VTB United League All-Star Game

The VTB United League All-Star Game is an annual basketball event that includes an exhibition game in which the best selected players of the VTB United League play against each other. The inaugural edition was organised on February 11, 2017, during the 2016–17 season.[1] The VTB All-Star Games also includes a dunk contest and a three-point contest.

Games

Year Date Arena Team 1 Score Team 2 MVP
11 FebruaryBolshoy Ice Dome, SochiRussia
Russian Stars
131–121

World Stars
Russia
Andrey Vorontsevich
2018
17 FebruaryYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint PetersburgRussia
Russian Stars
125–124 [2]

World Stars
Russia
Sergey Karasev
2019
17 FebruaryVTB Arena, MoscowRussia
Russian Stars
115–118 [3]

World Stars
Spain
Sergio Rodríguez
2020
16 FebruaryVTB Arena, MoscowRussia
Russian Stars
162–164 [4]

World Stars
Russia
Alexey Shved
2021
14 FebruaryVTB Arena, MoscowRussia
Russian Stars
183– 162 [5][6]

World Stars
Russia
Vitaly Fridzon
2022
20 FebruaryVTB Arena, MoscowRussia
Russian Stars
121–129 [7][8]

World Stars
Croatia
Mario Hezonja
2023
19 FebruaryVTB Arena, Moscow
Old School
148–140

New School
Senegal
Malik Dime
2024
18 FebruaryVTB Arena, Moscow
Emil Rajković team
120–134

Xavi Pascual team
United States
DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell
2025
16 FebruaryVTB Arena, MoscowRussia
Hozyaeva team
124–107

Gosti team
Russia
Nikita Kurbanov

Slam-Dunk champions

Year Player Team
2017Latvia Jānis TimmaZenit Saint Petersburg
2018United States Frank ElegarLokomotiv Kuban
2019Russia Vyacheslav ZaytsevKhimki Moscow
2020Russia Aleksandr PetenevAvtodor Saratov
2021United States Tyus BattleEnisey
2022Croatia Mario Hezonja[9]UNICS
2023Russia Samson RuzhentsevParma
2024United States Jordan Skipper-Brown[10]Astana
2025Russia Vladislav Perevalov[11]Enisey

Three-point contest winners

Year Player Team
2017Russia Sergey KarasevZenit Saint Petersburg
2018Australia Ryan BroekhoffLokomotiv Kuban
2019Russia Vitaly FridzonLokomotiv Kuban
2020Russia Vitaly Fridzon (2)Lokomotiv Kuban
2021Russia Artem KomolovNizhny Novgorod
2022United States Billy BaronZenit Saint Petersburg
2023United States Dallas MooreCSKA
2024United States Beau BeechEnisey
2025United States Garrett NevelsParma

Topscorers

Season Player Points Team
2017 Russia Andrey Vorontsevich 28 PBC CSKA Moscow
2018 [12] Russia Sergey Karasev 26 BC Zenit Saint Petersburg
2019 [13] Russia Andrey Vorontsevich 30 PBC CSKA Moscow
2020 [14] United States Mike James 34 PBC CSKA Moscow
2021 [15] Russia Vitaly Fridzon 57 BC Zenit Saint Petersburg
2022 [16] Croatia Mario Hezonja 29 UNICS Kazan
2023 [17] Russia Andrey Martyuk 34 BC Zenit Saint Petersburg
2024 [18] Trinidad and Tobago United States DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell 44 Lokomotiv Kuban
2025 [19] Trinidad and Tobago United States DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell 22 UNICS Kazan

Players with most appearances

Player All-Star Editions MVP Notes
Russia Nikita Kurbanov72018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 20252025
Russia Andrey Vorontsevich72017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 20252017
Russia Dmitry Kulagin52018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024-
Russia Alexey Shved42017, 2020, 2021, 20222020
Russia Dmitry Khvostov42017, 2018, 2019, 2020-
Russia Vitaly Fridzon42019, 2020, 2021, 20232021
Russia Sergei Monia42017, 2018, 2019, 2020-
France Nando de Colo22017, 2018-

References

  1. ↑ "Schedule released, includes first ever All-Star Game". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  2. ↑ "2018 All-Star Game". vtb-league.
  3. ↑ "2019 All-Star Game Rosters". vtb-league.
  4. ↑ "2020 All-Star Game Rosters". vtb-league.
  5. ↑ "2021 All-Star Game stats". vtb-league.
  6. ↑ "2021 All-Star Game". vtb-league.
  7. ↑ "2022 All-Star Game Rosters". vtb-league.
  8. ↑ "2022 All-Star Game". eurobasket.com.
  9. ↑ "2022 All-Star Game: Mario Hezonja win contest". eurohoops.
  10. ↑ "Jordan Skipper-Brown won the KINOPOISK SLAM DUNK CONTEST at the All-Star Game 2024 | VTB United League - Official Website". vtb-league.com. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Vladislav Perevalov wins MATCH!TV Slam-Dunk Contest at the All-Star Game 2025 | VTB United League - Official Website". vtb-league.com. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  12. ↑ VTB 2017-18 - eurobasket.com
  13. ↑ VTB 2018-19 - eurobasket.com
  14. ↑ VTB 2019-20 - eurobasket.com
  15. ↑ VTB 2020-21 - eurobasket.com
  16. ↑ VTB 2021-22 - eurobasket.com
  17. ↑ VTB 2022-23 - eurobasket.com
  18. ↑ VTB 2023-24 - eurobasket.com
  19. ↑ VTB 2024-25 - eurobasket.com