Kostas Papanikolaou

#16Olympiacos Piraeus5 EuroLeague seasons, 2022-23 to 2026-27Compare with others

In 2026-27: 2.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists a game over 4 games, on 77.6% true shooting.

Season by season

Per game. The career line adds up every season's totals.

ScoringAll-roundShooting

Season	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PIR	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2026-27	OLY	4	0	11.9	2.5	2.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	3.8	66.7	66.7	0.0	77.6
2025-26	OLY	36	21	14.3	2.9	1.8	1.6	0.4	0.1	1.0	2.3	35.6	31.1	28.6	48.6
2024-25	OLY	38	29	18.8	4.8	2.8	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.8	6.2	41.5	34.0	69.2	55.7
2023-24	OLY	38	33	25.1	7.4	3.6	2.7	0.8	0.1	1.2	9.3	43.5	36.2	65.2	56.1
2022-23	OLY	38	38	25.3	8.7	3.8	1.9	0.7	0.2	1.4	10.3	52.6	42.9	72.9	66.0
Career		154	121	20.7	5.9	3.0	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.1	7.0	45.0	36.7	66.7	58.4

Projection and impact

Projected next season, his impact on the score, and his shooting against his shot mix.

2026-27 projection

2026-27 projection with its 80% interval
Stat	Projected	80% interval
Pointsper 100 possessions	16.0	10.7 to 21.3
Offensive reboundsper 100 possessions	1.5	0.8 to 2.3
Defensive reboundsper 100 possessions	6.1	4.8 to 7.4
Assistsper 100 possessions	6.6	5.0 to 8.3
Turnoversper 100 possessions	3.3	2.3 to 4.3
Stealsper 100 possessions	1.8	1.2 to 2.4
Blocksper 100 possessions	0.4	0.1 to 0.7
3-point attemptsper 100 possessions	8.6	6.5 to 10.7
Free-throw attemptsper 100 possessions	2.4	0.3 to 4.4
True shooting% of shot value	58.2%	51.0% to 65.3%
3-point% made	36.4%	30.4% to 42.3%
Free-throw% made	62.2%	49.8% to 74.5%

Impact

Net points per 100 possessions against an average player, offence plus defence. Dashed line: average.

−80+8
Impact, 2026-27 projection1,763 possessions of history, 22 seasons+1.080% interval −0.8 to +2.9
Impact, 2026-27 projection1,763 possessions of history, 22 seasons+4.180% interval +2.9 to +5.2
2025-26 rating515 minutes, 36 games+4.090% interval +1.4 to +6.5
2024-25 rating713 minutes, 38 games+4.390% interval +1.7 to +6.8
2023-24 rating953 minutes, 38 games+4.290% interval +1.5 to +6.8
2022-23 rating963 minutes, 38 games+4.390% interval +1.6 to +7.0
2021-22 rating866 minutes, 37 games+4.390% interval +1.5 to +7.0
2020-21 rating304 minutes, 14 games+4.690% interval +1.8 to +7.5

Shot-making

Points per 100 field-goal attempts above expected.

−150+15
2025-26104 field-goal attempts−3.990% interval −14.8 to +6.9
2024-25147 field-goal attempts−2.890% interval −12.3 to +6.8
2023-24230 field-goal attempts−2.290% interval −11.4 to +7.0
2022-23228 field-goal attempts+3.890% interval −5.9 to +13.5
2021-22210 field-goal attempts−5.190% interval −14.8 to +4.5
2019-20158 field-goal attempts+0.190% interval −9.7 to +9.9

Shot profile

Where his shots come from and how he makes them, against the league from the same spot.

Colour: his FG% against the league's from that spot, below to aboveSize: how often he shot from there

FG%Share

Shots by distance against the league
Distance	Shots	Share	League	FG%	League	Diff
At the rimunder 1.5 m	1	17%	23%	100.0	72.4	–
Short1.5 to 3 m	2	33%	21%	50.0	43.4	–
Mid-range3 to 5 m	0	0%	12%	–	42.1	–
Long two5 m and out	0	0%	3%	–	46.1	–
Threeunder 8 m	3	50%	35%	66.7	36.5	–
Deep three8 m and out	0	0%	7%	–	26.1	–

Distances are from the basket. Share is the part of his field-goal attempts from each distance; the league columns are every EuroLeague shot that season.

Shot twins

The EuroLeague player-seasons since 2007-08 that shot most like Papanikolaou: where from, how well against the league, and how often from three and the line.

Last 5Last 10Last 202025-26

1Ish Wainright2025-26 · HTA57 match2Juancho Hernangomez2025-26 · PAO54 match3James Webb III2022-23 · VBC51 match4Zachary Seljaas2025-26 · ASV51 match5Chuma Okeke2025-26 · RMB49 match

Kostas Papanikolaou against the chosen twin: share of shots by court zone, FG% against the league by distance, and shooting style
Where they shoot share of located shots by zone
Kostas PapanikolaouLast 20 games, 2025-26 to 2026-27 · 43 shots		Ish Wainright2025-26 · Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv · 42 games
5%	At the rimRim	10%
2%	Short, leftShort L	4%
5%	Short, middleShort M	6%
0%	Short, rightShort R	0%
0%	Mid-range, leftMid L	1%
0%	Mid-range, middleMid M	2%
0%	Mid-range, rightMid R	1%
0%	Long two, leftLong 2 L	2%
0%	Long two, middleLong 2 M	0%
0%	Long two, rightLong 2 R	1%
16%	Left corner threeCorner 3 L	10%
51%	Above the breakAbove break	37%
7%	Right corner threeCorner 3 R	11%
14%	Deep threeDeep 3	14%
How well FG% and points above the league from the same spots
100.0%few shots	At the rimAt the rim	76.5%+4.7
66.7%few shots	ShortShort	52.9%+6.5
no shots	Mid-rangeMid-range	25.0%few shots
no shots	Long twoLong two	25.0%few shots
37.5%+0.3	ThreeThree	31.1%−6.1
33.3%few shots	Deep threeDeep three	24.0%−5.6
Style attempts per field-goal attempt
88%	3PA rate3PA rate	73%
5%	FT rateFT rate	9%

Match weighs where he shoots (60%), how well against the league (25%) and his three-point and free-throw rates (15%) against every player-season with 150 or more located shots (511 of them). 100 is an identical profile; two seasons picked at random score about 37. Twins are always other players. Shares run to 70% at the bar's full length; left and right are as drawn on the shot chart.

Plays like

His 2025-26 season is closest to these EuroLeague player-seasons.

1Vangelis Mantzaris2013-14, EuroLeague0.81similarity
2Alex King2014-15, EuroLeague0.80similarity
3Vadim Panin2016-17, EuroLeague0.78similarity
4Vangelis Mantzaris2014-15, EuroLeague0.77similarity
5Michael Bramos2012-13, EuroLeague0.74similarity

Game log

Every EuroLeague game he played, newest first.

ScoringAll-roundShooting

Date	Opponent	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	PIR	+/-
9 Oct	vsEFS	W89–66	16	8	4	1	0	0	1	3-5	2-3	0-1	5	−10
1 Oct	@VIR	L94–96	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	−3
29 Sept	@ZAL	W93–91	8	2	2	2	1	0	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	5	+5
24 Sept	@KBA	W106–89	13	0	3	1	1	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	5	−3