2023–24 Greek Basket League

The 2023–24 Basket League was the 12th season of the Basket League, the top professional basketball league in Greece, since its establishment in 2012, and the 84th season of top-flight Greek basketball overall.

Basket League
Season	2023–24
Dates	7 October 2023 - 14 June 2024
Games played	181
Teams	12
Regular season
Season MVP	Kostas Sloukas
Relegated	Apollon Patras
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos (40st title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Finals MVP	Mathias Lessort
Statistical leaders
Points Hunter Hale 378 Rebounds Chad Brown 166 Assists Joe Ragland 184 Index Rating Alec Peters 416
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The season began on 7 October 2023, and concluded on 14 June 2024 with Panathinaikos being crowned champions for the 41st time in their history, after defeating eternal rivals Olympiacos 3–2 in the Finals series.^[1][2]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Relegated from the 2022–23 Basket League

• Ionikos Nikaias

Promoted from the 2022–23 A2 League

• Maroussi

Locations and arenas

AEK
Panathinaikos
Peristeri
Maroussi

Olympiacos

Aris
PAOK

Kolossos

Kardtisa

Lavrio

Apollon
Promitheas

Locations of the 2023–24 Basket League teams

Club	Location	Arena	Capacity
AEK	Athens (Ano Liosia)	Ano Liosia Olympic Hall	9,327
Apollon	Patras	Apollon Patras Indoor Hall	3,500
Aris	Thessaloniki	Alexandrio Melathron	5,138
Karditsa	Karditsa	Karditsa New Indoor Hall	3,000
Kolossos	Rhodes	Kallithea Palais des Sports	1,400
Lavrio	Lavrio	Lavrio Indoor Hall	1,700
Maroussi	Athens (Marousi)	Maroussi Saint Thomas Indoor Hall	1,700
Olympiacos	Piraeus	Peace and Friendship Stadium	11,319
Panathinaikos	Athens (Marousi)	OAKA Indoor Hall	19,443
PAOK	Thessaloniki (Pylaia)	PAOK Sports Arena	8,500
Peristeri	Athens (Peristeri)	Peristeri Arena	4,000
Promitheas	Patras	Dimitris Tofalos Arena	4,150

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos	22	21	1	1892	1523	+369	43	Advanced to play-in
2	Olympiacos	22	20	2	1872	1496	+376	42
3	Peristeri bwin	22	15	7	1810	1626	+184	37
4	Promitheas Patras	22	13	9	1839	1774	+65	35
5	Aris Thessaloniki	22	12	10	1680	1666	+14	34
6	Kolossos H Hotels	22	9	13	1802	1861	−59	31
7	AEK	22	9	13	1910	1898	+12	31	Advanced to play-out
8	Lavrio Megabolt	22	8	14	1657	1852	−195	30
9	PAOK mateco	22	8	14	1617	1764	−147	30
10	Maroussi	22	7	15	1802	1921	−119	29
11	Karditsa	22	7	15	1650	1761	−111	29
12	Apollon Patras	22	3	19	1460	1849	−389	25

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2024. Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	APO	ARI	MAR	KAR	KOL	LAV	OLY	PAN	PAOK	PER	PRO
AEK	—	100–70	91–93	91–89	103–88	93–74	84–60	80–92	69–89	90–70	97–101	87–91
Apollon	83–74	—	70–77	69–75	72–71	69–87	71–60	63–93	55–87	54–67	63–74	56–84
Aris Thessaloniki	75–64	76–63	—	67–73	69–61	98–91	84–60	72–81	65–75	77–63	81–73	73–77
Maroussi	82–90	99–73	84–89	—	94–88	85–74	71–75	83–111	79–92	75–80	74–103	70–95
Karditsa	86–95	76–74	80–71	87–84	—	87–69	84–68	54–83	64–87	97–78	84–95	101–72
Kolossos	103–80	88–60	78–88	89–85	73–67	—	88–73	59–102	78–81	95–79	104–93	114–109
Lavrio	75–90	82–75	91–86	88–93	76–57	79–76	—	54–96	76–92	86–76	64–86	89–84
Olympiacos	79–71	84–65	85–71	93–87	85–73	71–52	84–63	—	54–66	77–62	87–74	92–75
Panathinaikos	86–85	112–60	70–73	82–71	77–53	96–73	111–75	85–80	—	97–85	90–75	93–62
PAOK	85–94	87–70	82–76	79–85	72–69	93–81	66–65	63–77	73–89	—	69–64	80–95
Peristeri	89–78	90–57	84–62	95–72	77–48	89–77	89–87	67–85	64–66	71–35	—	76–71
Promitheas	100–95	106–68	70–57	111–92	87–75	84–79	100–73	57–81	54–69	80–73	75–81	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Play-in

The six highest ranked teams in the regular season qualify for the Play-in. Those teams have already qualified for the GBL playoffs and will face each other once (5 matches per team), only for playoff placement purposes.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos	27	26	1	2299	1906	+393	53	Advanced to playoffs
2	Olympiacos	27	24	3	2299	1868	+431	51
3	Peristeri bwin	27	16	11	2246	2076	+170	43
4	Promitheas Patras	27	16	11	2264	2012	+252	43
5	Aris Thessaloniki	27	13	14	2018	2167	−149	40
6	Kolossos H Hotels	27	10	17	2174	2294	−120	37

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2024. Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ARI	KOL	OLY	PAN	PER	PRO
Aris Thessaloniki	—	60–69		68–80
Kolossos		—	66–100	74–79
Olympiacos	85–77		—		91–83	80–69
Panathinaikos			77–71	—	93–88	90–82
Peristeri	75–82	98–90			—	92–94
Promitheas	84–51	96–73				—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Play-out

The teams ranked 7 through 12 from the regular season participate in the play-out. They play against each other once (5 matches per team). The 7th and 8th seeded teams advance to the GBL playoffs, and the team that finishes last gets relegated to the Elite League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	AEK	27	12	15	2355	2311	+44	39	Advanced to playoffs
8	PAOK	27	11	16	2042	2147	−105	38
9	Maroussi	27	10	17	2207	2305	−98	37
10	A.S. Karditsas	27	10	17	2061	2171	−110	37
11	Lavrio	27	10	17	2081	2288	−207	37
12	Apollon Patras	27	4	23	1818	2291	−473	31	Relegated to the Elite League

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2025. Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	APO	KAR	LAV	MAR	PAOK
AEK	—			100–67	88–85	99–91
Apollon Patras	89–79	—		66–104
A.S. Karditsas	81–79	95–67	—
Lavrio			88–95	—	76–90	89–85
Maroussi		77–73	91–70		—
PAOK		87–63	85–70		77–62	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

The eight highest ranked teams (six from the play-in and two from the play-out) qualify for the playoffs. Quarterfinals and Semifinals are being played in a "best of 3" format, while the Finals are being played in a "best of 5" format.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Panathinaikos	2
	PAOK	0
					Panathinaikos	2
					Aris	0
	Promitheas	1
	Aris	2
									Panathinaikos	3
									Olympiacos	2
	Olympiacos	2
	AEK	0
					Olympiacos	2
					Peristeri	0			Third place
	Peristeri	2
	Kolossos	0
									Peristeri	75
									Aris	71

Quarterfinals (best of 3)

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Panathinaikos	2–0	PAOK	84–66	99–96	0
Promitheas	1–2	Aris	79–60	85–89	87–88
Olympiacos	2–0	AEK	92–75	100–68	0
Peristeri	2–0	Kolossos	79–63	88–86

Semifinals (best of 3)

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Panathinaikos	2–0	Aris	89–71	80–65	0
Olympiacos	2–0	Peristeri	83–72	84–71	0

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Panathinaikos	3–2	Olympiacos	84–89	86–92	83–76	88–85	87–82

Game 1

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

5 June 2024	Panathinaikos	84–89	Olympiacos
21:15	Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 20–27, 19–20, 28–23
	Pts: Nunn 21 Sloukas 16 Rebs: Mitoglou 10 Lessort 7 Asts: Grant 6 Sloukas 5	Boxscore	Pts: Walkup 17 Williams-Goss 16 Rebs: Milutinov 13 Papanikolaou 7 Asts: Walkup 5 Williams-Goss 5	Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Referees: Papapetrou Karpanos Theonas

Game 2

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

7 June 2024	Olympiacos	92–86	Panathinaikos
21:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 17–15, 24–16, 30–31
	Pts: Williams-Goss 19 Milutinov 17 Rebs: Milutinov 9 Peters 6 Asts: Walkup 3 Williams-Goss 3	Boxscore	Pts: Lessort 21 Nunn 13 Rebs: Lessort 9 Hernangomez 6 Asts: Nunn 5 Sloukas 5	Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Tsaroucha Tsolakos Agrafiotis

Game 3

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

10 June 2024	Panathinaikos	83–76	Olympiacos
21:15	Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 20–16, 18–25, 22–17
	Pts: Nunn 21 Lessort 17 Rebs: Lessort 7 Antetokounmpo 6 Asts: Sloukas 3	Boxscore	Pts: Milutinov 17 Canaan 14 Rebs: Walkup 7 Peters 5 Asts: Papanikolaou 3	Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Referees: Poursanidis Pitsilkas Magklogiannis

Game 4

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

12 June 2024	Olympiacos	85–88	Panathinaikos
21:15	Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 29–27, 13–20, 21–24
	Pts: Larentzakis 13 Rebs: Papanikolaou 7 Petrusev 4 Asts: Papanikolaou 4	Boxscore	Pts: Nunn 25 Rebs: Hernangomez 7 Lessort 6 Asts: Nunn 4 Grant 4 Grigonis 4	Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Papapetrou Theonas Magklogiannis

Game 5

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

14 June 2024	Panathinaikos	87–82	Olympiacos
21:15	Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 28–17, 17–25, 22–18
	Pts: Sloukas 29 Grant 13 Nunn 13 Rebs: Mitoglou 9 Hernangomez 6 Asts: Nunn 5	Boxscore	Pts: Peters 21 Papanikolaou 18 Milutinov 17 Rebs: Milutinov 12 Peters 4 Asts: Walkup 10 McKissic 5	Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Referees: Poursanidis Karpanos Katrachouras

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or Relegation
1	Panathinaikos	34	33	1	Qualification to the EuroLeague
2	Olympiacos	34	28	6
3	Peristeri	32	19	13	Qualification to the Basketball Champions League
4	Promitheas	30	18	12
5	Aris	33	15	18	Qualification to the EuroCup
6	Kolossos	29	10	19	Qualification to the Basketball Champions League
7	AEK	29	12	17
8	PAOK	29	11	18	Qualification to the Basketball Champions League Qualifying Rounds
9	Maroussi	27	10	17	Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup
10	Karditsa	27	10	17
11	Lavrion	27	10	17
12	Apollon Patras	27	4	23	Relegation to the Greek A2 League

Awards

All official awards of the 2023–24 Greek Basket League.

Greek League MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Kostas Sloukas	Panathinaikos

Greek League Finals MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
C	Mathias Lessort	Panathinaikos

All-Greek League Team

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Kostas Sloukas	Panathinaikos
SG	Kendrick Nunn	Panathinaikos
SF	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
PF	Alec Peters	Olympiacos
C	Mathias Lessort	Panathinaikos

Best Coach

Pos.	Player	Team
HD	Ergin Ataman	Panathinaikos

Best Defender

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Jerian Grant	Panathinaikos

Best Young Player

Pos.	Player	Team
SG	Neoklis Avdalas	Karditsa

Most Improved Player

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Vassilis Toliopoulos	Aris

Most Popular Player

Pos.	Player	Team
SG	Kendrick Nunn	Panathinaikos

Most Spectacular Player

Pos.	Player	Team
C	Mathias Lessort	Panathinaikos

Statistical leaders

The Greek Basket League counts official stats leaders by stats totals, and not by per game averages. It also counts the total stats for both regular season combined.

Performance index rating Pos Player Club PIR 1 Alec Peters Olympiacos 416 2 Joe Ragland Peristeri 374 3 Luka Brajkovic Kolossos 368 4 Shakur Juiston Maroussi 365 5 Miroslav Raduljica Maroussi 351 Points Pos Player Club Total Points 1 Hunter Hale Promitheas 378 2 Anthony Cowan Jr. Promitheas 322 3 Alec Peters Olympiacos 315 4 Jordan McRae AEK 311 5 Miroslav Raduljica Maroussi 309

Rebounds Pos Player Club Total Rebounds 1 Chad Brown Apollon Patras 166 2 Romello White Karditsa 161 3 Shakur Juiston Maroussi 159 4 Chris Coffey Promitheas 149 5 Khalid Moore Lavrio 148 Assists Pos Player Club Total Assists 1 Joe Ragland Peristeri 184 2 Elvar Fridriksson PAOK 137 3 London Perrantes Kolossos Rodou 123 4 Anthony Cowan Jr. Promitheas 122 5 Vassilis Mouratos Apollon Patras 113

Source: ^[3]

Clubs in international competitions

Team	Competition	Result
Panathinaikos	EuroLeague	Final Four, 1st place
Olympiacos		Final Four, 3rd place
Aris	EuroCup	Playoffs, Eighthfinals
Peristeri	Champions League	Final Four, 4th place
Promitheas		Playoffs, Quarterfinals
AEK		Round of 16
PAOK		Play-ins

See also

• 2023 Greek Basketball Super Cup
• 2023–24 Greek Basketball Cup