Which Country Has the Hottest Fans in the EuroLeague?
Some EuroLeague arenas have a reputation before the game even begins. The noise, the pressure and the atmosphere can turn a normal road game into one of the toughest nights of the season.
But can we see that home-court boost in the results?
To explore it, we looked at a very simple measure: the difference between how often teams from each country win at home and how often they win away.
If teams from a country win 65% of their games at home but only 35% away, their Fan Boost is +30 percentage points.
The bigger the gap, the more dramatically results improve when those teams return home.
Israel Shows the Biggest Home Boost
Israel sits at the top of the ranking.
Across the full 2014-2025 sample, Israeli teams won approximately 64.6% of their home games compared with 32.3% away.
That is a huge swing. The same teams that won roughly one out of every three games on the road won about two out of every three when playing at home.
The Fan Boost Ranking
| Country | Home Win % | Away Win % | Fan Boost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 64.6% | 32.3% | +32.4 pp |
| Spain | 70.3% | 40.9% | +29.4 pp |
| Greece | 68.5% | 40.0% | +28.5 pp |
| Serbia | 58.9% | 32.4% | +26.5 pp |
| Germany | 50.5% | 25.7% | +24.8 pp |
| Italy | 54.7% | 32.6% | +22.1 pp |
| Turkey | 65.5% | 43.7% | +21.8 pp |
| France | 43.7% | 23.6% | +20.1 pp |
| Lithuania | 54.0% | 35.4% | +18.6 pp |
Spain and Greece Are Right Behind
Spain and Greece combine two things that make home games especially difficult for visitors: strong teams and a large home-away gap.
Spanish teams won just over 70% of their home games, the highest home winning percentage in this group, while their Fan Boost reached +29.4 percentage points.
Greece was close behind at +28.5 points. That fits the reputation of Greek EuroLeague arenas, where home crowds are often a major part of the game-night experience.
And Serbia?
Serbia might be the country many fans would guess first.
The numbers certainly show a major home effect. Serbian teams improved from a 32.4% win rate away to 58.9% at home, a +26.5 percentage-point boost.
That is one of the largest gaps in the EuroLeague, but still below Israel, Spain and Greece in this dataset.
The Lithuania Surprise
Kaunas is famous for its basketball culture and home atmosphere, so Lithuania finishing lower in this ranking may look surprising.
Lithuanian teams still performed considerably better at home: 54.0% wins compared with 35.4% away.
That is an +18.6 percentage-point Fan Boost. The home effect is clearly there, but the home-away swing is smaller than in several other EuroLeague countries.
Does This Really Measure the Fans?
Not entirely.
We call it the Fan Boost because the crowd is one of the most visible parts of home-court advantage.
But the numbers also capture travel, familiarity with the arena, routines and other factors associated with playing at home.
So this is not proof that fans alone create the difference.
What it does show is where the change between home and away results has historically been the largest.
Methodology: DunkOnOdds basketball database, seasons 2014-2025. Fan Boost is calculated as Home Win % minus Away Win %. The ranking includes countries with at least 100 home games and 100 away games in the analyzed sample. Russia is omitted because Russian clubs are not part of the current EuroLeague landscape. Fan Boost measures the overall home-court effect and should not be interpreted as proving that the crowd alone caused the difference.