Naismith College Player of the Year

Naismith College Player of the Year

Established

1969

Sport

First Winner

Lew Alcindor

Naismith College Player of the Year

About

Annual award given to both the top men's and women's collegiate basketball players. It is named after the inventor of basketball, James Naismith.

Trivia

The award was initially given to only men until 1983. The first female winner of the honor was Anne Donovan of Old Dominion University.

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Naismith College Player of the Year Winners

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan, 61

1984

1

Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant, 35

2007

2

Larry Bird

Larry Bird, 67

1979

3

Anthony Davis

Anthony Davis, 31

2012

4

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 77

1969

5

Zion Williamson

Zion Williamson, 23

6

Blake Griffin

Blake Griffin, 35

2009

7

Kelsey Plum

Kelsey Plum, 29

2017

8

Candace Parker

Candace Parker, 38

2008

9

Jalen Brunson

Jalen Brunson, 27

2018

10

Brittney Griner

Brittney Griner, 33

2012, 2013

11

Tim Duncan

Tim Duncan, 47

1997

12

Sue Bird

Sue Bird, 43

2002

13

Diana Taurasi

Diana Taurasi, 41

2003, 2004

14

JJ Redick

JJ Redick, 39

2006

15

Maya Moore

Maya Moore, 34

2009, 2011

16

A'ja Wilson

A'ja Wilson, 27

2018

17

Breanna Stewart

Breanna Stewart, 29

2014, 2015, 2016

18

David Robinson

David Robinson, 58

1987

19

Patrick Ewing

Patrick Ewing, 61

1985

20

Lisa Leslie

Lisa Leslie, 51

1994

21

Buddy Hield

Buddy Hield, 31

2016

22

Pete Maravich

Pete Maravich (1947-1988)

1970

23

Jameer Nelson

Jameer Nelson, 42

2004

24

Joe Smith

Joe Smith, 48

1995

25

Sheryl Swoopes

Sheryl Swoopes, 53

1993

26

Andrew Bogut

Andrew Bogut, 39

2005

27

Cheryl Miller

Cheryl Miller, 60

1984, 1985, 1986

28

Bill Walton

Bill Walton, 71

1972, 1973, 1974

29

Jay Williams

Jay Williams, 42

2002

30

Larry Johnson

Larry Johnson, 55

1991

31

Trey Burke

Trey Burke, 31

2013

32

David Thompson

David Thompson, 69

1975

33

Frank Kaminsky

Frank Kaminsky, 31

2015

34

Kenyon Martin

Kenyon Martin, 46

2000

35

Rebecca Lobo

Rebecca Lobo, 50

1995

36

Christian Laettner

Christian Laettner, 54

1992

37

Seimone Augustus

Seimone Augustus, 39

2005, 2006

38

Jimmer Fredette

Jimmer Fredette, 35

2011

39

Doug McDermott

Doug McDermott, 32

2014

40

Luka Garza

Luka Garza, 25

41

Evan Turner

Evan Turner, 35

2010

42

Elton Brand, 45

1999

43

Tamika Catchings

Tamika Catchings, 44

2000

44

Tina Charles

Tina Charles, 35

2010

45

Chamique Holdsclaw

Chamique Holdsclaw, 46

1998, 1999

46

Oscar Tshiebwe

Oscar Tshiebwe, 24

47

Marques Johnson

Marques Johnson, 68

1977

48

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