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MENS BASKETBALL AWARDS


AP Player of the Year

The Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year award was established in 1961 to recognize the best college basketball player of the year, as voted upon by the Associated Press.
 
Season

2023-24 Zach Edey, Purdue
2022-23 Zach Edey, Purdue
2021-22 Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
2020-21 Luka Garza, Iowa
2019-20 Obi Toppin, Dayton
2018-19 Zion Williamson, Duke
2017-18 Jalen Brunson, Villanova
2016-17 Frank Mason III, Kansas
2015-16 Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
2014-15 Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin
2013-14 Doug McDermott, Creighton
2012-13 Trey Burke, Michigan
2011-12 Anothony Davis, Kentucky
2010-11 Jimmer Fredette, BYU
2009-10 Evan Turner, Ohio State
2008-09 Blake Griffin, Oklahoma
2007-08 Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
2006-07 Kevin Durant, Texas
2005-06 J. J. Redick, Duke
2004-05 Andrew Bogut, Utah
2003-04 Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
2002-03 David West, Xavier
2001-02 Jason Williams, Duke
2000-01 Shane Battier, Duke
1999-00 Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
1998-99 Elton Brand, Duke
1997-98 Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
1996-97 Tim Duncan, Wake Forest
1995-96 Marcus Camby, Massachusetts
1994-95 Joe Smith, Maryland
1993-94 Glenn Robinson, Purdue
1992-93 Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
1991-92 Christian Laettner, Duke
1990-91 Shaquille O'Neal, LSU
1989-90 Lionel Simmons, La Salle
1988-89 Sean Elliott, Arizona
1987-88 Hersey Hawkins, Bradley
1986-87 David Robinson, Navy
1985-86 Walter Berry, St. John's	
1984-85 Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
1983-84 Michael Jordan, North Carolina
1982-83 Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1981-82 Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1980-81 Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1979-80 Mark Aguirre, DePaul
1978-79 Larry Bird, Indiana State
1977-78 Butch Lee, Marquette
1976-77 Marques Johnson, UCLA
1975-76 Scott May, Indiana
1974-75 David Thompson, N.C. State
1973-74 David Thompson, N.C. State
1972-73 Bill Walton, UCLA
1971-72 Bill Walton, UCLA
1970-71 Austin Carr, Notre Dame
1969-70 Pete Maravich, LSU
1968-69 Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1967-68 Elvin Hayes, Houston
1966-67 Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1965-66 Cazzie Russell, Michigan
1964-65 Bill Bradley, Princeton
1963-64 Gary Bradds, Ohio State
1962-63 Art Heyman, Duke
1961-62 Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1960-61 Jerry Lucas, Ohio State



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