Lithuanian men’s basketball team numbers
We invite you to familiarize yourself with the history and results of the Lithuanian men’s basketball team and the statistics of the team’s candidates. As you will see, this summer the Lithuanian national team is waiting for its 900th match, and team leader Jonas Valančiūnas has a real chance to be on the list of the highest-earning basketball players.
National team debut: 1925 December 13 (Riga, Latvia), Lithuania – Latvia 20:41.
Last match: 2022 July 4 (Klaipėda), Lithuania – Czech Republic 72:83.
Total cross-country matches played (until 08/01/2022): 891 (573 wins, 317 losses, 1 draw, 64% win rate).
Closest match
No. 892: 2022 August 4 (Klaipėda), Lithuania-Estonia
No. 893: 2022 August 7 (Alytus), Lithuania-Estonia
No. 894: 2022 August 10 (Kaunas), Lithuania-Finland
No. 895: 2022 August 11 (Vilnius), Lithuania-Finland
No. 896: 2022 August 16 (Gran Canaria, Spain), Lithuania-Spain
No. 897: 2022 August 18 (Vilnius), Lithuania-Spain
No. 898: 2022 August 19 (Vilnius), Lithuania-Netherlands
No. 899: 2022 August 24 (Hungary), Lithuania-Hungary
No. 900: 2022 August 27 (Kaunas), Lithuania-Montenegro
Most played with:
Team, matches, wins, losses, percentage of wins.
Latvia, 69, 41, 28, 59 percent.
Estonia, 46, 35, 11, 76 percent.
Spain, 35, 13, 22, 37 percent.
Italy, 31, 20, 11, 65 percent.
France, 29, 13, 16, 45 percent.
Greece, 27, 10, 17, 37 percent.
Turkey, 27, 19, 8, 70 percent.
Ukraine, 27, 17, 10, 63 percent.
Australia, 27, 11, 16, 41 percent.
Russia, 26, 14, 12, 54 percent.
Poland, 25, 15, 10, 60 percent.
Belarus, 24, 20, 4, 83 percent.
Croatia, 24, 15, 9, 63 percent.
Finland, 20, 16, 4, 80 percent.
The Lithuanian national team has a positive win-loss ratio with most opponents. 35 wins in 46 games against Estonia, 16 wins against Finland after 20 games, 11 wins against Hungary and 7 wins, and our best undefeated record against Netherlands (12-0) and Montenegro (1-0). With current world champions Spain, Lithuania has won 13 and lost 22 in 35 matches.
The Lithuanian national team played the most cross-border matches:
Player, Match, Year
1. Saulius Štombergas, 208, 1993–2004
2. Šarūnas Jasikevičius, 199, 1997–2012
3. Robertas Javtokas, 197, 2000-2016
4. Gintaras Einikis, 194, 1991–2002
5. Mantas Kalnietis, 191, 2006–2021
6. Eurelijus Žukauskas, 187, 1994–2004
7. Krzysztof Lavrinovič, 179, 1998-2018
8. Jonas Mačiulis, 179, 2006–2021
9. Mindaugas Žukauskas, 165, 1996–2006
10. Paulius Jankūnas, 158, 2004–2019
11. Simas Jasaitis, 149, 2004–2014
Lithuania scored the most points in cross-border matches:
Player, points, year
1. Artūras Karnišovas, 2235, 1989–2000
2. Saulius Štombergas, 2229, 1993–2004
3. Gintaras Einikis, 2033, 1991–2002
4. Šarūnas Jasikevičius, 1882, 1997–2012
5. Arvydas Sabonis, 1688, 1983–1999
6. Mantas Kalnietis, 1619, 2006–2021
7. Ramūnas Šiškauskas, 1562, 1998–2008
8. Jonas Valančiūnas, 1559, 2011–2021
9. Linas Kleiza, 1541, 2004–2012
10. Krzysztof Lavrinovich, 1440, 1998-2018
11. Rimas Kurtinaitis, 1426, 1983–1997
Statistics of current Lithuanian national team candidates:
Player, Match, Points, Year
1. Jonas Valančiūnas, 133, 1559, 2011–2021
2. Mindaugas Kuzminskas, 125, 1045, 2010–2021
3. Lukas Lekavičius, 52, 337, 2015–2021
4. Marius Grigonis, 51, 396, 2016–2022
5. Domantas Sabonis, 46, 384, 2015–2021.
6. Rokas Giedraitis, 38, 210, 2015–2021
7. Arnas Butkevičius, 35, 183, 2017–2022
8. Tomas Dimša, 23, 171, 2020-2022
9. Gytis Masiulis, 18, 113, 2020–2022
10. Laurynas Birutis, 15, 123, 2018–2022
11. Martynas Echodas, 15, 110, 2018–2022
12. Rokas Jokubaitis, 10, 61, 2020-2021
13. Eigirdas Žukauskas, 6, 45, 2021-2022
14. Ignas Brazdeikis, 4, 59, 2022
15. Gediminas Orelikas, 2, 21, 2017
16. Kristupas Žemaitis, 0, 0, –