| Žanis Peiners | |
| Position: | Small forward / shooting guard |
| Height M: | 2.05 |
| Weight Kg: | 96 |
| Number: | 31 |
| Nationality: | Latvian |
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Rēzekne, Latvia |
| Career Start: | 2009 |
| Career End: | 2020 |
| Coach Start: | 2024 |
| Years1: | 2009–2010 |
| Team1: | VEF Rīga |
| Years2: | 2010–2013 |
| Team2: | Latvijas Universitāte |
| Years3: | 2013–2014 |
| Team3: | MBC Mykolaiv |
| Years4: | 2014–2016 |
| Team4: | Ventspils |
| Years5: | 2016–2017 |
| Team5: | PAOK |
| Years6: | 2017–2018 |
| Team6: | BC Lietkabelis |
| Years7: | 2018–2019 |
| Team7: | Darüşşafaka |
| Years8: | 2019–2020 |
| Team8: | Partizan |
| Cyears1: | 2024– |
| Cteam1: | Latvia (assistant) |
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Žanis Peiners (born 1 August 1990) is a Latvian professional basketball player. He is 2.05 m (6 ft in) tall[1] shooting guard-small forward.
In 2009, he started pro career with VEF Rīga.[2] After that season, he went to Latvijas Universitāte, where he played the next three seasons. Peiners helped his team, which consisted of semi-professional student-athletes, to reach the LBL playoffs twice. He was scoring the champion of the LBL in 2013, averaging 21.1 points per game.[3]
In 2013, Žanis graduated from LU, and attracted the attention of multiple clubs from abroad. He had strong interest from KK Union Olimpija, but ultimately decided to sign with MBC Mykolaiv.[4] He finished the season in the Ukrainian SuperLeague, as the league's second best scorer (16.1 points per game).[5]
On 17 September 2014 he joined the defending Latvian League champions, Ventspils.[6] On 20 July 2016 Peiners signed with the Greek club PAOK Thessaloniki.[7]
In June 2018, Peiners signed with Darüşşafaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and EuroLeague.[8]
In July 2019, Peiners signed with Partizan of the ABA League and EuroCup.[9]
Peiners has also been a member of the senior men's Latvian national basketball team. With Latvia's senior national team, he played at the EuroBasket 2015 and EuroBasket 2017.[10]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Darüşşafaka| 28 || 14 || 17.3 || .539 || .300 || .864 || 1.9 || 1.5 || .4 || .2 || 6.7 || 7.9|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"|| 28 || 14 || 17.3 || .539 || .300 || .864 || 1.9 || 1.5 || .4 || .2 || 6.7 || 7.9