Ergin Ataman

2016-17 to 2025-26Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul, Anadolu Efes Istanbul, Panathinaikos AKTOR AthensAll coaches

350 games since 2016-17: 205-145 (58.6%), 194.9 expected wins, +10.1 above expectation.

Coaching style

EuroLeague games in the seasons he coached, each figure next to the league average for the same seasons.

Measure	Coach	League
After timeoutPoints per possession right after his own timeouts (896 possessions)	1.04	1.07
Clutch recordWins and losses in games within 5 points with 5:00 or less left in the 4th or in overtime. Every clutch game has one winner, so the league is 50%.	105-86 (55.0%)	50.0%
Clutch gamesShare of his games that were clutch games	55%	56%
Players usedPlayers who played a minute, per game	10.5	10.8
Top 7 minutesShare of minutes played by the top seven players by minutes	87%	82%
Challenges per gameChallenges logged for the team in each game since 2021-22. The data does not show whether they were upheld.	0.74	0.67
Clutch challenges per clutch gameChallenges in the last 5:00 of the 4th quarter or overtime, in clutch games	0.29	0.18

After-timeout figures count the first possession after each of his own timeouts; a possession ends when the ball changes team.

Head to head

Against other named coaches, in games they both coached. The five he has met most are listed first; search for any other coach.

The five coaches he has met most often
Coach	G	W-L	Win %
Pablo Laso	22	13-9	59.1%
Sarunas Jasikevicius	21	14-7	66.7%
Georgios Bartzokas	20	9-11	45.0%
Dimitris Itoudis	17	4-13	23.5%
Ettore Messina	16	10-6	62.5%

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Pablo Laso 22 games, 13-9

Sarunas Jasikevicius 21 games, 14-7

Georgios Bartzokas 20 games, 9-11

Dimitris Itoudis 17 games, 4-13

Ettore Messina 16 games, 10-6

Ioannis Sfairopoulos 15 games, 12-3

Željko Obradović 14 games, 6-8

Oded Kattash 13 games, 6-7

Andrea Trinchieri 11 games, 4-7

Svetislav Pešić 11 games, 5-6

Luca Banchi 10 games, 7-3

Dejan Radonjic 9 games, 6-3

Xavi Pascual 9 games, 2-7

Israel Gonzalez 8 games, 7-1

Pedro Martínez 8 games, 3-5

Saša Obradović 8 games, 5-3

Chus Mateo 7 games, 4-3

Dusko Ivanovic 7 games, 3-4

Joan Peñarroya 7 games, 2-5

TJ Parker 7 games, 6-1

Velimir Perasovic 7 games, 4-3

Pierric Poupet 5 games, 5-0

Alex Mumbru 4 games, 2-2

David Blatt 4 games, 2-2

Sergio Scariolo 4 games, 4-0

Aito Garcia Reneses 3 games, 3-0

Gordon Herbert 3 games, 3-0

Igor Kokoskov 3 games, 2-1

Jasmin Repesa 3 games, 2-1

Jaume Ponsarnau 3 games, 2-1

Kazys Maksvytis 3 games, 3-0

Neven Spahija 3 games, 1-2

Rimas Kurtinaitis 3 games, 3-0

Simone Pianigiani 3 games, 1-2

Vassilis Spanoulis 3 games, 1-2

Dimitris Priftis 2 games, 1-1

Erdem Can 2 games, 1-1

Evgeny Pashutin 2 games, 1-1

Francesco Tabellini 2 games, 1-1

Giuseppe Poeta 2 games, 0-2

Joan Plaza 2 games, 1-1

Jure Zdovc 2 games, 2-0

Jurica Golemac 2 games, 2-0

Manuchar Markoishvili 2 games, 2-0

Martin Schiller 2 games, 1-1

Paolo Galbiati 2 games, 2-0

Roger Grimau 2 games, 1-1

Sasa Djordjevic 2 games, 2-0

Sito Alonso 2 games, 0-2

Tiago Splitter 2 games, 0-2

Tomas Masiulis 2 games, 2-0

Zvezdan Mitrovic 2 games, 2-0

Ahmet Arif Caki 1 games, 1-0

Ainars Bagatskis 1 games, 1-0

Aleksandar Dzikic 1 games, 1-0

Andrija Gavrilovic 1 games, 1-0

Argyrios Pedoulakis 1 games, 0-1

Avi Even 1 games, 1-0

Burak Selcuk Ernak 1 games, 1-0

Christos Serelis 1 games, 1-0

Dragan Sakota 1 games, 1-0

Dusan Alimpijevic 1 games, 1-0

Georgios Vovoras 1 games, 1-0

Gianmarco Pozzecco 1 games, 1-0

Jesus Vidorreta 1 games, 1-0

Kestutis Kemzura 1 games, 1-0

Oliver Kostic 1 games, 1-0

Pedro Calles 1 games, 1-0

Rami Hadar 1 games, 0-1

Rick Pitino 1 games, 0-1

Salvador Maldonado 1 games, 1-0

Tomislav Mijatovic 1 games, 0-1

Victor Garcia 1 games, 1-0

Vladimir Jovanovic 1 games, 1-0

Season by season

One line per season and club. Expected wins sum each game's pre-game Elo win probability; wins above expectation is wins minus that sum.

Season	Team	G	W-L	Win %	Expected W	Wins above exp.
2016-17	Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul	30	11-19	36.7%	10.2	+0.8
2017-18	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	18	4-14	22.2%	6.9	-2.9
2018-19	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	36	23-13	63.9%	17.8	+5.2
2019-20	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	28	24-4	85.7%	19.0	+5.0
2020-21	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	40	26-14	65.0%	26.2	-0.2
2021-22	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	39	22-17	56.4%	24.2	-2.2
2022-23	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	34	17-17	50.0%	20.0	-3.0
2023-24	Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens	41	28-13	68.3%	20.7	+7.3
2024-25	Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens	40	25-15	62.5%	25.1	-0.1
2025-26	Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens	44	25-19	56.8%	24.7	+0.3
Career		350	205-145	58.6%	194.9	+10.1