Stats Review: Armoni Brooks and EuroLeague’s Shot-Making Leaders

From catch-and-shoot specialists to pull-up maestros, EuroLeague’s top scorers are redefining efficiency – and Armoni Brooks is leading the charge

Only four teams secured a pair of victories in the first double-round week of 2026, leading to yet another shakeup in the standings. While the teams from first through seventh place now have either 13 or 14 victories, this week may have been especially pivotal for EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, which moved right on the edge of the playoff zone with double-digit wins over Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens and Anadolu Efes Istanbul after dropping its three previous games.

Getting back above .500 following their recent missteps, Giuseppe Poeta’s team received a standout effort from Armoni Brooks, who scored 55 points over only 31 shots across the team’s two wins. Scoring 42 points on jump shots alone, the 27-year-old guard showed off the shot-making versatility that has allowed him to nearly double his scoring average in the EuroLeague from last season.

The table above lists the top players in the EuroLeague in Synergy Shot Making on jump shots, among the 188 attempting over 2 per game, the number of points per attempt above expectation a player has scored. Expectation, in this case, is defined in this case by Synergy Shot Quality, a metric that calculates the expected value of any given shot attempt based on a data-driven model that considers all the advanced tracking data Synergy Sports has collected on every field goal attempted in EuroLeague games over the last decade.

This group largely reflects a spectrum ranging from players making quality catch-and-shoot looks at an outrageous level to on-ball scorers managing to make pull-up jump shots at an exceptional clip despite a higher degree of difficulty. Brooks introduces another wrinkle to the space in between those poles. Not only does he frequently create his own shot out of pick-and-rolls and make set shots at an elite rate in spot-up situations, he takes another 2 3-point attempts per game running off screens, another each night going one-on-one, gets an occasional look in transition when defenses fall asleep, and even managed to make a pair of attempts rising up immediately after corralling offensive rebounds that took odd bounces to the arc. He has epitomized what it means to be a versatile shooter at the EuroLeague level as well as any player in recent memory, has made shots with the consistency of a player filling a much smaller role, and guided Milan to the top of the SSM rankings.

There is no shortage of superlatives to throw around with this group at this point. Arnas Butkevicius, Derrick Alston Jr. and Bonzie Colson have made over half their catch-and-shoot three-point attempts, Nemanja Nedovic has been a flame thrower off the dribble as AS Monaco’s sixth man is having the best three-point shooting season of his career at age 34, and both Antonio Blakeney and Kendrick Nunn have made shots at a tremendous level despite ranking 11th and 12th in attempts per game, respectively.

This has been the cream of the crop in terms of shot-making in a season where expectations for offensive output are as high as ever. With the standings as crowded as they are at the top, consistency is an imperative for shooters across the EuroLeague.