The Polish basketball legend Janusz Wichowski was born 6 October, 1935 in Chelm, Poland. The 196-centimeters-tall small forward spent his career with two Warsaw teams – Polonia (1955-1960) and Legia (1960-1968).
Wichowski had a successful individual run in the EuroLeague, winning two consecutive EuroLeague Top Scorer (1960, 1961) titles. In the 1959/60 season, he helped Polonia to reach the semi-finals of the EuroLeague. In total, the Polish forward played four seasons in the EuroLeague, scoring 488 points in 19 games, and averaging 25.7 points per game.
On the national level, Wichowski led the Polish League in scoring 6 times, helping his team to win 4 championships. In his EuroLeague and international games from 1957 to 1967, Wichowski scored 1328 points in 90 games.
ACCOLADES
EuroLeague Top Scorer (1960, 1961)
EuroLeague (1960)
Eurobasket (1963) Eurobasket (1965) Polish League Top Scorer (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964)
Polish League (1959, 1961, 1963, 1966) Polish League (1957, 1960, 1968) Polish League (1962)
Team
Age
25
26
27
29
GP
6
6
4
3
19
PPG
29.2
22.7
30.5
18.3
25.7
PTS
175
136
122
55
488
RNK
9th
31st
POLISH LEAGUE STATISTICS
Year
55/56
56/57
57/58
58/59
59/60
60/61
61/62
62/63
63/64
64/65
65/66
66/67
67/68
TOT
Team
Age
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
GP
17
12
18
22
22
15
22
22
22
11
22
17
22
244
PPG
22.6
25.8
21.9
27.2
25.6
20.0
22.9
21.7
26.9
19.2
18.7
14.5
13.3
21.7
PTS
385
309
394
599
563
300
503
477
591
211
411
247
293
5283
TRK
5
7
5
4
4
OLYMPIC GAMES STATISTICS
Year
1960
1964
TOT
Team
Age
25
29
GP
8
9
17
PPG
20.8
12.0
16.1
PTS
166
108
274
RNK
2nd
18th
FIBA WORLD CUP STATISTICS
Year
1967
TOT
Team
Age
32
GP
9
9
PPG
6.9
6.9
PTS
62
62
RNK
52nd
EUROBASKET STATISTICS
Year
1957
1959
1961
1963
1965
TOT
Team
Age
22
24
26
28
30
GP
10
8
9
9
9
45
PPG
13.1
12.3
13.7
10.8
6.1
11.2
PTS
131
98
123
97
55
504
RNK
11th
14th
5th
25th
91st
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