Brynjar Þór Björnsson

In the fifth and deciding game of the 2007 Úrvalsdeild Finals against Snæfell, Brynjar made a three-point shot with 3 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 68–68 and send it to overtime. KR prevailed in overtime, winning the game 76–74 and its tenth national championship.^[6]

Brynjar played for Francis Marion University from 2008 to 2009. He left the school in January 2009.^[7]

In 2011, Brynjar joined Jämtland Basket of the Swedish Basketligan and for the season he averaged 10.4 points per game and made 40.8 percent of his three point shots.^[8]

He rejoined KR in 2012 and helped the club win the national championship four times in a row, from 2014 to 2017.^[3] He resigned with KR in 2017 after contemplating a move to Þór Akureyri.^[9]

On November 10, 2017, Brynjar became KR's all-time leading scorer in the Úrvalsdeild, surpassing Guðni Ólafur Guðnason who scored 3144 points for KR.^[10] On March 12, 2018, Brynjar broke a finger on practice and was expected to miss KR's first round playoff series against Njarðvík.^[11]

On April 25, 2018, Brynjar scored a buzzer beater to give KR a 75–77 victory against Tindastóll and a 2–1 lead in the Úrvalsdeild finals series.^[12] On April 28, he won his eight Icelandic championship after KR defeated Tindastóll in the fourth game of the series.^[13][14]

On June 8, 2018, Brynjar left KR and signed with rivals Tindastóll.^[15][16] On 30 September, he won the Icelandic Super Cup after Tindastóll beat KR, 103–72.^[17] On December 9, Brynjar set the Úrvalsdeild record for most three-pointers made in a game when he made 16 of 31 three-point shots, on his way to 48 points, in a victory against Breiðablik, breaking Frank Booker's 27-year-old record.^[18][19] In April 2019, Tindastóll agreed to release him from his contract following the team's first round exit in the Úrvalsdeild playoffs.^[20]

On 29 June 2019, Brynjar returned to KR.^[21] On 5 March 2020 he announced he would not play in KR's upcoming game against Stjarnan due to the coronavirus pandemic in Iceland^[22] without consulting the team first.^[23] Shortly later, on 13 March 2020 with each team having one game left, the season was postponed,^[24] and later canceled due to the pandemic.^[25]

In August 2022, Brynjar announced his retirement from top-tier basketball.^[26]

From 2007 to 2017, Brynjar played 68 games for the Icelandic national team.^[27] He retired from the national team in February 2018.^[1][28]

• Icelandic Champion (8): 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
• Icelandic Basketball Cup (3): 2011, 2016, 2017
• Icelandic Super Cup (3): 2007, 2014, 2015, 2018
• Icelandic Company Cup (2): 2008, 2014

• Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team (2): 2010, 2011
• Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP : 2016
• Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year: 2005

Brynjar is the son of Björn M. Björgvinsson, the former chairman of the Icelandic Basketball Association.^[29]

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