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Eurobasket 2005 Statistics

The top ten scorers of Eurobasket 2005 were:

Dirk Nowitzki (GER) - 26.1 ppg
Juan Carlos Navarro (ESP) - 25.2 ppg
Andrei Kirilenko (RUS) - 17.5 ppg
Igor Rakocevic (SCG) - 16.3 ppg
Gordan Giricek (CRO) - 15.7 ppg
Jorge Garbajosa (ESP) - 14.5 ppg
Ramunas Šiškauskas (LTU) - 14.0 ppg
Boris Diaw (FRA) - 13.7 ppg
Jaka Lakovic (SLO) - 12.8 ppg

Spain scored a total of 522 points, with 87 points per game, even though they were only eighth in the field goal percentage, which was 42.7% in their six games at the tournament.

Of the top ten games with the most free throws made, Spain held the first, second, third, seventh and eighth place, averaging 31.3 free throws per game. In their game against Latvia, they made 51 out of a total of 63 attempted free throws; a distant second although nonetheless impressive was the 38 free throws they made out of 49 attempts against Croatia. Their free throw percentage was 76.7%, just behind the leading Germany with 77.9%.

Lithuania led the scoreboard in 2-pointers per game at 55.0%, followed by Serbia and Montenegro at 53.6%. With three-point field goals made per game, Croatia and Israel were tied at the top with 39.5%, although they were closely followed by Lithuania at 38.8%.

The Croatia v. Turkey group-stage game (which ended with the score 80-67) was the game with the most turnovers for both teams, 27 each. In the same game, Croatia at one point had a 32-0 scoring streak that lasted over ten minutes.

The teams with the most rebounds per game were France, Russia and Slovenia. France played the two games with the most offensive rebounds, although the latter two offset it in the defensive rebound percentages.

Lithuania and Israel topped the charts in both steals and assists, although Turkey snatched the title of the team with the most steals per game.