In Round 19, Olympiacos defeated Panathinaikos 82-87 in Athens, extending its streak to six consecutive road wins over its rival in EuroLeague play.
Last season, Olympiacos claimed a 97-93 victory over Panathinaikos in the third-place game at the 2025 Final Four. Alec Peters tied a Final Four record with 6 three-pointers made and matched his career-high PIR of 31 in that game. Olympiacos also set two Final Four records with 34 assists and 15 three-pointers made. Additionally, the Reds beat the Greens 89-94 in Athens and 78-76 in Piraeus last season.
Alec Peters earned MVP of the Round honors in a 78-88 overtime road win over Panathinaikos in the 2023-24 season opener, posting a career-high PIR of 31. He also recorded a career-best 4 steals.
Thomas Walkup delivered one of the best performances of his career in an 81-73 home win over Panathinaikos in March 2023, posting career highs in PIR (32) and assists (13) while adding 11 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals. He earned MVP of the Round honors for that outing.
Walkup also made a career-best 5 three-pointers in the Reds’ 78-88 overtime road victory over Panathinaikos in October 2023.
Nikola Milutinov totaled 18 points and 18 rebounds, along with a career-high PIR of 41, to earn weekly MVP honors in a 79-65 win over Panathinaikos in January 2019.
Panathinaikos and Olympiacos first faced each other in European competition in the 1994 EuroLeague semifinals in Tel Aviv, Israel. Olympiacos won 77-72 behind 22 points from Zarko Paspalj.
They met again in the 1995 Final Four semifinals in Zaragoza, Spain, where Olympiacos prevailed 52-58 behind 27 points from Eddie Johnson.
Olympiacos swept Panathinaikos in a best-of-three series in the 1997 EuroLeague Playoffs and went on to capture the EuroLeague title.
In the 2009 EuroLeague semifinals in Berlin, Germany, Panathinaikos edged Olympiacos 82-84 in a game decided by the final shot, behind 20 points from Nikola Pekovic.
Tyrese Rice set a Panathinaikos club record with 41 points in a 99-93 overtime home win over Olympiacos in December 2019.
Kostas Sloukas joined Panathinaikos from archrival Olympiacos in the summer of 2023 after spending three seasons with the Reds, helping them reach back-to-back Final Fours, including the 2023 championship game. That marked his second stint with Olympiacos. During his first tenure, Sloukas helped the club win EuroLeague titles in 2012 and 2013. He spent five seasons in Piraeus during that initial stint and made his debut as a teenager in 2009. He won those titles alongside current Olympiacos player Kostas Papanikolaou.
Five Panathinaikos players — Panagiotis Kalaitzakis, Konstantinos Mitoglou, Alexandros Samodurov, Kostas Sloukas and Vassilis Toliopoulos — and three Olympiacos players — Tyler Dorsey, Giannoulis Larentzakis and Kostas Papanikolaou — were teammates on the Greek national team last summer and won bronze medals at EuroBasket 2025.
Papanikolaou and Larentzakis have also been teammates of Panathinaikos’s Nikos Rogkavopoulos on the Greek national team.
Thomas Walkup has likewise been a teammate of Mitoglou and Rogkavopoulos on the Greek national team.
Vassilis Toliopoulos played for Olympiacos from 2015 to 2019, making his EuroLeague debut there and appearing in 15 EuroLeague games during that span.
Walkup and Marius Grigonis were backcourt teammates at Zalgiris Kaunas for three seasons (2018–2021).
Rogkavopoulos was a teammate of Olympiacos center Donta Hall at Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz last season.
Tyson Ward and TJ Shorts were teammates for the past three seasons. They spent the last two with Paris Basketball, winning the 2024 EuroCup, making their EuroLeague debuts together in 2024-25, helping Paris reach the EuroLeague Playoffs, and capturing both the 2025 French championship and 2025 French Cup. They previously played together at Telekom Baskets Bonn in 2022-23, winning the 2023 FIBA Champions League.
Nikola Milutinov and Marius Grigonis were teammates at CSKA Moscow during the 2021-22 season.
Sasha Vezenkov was a teammate of Konstantinos Mitoglou at Aris Thessaloniki during the 2013-14 season.
Alec Peters played under current Panathinaikos head coach Ergin Ataman at Anadolu Efes Istanbul in 2019-20.
Keenan Evans and Mathias Lessort were teammates at Maccabi Tel Aviv early in the 2021-22 season.
Evan Fournier, Frank Ntilikina and Mathias Lessort have been teammates on the French national team, winning silver medals together at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Lessort and Ntilikina also won bronze medals at the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Moustapha Fall has also been a teammate of Lessort on the French national team.
Jerian Grant and Tyrique Jones played together at Turk Telekom Ankara in 2022-23, reaching both the 2023 EuroCup Finals and the Turkish League finals.
Tyrique Jones earned MVP of the Round honors in Round 12 of the 2023-24 season after leading Anadolu Efes Istanbul to a 71-68 win over Panathinaikos with 22 points, 13 rebounds and a career-best PIR of 36.
Panagiotis Kalaitzakis recorded a career-high 4 steals in a third-place game loss against Olympiacos at the 2025 Final Four.
Sloukas collected a career-high 4 steals while playing for Fenerbahce against Olympiacos in January 2020.
Konstantinos Mitoglou tied his career high with 16 rebounds and set a career high with 14 defensive rebounds in a road loss against Olympiacos in March 2024.
Keenan Evans earned MVP of the Round honors while playing for Zalgiris Kaunas against Panathinaikos in February 2024, finishing with 24 points on 5-of-6 two-point shooting, 4-of-5 three-point shooting and 2-of-2 free throws. He added 3 rebounds, 5 assists and a career-high 5 steals for a PIR of 35.
Tyler Dorsey recorded career highs in assists (7) and steals (4) while playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv against Panathinaikos in December 2019.
Shaquielle McKissic dished a career-best 6 assists in a win over Panathinaikos in March 2022.
Game Facts - Olympiacos Piraeus
Sasha Vezenkov has posted PIRs of at least 12 in 15 straight games.
Vezenkov has posted PIRs of at least 20 in 14 of his last 15 games.
Vezenkov has scored in double figures in 16 straight games and 27 of his last 28 games.
Vezenkov has made at least 1 three-point shot in 15 of his last 16 games.
Vezenkov has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in seven straight games and 14 of his last 15 games.
Nikola Milutinov has posted double-digit PIRs in 26 of his last 27 games.
Milutinov has recorded at least 5 rebounds in 10 of his last 11 games.
Milutinov has collected multiple offensive rebounds in 19 straight games.
Tyler Dorsey has made at least 1 three-point shot in seven straight games and 27 of his last 28 games.
Dorsey has scored in double figures in six straight games and 27 of his last 28 games.
Evan Fournier has made at least 1 three-point shot in nine of his last 10 games.
Fournier has scored at least 11 points in six of his last seven games.
Thomas Walkup has made at least 1 three-point shot in eight straight games.
Walkup has recorded at least 1 steal in six straight games.
Walkup has recorded at least 5 assists in nine of his last 10 games.
Season rankings
Vezenkov ranks first in average PIR with 23.4 per game.
Milutinov ranks third in average PIR with 20.6 per game.
Vezenkov ranks third in scoring with 19.3 points per game.
Dorsey ranks ninth in scoring with 16.7 points per game.
Milutinov ranks first in rebounding with 7.4 per game.
Vezenkov ranks second in rebounding with 6.9 per game.
Milutinov ranks first in offensive rebounding with 3.6 per game.
Vezenkov ranks fifth in two-pointers made with 4.5 per game.
Dorsey ranks sixth in three-pointers made with 2.5 per game.
Donta Hall ranks second in two-point accuracy at 76.0%.
Milutinov ranks ninth in two-point accuracy at 70.1%.
Walkup ranks sixth in assists with 5.8 per game.
Records/Milestones
Kostas Papanikolaou is the EuroLeague’s all-time leader in games started with 348.
Hall is the EuroLeague’s all-time leader in two-point accuracy at 74.3%.
Papanikolaou ranks fourth all-time in games played with 417. Kyle Hines is third with 425.
Milutinov ranks eighth all-time in rebounds with 1,610. Bryant Dunston of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan ranks seventh with 1,630 and counting.
Papanikolaou ranks 13th all-time in rebounds with 1,475. Johannes Voigtmann of FC Bayern Munich ranks 12th with 1,499 and counting.
Vezenkov ranks 19th all-time in rebounds with 1,374. Tibor Pleiss ranks 18th with 1,401.
Papanikolaou ranks eighth all-time in defensive rebounds with 1,142. Nikola Mirotic of AS Monaco Basket ranks seventh with 1,153 and counting.
Vezenkov is tied with Ante Tomic for 14th place all-time in defensive rebounds with 1,025. Hines ranks 13th with 1,031.
Milutinov ranks third all-time in offensive rebounds with 744. Walter Tavares of Real Madrid Baloncesto ranks second with 776 and counting.
Vezenkov ranks 14th all-time in scoring with 3,472. Georgios Printezis ranks 13th with 3,599.
Vezenkov ranks 11th all-time in performance index rating points with 4,257. Hines ranks 10th with 4,299.
Milutinov is tied with Nicolo Melli for 11th place all-time in blocks with 176. Ioannis Bourousis ranks 10th with 194.
Moustapha Fall ranks 14th all-time in blocks with 171. Stephane Lasme ranks 13th with 174.
Hall ranks 20th all-time in blocks with 154. Tomic ranks 19th with 155.
Papanikolaou ranks eighth all-time in steals with 334. Theodoros Papaloukas ranks seventh with 335.
Walkup ranks 12th all-time in steals with 303. Melli and Sergio Rodriguez are tied for 10th with 309.
Walkup ranks 14th all-time in assists with 1,167. Shane Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul ranks 13th with 1,184 and counting.
Papanikolaou ranks 16th all-time in three-point shots made with 453. Alexey Shved ranks 15th with 459.
Alec Peters ranks fifth all-time in three-point accuracy at 45.9%. Petteri Koponen ranks fourth at 46.2%.
Fall ranks second all-time in two-point accuracy at 72.8%.
Tyrique Jones ranks 18th all-time in two-point accuracy at 64.6%.
Peters ranks 11th all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.1%.
Walkup ranks 14th all-time in games started with 236.
Walkup ranks 13th all-time with a 2.6-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Peters needs 9 points to reach 2,000 for his career.
Jones needs 27 rebounds to reach 500 for his career.
Game Facts - Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens
Nigel Hayes-Davis has made at least 1 three-point shot in 45 straight games.
Hayes-Davis has posted a PIR of 10 or more in 13 straight games.
Hayes-Davis has scored 14 or more points in nine of his last 10 games.
Hayes-Davis has recorded at least 1 steal in seven of his last eight games.
Hayes-Davis has made 31 consecutive free throws.
Kendrick Nunn has made at least 1 three-point shot in 17 straight games.
Nunn has made multiple three-point shots in four of his last five games.
Nunn has scored at least 10 points in 11 straight games.
Nunn has posted PIRs of at least 13 in seven of his last eight games.
Kostas Sloukas has made at least 1 three-point shot in four of his last five games.
Jerian Grant has recorded at least 1 steal in seven of his last eight games.
Juancho Hernangomez has pulled down at least 5 rebounds in seven straight games.
Mathias Lessort has posted double-digit PIRs in four straight games and 27 of his last 28 games.
Season rankings
Nunn ranks second in scoring with 19.3 points per game.
Nunn ranks seventh in average PIR with 18.0 per game.
Nunn ranks seventh in steals with 1.2 per game.
Nunn ranks second in two-pointers made with 5.2 per game.
Nunn ranks ninth in free-throw accuracy at 91.0%.
Sloukas ranks 10th in free-throw accuracy at 90.8%.
Sloukas ranks seventh in assists with 5.1 per game.
Hernangomez ranks fourth in rebounding with 6.8 per game.
Kenneth Faried ranks third in offensive rebounding with 2.6 per game.
Richaun Holmes ranks ninth in offensive rebounding with 2.2 per game.
Records/Milestones
Nunn set the single-season EuroLeague scoring record with 802 points during the 2024-25 season.
Sloukas ranks second all-time in games played with 454. Sergio Llull of Real Madrid Baloncesto ranks first with 472 and counting.
Sloukas is the all-time leader in playing time with 10,400 minutes.
Sloukas ranks second all-time in assists with 2,031. Nick Calathes of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade ranks first with 2,218 and counting.
Sloukas ranks third all-time in performance index rating points with 5,436. Nando De Colo of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul ranks second with 5,783 and counting.
Sloukas ranks fifth all-time in scoring with 4,342. Mirotic of AS Monaco ranks fourth with 4,373 and counting.
Sloukas ranks 15th all-time in steals with 290. Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul ranks 14th with 292 and counting.
Sloukas ranks ninth all-time in three-point shots made with 547. Larkin of Anadolu Efes Istanbul ranks eighth with 590 and counting.
Sloukas ranks fourth all-time in free throws made with 1,089. Vassilis Spanoulis ranks third with 1,131.
Marius Grigonis ranks eighth all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.6%.
Nunn ranks 12th all-time in free-throw accuracy at 90.0%.
Sloukas ranks 15th all-time in free-throw accuracy at 89.3%.
Nikolaos Rogkavopoulos ranks 20th all-time in three-point accuracy at 42.9%.
Sloukas needs 3 rebounds to reach 1,000 for his career.
Grant ranks second all-time with a 3.1-to-1 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
Grant needs 3 points to reach 1,000 for his career.
Cedi Osman needs 31 points to reach 1,000 for his career.
Konstantinos Mitoglou needs 9 points to reach 1,500 for his career.
Lessort needs 1 two-point field goal made to reach 600 for his career.
Grigonis needs 4 steals to reach 100 for his career.