Lithuanian basketball player. Long-time captain of the Kaunas "Žalgiris" team, world youth basketball champion and member of the Lithuanian national men's basketball team.
Since 2003 played in the main team of "Zalgiris" Kaunas. in 2009 August 14 signed a one-year contract with the Moscow "Khimki" team. in 2010 July 25 returned to Kaunas "Zalgiris" team.
in 2017 in December, P. Jankūnas became the best Euroleague player of the month. 2017-2018 at the end of the season, he was selected for the second symbolic five players of the Euroleague. Jankūnas is one of the ten most productive players in the EuroLeague, having scored more than 3,000 points in his opponents' basket throughout his career. He is also the tournament's all-time leader in rebounds (2010) and games played (392).in 2022 April 4 announced the end of his career.
in 2023 June 20 became the manager of Kaunas "Zalgiris".
Lithuanian youth and men's national teams With the Lithuanian youth (U-21) national team in 2005. became world champion. In the same year, he made his debut in the Lithuanian national team, averaging 8.2 points and 4 rebounds at the European Championship in Serbia.