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Valančiūnas sets Žalgiris EuroLeague record with 20 rebounds
Jonas Valančiūnas grabbed a Žalgiris-record 20 rebounds in a 86–83 road win over Olimpia Milan in the EuroLeague.
The Lithuanian center did it in just over 25 minutes and also scored 17 points.
He broke Tanoka Beard’s previous club record of 19 rebounds, set in the 2004–05 season.
Žalgiris outrebounded Milan 46–28, with Valančiūnas taking 16 defensive rebounds and four on offense.
The win mattered after Milan’s late push: Žalgiris led by 11 going into the fourth quarter, then held on as Milan scored 31 points in the final period.
Valančiūnas said the victory mattered more than his statistics, and the EuroLeague single-game record remains 24 rebounds.
Jonas Valančiūnas set a Žalgiris single-game EuroLeague record with 20 rebounds in an 86–83 road win over Olimpia Milan.
He played 25 minutes and 10 seconds and added 17 points.
Žalgiris outrebounded Milan 46–28 and held on after Milan scored 31 points in the fourth quarter.
Valančiūnas surpassed Tanoka Beard’s previous Žalgiris mark of 19 rebounds, set in the 2004–05 season.
The EuroLeague record remains 24 rebounds, set by Antonis Fotsis in 2007.
- Who
- Jonas Valančiūnas set the record for Žalgiris.
- What
- He grabbed 20 rebounds in a single EuroLeague game, breaking Žalgiris’s previous record.
- When
- Thursday, November 12, 2026.
- Where
- Against Olimpia Milan in Milan.
- Why
- His 20 rebounds surpassed the previous Žalgiris single-game mark of 19.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Tanoka Beard set Žalgiris’s previous single-game EuroLeague record with 19 rebounds.
Antonis Fotsis set the EuroLeague record with 24 rebounds for Dynamo Moscow.
Valančiūnas grabbed 20 rebounds as Žalgiris beat Olimpia Milan 86–83, setting a new club record.
- Rebounds
- 20
- Points
- 17
- Playing time
- 25 minutes and 10 seconds
- Game result
- Žalgiris 86, Olimpia Milan 83
- Previous Žalgiris record
- 19 rebounds by Tanoka Beard in the 2004–05 season
- EuroLeague record
- 24 rebounds by Antonis Fotsis in 2007
What people are saying
The stats are always nice to hear, but the win is the most important thing.
We had some difficulties, but we stuck together and won the game. That was the biggest thing we wanted to accomplish.