The French basketball legend Alain Gilles was born 5 May, 1945 in Roanne, France. The 187-centimeters-tall combo guard was one of the finest French basketball players of all-time. A prolific scorer, Gilles spent the majority of his career with ASVEL Basket (1965-1986), winning 8 French League titles.
Gilles made his EuroLeague debut in 1966/67 season, instantly making an impact and finishing season Top 10 in scoring with 178 points in 10 games. His most successful season with ASVEL was during the 1975/76 season when the French side reached the semi-finals stage. Giles scored 203 points in 12 games that season, averaging 16.9 points per game. In total, the Frenchman played 8 seasons in the EuroLeague, scoring 846 points in 55 games, and averaging 15.4 points per game.
In his EuroLeague, FIBA Saporta Cup, FIBA Korac Cup, and international games from 1966 to 1983, Gilles scored 1922 points in 143 games.
ACCOLADES
EuroLeague (1976)
FIBA Saporta Cup (1983) FIBA Korac Cup (1974)
French League (1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1981) French League (1967, 1976, 1978, 1986) French League (1979, 1980)
Year
66/67
68/69
69/70
71/72
72/73
75/76
77/78
81/82
TOT
Team
Age
22
24
25
27
28
31
33
37
GP
10
1
8
4
3
12
14
3
55
PPG
17.8
14.0
16.5
14.5
14.3
16.9
14.7
4.3
15.4
PTS
178
14
132
58
43
203
205
13
846
RNK
8th
140th
15th
50th
64th
24th
14th
140th
FIBA SAPORTA CUP STATISTICS
Year
67/68
76/77
78/79
82/83
TOT
Team
Age
23
32
34
38
GP
6
7
3
8
24
PPG
13.0
13.9
11.3
9.3
11.8
PTS
78
97
34
74
283
TRK
QF
QF
QF
FIBA KORAC CUP STATISTICS
Year
73/74
74/75
80/81
TOT
Team
Age
29
30
36
GP
9
2
6
17
PPG
14.3
25.0
7.8
13.3
PTS
129
50
47
226
TRK
QF
QF
FRENCH LEAGUE STATISTICS
Year
65/66
66/67
67/68
68/69
69/70
70/71
71/72
72/73
73/74
74/75
75/76
76/77
77/78
78/79
79/80
80/81
81/82
82/83
83/84
85/86
TOT
Team
Age
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
GP
20
20
22
22
22
26
26
30
29
28
27
30
26
25
25
26
24
25
2
1
456
PPG
16.0
19.2
16.9
19.2
18.5
25.5
19.5
18.9
19.1
19.8
17.1
18.4
18.7
16.4
16.0
7.6
8.1
7.4
1.0
0.0
16.7
PTS
320
384
372
422
407
663
507
567
554
535
462
552
486
410
400
198
194
185
2
0
7620
TRK
5th
5th
4th
5th
6th
6th
FIBA WORLD CUP STATISTICS
Year
1963
TOT
Team
Age
18
GP
8
8
PPG
5.1
5.1
PTS
41
41
RNK
89th
EUROBASKET STATISTICS
Year
1963
1965
1967
1971
1977
TOT
Team
Age
18
20
22
26
32
GP
9
9
9
7
5
39
PPG
7.8
13.6
16.7
20.0
8.8
13.5
PTS
70
122
150
140
44
526
RNK
58th
15th
7th
3rd
55th
Description for statistics
FIBA Saporta Cup is the same competition, as FIBA European Cup Winners’ Cup, ULEB Cup or EuroCup, a 2nd-tier European Cup competition. FIBA Korac Cup is the same competition as FIBA EuroChallenge, a 3rd-tier European Cup competition. GP – Games played PPG – Points per game PTS – Total points RNK – Individual scoring ranking TRK – Team ranking