Ignas Sargiūnas

Ignas Sargiūnas
No. 43 – Fenerbahçe
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
LeagueBSL
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999
Kaunas, Lithuania
Listed height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight86 kg (190 lb)
Career information
High schoolKaunas Jonas Basanavičius Gymnasium
CollegeGeorgia (2018–2019)
Colorado State (2019–2020)
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2018Žalgiris Kaunas
2015–2018→BC Žalgiris-2 Kaunas
2020–2022Cbet / Labas GAS Prienai
2022–2023Medi Bayreuth
2023–2024Neptūnas Klaipėda
2024–2026Rytas Vilnius
2026–presentFenerbahçe
Career highlights
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Lithuania
FIBA U18 European Championship
Silver medal – second place2016 TurkeyTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 SlovakiaTeam
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Silver medal – second place2015 LithuaniaU16 National Team

Ignas Sargiūnas (born 11 September 1999) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. Moreover, he also regularly represent the Lithuania men's national basketball team.

Early life

Sargiūnas was born on 11 September 1999 in Kaunas, Lithuania and spent his childhood in Šilainiai eldership of Kaunas, where he enjoyed playing streetball in local basketball courts.[1][2] He attended basketball practices since the first grade in the Kaunas Sabonis Basketball Center.[1] Furthermore, he graduated from the Kaunas Jonas Basanavičius Gymnasium in Šilainiai.[3]

College career

In the 2018–2019 season he played for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[4]

In the 2019–2020 season he moved to the Colorado State University, however there he did not play for the Colorado Rams due to the redshirt rule.[4]

Professional career

Kaunas Sabonis Basketball Center and Žalgiris-2 (2015–2018)

In 2015–2018 Sargiūnas began his career while playing for the Kaunas Sabonis Basketball Center in the third-tier Regional Basketball League and BC Žalgiris-2 Kaunas, a reserve team of Žalgiris Kaunas in the second-tier National Basketball League.[4]

Cbet / Labas GAS Prienai (2021–2022)

In the 2021–2022 season Sargiūnas returned to Lithuania and joined the Cbet / Labas GAS Prienai of the Lithuanian Basketball League where he played two seasons.[4][5]

Medi Bayreuth (2022–2023)

In July 2022, Sargiūnas signed with the Medi Bayreuth of the premier German league Basketball Bundesliga, however the team results were poor as they finished last in the 2022–23 Basketball Bundesliga regular season, thus Medi Bayreuth was relegated to the German second-tier league ProA.[6]

Neptūnas Klaipėda (2023–2024)

In the 2023–2024 season Sargiūnas once again returned to Lithuania and signed with the Neptūnas Klaipėda.[4][5] By averaging 12.9 points per game Sargiūnas was the second-highest scorer of the team after Ąžuolas Tubelis (LKL MVP) and Neptūnas in the 2023–24 LKL regular season finished 6th out of 12 teams, however in the 2024 LKL Playoffs Neptūnas was eliminated in the quarter-final series 2–1 by Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius.[7]

Rytas Vilnius (2024–2026)

In the 2024–2025 season Sargiūnas signed with the Rytas Vilnius, the champions of the Lithuanian Basketball League at the time.[4][5] He performed well during the 2025 LKL Finals series versus his hometown team Žalgiris Kaunas, however Rytas Vilnius lost the final series 3–2 in an away game in Kaunas.[8] Nevertheless, Sargiūnas during the 2025 LKL Finals said that it was a pleasure to play successfully versus Žalgiris Kaunas.[9]

On 22 March 2026, Sargiūnas scored 43 points (9/9 three-pointers) and accumulated 58 efficiency points in a Lithuanian Basketball League game versus Lietkabelis Panevėžys.[10][11] In this game he broke the Rytas Vilnius all-time single-game scoring record (previously held by Chuck Eidson, 41 points) and the Rytas Vilnius all-time single-game efficiency points record (previously held by Ivan Buva, 49 efficiency points).[10] Moreover, in the Lithuanian Basketball League history this was the first time when a player in a single-game made nine three-pointers without a miss and the all-time fourth-highest single-game efficiency points performance, as well as the highest single-game efficiency points performance in 30 years.[10][12]

Fenerbahçe (2026–present)

On July 14, 2026, he signed with Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[13]

National team career

Sargiūnas played for the Lithuania men's national under-16 basketball team in the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he averaged 8.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists per game and helped the team to win a silver medal.[14] Later he also represented the Lithuania men's national under-17 basketball team in the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, Lithuania men's national under-18 basketball team in the 2016 FIBA U18 European Championship, 2017 FIBA U18 European Championship and the Lithuania men's national under-20 basketball team in the 2019 FIBA U20 European Championship.[14] Sargiūnas was one of the Lithuania youth national basketball teams key players in most of FIBA youth competitions he played, except in 2016 when he competed with one year older (mostly born in 1998) opponents and teammates.[14]

In 2025, Sargiūnas was for the first time invited to the Lithuania men's national basketball team training camp and in his debut year was included into the final roster of the Lithuania men's national basketball team during a major tournament – EuroBasket 2025.[15][16]

On 27 November 2025, Sargiūnas scored 9 points in the last 10 seconds, including the game winner at the buzzer, of Lithuania's game against Great Britain in the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.[17]

Honours

Domestic
International

References

  1. 1 2 Jogminė, Marija (5 June 2024). "Lietuviškasis Sergio Llullas, vaikystė Šilainiuose ir džiazas krepšinyje". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Ignas Sargiūnas". Asociacija "Lietuvos Krepšinis" (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Ignas Sargiūnas". Kauno Krepšinio Mėgėjų Lyga (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Ignas Sargiūnas". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Ignas Sargiūnas". Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "I.Sargiūnas iš Prienų keliasi į Vokietiją". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Klaipėdos „Neptūnas"". Lietuvos krepšinio lyga. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  8. ↑ Jukavičius, Vaidas. "X faktoriumi tapęs Sargiūnas – apie emocijų proveržius ir norimą vyšnią ant torto". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  9. ↑ Baranauskas, Povilas. ""Žalgirį" į neviltį varantis "Ryto" kaunietis: tai – vienas malonumas". DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 "Beprotiška: fenomenalus Sargiūnas sumušė visų laikų „Ryto" rekordą". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "„Ryto" rekordininkas: Sargiūno tritaškių lavina ir 58 naudingumo balai". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). 23 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "„Ryto" pergalės prieš „Lietkabelį" pirmajame plane – kosminį ir rekordinį pasirodymą rengęs I. Sargiūnas". Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "Ignas Sargiunas Joins Fenerbahçe". Fenerbahçe. 14 July 2026. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  14. 1 2 3 "Ignas Sargiūnas". FIBA. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "Paskelbtas Lietuvos rinktinės kandidatų sąrašas su šešiolika pavardžių". Lithuanian National Radio and Television (in Lithuanian). 4 July 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  16. ↑ "Dvyliktukas surikiuotas: paskelbta Lietuvos rinktinės sudėtis Europos čempionatui". DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  17. ↑ Santino Honasan (28 November 2025). "Lithuania's Ignas Sargiūnas channels inner-Tracy McGrady and scores nine points in 10 seconds in insane comeback win". basketballnetwork.net. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
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