Valanciunas climbs to fourth in EuroBasket rebounding charts

TAMPERE (Finland) – Lithuania’s Jonas Valanciunas rose to fourth in the FIBA EuroBasket rebounding charts, overtaking Spain’s Marc Gasol on the opening day of the 2025 edition.

The 33-year-old needed just eight rebounds to pass his Spanish rival on the list of rebounds at the tournament, since the data was recorded in 1995.

Valanciunas did so after pulling down nine rebounds – along with a team-high 18 points – in Lithuania’s 94-70 win over Great Britain.

“If we don’t get the win, the individual records mean nothing,” said Valanciunas post-game. “But it’s nice to overtake Marc and hopefully I can keep climbing.”

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Lithuania open FIBA EuroBasket 2025 with convincing win

Since making his debut at FIBA EuroBasket 2011, Valanciunas has averaged 7.7 rebounds along with 12 points before the start of this summer’s edition, where Lithuania are playing in Group B alongside Germany, Montenegro, Great Britain, Sweden and hosts Finland.

* as of August 27, 2025.

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