By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Cedi Osman has been named the Most Valuable Player for Round 31 of the 2025–26 EuroLeague Regular Season.
On Saturday, EuroLeague Basketball officially confirmed the Panathinaikos Aktor forward as the MVP of the Round.
Per the press release: “A career-high performance in a winning effort allowed Cedi Osman of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens to earn Round 31 MVP honors with a PIR of 36.
Osman led Panathinaikos to a 92-88 home win over Zalgiris Kaunas with 24 points on 5-of-5 two-pointers, 2-of-2 three-pointers and 8-of-10 free throws, adding five rebounds, three assists, two steals and six fouls drawn for a PIR of 36, his highest in 163 EuroLeague career games. Osman earned MVP of the Round honors for the second time, and is Panathinaikos’s third player to take the award this season, after Kendrick Nunn (twice) and Kostas Sloukas.
Kosner Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz big man Mamadi Diakite registered a PIR of 37, the highest in this round, in a 100-94 losing effort against Dubai Basketball. Diakite finished the game with 27 points on 7-of-9 two-pointers, 2-of-6 three-pointers and 7-of-7 free throws, plus 12 rebounds, an assist, a steal and seven fouls drawn. Isaac Bonga of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade amassed a PIR of 34 in his team’s 82-88 road victory over Virtus Bologna. Bonga had 16 points on 3-of-4 two-pointers, 2-of-4 three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws, 11 rebounds, five assists, two blocks and six fouls drawn.
Elijah Bryant of Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv and Justin Robinson of Paris Basketball, each with a PIR of 32, complete the list of top individual performances in Round 31. Bryant led Hapoel to a 75-80 road win over FC Barcelona with 21 points, six rebounds, four assists and six fouls drawn. Robinson helped Paris beat LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 90-81 with 25 points, six rebounds, six assists and six fouls drawn.
Individual highs: Codi Miller-McIntyre of Zvezda, 12 assists
Diakite was this week’s top scorer with 27 points against Dubai. Nunn leads the overall standings at 19.5 points per night.
Diakite and O’Shae Brissett of Maccabi Rapyd Tel Aviv each pulled down 12 rebounds in Round 31. Nikola Milutinov of Olympiacos Piraeus is the EuroLeague’s top rebounder at 7.3 per game.
Codi Miller-McIntyre of Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade was the only player to get double-digits in assists, dishing 12 against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. He also leads the overall standings with 7.1 assists per game.
PJ Dozier of Anadolu Efes Istanbul collected four steals in his team’s last-second 80-81 road win over FC Bayern Munich. Aleksa Avramovic of Dubai is first at 1.6 steals per night.
Neal Sako of Valencia Basket and Walter Tavares of Real Madrid both had three blocks in this round. Tavares ranks first overall at 2.0 blocks per game.
Six players registered double-doubles in Round 31: Diakite (27 points, 12 rebounds), Bonga (16 points, 11 rebounds), Brissett (10 points, 12 rebounds), Miller-McIntyre (10 points, 12 assists), Milutinov (13 points, 10 rebounds) and Josh Nebo (19 points, 10 rebounds) of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.”