Abderraouf Benrighi claims Algerian D1 weekly honour

- March 11, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Ramzi Merahi

International Forward Abderraouf Benrighi (202-F-1996) had a very impressive game in the last round for league's leader Nadi Basket Staoueli and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 25.
The 29-year old forward had a double-double of 29 points and 11 rebounds, while his team edged out CSC Djasr (#9, 12-13) 77-73. It allowed Nadi Basket to consolidate first place in the Algerian D1. Nadi Basket have a solid 20-5 record. In the team's last game Benrighi had a remarkable 68.8% from 2-point range. It's his second year at Nadi Basket and it's hard to imagine this team without him. Abderraouf Benrighi averages this season 6.7ppg and 6.3rpg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young international forward Ramzi Merahi (201-F-1995) of Mouloudia Club of Algiers. Merahi impressed basketball fans with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. Of course he led Mouloudia to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Taradji Amel (#11, 8-17) 102-68. This victory allowed Mouloudia to move up to 3rd position in the standings. His team's 16-9 record is not bad at all. Merahi is a newcomer at Mouloudia and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.

The third best performed player last round was another Nadi Basket's star - Mohamed Bensalah (200-SF-2002). Bensalah scored 23 points and passed 4 assists. He was another key player of Nadi Basket Staoueli, helping his team with a 77-73 win against the lower-ranked CSC Djasr (#9, 12-13). Nadi Basket confirms their top position in the standings. Bensalah has a great season in Algeria. After 21 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 16.9ppg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Abakar Oumar (208-C-2002) of Chabab Sportif - 20 points and 17 rebounds
5. Ouail Gadaoui (183-G-2001) of US Setif - 21 points and 13 rebounds
6. Mustapha Braik) of Chabab Sportif - 24 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Tarek Hamdani (194-PG-1995) of Widad - 15 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists
8. Louai Chebel (199-G-1998) of Widad - 24 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Mounir Djellili (184-G-1998) of NA Hussein Dey - 17 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists
10. Mutomb Mbav (206-C-1987) of US Setif - 17 points, 12 rebounds and 4 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 : ABDERRAOUF BENRIGHI, NADI BASKET STAOUELI, ALGERIAN BASKETBALL,