We are past the halfway point in all of the European National Domestic Leagues and with January fully in the books, it is an opportune time to check in on our Floor Impact Counter rankings. The FIC is an objective statistical measure that accounts for all of the elements of a box score.

Spanish ACB Power Rankings

As expected, Real Madrid and Barcelona are atop the standings of the world’s second best domestic league. Each team is perfect at home and winning by a margin of 11+ points per game. Madrid beat Barcelona on January 4th by a 78-74 final on their home floor. The two teams will meet again on May 2nd.

Lucentum Alicante is tied for fifth place with a 12-6 record, but are ranked eighth here and have a negative point differential.

Andy Panko, James Augustin and Javi Rodriguez are the leaders in points, rebounds and assists per game, while Paul Davis has the highest PER and Augustine leads in season FIC.

1. Real Madrid: 24.17  
2. FC Barcelona Regal: 19.04  
3. Unicaja Malaga: 9.12  
4. Caja Laboral: 7.86  
5. Bilbao Basket: 2.74  
6. Cajasol Banca Civica: 2.60  
7. Lagun Aro GBC: -0.20  
8. Lucentum Alicante: -0.27  
9. Basket Zaragoza 2002: -0.44  
10. Valencia Basket: -0.56  
11. Assignia Manresa: -0.97  
12. Baloncesto Fuenlabrada: -4.22  
13. FIATC Mutua Joventut: -6.43  
14. CB Gran Canaria: -7.26  
15. Obradoiro CAB: -7.68  
16. UCAM Murcia: -10.67  
17. Blancos de Rueda Valladolid: -11.33  
18. Asefa Estudiantes: -14.27

Italian Lega A Power Rankings

Siena is currently in first place with a 13-5 record in the domestic league with the most parity. Though Milan leads these rankings, they are tied for third with an 11-7 record. Twelve of the 17 teams have a 44% of better winning percentage.

Andre Smith is the scoring leader, while Viktor Sanikidze and Marques Green lead in rebounds and assists respectively. Oliver Stevic and Giorgi Shermadini lead in PER, while Sanikidze leads in season FIC. Green also leads in Hands on Buckets, accounting for 41.8% of the field goals scored by Air Avellino.

1. Armani Milano: 10.15  
2. Montepaschi Siena: 9.80  
3. Canadian Solar Bologna: 8.59  
4. Bennet Cantu: 8.14  
5. Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro: 4.15  
6. Fabi Shoes Montegranaro: 0.60  
7. Air Avellino: 0.57  
8. Pepsi Caserta: 0.43  
9. Umana Venezia: -1.46  
10. Cimberio Varese: -2.46  
11. Angelico Biella: -3.40  
12. Dinamo Basket Sassari: -3.82  
13. Benetton Treviso: -4.84  
14. Virtus Roma: -5.42  
15. Banca Tercas Teramo: -5.44  
16. Novipiu Casale Monferrato: -5.45  
17. Vanoli-Braga Cremona: -10.19

Greek Basket League Power Rankings    

Even more so than Spain, there's Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and everybody else. They each have one loss, with the latter losing to the former and the former losing to Kavala.

Dionte Christmas is the league's leading scorer, while Giorgios Apostolidis and Giorgos Printezis lead in PER.

1. Panathinaikos: 27.15  
2. Olympiacos: 26.19  
3. Panionios BC: 9.26  
4. Kolossos Rodou BC: 7.73  
5. AGOR Aegean BC: 3.06  
6. Kavala: -0.73  
7. Aris BC: -2.52  
8. Peristeri BC: -3.51  
9. KAOD BC: -8.33  
10. PAOK BC: -9.21  
11. Ilisiakos BC: -13.47  
12. Maroussi BC: -15.25  
13. Ikaros Kallitheas BC: -20.98  

Russian PBL Power Rankings

CSKA is winning by an average of 14.1 points per game and have an 8-1 record with their loss coming against Khimki BC.

Davon Jefferson leads in points per game at 22.0 and in rebounds at 8.5, while Aaron Miles leads in assists. Timofey Mozgov, who has returned to the NBA, led in PER, followed by Darius Lavrinovic of CSKA and Jefferson. Patrick Beverley leads in season FIC and is second in HOB behind Jefferson.
        
1. CSKA Moscow: 26.64  
2. Khimki BC: 18.02  
3. UNICS Kazan: 8.61  
4. Triumph Lyubertsy: 6.31  
5. Spartak Saint Petersburg: -0.44  
6. Spartak Primorye: -0.51  
7. Krasnye Krylia: -4.54  
8. Lokomotiv Kuban: -5.64   
9. Enisey Krasnoyarsk: -20.00  
10. BC Nizhny Novgorod: -23.82

French Pro A Power Rankings

BCM Gravelines has recently stumbled in Eurocup play, but they haven’t lost a domestic league game since Dec. 10th against JDA Dijon and hold a one game lead over Chalon in the standings. 

Gravelines has an average point differential of 14.7 points, compared to less than seven for Malcolm Delaney, Blake Schilb and Alade Aminu’s Chalon squad.

1. BCM Gravelines: 23.43  
2. Orleans Loiret Basket: 11.81  
3. Chalon-Sur-Saone: 11.12  
4. Nancy Basket: 9.73  
5. Le Mans Sarthe Basket: 8.98  
6. Cholet Basket: 8.27  
7. Paris-Levallois Basket: 4.79  
8. Strasbourg IG: 3.07  
9. ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne: 1.77  
10. JDA Dijon Basket: -2.38  
11. STB Le Havre: -6.24  
12. Chorale Roanne Basket: -6.45  
13. JSF Nanterre: -9.72  
14. Poitiers Basket 86: -13.75  
15. Pau-Orthez: -15.73  
16. Hyeres-Toulon Var Basket: -28.80 

Turkish TBL Power Rankings

Things are tight atop the standings in Turkey, with Galatasaray, Besiktas and Banvitspor within striking distance of Anadolu Efes. Dusko Savanovic’s Efes team has beaten second place Galatasaray in both domestic and Euroleague competition, though two more battles are scheduled for the next month. Their two domestic defeats came against Tofas and post-Deron Williams Besiktas.

Mire Chatman and Anthony Grundy lead in points per game, while Vladimir Stimac and Baris Ermis lead in rebounds and assists respectively. Stevan Jelovac is the current leader in PER, while Chatman is the season FIC leader by a comfortable margin and also in HOB.

1. Anadolu Efes: 23.80  
2. Galatasaray: 21.70  
3. Banvitspor: 15.29  
4. Besiktas Milangaz: 11.36  
5. Fenerbahce Ulker: 10.77  
6. Pinar Karsiyaka: 9.91  
7. Tofas: 9.60  
8. Erdemirspor: -0.67  
9. Aliaga Petkim: -1.24  
10. Turk Telekom: -2.62  
11. Hacettepe Universitesi: -7.47  
12. Mersin BSB: -9.66  
13. Antalya BSB: -11.43  
14. Olin Edirne: -13.74  
15. Trabzonspor: -20.83  
16. Bandirma Kirmizi: -32.02

Lithuanian LKL Power Rankings

Lietuvos Rytas, featuring Jonas Valanciunas, is winning by an average of 20.9 points per game, but have dropped two games and are a game and a half behind undefeated Zalgiris. Valanciunas is averaging 15.9 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game in just 25.3 minutes over his eight domestic games.

Povilas Butkevicius  leads in points per game at 17.6, with Dane Johnson and Mantas Kalnietis holding the lead in rebounds and assists respectively. Butkevicius leads in PER, while David McClure is the current leader in season FIC. Bilal Benn leads in HOB, contributing to 32.3% of Naglis’ buckets. 

1. Lietuvos Rytas: 33.17  
2. Zalgiris: 25.60  
3. Rudupis: 19.75  
4. Pieno Zvaigzdes: 2.17  
5. Siauliai: -0.81  
6. Neptunas: -1.65  
7. Baltai: -3.54  
8. Techasas: -9.38  
9. Kedainiai Triobet: -9.84  
10. Juventus: -11.43  
11. Sakalai: -16.70  
12. Naglis: -18.65  

Serbian KLS Power Rankings

KK Vojvodina has a two-game lead and winning by 10.8 points per game, more than double KK Mega Vizura and BKK Radnicki Beograd. KK Radnicki Basket has an 11-7 record, but are second in point differential at 5.0 per game.

Milos Bojovic is leading in points per game at 23.7, while Darko Balaban leads in rebounds and Marko Popovic is the leading assist man. Ivan Zigeranovic of KK Borac Cacak leads in PER just ahead of Balaban, who leads in season FIC. Branko Milisavljevic leads in HOB, scoring or assisting on 40.5% of KK Mega Vizura’s buckets.

1. KK Vojvodina: 17.62  
2. OKK Beograd: 12.54  
3. KK Radnicki Basket: 6.81  
4. KK Borac Cacak: 6.73  
5. BKK Radnicki Beograd: 6.40  
6. KK Smederevo 1953: 3.75  
7. KK Mega Vizura: 3.65  
8. KK Tamis: 0.53  
9. KK Sloga: -2.39  
10. KK Metalac Valjevo: -6.62  
11. KK Napredak Krusevac: -8.94  
12. KK Sloboda Uzice: -10.13  
13. KK Zeleznicar: -10.24  
14. Proleter Naftagas: -18.71 

Croatian A1 Liga Power Rankings

It is somewhat shocking KK Zadar has managed to lose three times considering they are winning by an average margin of 14.3 points per game. KK Jolly and KK Zabok are next in point differential at 4.5 points.

Ivan Mimica leads in points per game at 22.0, while Ive Ivanov and Josip Glavinic are kings at rebounds and assists. Ivan Grgat is tops in PER and Ronald Ross is the season FIC leader. Ivan Tomeljak has scored or assisted on 44.4% of KK Brod Svjetlost’s buckets.

1. KK Zadar: 24.29   
2. KK Split: 8.02  
3. KK Jolly Jadranska Banka: 5.15  
4. KK Vrijednosnice OS Darda: 3.93  
5. KK Zabok: 1.87  
6. KK Borik Puntamika: 0.16  
7. KK Kvarner 2010: -2.05  
8. KK Krizevci: -4.51  
9. KK Alkar: -7.95  
10. KK Brod Svjetlost: -9.70  
11. KK Dubrovnik: -20.70

Slovenian SKL Power Rankings

This is another top-heavy league, with Helios Domzale and Elektra Sostanj dominating the top of the table.

Travis Nelson is the scoring leader at 17.4 points per game, with Esmir Rizvic and Luka Rupnik holding court in rebounds and assists respectively. Fittingly, Nelson leads in both PER and season FIC. Rupnik is responsible for 36.4% of Goplin Slovan’s buckets, which ranks him first in the league.

1. Helios Domzale: 21.07  
2. Zlatorog: 18.33  
3. Elektra Sostanj: 13.11  
4. Sentjur: 9.63  
5. Maribor Messer: 8.34  
6. Geoplin Slovan: 3.92  
7. Hopsi Polzela: -4.50  
8. Rogaska Crystal: -7.74  
9. LTHCast Mercator: -23.13  
10. Parklji: -36.09 

German BBL Power Rankings

Both Brose Baskets and Ratiopharm Ulm have just two losses, but one team is dominating in much more impressive fashion than the other. Brose is winning by a 17.9 differential, while Ratiopharm Ulm has a more human mark of +9.5.

David Holston and Bobby Brown are the league’s leaders in scoring at better than 17 per game, while John Bryant and Jared Jordan lead in rebounds and assists. Bryant also leads in PER, while Holston is the season FIC leader ahead of Tony Gaffney. Jordan has been responsible for 42.9% of TBB Trier’s field goals.   

1. Brose Baskets: 31.80  
2. Ratiopharm Ulm: 15.78  
3. Artland Dragons: 13.91  
4. ALBA Berlin: 12.69  
5. FC Bayern Munich: 7.31  
6. s.Oliver Baskets: 7.26  
7. Telekom Baskets Bonn: 4.05  
8. EWE Baskets Oldenburg: 1.84  
9. New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig: -0.93  
10. BBC Bayreuth: -3.90  
11. Eisbaren Bremerhaven: -4.88  
12. TBB Trier: -6.29  
13. Walter Tigers Tubingen: -6.31  
14. Fraport Skyliners: -6.89  
15. EnBW Ludwigsburg: -7.84  
16. LTi Giessen 46ers: -14.95  
17. Phoenix Hagen: -16.77  
18. BG Gottingen: -23.05 

Belgium BLB Power Rankings

Belgacom Spriou has a two-game lead in the loss column, though they are coming off a loss at Leuven Bears.

Chris Copeland is averaging 18.9 points per game, while Jason Love and Salah Mejri are each averaging 8.0 rebounds and Dusan Djordjevic is leading in assists. Sean Singletary is leading in PER ahead of Caleb Green and Darnell Wilson.   

1. Belgacom Spirou Basket: 17.87  
2. Generali Okapi Aalstar: 9.48  
3. Antwerp Giants: 8.93  
4. Stella Artois Leuven Bears: 7.91  
5. Telenet Oostende: 4.54  
6. Dexia Mons-Hainaut: 0.38  
7. Optima Gent: -5.92  
8. Belgacom Liege Basket: -14.45  
9. VOO Verviers-Pepinster: -27.87

Israeli Super League Power Rankings

Maccabi has a three-game lead, losing just twice in domestic play.

Sylven Landesberg is leading in points, as he is joined by Adrian Banks and Tweety Carter in the 21+ club. Bryant Dunston is leading in rebounds, while Moran Roth holds court in assists. Shawn James and Richard Hendrix, each of Maccabi, are leading in PER. Bryant Dunston has the highest season FIC total.

1. Maccabi Tel Aviv: 26.77  
2. Hapoel Holon: 8.30  
3. Maccabi Rishon Lezion: 7.07  
4. Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem: 3.50  
5. Maccabi Haifa: -1.75  
6. BC Habikaa: -1.97  
7. Gilboa Galil: -2.21  
8. Maccabi Ashdod: -3.58  
9. Ironi Ashkelon: -4.07  
10. Barak Netanya: -7.46  
11. Bnei HaSharon: -25.02