ACB Best Young Player

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ACB Best Young Player, previously known as the ACB Rising Star award from 2005 to 2013, is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. The award has been given since the 2004–05 ACB season.

Currently, to be eligible for the award, players must be 22 years old or younger, and must have played in at least half of the league's games during the season, with an average playing time per game of at least 10 minutes. [1] An All-ACB Best Young Players Team is also chosen.

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Rising Star award winners (2004–13)

Sergio Rodriguez was the Liga ACB Rising Star in 2005. Sergio Rodriguez.jpg
Sergio Rodríguez was the Liga ACB Rising Star in 2005.
Ricky Rubio was the Liga ACB Rising Star in 2007. RickyRubio1.jpg
Ricky Rubio was the Liga ACB Rising Star in 2007.

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Rising Star award winners.

SeasonPlayerTeam
2004–05 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Rodríguez Adecco Estudiantes
2005–06 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Suárez Adecco Estudiantes
2006–07 Flag of Spain.svg Ricky Rubio DKV Joventut
2007–08 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mirza Teletović TAU Cerámica
2008–09 Flag of Spain.svg Brad Oleson Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada
2009–10 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Richard Hendrix CB Granada
2010–11 Flag of Mexico.svg Gustavo Ayón Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
2011–12 Flag of the United States.svg Micah Downs Assignia Manresa
2012–13 Flag of Tunisia.svg Salah Mejri Blu:sens Monbús

Best Young Player award winners (2013–present)

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Best Young Player award winners.

SeasonPlayerTeamRef.
2013–14 Flag of Spain.svg Guillem Vives FIATC Joventut [2]
2014–15 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Díez Gipuzkoa Basket [3]
2015–16 Flag of Spain.svg Juancho Hernangómez Movistar Estudiantes [4]
2016–17 Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Dončić Real Madrid [5]
2017–18 Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Dončić (2) Real Madrid [6]
2018–19 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alocén Tecnyconta Zaragoza
2019–20 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alocén (2) Casademont Zaragoza
2020–21 Flag of Spain.svg Usman Garuba Real Madrid
2021–22 Flag of Spain.svg Joel Parra Joventut Badalona
2022–23 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Jean Montero Real Betis
2023–24 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Jean Montero (2) MoraBanc Andorra

All-ACB Best Young Players Team

SeasonPlayersTeams
2013–14 [7] Flag of Spain.svg Guillem Vives FIATC Joventut
Flag of Spain.svg Álex Abrines FC Barcelona
Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Eriksson La Bruixa d'Or
Flag of Latvia.svg Kristaps Porziņģis Cajasol
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Walter Tavares Herbalife Gran Canaria
2014–15 [8] Flag of Spain.svg Guillem Vives (2) Valencia Basket
Flag of Spain.svg Álex Abrines (2) FC Barcelona
Flag of Spain.svg Dani Díez Gipuzkoa Basket
Flag of Latvia.svg Kristaps Porziņģis (2) Baloncesto Sevilla
Flag of Spain.svg Willy Hernangómez Baloncesto Sevilla
2015–16 [9] Flag of Sweden.svg Ludde Håkanson Baloncesto Sevilla
Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Dončić Real Madrid
Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Yusta Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro
Flag of Spain.svg Juancho Hernangómez Movistar Estudiantes
Flag of Spain.svg Willy Hernangómez (2) Real Madrid
2016–17 [10] Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Dončić (2) Real Madrid
Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Abalde Divina Seguros Joventut
Flag of Latvia.svg Rolands Šmits Montakit Fuenlabrada
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sasha Vezenkov FC Barcelona Lassa
Flag of Latvia.svg Anžejs Pasečņiks Herbalife Gran Canaria
2017–18 Flag of Spain.svg Sergi García Valencia Basket
Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Dončić (3) Real Madrid
Flag of Spain.svg Xabier López-Arostegui Divina Seguros Joventut
Flag of Spain.svg Jonathan Barreiro Tecnyconta Zaragoza
Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Birgander Divina Seguros Joventut
2018–19 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alocén Tecnyconta Zaragoza
Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Yusta (2) Real Madrid
Flag of Spain.svg Xabier López-Arostegui (2) Divina Seguros Joventut
Flag of Slovenia.svg Vlatko Čančar San Pablo Burgos
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Jordan Sakho Baxi Manresa
2019–20 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alocén (2) Casademont Zaragoza
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Nenad Dimitrijević Club Joventut Badalona
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vít Krejčí Casademont Zaragoza
Flag of Lithuania.svg Arnoldas Kulboka RETAbet Bilbao Basket
Flag of Spain.svg Usman Garuba Real Madrid
2020–21 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alocén (3) Real Madrid
Flag of Argentina.svg Leandro Bolmaro FC Barcelona Lassa
Flag of Montenegro.svg Dino Radončić Acunsa GBC
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Yannick Nzosa Unicaja
Flag of Spain.svg Usman Garuba (2) Real Madrid
2021–22 Flag of Lithuania.svg Rokas Jokubaitis FC Barcelona
Flag of Slovenia.svg Žiga Samar Urbas Fuenlabrada
Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Pradilla Valencia Basket
Flag of Spain.svg Joel Parra Joventut Badalona
Flag of Senegal.svg Khalifa Diop Herbalife Gran Canaria
2022–23 Flag of Germany.svg Justus Hollatz Río Breogán
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Jean Montero Real Betis
Flag of Spain.svg Michael Caicedo Covirán Granada
Flag of Senegal.svg Khalifa Diop (2) Gran Canaria
Flag of Spain.svg Aday Mara Casademont Zaragoza
2023–24 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Jean Montero MoraBanc Andorra
Flag of Spain.svg Lucas Langarita Casademont Zaragoza
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yannick Kraag Joventut Badalona
Flag of The Gambia.svg Musa Sagnia Baxi Manresa
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Fernández Río Breogán

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