Arnas Butkevičius

Zalgiris Kaunas
Position:	SF
Height:	196 cm
Weight:	95 kg
Age:	31 yo (1992 October 22)
Birth place:	Klaipėda, Lithuania
Citizenship:	Lithuanian

PTS

4.6

150 Position in the EuroLeague

REB

3.4

67 Position in the EuroLeague

AST

1.1

112 Position in the EuroLeague

EFF

5.1

141 Position in the EuroLeague

Statistics /

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

EuroLeague

21:31

60%
12/20

30.8%
4/13

83.3%
10/12

3.4
2.6/0.8

1.1

0.6

1.6

0.2

0.3

2.6

1.6

4.6

5.1

10 »

Last 10 games

Date	Opponent	MIN	2P M/A	3P M/A	FT M/A	REB	AS	ST	TO	BS	RBS	PF	RF	PTS	EFF
11-30	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	17	100% 2/2	0% 0/1	- 0/0	3 3/0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	7
11-24	Olympiacos Piraeus	27	100% 1/1	50% 1/2	- 0/0	3 3/0	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	5	9
11-17	FC Bayern Munich	22	100% 1/1	0% 0/2	- 0/0	5 3/2	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	4
11-15	Panathinaikos Aktor Athens	33	66.7% 2/3	33.3% 1/3	75% 3/4	8 5/3	0	3	4	1	1	3	3	10	13
11-09	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	17	0% 0/1	50% 1/2	- 0/0	1 0/1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	3	-2
11-02	LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne	18	0% 0/1	- 0/0	100% 2/2	1 1/0	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	2	2
10-27	Valencia Basket	24	0% 0/1	0% 0/1	- 0/0	3 3/0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	-3
10-19	Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz	15	33.3% 1/3	- 0/0	- 0/0	2 1/1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	-1
10-13	Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade	19	60% 3/5	50% 1/2	75% 3/4	5 4/1	2	0	0	0	1	4	5	12	15
10-05	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	20	100% 2/2	- 0/0	100% 2/2	3 3/0	1	1	1	0	0	5	2	6	7

News

Arnas Butkevicius suffers a long-term injury

2023-12-03

Zalgiris Kaunas and Arnas Butkevicius didn't welcome the good news as the Lithuanian forward suffered a long-term injury. Zalgiris announced that Butkevicius will miss at least 2-3 months of action due to a foot injury he suffered in the last EuroLeague game against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.

Arnas Butkevicius sidelined with a foot injury, out indefinitely

2023-11-30

Zalgiris Kaunas defeated EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in Italy on Thursday but lost one of the key role players during the game. Arnas Butkevicius collapsed to the floor after performing a pass during the first minutes of the third quarter and had to be helped off the court.

BasketNews Players Survey: overrated/underrated stars and (un)likeable coaches

2023-10-24

For the very first time, BasketNews proudly presents the EuroLeague Players Survey. 23 EuroLeague players shared their candid thoughts anonymously on various aspects of the league, including the best EuroLeague players, predictions for the 2023-24 season, potential changes to improve the EuroLeague product, and even aspects they are not particularly fond of.

Career

Season	Team
2012-2018	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2017-2022	Rytas Vilnius
2022-	Zalgiris Kaunas
2011-2012	Lithuania U20 NT
2017-2022	Lithuania

Personal records

EuroLeague
Efficiency	21	2023-03-31
Points	14	2014-11-13
Assists	6	2023-04-14
Steals	4	2022-10-27
Rebounds	10	2022-12-23
Blocks	2	2014-12-05

News

Arnas Butkevicius suffers a long-term injury

2023-12-03

Arnas Butkevicius sidelined with a foot injury, out indefinitely

2023-11-30

BasketNews Players Survey: overrated/underrated stars and (un)likeable coaches

2023-10-24

Arnas Butkevicius out vs. Real Madrid

2023-10-17

Zalgiris Kaunas will miss their small forward Arnas Butkevicius against Real Madrid, as he felt sick and is unable to dress up for tonight's EuroLeague Round 3 game, via the official announcement. Butkevicius had 6 points and 3 rebounds against Virtus Segafredo Bologna in Round 1, and he scored 12 points and grabbed 5 boards versus Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade in Round 2.

Arnas Butkevicius to miss FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023

2023-06-26

Lithuania continues to suffer from losses before the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, as Arnas Butkevicius becomes the latest player that will miss the upcoming competition. Lithuanian national team captain Jonas Valanciunas confirmed the news during his training camp in Vilnius. Valanciunas said Butkevicius will have surgery.

Arnas Butkevicius names the toughest players to guard in EuroLeague

2023-03-07

Arnas Butkevicius is not a flashy guy. In Zalgiris Kaunas, he's usually tasked with doing the dirty work on the basketball court - getting the rebound, making the hustle play, and giving his all on defense. Oftentimes, the Lithuanian forward is asked to defend the biggest offensive threats of the opposing teams. He's now revealed the players that are hardest to guard, at least for him.

How Lithuanian Dennis Rodman stole spotlight from EuroLeague's block king

2022-12-16

Rolands Smits beat Dzanan Musa on the closeout and was ready to take off for a hammer. There was just one big problem below the rim. Its name was Edy Tavares. Real Madrid's big man made history just minutes ago, becoming the all-time leader in blocked shots in the EuroLeague.

Zalgiris sign LKL finals MVP Butkevicius to multi-year deal

2022-07-01

Zalgiris Kaunas officially announced the signing of the LKL finals MVP Arnas Butkevicius.

LKL finals MVP Arnas Butkevicius will join Zalgiris

2022-06-22

Zalgiris Kaunas has reached an agreement with the LKL finals MVP Arnas Butkevicius, sources tell BasketNews.

Zalgiris show interest in Arnas Butkevicius

2022-06-14

Zalgiris Kaunas are showing strong interest in Arnas Butkevicius, the captain of archrival Rytas Vilnius.

Margiris Normantas returns to Rytas, Arnas Butkevicius stays on

2021-07-16

As reported before, Normantas had a verbal agreement with Vilnius Rytas. Now, he is officially a player of the Lithuanian second strongest team again. Meanwhile, team captain, Arnas Butkevicius will remain with the squad for the upcoming season, according to BasketNews sources. Margiris Normantas has been a member of Rytas organization from 2016 until 2019. Last season, the point/shooting guard ...

EuroLeague

		MIN	2P M/A	3P M/A	FT M/A	REB	AS	ST	TO	BS	RBS	PF	RF	PTS	EFF	GM
23/24	Zalgiris Kaunas	21:12	60% 12/20	30.8% 4/13	83.3% 10/12	3.4 2.6/0.8	1.1	0.6	1.6	0.2	0.3	2.6	1.6	4.6	5.1	10 »
22/23	Zalgiris Kaunas	22:04	56.2% 41/73	25.4% 17/67	87.3% 62/71	3.7 2.7/1	1.6	1.1	1.2	0.3	0.2	2.8	2.1	5.3	7.4	37 »
14/15	Neptūnas Klaipėda	20:12	61.5% 16/26	47.1% 8/17	51.9% 14/27	2.8 2.1/0.7	1.1	0.9	1.4	0.5	0.1	2.2	2.4	7	7.8	10 »

Basketball Champions League

		MIN	2P M/A	3P M/A	FT M/A	REB	AS	ST	TO	BS	RBS	PF	RF	PTS	EFF	GM
21/22	Rytas Vilnius	27:30	40% 12/30	35% 14/40	74.2% 23/31	5 3.3/1.7	1.8	1.7	0.8	0.6	-	2.7	-	7.4	8.7	12 »
20/21	Rytas Vilnius	26:36	38.9% 7/18	50% 4/8	66.7% 10/15	5.6 3.4/2.2	1.8	1.2	1.4	0	-	2.6	-	7.2	7.8	5 »
17/18	Neptūnas Klaipėda	31:51	64.3% 27/42	47.4% 9/19	47.8% 11/23	6.9 5.1/1.7	4	2.3	1	0.6	-	2	-	13.1	18.6	7 »
16/17	Neptūnas Klaipėda	15:00	50% 3/6	0% 0/3	83.3% 5/6	3 1/2	1.5	0	0.5	2	-	0.5	-	5.5	7.5	2 »

FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

21/22

Lithuania

21:50

47.6%
10/21

36.4%
4/11

91.7%
11/12

4.7
3.3/1.3

1.3

1.5

1.2

0.2

2.8

7.2

7.7

6 »

17/18

Lithuania

17:00

61.1%
11/18

16.7%
1/6

64.3%
9/14

2.8
1.8/1

1.5

1.8

0.2

5.7

6.2

6 »

FIBA EuroBasket

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

2022

Lithuania

20:40

66.7%
4/6

30%
3/10

100%
7/7

1.8
1/0.8

0.8

0.2

0.7

2.5

2.8

6 »

FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

2021

Lithuania

18:45

60%
6/10

80%
4/5

57.1%
4/7

3.3
1.8/1.5

1.3

0.3

0.5

1.5

10.3

4 »

EuroCup

		MIN	2P M/A	3P M/A	FT M/A	REB	AS	ST	TO	BS	RBS	PF	RF	PTS	EFF	GM
19/20	Rytas Vilnius	26:45	55.8% 29/52	57.7% 15/26	78.8% 26/33	4.8 3.4/1.4	2.7	0.9	1.1	0.4	0.4	1.5	2.8	8.1	14	16 »
18/19	Rytas Vilnius	26:16	44.3% 27/61	34.6% 9/26	77.8% 28/36	4.9 3.2/1.7	2.1	1.2	1.6	0.2	0.2	2.4	2.4	6.1	9.3	18 »
17/18	Rytas Vilnius	18:12	50% 3/6	25% 2/8	87.5% 7/8	2.2 1.8/0.4	2.2	0.4	0.4	0.6	0	3.2	1.4	3.8	5	5 »
15/16	Neptūnas Klaipėda	20:45	55.8% 24/43	19.2% 5/26	62% 31/50	4.3 3.2/1.1	1.6	0.9	1.1	0.2	0	2.3	2.5	5.9	8.3	16 »
14/15	Neptūnas Klaipėda	17:00	54.5% 6/11	50% 4/8	60% 6/10	1.5 1.2/0.3	2	0.3	0.7	0.2	0	1.7	1.7	5	6.2	6 »

FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

2020

Lithuania

24:00

58.3%
7/12

33.3%
3/9

66.7%
4/6

4.5
3.3/1.3

2.5

0.5

0.3

1.3

6.8

4 »

FIBA Basketball World Cup

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

2019

Lithuania

9:36

85.7%
6/7

0%
0/1

66.7%
2/3

2.4
1.8/0.6

0.6

1.4

2.8

3.2

5 »

VTB United League

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

13/14

Neptūnas Klaipėda

17:26

36.8%
7/19

46.2%
6/13

44.4%
4/9

3.4
2.6/0.9

1.1

0.7

1.2

0.3

1.8

1.4

4.7

9 »

FIBA U20 European Championship

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

2012

Lithuania U20 NT

23:46

60.9%
28/46

16.7%
2/12

53.8%
14/26

3.8
2.8/1

1.8

0.4

2.4

2.9

8.4

9.9

9 »

FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup

MIN

2P M/A

3P M/A

FT M/A

REB

RBS

PTS

EFF

2011

Lithuania U20 NT

19:06

57.6%
19/33

28.6%
2/7

69%
20/29

3
2.6/0.4

1.6

0.9

2.4

7.1

9 »

Seasons: 23/24 | 22/23 | 21/22 | 20/21 | 19/20 | 18/19 | 17/18 | 16/17 | 15/16 | 14/15 | 13/14 | 11/12 | 10/11

Date	Team	Opponent	Score	MIN	2P M/A	3P M/A	FT M/A	REB	AS	ST	TO	BS	RBS	PF	RF	PTS	EFF
11-30	Zalgiris Kaunas	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	70-83	17	100% 2/2	0% 0/1	- 0/0	3 3/0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	7
11-24	Zalgiris Kaunas	Olympiacos Piraeus	89-72	27	100% 1/1	50% 1/2	- 0/0	3 3/0	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	5	9
11-17	Zalgiris Kaunas	FC Bayern Munich	74-73	22	100% 1/1	0% 0/2	- 0/0	5 3/2	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	4
11-15	Zalgiris Kaunas	Panathinaikos Aktor Athens	73-71	33	66.7% 2/3	33.3% 1/3	75% 3/4	8 5/3	0	3	4	1	1	3	3	10	13
11-09	Zalgiris Kaunas	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	86-82	17	0% 0/1	50% 1/2	- 0/0	1 0/1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	3	-2
11-02	Zalgiris Kaunas	LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne	88-91	18	0% 0/1	- 0/0	100% 2/2	1 1/0	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	2	2
10-27	Zalgiris Kaunas	Valencia Basket	72-87	24	0% 0/1	0% 0/1	- 0/0	3 3/0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	-3
10-19	Zalgiris Kaunas	Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz	82-99	15	33.3% 1/3	- 0/0	- 0/0	2 1/1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	-1
10-13	Zalgiris Kaunas	Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade	79-74	19	60% 3/5	50% 1/2	75% 3/4	5 4/1	2	0	0	0	1	4	5	12	15
10-05	Zalgiris Kaunas	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	79-82	20	100% 2/2	- 0/0	100% 2/2	3 3/0	1	1	1	0	0	5	2	6	7

Seasons: 23/24 | 22/23 | 21/22 | 20/21 | 19/20 | 18/19 | 17/18 | 16/17 | 15/16 | 14/15 | 13/14 | 11/12 | 10/11

Type: Average | Totals

EuroLeague

	MIN	2P M/A	3P M/A	FT M/A	REB	AS	ST	TO	BS	RBS	PF	RF	PTS	EFF	GM
Zalgiris Kaunas	21:12	60% 12/20	30.8% 4/13	83.3% 10/12	3.4 2.6/0.8	1.1	0.6	1.6	0.2	0.3	2.6	1.6	4.6	5.1	10 »
Home game	20:45	50% 4/8	20% 1/5	83.3% 5/6	3.5 2.8/0.8	1.3	0.3	1.3	0	0.5	2.5	2	4	4.5	4 »
Away game	21:30	66.7% 8/12	37.5% 3/8	83.3% 5/6	3.3 2.5/0.8	1	0.8	1.8	0.3	0.2	2.7	1.3	5	5.5	6 »
Wins	18:36	69.2% 9/13	20% 1/5	83.3% 5/6	3.6 2.8/0.8	1.4	0.2	1.2	0	0.2	2.6	1.8	5.2	6.4	5 »
Losses	23:48	42.9% 3/7	37.5% 3/8	83.3% 5/6	3.2 2.4/0.8	0.8	1	2	0.4	0.4	2.6	1.4	4	3.8	5 »
Last 5 games	23:12	75% 6/8	30% 3/10	75% 3/4	4 2.8/1.2	1	0.8	2	0.4	0.2	2	1.4	4.8	6.2	5 »
October	19:30	54.5% 6/11	33.3% 1/3	83.3% 5/6	3.3 2.8/0.5	1.3	0.3	1.5	0	0.3	3.3	1.8	5	4.5	4 »
November	22:20	66.7% 6/9	30% 3/10	83.3% 5/6	3.5 2.5/1	1	0.8	1.7	0.3	0.3	2.2	1.5	4.3	5.5	6 »
Versus EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	17:00	100% 2/2	0% 0/1	- 0/0	3 3/0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	7	1 »
Versus Valencia Basket	24:00	0% 0/1	0% 0/1	- 0/0	3 3/0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	-3	1 »
Versus LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne	18:00	0% 0/1	- 0/0	100% 2/2	1 1/0	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	2	2	1 »
Versus Virtus Segafredo Bologna	20:00	100% 2/2	- 0/0	100% 2/2	3 3/0	1	1	1	0	0	5	2	6	7	1 »
Versus Olympiacos Piraeus	27:00	100% 1/1	50% 1/2	- 0/0	3 3/0	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	5	9	1 »
Versus Panathinaikos Aktor Athens	33:00	66.7% 2/3	33.3% 1/3	75% 3/4	8 5/3	0	3	4	1	1	3	3	10	13	1 »
Versus Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz	15:00	33.3% 1/3	- 0/0	- 0/0	2 1/1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	-1	1 »
Versus FC Bayern Munich	22:00	100% 1/1	0% 0/2	- 0/0	5 3/2	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	4	1 »
Versus Anadolu Efes Istanbul	17:00	0% 0/1	50% 1/2	- 0/0	1 0/1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	3	-2	1 »
Versus Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade	19:00	60% 3/5	50% 1/2	75% 3/4	5 4/1	2	0	0	0	1	4	5	12	15	1 »

Arnas Butkevičius
Height:	196 cm
Weight:	95 kg
Born:	1992-10-21, Klaipėda, Lithuania