Olympiacos' Mr. Assist

The night of October 27, 2016 is very important both for Vassilis Spanoulis and Olympiacos. The 'reds' got to celebrate a great victory against Baskonia, but this game is going to be of historic significance due to the achievement of the Olympiacos' captain.

What was that Vassilis Spanoulis succeed with his 15 assists in the game?

He currently ranks second among the top passers of the Euroleague with a total of 984 assists and is now in pursuit of Dimitris Diamantidis who has a total of 1255 but has since retired.

Spanoulis also ranks second among the top passers of the Greek League with a total of 1815 assists and is also 'hunting' to outrank Dimitris Diamantidis who has stopped at 2141.

As is obvious, the Olympiacos captain is the top passer in the history of Olympiacos both in the Euroleague and the Greek League, while the 15 assists he passed in the game against the Basques were his personal record.

The previous record for a game was held by Thodoris Papaloukas with 14 assists at the Entente Orleanaise - Olympiacos game (84-88) on December 2, 2009.

As for the Greek League? The record for most assists is shared by Milos Teodosic and Thodoris Papaloukas. The latter had 13 assists against PAOK in Thessaloniki on October 20, 2001 (score 80-100) and the Serb had 13 assists once again against PAOK in Thessaloniki 8 years later (22.11.2009, 78-87 for the 'reds').

Look at the Infographic for Vassilis Spanoulis