro, guaranteeing at least the value contributed by the clubs in their moment of promotion.
  • A minimum budget (for all clubs) of €2 million to play in the league.

Ten days later and two years after the denounce of CB Tizona, Gipuzkoa Basket and CB Miraflores, also from Burgos, were promoted to Liga ACB. These were the first promotions since the one of Andorra in 2014. Also, Miraflores became the first team to make its debut in ACB since 2009.

Ranking of clubs on equal wins[]

If wins are equal between two or more clubs, the rules are:[23]

  • If all clubs involved have played each other twice:
    • If the tie is between two clubs, then the tie is broken using the point difference for the two matches those clubs have played against each other
    • If the tie is between more than two clubs, then the tie is broken using the games the clubs have played against each other:
      • a) head-to-head wins
      • b) head-to-head point difference
      • c) head-to-head points scored
  • If two legged games between all clubs involved have not been played, or the tie is not broken by the rules above, it is broken using:
    • a) total point difference
    • b) total points scored
  • If the tie is still not broken, a new tiebreak process is initiated with only those teams that remain tied.

Qualifying for European competitions[]

The top teams in Liga ACB, apart from EuroLeague clubs, qualify for the EuroCup and the Champions League with no preference for any competition. Three teams have guaranteed spots in the EuroCup and two teams have guaranteed spots in the Champions League. In addition, other clubs could participate in the EuroCup or the Champions League.[24] As of 2020–21 season, no team has participated in the FIBA Europe Cup.

History[]

The first basketball league in Spain was the Liga Nacional, organised by the Spanish Basketball Federation, whose first edition was played in 1957 by six teams from Madrid and the province of Barcelona.[25] Until 1983 it continued being organised by the federation and consisting in only a round-robin tournament, where every teams faced all other twice, one at home and one away, with two points per win and one point in case of a draw.

In 1982, the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto was founded and one year later took the helm of the organisation of the league, with several changes in the competition format as they introduced the playoffs and the overtimes in case of draw.

League names[]

  • 1983–1988: ACB Primera División
  • 1988–2011: Liga ACB
  • 2011–present Liga Endesa

Champions[]

See also: List of Spanish basketball champions
Current Liga ACB trophy
Season Champion Runner-up Series Finals MVP Champion's Coach
1983–84 Real Madrid FC Barcelona
2 – 1
 Not awarded Spain Lolo Sainz
1984–85 Real Madrid Ron Negrita Joventut
2 – 1
 Spain Lolo Sainz
1985–86 Real Madrid FC Barcelona
2 – 0
 Spain Lolo Sainz
1986–87 FC Barcelona Ron Negrita Joventut
3 – 1
 Spain Aíto García Reneses
1987–88 FC Barcelona Real Madrid
3 – 2
 Spain Aíto García Reneses
1988–89 FC Barcelona Real Madrid
3 – 2
 Spain Aíto García Reneses
1989–90 FC Barcelona RAM Joventut
3 – 0
 Spain Aíto García Reneses
1990–91 Montigalà Joventut FC Barcelona
3 – 1
 United States Corny Thompson Spain Lolo Sainz
1991–92 Montigalà Joventut Real Madrid Asegurator
3 – 2
 United States Mike Smith Spain Lolo Sainz
1992–93 Real Madrid Teka Marbella Joventut
3 – 2
 Lithuania Arvydas Sabonis United States Clifford Luyk
1993–94 Real Madrid Teka FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
3 – 0
 Lithuania Arvydas Sabonis United States Clifford Luyk
1994–95 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Unicaja
3 – 2
 United States Michael Ansley Spain Aíto García Reneses
1995–96 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Caja San Fernando
3 – 0
 Spain Xavi Fernández Spain Aíto García Reneses
1996–97 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Real Madrid Teka
3 – 2
 Spain Roberto Dueñas Spain Aíto García Reneses
1997–98 TDK Manresa TAU Cerámica
3 – 1
 Spain Joan Creus Spain Luis Casimiro
1998–99 FC Barcelona Caja San Fernando
3 – 0
 United States Derrick Alston Spain Aíto García Reneses
1999–00 Real Madrid Teka FC Barcelona
3 – 2
 Spain Alberto Angulo Italy Sergio Scariolo
2000–01 FC Barcelona Real Madrid Teka
3 – 0
 Spain Pau Gasol Spain Aíto García Reneses
2001–02 TAU Cerámica Unicaja
3 – 0
 United States Elmer Bennett Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Duško Ivanović
2002–03 FC Barcelona Pamesa Valencia
3 – 0
 Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius Serbia and Montenegro Svetislav Pešić
2003–04 FC Barcelona Adecco Estudiantes
3 – 2
 Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Bodiroga Serbia and Montenegro Svetislav Pešić
2004–05 Real Madrid TAU Cerámica
3 – 2
 United States Louis Bullock Serbia and Montenegro Božidar Maljković
2005–06 Unicaja TAU Cerámica
3 – 0
 Spain Jorge Garbajosa Italy Sergio Scariolo
2006–07 Real Madrid Winterthur FC Barcelona
3 – 1
 Spain Felipe Reyes Spain Joan Plaza
2007–08 TAU Cerámica AXA FC Barcelona
3 – 0
 United States Pete Mickeal Croatia Neven Spahija
2008–09 Regal FC Barcelona TAU Cerámica
3 – 1
 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Spain Xavi Pascual
2009–10 Caja Laboral Regal FC Barcelona
3 – 0
 Brazil Tiago Splitter Montenegro Duško Ivanović
2010–11 Regal FC Barcelona Bizkaia Bilbao Basket
3 – 0
 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Spain Xavi Pascual
2011–12 FC Barcelona Regal Real Madrid
3 – 2
 Slovenia Erazem Lorbek Spain Xavi Pascual
2012–13 Real Madrid FC Barcelona Regal
3 – 2
 Spain Felipe Reyes Spain Pablo Laso
2013–14 FC Barcelona Real Madrid
3 – 1
 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Spain Xavi Pascual
2014–15 Real Madrid FC Barcelona
3 – 0
 Spain Sergio Llull Spain Pablo Laso
2015–16 Real Madrid FC Barcelona Lassa
3 – 1
 Spain Sergio Llull Spain Pablo Laso
2016–17 Valencia Basket Real Madrid
3 – 1
 Montenegro Bojan Dubljević Spain Pedro Martínez
2017–18 Real Madrid Kirolbet Baskonia
3 – 1
 Spain Rudy Fernández Spain Pablo Laso
2018–19 Real Madrid Barça Lassa
3 – 1
 Argentina Facundo Campazzo Spain Pablo Laso
2019–20[c] Kirolbet Baskonia Barça
69 – 67[d]
 Argentina Luca Vildoza Montenegro Duško Ivanović
2020–21 Barça Real Madrid
2 – 0
 Spain Nikola Mirotić Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius

Titles by club[]

Club Champions Runners-up Winning years
Barça 16 13 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2021
Real Madrid 13 9 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Baskonia 4 5 2002, 2008, 2010, 2020
Joventut 2 4 1991, 1992
Málaga 1 2 2006
Valencia 1 1 2017
Manresa 1 0 1998
Real Betis 0 2
Estudiantes 0 1
Bilbao 0 1

Current clubs[]

Liga ACB is located in Spain
Andorra
Barça
Baskonia
Baskonia
Betis
Bilbao
Breogán
Burgos
Burgos
Fuenlabrada
Joventut
Joventut
Manresa
Murcia
Obradoiro
Obradoiro
Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Unicaja
Valencia
Valencia
Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Location of teams in 2021–22 ACB
Liga ACB is located in Canary Islands
Tenerife
Tenerife
Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria
Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2021–22 ACB
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Barça Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585[26]
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,716[27]
Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost 5,000[28]
Casademont Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,744[29]
Coosur Real Betis Seville San Pablo 7,242[30]
Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena 9,870[31]
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Burgos Coliseum Burgos 9,000[32]
Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports 12,760[33]
Lenovo Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín 5,100[34]
Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar 6,000[35]
MoraBanc Andorra Andorra Andorra la Vella M.I. Govern Andorra 5,005[36]
Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 13,109[37]
Río Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes 5,310
Surne Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena 10,014[38]
UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes 7,454[39]
Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 10,642[40]
Urbas Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín 5,700[41]
Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta 8,500[42]

All-time Liga ACB table[]

The all-time Liga ACB table is an overall record of all match results of every team that has played in Liga ACB since the 1983–84 season. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2019–20 season.[43][44]

Pos Team Season Played Won Lost 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Debut Since/Last App Best
1 Barcelona 37 1555 1164 391 16 13 5 1 1983–84 1983–84 1
2 Real Madrid 37 1522 1130 392 13 9 6 2 1983–84 1983–84 1
3 Baskonia 37 1438 908 538 4 5 5 5 1983–84 1983–84 1
4 Joventut 37 1375 781 594 2 4 5 4 1983–84 1983–84 1
5 Málaga[e] 35 1328 753 575 1 2 4 6 1983–84 1987–88 1
6 Estudiantes 37 1367 712 655 – 1 5 7 1983–84 1983–84 2
7 Valencia 31 1173 676 497 1 1 4 2 1988–89 1996–97 1
8 Gran Canaria 29 1053 504 549 – – – 2 1985–86 1995–96 4
9 Real Betis 30 1067 481 586 – 2 – – 1989–90 2019–20 2
10 Manresa 32 1129 471 658 1 – – 2 1983–84 2018–19 1
11 Valladolid 30 1032 432 600 – – – – 1983–84 2013–14 6
12 Girona 20 731 330 401 – – – – 1988–89 2007–08 5
13 Fuenlabrada 22 748 296 452 – – – – 1996–97 2005–06 7
14 CB Zaragoza 13 473 270 203 – – 2 3 1983–84 1995–96 3
15 Murcia 22 761 268 493 – – – – 1990–91 2011–12 7
16 Breogán 18 638 251 387 – – – – 1984–85 2018–19 6
17 Bilbao 15 521 243 278 – 1 – – 2004–05 2019–20 2
18 Canarias[f] 15 517 232 285 – – – – 1983–84 2012–13 5
19 León 11 398 179 219 – – – – 1990–91 2007–08 6
20 Peñas 12 441 173 268 – – – – 1983–84 1995–96 10
21 Basket Zaragoza 11 377 168 209 – – 1 1 2008–09 2010–11 3
22 Granollers 10 352 166 186 – – – – 1983–84 1992–93 5
23 Cáceres 11 388 163 225 – – – – 1992–93 2002–03 5
24 Andorra 10 349 158 191 – – – – 1992–93 2014–15 6
25 Ourense 10 383 143 240 – – – – 1989–90 2000–01 8
26 Granada 12 411 140 271 – – – – 1996–97 2010–11 10
27 OAR Ferrol 10 350 140 210 – – – – 1983–84 1993–94 7
28 Lucentum 9 316 132 184 – – – – 2000–01 2011–12 6
29 Gipuzkoa 11 375 128 247 – – – – 2006–07 2018–19 5
30 Obradoiro 10 329 122 207 – – – – 2009–10 2011–12 8
31 Collado Villalba 6 226 93 133 – – – – 1987–88 1991–92 8
32 Oximesa 6 225 82 143 – – – – 1986–87 1991–92 11
33 Cajabilbao 5 184 76 108 – – – – 1986–87 1990–91 9
34 Maristas Málaga 4 160 76 84 – – – – 1988–89 1991–92 13
35 Espanyol 5 165 73 92 – – – – 1984–85 1988–89 8
36 Lleida 4 140 57 83 – – – – 2001–02 2004–05 8
37 Cantabria 5 170 53 117 – – – – 1997–98 2001–02 14
38 Menorca 5 168 51 117 – – – – 2005–06 2011–12 15
39 Círcol Catòlic 3 97 49 48 – – – 1 1983–84 1985–86 4
40 Cajamadrid 3 98 46 52 – – – – 1983–84 1985–86 5
41 Miraflores 3 97 43 54 – – – 1 2017–18 2017–18 4
42 Gijón 4 144 37 107 – – – – 1995–96 2001–02 15
43 Salamanca 2 76 36 40 – – – – 1994–95 1995–96 9
44 Tenerife AB 2 89 28 61 – – – – 1988–89 1989–90 22
45 Llíria 2 79 27 52 – – – – 1991–92 1992–93 16
46 Tenerife 2 68 25 43 – – – – 2003–04 2004–05 10
47 Ciudad de Huelva 1 39 11 28 – – – – 1997–98 1997–98 17
48 L'Hospitalet 1 31 11 20 – – – – 1983–84 1983–84 15
49 Askatuak 1 43 10 33 – – – – 1988–89 1988–89 24

League or status at 2020–21 season:

2020–21 ACB season
2020–21 LEB Oro season
2020–21 LEB Plata season
2020–21 Liga EBA season
Lower divisions
Clubs that no longer exist

Awards[]

Statistical leaders[]

Main article: ACB statistical leaders

All-time scoring leaders[]

Player nationality set by the player's national team affiliation. In bold, active players. In gold, players with more than 6,000 points, considered by the ACB as historic players.[45]

Stats through end of 2018–19 ACB season:

Rank Player Games Points Average
1.  Spain Alberto Herreros  654  9,759  14.92
2.  Spain Jordi Villacampa  506  8,991  17.77
3.  United States Brian Jackson  392  8,651  22.07
4.  Spain Juan Carlos Navarro  689  8,318  12.07
5.  Spain Felipe Reyes  798  8,254  10.34
6.  United States Granger Hall  433  8,039  18.57
7.  Spain Joan Creus  585  7,929  13.55
8.  United States Joe Arlauckas  365  7,543  20.67
9.  Spain Álex Mumbrú  677  7,435  10.98
10.  Croatia Velimir Perasović  354  7,387  20.87
11.  Spain Epi  422  7,029  16.66
12.  Spain Darryl Middleton  398  6,425  16.14
13.  United States Andre Turner  378  6,405  16.94
14.  Spain Rafael Jofresa  756  6,327  8.37
15.  United States  350  6,199  17.71
16.  United States John Pinone  332  6,175  18.60
17.  Spain Bernard Hopkins  456  6,088  13.35
18.  United States Claude Riley  308  6,074  19.72
19.  Spain Xavi Fernández  499  6,042  12.11
20.  Spain Chicho Sibilio  348  6,010  17.27

All-time rebounding leaders[]

Player nationality set by the player's national team affiliation. In bold, active players. In gold, players with more than 2,500 rebounds, considered by the ACB as historic players.[46]

Stats through the end of the 2018–19 ACB season:

Rank Player Games Rebounds Average
1.  Spain Felipe Reyes  798  4,665  5.85
2.  United States Granger Hall  433  4,292  9.91
3.  Spain Carlos Jiménez  641  3,526  5.50
4.  United States Claude Riley  308  3,033  9.85
5.  Spain Juan Antonio Orenga  616  2,933  4.77
6.  Lithuania Arvydas Sabonis  235  2,904  12.36
7.  Spain Bernard Hopkins  456  2,806  6.15
8.  Spain Fran Vázquez  638  2,788  4.37
9.  Spain Mike Smith  405  2,755  6.80
10.  United States Larry Micheaux  269  2,729  10.14
11.  Spain Darryl Middleton  398  2,701  6.79
12.  United States Joe Arlauckas  365  2,626  7.19
13.  Spain Álex Mumbrú  677  2,499  3,68
14.  United States Harper Williams  346  2,493  7.21
15.  Central African Republic Anicet Lavodrama  345  2,429  7.04
16.  Spain Alfonso Reyes  461  2,417  5.24
17.  Belgium Axel Hervelle  473  2,355  4.98
18.  Croatia Ante Tomić  389  2,341  6.02
19.  Spain Ramón Rivas  307  2,290  7.46
20.  Spain Ferran Martínez  417  2,287  5.48

Records[]

Fran Vázquez holds the record for most blocks in an ACB game, 12

These are the standing ACB records for the regular season (RS)[47] and play-offs (PO).[48]

  • Most Points in a game
  • Most Field Goals Made in a game
  • Most Three Point Field Goals Made in a game
  • Most Free Throws Made in a game
  • Most Rebounds in a game
  • Most Assists in a game
  • Most Steals in a game
  • RS: 13 by , BBV Villalba vs Caja Guipúzcoa on 11 March 1989 (unofficial)
  • PO: 14 by Andrés Jiménez, Ron Negrita Joventut vs Real Madrid on 1 May 1985
  • Most Blocks in a game
  • PER
  • RS: 66 by Arvydas Sabonis, Real Madrid vs Coren Ourense on 31 March 1995
  • PO: 48 by Dennis Hopson, Banco Natwest Zaragoza vs Marbella Joventut on 18 April 1993
  • Prolific Scorers
  • Most 50 points RS games in a career: 2 by Eddie Phillips and Henry Turner.
  • Most 50 points RS games in a season: 2 by Eddie Phillips in 1986/87 and Henry Turner in 1991/92.
  • Most 40 points RS games in a career: 11 by .
  • Most 40 points RS games in a season: 7 by Eddie Phillips in 1986/87 and in 1988/89.
  • Most 40 points RS games streak: 3 by Eddie Phillips in 1986/87 and Oscar Schmidt in 1993/94.
  • Most 30 points RS games in a season: 24 by Walter Berry in 1990/91.
  • Most 30 points RS games streak: 13 by Walter Berry in 1990/91 (from stage 4 to stage 16).
  • Players with 20 rebounds games
  • 12 games: Arvydas Sabonis (9 RS, 3 PO).
  • 4 games: Jerome Lane (4 RS)
  • 3 games: Tanoka Beard (3 RS) and Ken Johnson (3 RS).
  • 2 games: Clarence Kea (2 RS), Warren Kidd (2 RS), Terry White (2 RS) and Claude Riley (2 RS).
  • 1 game: Fernando Romay (1 PO), Felipe Reyes (1 RS), Granger Hall (1 RS), (1 RS) and Greg Foster[50] (1 PO).
  • Double-Doubles (d-d)
  • All-time RS: 205 by Granger Hall in 387 games, 137 by Arvydas Sabonis in 189 games, 119 by Claude Riley in 278 games, 116 by Larry Micheaux in 235 games, 100 by Tanoka Beard in 168 games
  • All-time PO: 37 by Arvydas Sabonis in 46 games, 22 by Granger Hall in 46 games, 20 by Larry Micheaux in 33 games
  • Most d-d in a single RS: 33 by Tanoka Beard, 1997–98
  • Most d-d in a single PO: 11 by Arvydas Sabonis, 1992–93 & 1993–94
  • RS games streak recording a d-d: 17 by Arvydas Sabonis, 1989–90
  • Triple-Doubles
    • Luka Dončić with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on 9 May 2018
    • Fran Vázquez with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 12 blocks on 7 January 2007
    • Dejan Tomašević with 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, Pamesa Valencia vs Unicaja on 12 May 2004
    • George Singleton with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 10 blocks on 12 February 1994
    • with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists on stage 13 1990–91; and 15 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists on stage 19 1990–91
    • Mike Smith with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 10 steals on 21 October 1989
  • Most Points in a game
  • RS: 147 – FC Barcelona defeated Cajabilbao 147–106 on 31 January 1987
  • Fewest Points in a game
  • RS: 39 – Lagun Aro GBC was defeated by Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 61–39 on 25 April 2010
  • Largest Margin of Victory in a game
  • Victory with fewest points

Attendances[]

Since several years ago, the Liga ACB is the European domestic league with the highest average attendance,[52] always surpassing the 6,000 spectators per game since the 2002–03 season.

Season averages[]

All averages include playoffs games.

Season Total gate Games Average Change High avg. Team Low avg. Team
1995–96 1,984,706 409 4,853 6,757 Estudiantes Argentaria 3,400 Xacobeo 99 Ourense
1996–97 1,692,188 341 4,962 +2.2% 6,517 Estudiantes Argentaria 3,357 Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
1997–98 1,703,784 341 4,996 +0.1% 7,784 Pamesa Valencia 2,826 Ourense Xacobeo 99
1998–99 1,753,105 331 5,296 +6.0% 8,050 Pamesa Cerámica 3,414 Real Madrid Teka
1999–2000 1,766,883 335 5,274 –0.0% 8,603 Pamesa Valencia 3,607 Cantabria Lobos
2000–01 1,705,898 331 5,154 –3.0% 8,425 Unicaja 3,159 Club Ourense Baloncesto
2001–02 1,933,425 332 5,824 +13.0% 12,018 Adecco Estudiantes 3,385 Canarias Telecom
2002–03 2,009,153 332 6,052 +3.9% 11,171 Adecco Estudiantes 3,735 Cáceres CB
2003–04 2,045,619 335 6,106 +0.9% 11,176 Adecco Estudiantes 3,424 Polaris World Murcia
2004–05 2,203,588 336 6,558 +7.4% 11,055 Adecco Estudiantes 3,903 Unelco Tenerife
2005–06 2,108,671 336 6,276 –4.3% 9,733 Unicaja 4,265 Leche Río
2006–07 2,254,576 336 6,710 +6.9% 9,727 Real Madrid 4,528 Akasvayu Girona
2007–08 2,088,989 323 6,467 –3.6% 9,641 MMT Estudiantes 4,184 Akasvayu Girona
2008–09 2,073,773 292 7,102 +9.8% 9,090 TAU Cerámica 4,858 Ricoh Manresa
2009–10 2,135,484 326 6,551 –7.8% 9,765 Bizkaia Bilbao Basket 4,194 CB Murcia
2010–11 2,018,072 324 6,409 –2.2% 9,345 Asefa Estudiantes 4,200 Meridiano Alicante
2011–12 2,171,673 329 6,621 +3.3% 10,412 Asefa Estudiantes 4,424 Assignia Manresa
2012–13 2,077,787 328 6,335 –4.3% 9,971 Laboral Kutxa 3,985 Cajasol
2013–14 2,213,116 329 6,202 –2.0% 9,242 Real Madrid 3,515 CB Valladolid
2014–15 2,091,134 328 6,375 +2.7% 9,406 Real Madrid 3,599 MoraBanc Andorra
2015–16 2,082,234 328 6,387 +1.5% 9,918 Baskonia 4,026 Iberostar Tenerife
2016–17 1,901,826 295 6,456 +1.0% 9,758 Baskonia 3,985 ICL Manresa
2017–18 2,101,755 327 6,427 –0.4% 10,194 Kirolbet Baskonia 3,169 Delteco GBC
2018–19 2,026,760 325 6,236 –3.0% 9,316 San Pablo Burgos 3,283 Delteco GBC
2019–20 1,369,822 205[g] 6,682 +7.1% 9,438 San Pablo Burgos 3,991 MoraBanc Andorra

Source: [53]

Historic average attendances[]

All averages include playoffs games.

Season AND FCB BKN BLB BRE CAC CBC CTB EST FUE GIJ GBC GIR GCA GRA HLV JOV LEO LLE LUC MGA MAN MEN MIR MUR OBR COB PEÑ BET RMA SAL TFE VBC VAD BZA CBZ
1995–96 3,562 5,896 5,100 4,974 6,757 4,457 4,982 3,989 4,668 5,347 4,881 4,441 6,160 3,400 3,954 4,775 5,640 3,968 5,104 4,890
1996–97 5,913 5,130 4,956 6,517 3,357 4,432 3,889 4,362 6,214 4,886 5,000 4,303 5,197 3,363 4,018 6,229 5,529 4,805
1997–98 6,088 5,203 4,869 4,258 6,653 4,706 4,100 5,412 3,600 6,301 4,735 5,000 4,620 2,826 4,467 4,686 7,784 4,253
1998–99 5,766 7,288 4,918 4,096 6,325 4,664 4,453 4,382 6,276 6,128 4,853 5,000 4,700 4,709 5,955 3,414 8,050 3,641
1999–00 5,316 8,311 3,885 5,349 3,607 7,448 5,045 4,094 4,267 4,278 5,737 4,603 5,368 4,562 5,482 4,113 8,603 3,929
2000–01 6,248 7,852 5,035 5,218 3,336 6,142 4,574 4,238 4,145 3,835 4,959 3,953 8,425 3,159 4,368 3,861 7,668 4,283
2001–02 6,152 7,993 5,000 4,715 3,577 12,018 4,902 3,897 4,363 3,385 6,884 5,815 4,916 8,529 4,314 4,200 7,032 4,675
2002–03 7,385 8,311 5,507 3,735 11,171 4,799 3,840 4,441 5,006 5,208 5,071 4,909 8,547 4,479 6,306 4,459 7,939 4,688
2003–04 6,889 8,766 5,447 11,176 4,709 4,431 4,199 5,603 5,771 5,137 8,547 4,437 3,424 5,935 4,774 4,094 8,175 5,214
2004–05 5,451 8,510 5,003 5,424 11,055 4,545 4,208 6,823 5,746 4,899 5,251 9,825 4,803 5,959 10,561 3,903 6,853 5,654
2005–06 5,143 8,619 5,471 4,265 7,782 4,787 4,997 4,346 6,996 6,306 5,244 9,733 4,874 5,154 5,782 9,139 7,074 5,855
2006–07 5,375 8,759 6,454 8,800 4,874 9,371 4,528 4,612 7,082 6,439 4,974 9,481 5,235 5,368 5,771 9,727 6,968 5,981
2007–08 5,009 8,660 5,706 9,641 5,099 4,184 4,782 7,499 7,936 5,285 9,242 4,879 5,311 5,091 5,354 8,878 6,928 6,183
2008–09 5,091 9,090 7,003 8,963 5,255 8,294 4,924 7,407 7,467 8,950 4,858 5,350 4,925 5,950 8,847 7,529 10,264
2009–10 5,469 9,011 9,345 8,586 5,260 6,698 4,646 6,468 6,361 4,306 8,650 4,585 4,194 5,510 6,194 8,390 7,572 5,530
2010–11 4,833 8,937 7,868 9,765 5,427 6,049 4,658 5,483 5,506 4,200 9,356 4,209 4,588 5,141 6,458 7,478 4,988 7,600
2011–12 4,898 10,234 8,668 10,412 5,223 7,037 4,606 5,200 4,531 8,426 4,424 5,355 5,241 5,461 8,558 7,952 4,548 7,326
2012–13 4,561 9,750 9,626 4,157 9,023 5,080 6,362 4,666 5,230 6,193 4,276 5,662 5,414 3,985 7,607 7,865 4,894 7,626
2013–14 4,909 9,190 9,097 3,868 7,927 4,860 5,998 5,147 5,449 6,317 4,023 5,584 5,049 4,157 9,242 8,002 3,515 8,010
2014–15 3,599 4,868 8,918 8,855 4,066 7,839 4,993 5,593 6,258 5,931 7,565 4,253 5,968 5,065 4,153 9,406 8,060 7,933
2015–16 4,037 5,074 9,918 9,063 4,026 8,650 5,187 4,114 6,765 4,938 7,340 4,330 5,931 5,264 4,546 8,971 8,210 7,144
2016–17 4,228 4,272 9,758 8,708 4,521 8,356 4,911 6,464 4,975 7,116 3,985 5,637 5,067 4,886 9,072 8,159 7,467
2017–18 4,224 4,790 10,194 8,752 4,660 8,150 5,174 3,169 5,865 4,986 7,238 9,070 5,578 4,982 4,157 8,584 7,254 7,663
2018–19 4,046 5,323 9,147 4,878 4,582 8,611 5,114 3,283 5,263 5,219 7,572 4,705 9,153 5,605 4,903 8,727 7,273 7,904
2019–20 3,991 5,693 8,931 8,500 4,873 9,074 5,179 6,122 5,550 7,768 4,515 9,438 5,510 5,104 5,321 8,086 7,096 9,371
Season AND FCB BKN BLB BRE CAC CBC CTB EST FUE GIJ GBC GIR GCA GRA HLV JOV LEO LLE LUC MGA MAN MEN MIR MUR OBR COB PEÑ BET RMA SAL TFE VBC VAD BZA CBZ

Source: [53]

Individual game highest attendance[]

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Arena Date Ref
1 Laboral Kutxa Baskonia 86–80 Real Madrid 15,544 Fernando Buesa Arena January 3, 2016 [1]
Kirolbet Baskonia 74–91 Real Madrid 15,544 Fernando Buesa Arena December 30, 2018 [2]
3 Kirolbet Baskonia 78–83 Real Madrid 15,512 Fernando Buesa Arena June 17, 2018 [3]
4 Laboral Kutxa 67–66 Real Madrid 15,504 Fernando Buesa Arena April 9, 2012 [4]
5 Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket 76–88 TAU Cerámica 15,414 Bizkaia Arena January 6, 2007 [5]
6 Adecco Estudiantes 85–68 FC Barcelona 15,350 Palacio Vistalegre June 11, 2004 [6]
7 Caja Laboral 66–76 Real Madrid 15,219 Fernando Buesa Arena May 31, 2012 [7]
8 Adecco Estudiantes 73–66 Real Madrid 15,200 Palacio Vistalegre May 11, 2004 [8]
Adecco Estudiantes 82–72 FC Barcelona 15,200 Palacio Vistalegre June 9, 2004 [9]
10 FC Barcelona 83–81 Estudiantes Caja Postal 15,104 Palau Sant Jordi April 28, 1991 [10]
11 FC Barcelona 78–81 Montigalà Joventut 15,101 Palau Sant Jordi May 19, 1991 [11]
12 FC Barcelona 85–83 Montigalà Joventut 15,064 Palau Sant Jordi May 17, 1991 [12]

Source: [54][55]

Other competitions[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Spanish: [ˈliɣa aθeˈβe]; "ACB League"
  2. ^ Spanish: [ˈliɣa eŋˈdesa]; "Endesa League"
  3. ^ Regular season was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the title was decided in a end-of-season tournament in Valencia.
  4. ^ The final was played in a single game.
  5. ^ Includes CB Caja de Ronda results
  6. ^ Includes old CB Canarias results
  7. ^ Season was suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was finished under closed doors. These games are not included in the attendance data.

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