Kazakhstan Higher League round 10 best performance: Maksim Nalogov (by Hoops Agents)

- November 19, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Maksim Nalogov

Maksim Nalogov

Power forward Maksim Nalogov (198-F/C-1994) had a very impressive game in the last round for top-ranked MBK Bars Petropavlovsk, receiving a Hoops Agents Higher League Player of the Week award for round 10.
The 31-year old player had a double-double of 26 points and 12 rebounds, while his team outclassed Tigers-KazATU (#5, 5-5) with 78-point margin 111-33. It allowed Bars to take over top position in the Kazakhstan Higher League. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. It's already very far into the season and Bars keeps a perfect 10-0 record. In the team's last game Nalogov had a remarkable 70.0% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Bars, through which he has constantly improved. Maksim Nalogov has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (7th best: 17.4ppg), rebounds (9th best: 9.0rpg) and averages impressive 63.0% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was young Alexey Alyonushka (190-F-1995) of Karaganda. Alyonushka had a very good evening with a double-double of 29 points and 11 rebounds. Of course he led Karaganda to another comfortable win 83-64 over the higher-ranked Tigers-KazATU (#5, 5-5) being unquestionably team leader. Karaganda's 11th position in the standings has not changed. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 2-3 record. Alyonushka is a newcomer at Karaganda, but is already one of team's top players.

Third on the list of top players last round was another Bars' star - guard Artem Kozyrkin (185-G-1998). Kozyrkin showcased his all-around game by recording 19 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the last round. He was another key player of MBK Bars Petropavlovsk, helping his team with a 84-59 easy win against the lower-ranked Karaganda (#11, 2-3). Bars have amazing season winning all 10 games without a single defeat. Kozyrkin 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. Kozyrkin has a great season in Kazakhstan. After only 9 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in assists with 4.7apg (6th best). He also has 2.3spg and a FGP of 65.3%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Konstantin Teryukov (181-G-2000) of Karaganda - 21 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Ruslanbek Marat (201-F-2005) of Tigers-KazATU - 10 points and 10 rebounds
6. Sergey Dyatlik (194-F-1997) of Bars - 14 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Anatoly Alash (175-PG-2003) of Bars - 13 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Kirill Lavrenko (195-F/G-2005) of Bars - 20 points and 7 rebounds
9. Daniyal Nurgaliev (194-G/F-2006) of Bars - 15 points and 5 rebounds
10. Shyndos Zhumabay (187-G-2005) of Tigers-KazATU - 20 points, 2 rebounds and 3 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 : MAKSIM NALOGOV, MBK BARS PETROPAVLOVSK, KAZAKHSTAN BASKETBALL,