 In 2017, European basketball historian Vladimir Stanković, named Spanoulis the "Most Clutch Player in EuroLeague History".In 2020, Spanoulis was named the "Best EuroLeague Player of The 2010s Decade" by the readers of the website Eurohoops.net.Spanoulis also played an instrumental role on the senior men's Greek national team's 2005 EuroBasket gold medal team.