Kazakhstan National League round 3 best performance: Vladimir Ivanov

- November 10, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Vladimir Ivanov

Vladimir Ivanov

International Center Vladimir Ivanov (208-C-1994) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for BK Caspiy Aktau, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 3.
The 31-year old player had a double-double of 25 points and 12 rebounds, while his team crushed, the league's bottom-ranked team Tobol (#5, 0-6) with 23-point margin 84-61. Caspiy Aktau maintains the 4th position in Kazakhstan National League. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked such low. They already lost 6 games and recorded just two victories. In the team's last game Ivanov had a remarkable 91.7% from 2-point range. He turned to be Caspiy Aktau's top player in his first season with the team. Vladimir Ivanov has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (4th best: 17.0ppg), assists (8th best: 3.9apg) and averages impressive 76.6% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was young international forward Askar Maydekin (203-F-1997) of league's leader BK Astana. Maydekin had a very good evening with 22 points and 9 rebounds. Of course he led Astana to another comfortable win outscoring Almaty L. (6-2) 92-53. He plays for the best team in the league and Astana managed to win all 8 games keeping a perfect record. Maydekin is one of the most experienced players at Astana and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third on the list of top players last round was another Astana's star - American guard EJ Day (180-PG-1999). Day showcased his all-around game by recording 16 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists in the last round. He was another key player of BK Astana, helping his team with a 106-73 easy win against #2 ranked Almaty L. in a game of the week. Astana have amazing season winning all 8 games without a single defeat. Day turns to be one of the very best players in the league while he is also a leader of the top team having his eyes on the championship title. Day has a great season in Kazakhstan. After only 8 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 18.1ppg (3rd best) and assists with 6.5apg (best passer). He also has 3.5spg, a FGP of 54.1% and 3PT: 43.5%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Ruslan Aitkali (195-F-1997) of Astana - 23 points and 10 rebounds
5. Robert Pan (202-C-1995) of Astana - 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Vassiliy Petrishinets (198-F-1989) of Caspiy Aktau - 16 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Pavel Ilyin (194-F/G-1992) of Tobol - 21 points and 5 rebounds
8. Konstantin Neff (198-F-1997) of Caspiy Aktau - 14 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Shaim Kuanov (181-PG-1991) of Tobol - 19 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Adas Juskevicius (194-G-1989) of Astana - 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists

The Player of the week is selected based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.
The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.
The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3*(REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4*(2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3*(2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3*(3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

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Tags : VLADIMIR IVANOV, BK CASPIY AKTAU, KAZAKHSTAN BASKETBALL,