Akinci, YasinYapar, Ahmet2025-01-272025-01-2720202348-51912348-8980https://doi.org/10.21276/ambi.2020.07.sp1.oa17https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/25439The analysis was performed on all matches (n = 1239) in the five national leagues (France, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Turkey) of the 2018-2019 season. A one-way welch analys is of variance followed by a Games-Howell post hoc test was performed to assess differences in game-related statistics between the leagues. Game-related statistics that discriminate among the leagues were assessed by factorial discriminant analysis. France and Spain, most similar leagues but Italy and Turkey most differed leagues regarding GRS. Fouls and assists were the most distinguished among the leagues and demonstrated the most significant effect size. The discriminant analysis yielded four significant functions. The results of this study suggest that professional basketball games were played differently in each designated leagues of Europe.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGame positionFIBALeague categoryMatch analysisDiscriminant statisticsArticle714815310.21276/ambi.2020.07.sp1.oa17N/AWOS:000667230900004