Bojan Bogdanović makes history as the highest all-time Croatian NBA scorer

Bojan Bogdanović has made history as the highest Croatian NBA scorer of all time.

After scoring 28 points for the Detroit Pistons in their 116-104 win against the Minnesota Timberwolves on New Years Day, the 33-year-old passed Toni Kukoč who ended his career with 9,810 points to be the number one Croatian scorer in history.

Bringing the energy heading into 2023🔋

Catch the recap of our New Year’s Eve win last night!#Pistons Playback | @wingstop pic.twitter.com/zo1TVgYyH5

— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) January 1, 2023

Bogdanović is now just 165 points away from reaching 10,000 points.

Back in November 2021, Bogdanović became just the second Croat to pass 8,000 NBA points.

Bojan is catching fire with this pull-up three🔥

He finished with 17 points on 7-7 FG in the third quarter pic.twitter.com/rzHhZzvGvz

— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) January 1, 2023

In May 2021, he broke Dražen Petrović’s Croatian NBA record of the most points in a single game when he scored 48 points for the Utah Jazz against the Denver Nuggets.

Bogdanović made his NBA debut in 2014 when he joined the Brooklyn Nets. Since then he has played with Washington Wizards, Indiana Pacers, Utah Jazz and now the Pistons.