Basketball Champions League MVP

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The Basketball Champions League MVP, or Basketball Champions League MVP of the Season (also FIBA Champions League MVP), is the annual award bestowed to the player that is deemed to be the "Most Valuable Player" during the full season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL). The Basketball Champions League is, along with the EuroCup, one of the two secondary level European-wide professional club basketball leagues in Europe. The award is given by FIBA. The award has existed since the Basketball Champions's League inaugural season 2016–17 season.

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Voting criteria

The Basketball Champions League MVP is chosen by a vote of the fans online, a vote of media journalists and representatives, and a vote of all of the head coaches of all of the teams in each season of the league. The fans, the media, and the league's head coaches each get 1/3 of the vote distribution.

Winners

^Denotes player who is still active in the BCL
*Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityClubRef.
2016–17 Jordan Theodore Point guard Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Turkey.svg Banvit
[1]
2017–18 Manny Harris Small forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Flag of Greece.svg AEK Athens
[2]
2018–19 Tyrese Rice Point guard Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Germany.svg Brose Bamberg
[3]
2019–20 Keith Langford Shooting guard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Flag of Greece.svg AEK Athens
[4]
2020–21 Bonzie Colson Small forward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Flag of France.svg SIG Strasbourg
[5]
2021–22 Chima Moneke Small forward Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Flag of Spain.svg Baxi Manresa
[6]
2022–23^ T. J. Shorts Point guard Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia Flag of Germany.svg Telekom Baskets Bonn
[7]
2023–24 Marcelo Huertas Point guard Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Spain.svg Lenovo Tenerife
[8]

Notes

  1. Theodore, born in Englewood, New Jersey, is an American citizen. However he received a Macedonian passport in 2017 and represents the North Macedonia national basketball team in international competition.
  2. Rice, born in Richmond, Virginia, is an American citizen. However he received a Montenegrin passport in 2013 and represents the Montenegrin national basketball team in international competition.

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