Basketball Bundesliga Most Valuable Player

The Basketball Bundesliga MVP (Most Valuable Player) is an award that is given yearly to the best player in the regular season of the Basketball Bundesliga, which is the top professional basketball league in Germany.

Winners

All-time great Dirk Nowitzki won the Basketball Bundesliga MVP award in 1999.

Malcolm Delaney won the Basketball Bundesliga MVP award in 2014.

Prior to 1994, the award was given as the German Player of the Year award, and was given to the "Best German Player" of the season, regardless of what league he played in. So to win the award, a player didn't even have to play in the German League. From 1994 onward, the German Player of the Year award was changed to instead mark the Most Valuable Player of the Basketball Bundesliga (German Basketball League).

Key

Player (X)	Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
§	Denotes the club was Bundesliga champion in the same season
^	Denotes the player is still active in the BBL

German Player of the Year (1987–88 to 1992–93)
Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	Ref(s)
1987–88	Mike Jackel	Forward	West Germany	BSC Saturn Köln
1988–89	Hansi Gnad	Center	West Germany	BSC Saturn Köln
1989–90	Henning Harnisch	Forward	West Germany	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1990–91	Henning Harnisch (2)	Forward	Germany	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1991–92	Detlef Schrempf	Forward	Germany	Indiana Pacers	[1]
1992–93	Kai Nürnberger	Guard	Germany	TTL Bamberg
Basketball Bundesliga MVP (1993–94 to present)
1993–94	Teoman Alibegović	Forward	Slovenia	ALBA Berlin
1994–95	Michael Koch	Guard	Germany	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen §
1995–96	Henrik Rödl	Forward	Germany	ALBA Berlin
1996–97	Wendell Alexis	Forward	United States	ALBA Berlin §
1997–98	Wendell Alexis (2)	Forward	United States	ALBA Berlin §
1998–99	Dirk Nowitzki	Forward	Germany	DJK Würzburg
1999–2000	Wendell Alexis (3)	Forward	United States	ALBA Berlin §
2000–01	Derrick Phelps	Guard	United States	ALBA Berlin	[1]
2001–02	Wendell Alexis (4)	Forward	United States	ALBA Berlin §
2002–03	Jovo Stanojević	Guard	Serbia and Montenegro	ALBA Berlin §
2003–04	Pascal Roller	Guard	Germany	Opel Skyliners Frankfurt §
2004–05	Chris Williams	Forward	United States	Opel Skyliners Frankfurt	[1]
2005–06	Jovo Stanojević (2)	Center	Serbia and Montenegro	ALBA Berlin
2006–07	Jerry Green	Guard	United States	EnBW Ludwigsburg
2007–08	Julius Jenkins ^	Guard	United States	ALBA Berlin §
2008–09	Jason Gardner	Guard	United States	EWE Baskets Oldenburg §	[2]
2009–10	Julius Jenkins (2)^	Guard	United States	ALBA Berlin	[3]
2010–11	DaShaun Wood	Guard	United States	Skyliners Frankfurt	[4]
2011–12	John Bryant ^	Center	United States	ratiopharm ulm	[5]
2012–13	John Bryant (2)^	Center	United States	ratiopharm ulm	[6]
2013–14	Malcolm Delaney	Guard	United States	Bayern Munich §	[7] [8]
2014–15	Jamel McLean	Center	United States	ALBA Berlin	[9]
2015–16	Brad Wanamaker	Guard	United States	Brose Baskets §	[10]
2016–17	Raymar Morgan	Forward/center	United States	ratiopharm Ulm
2017–18	Luke Sikma ^	Forward	United States	Alba Berlin	[11]
2018–19	Will Cummings^	Guard	United States	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	[12]
2019–20	No award was given, due to the shortened season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [13]
2020–21	Jaleen Smith^	Point guard	United States	Riesen Ludwigsburg	[14]
2021–22	Parker Jackson-Cartwright^	Point guard	United States	Telekom Baskets Bonn	[15]
2022–23	T. J. Shorts^	Point guard	United States	Telekom Baskets Bonn	[16]
2023–24	Otis Livingston II^	Point guard	United States	Würzburg Baskets	[17]
2024–25	Jhivvan Jackson^	Guard	United States	FIT/One Würzburg Baskets	[18]

Awards won by player

Player	Total
Wendell Alexis	4
John Bryant	2
Henning Harnisch	2
Julius Jenkins	2
Jovo Stanojević	2

Awards won by nationality

Country	Total
United States	23×
West Germany /   Germany	10×
FR Yugoslavia	2×
Slovenia	1×

Awards won by club

Club	Total
Alba Berlin	13×
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3×
ratiopharm Ulm	3×
Skyliners Frankfurt	3×
Bamberg	2×
BSC Saturn Köln	2×
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	2×
Telekom Baskets Bonn	2×
Würzburg Baskets	2×
Bayern Munich	1×
DJK Würzburg	1×
EnBW Ludwigsburg	1×

References

1. Spieler des Jahres / Most Valuable Player (in German).
2. "Bundesliga, Jason Gardner wins MVP Award". Sportando.com. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
3. "Former Eagle Julius Jenkins Named 2010 MVP of BBL". Nmnathletics.com. 4 May 2010. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
4. "DaShaun Wood MVP der Liga". Crossover-online.de. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
5. "John Bryant-BBL MVP". BDA Sports International. 20 April 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
6. "Bryant repeats as Beko BBL MVP". Court-side.com. 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
7. "Der MVP heißt Malcolm Delaney". Schoenen-dunk.de. 24 April 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
8. "Malcolm Delaney named Beko BBL MVP". Sportando.com. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
9. "Beko BBL - Awards: MVP / Coach". www.beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015.
10. "Beko BBL - Award Wanamaker und First Team". www.beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016.
11. "Basketball in den Genen: Luke Sikma ist der "Most Valuable Player" der Saison 2017/2018".
12. "Will Cummings ist der 'Most Valuable Player' der Saison 2018/2019". easycredit-bbl.de. 12 May 2019.
13. "Kapitäne wählen den Most Valuable Player des easyCredit BBL Final-Turniers 2020 / Keine anderen Awards" (in German). easycredit-bbl.de. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
14. "Awards 2021: Ludwigsburger Smith, Patrick und Polas-Bartolo räumen ab / Justus Hollatz und Trae Bell-Haynes geehrt". easycredit-bbl.de. 19 May 2021.
15. "Awards für die Saison 2021/22: Doppelte Freude in Bonn und Hamburg". easycredit-bbl.de. 28 April 2022.
16. "TJ Shorts named the MVP of the German BBL". Eurohoops. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
17. "easyCredit BBL-Awards: Otis Livingston II ist MVP". easycredit-bbl.de. 10 May 2024.
18. "easyCredit BBL-Awards: Würzburgs Jhivvan Jackson ist MVP". easycredit-bbl.de. 7 May 2025.

External links

• German League official website ^{[ usurped ]}(in German)