| Position: | Point guard |
| Height M: | 1.97 |
| Weight Kg: | 83 |
| League: | BBL EuroLeague |
| Team: | Alba Berlin |
| Number: | 18 |
| Birth Date: | 2001 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Jesenice, Slovenia |
| Nationality: | Slovenian |
| Draft Year: | 2022 |
| Career Start: | 2019 |
| Years1: | 2017–2019 |
| Team1: | Real Madrid B |
| Years2: | 2019–2022 |
| Team2: | Fuenlabrada |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Team3: | → Zamora |
| Years4: | 2022–present |
| Team4: | Alba Berlin |
| Years5: | 2022–2023 |
| Team5: | → Hamburg Towers |
| Highlights: |
Žiga Samar (born 26 January 2001) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He is a 1.97 m tall point guard.
Samar made his professional debut for Real Madrid B in the Liga EBA during the 2017–18 season.
On 19 August 2019 Samar signed a four-year contract with Spanish team Fuenlabrada. For the 2019–20 season he was loaned to Zamora of the LEB Plata.[1]
On 22 July 2022 he signed with Alba Berlin of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[2] On 5 August 2022 Samar joined fellow Bundesliga side Hamburg Towers on loan.[3]
On 5 October 2023, Samar made his EuroLeague debut, finishing the game against FC Bayern Munich (basketball) with 5 points (2/5 FG), 1 rebound, 3 assists, and 1 turnover in 16 minutes of play.[4]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023-24| style="text-align:left;"| Alba Berlin| 14 || 3 || 12.4 || .360 || .400 || .857 || 1.4 || 2.2 || .8 || || 3.4 || 2.5|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 14 || 3 || 12.4 || .360 || .400 || .857 || 1.4 || 2.2 || .8 || || 3.4 || 2.5
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022-23| style="text-align:left;"| Hamburg Towers| 19 || 10 || 25.7 || .410 || .309 || .806 || 2.8 || 6.1 || 1.1 || .1 || 9.8 || 11.1|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 19 || 10 || 25.7 || .410 || .309 || .806 || 2.8 || 6.1 || 1.1 || .1 || 9.8 || 11.1
| Year | Team | League | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 26.6 | .415 | .290 | .708 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 1.1 | .2 | 10.6 | |||
| 34 | 10.5 | .441 | .216 | .750 | 1.3 | 1.8 | .4 | .0 | 3.1 | |||
| 30 | 20.7 | .485 | .471 | .769 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 1.0 | .1 | 7.6 | |||
| 34 | 24.0 | .383 | .250 | .798 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 1.3 | .1 | 8.2 | |||
| 17 | 16.2 | .367 | .292 | .632 | 1.7 | 4.9 | .6 | .1 | 3.7External links |