Basketligaen Finals MVP

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The Basketligaen Finals Most Valuable Player (Danish : Basketligaen MVP i Finaleserien) is an annual basketball award that is given by the Danish top tier Basketligaen. It is awarded to the player who was considered to be the best in a finals series of a Basketligaen season.

Winners

^Denotes player who is still active in the Basketligaen
*Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
YearPlayerPositionNationalityTeamRef.
2013 Chris Christoffersen Center Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Bakken Bears [1]
2014 Kenny Barker Guard Flag of the United States.svg United States Bakken Bears [1]
2015 Brian Fitzpatrick Forward/Center Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland [lower-alpha 1] Horsens IC [1]
2016 Nimrod Hilliard IV Guard Flag of the United States.svg United States Horsens IC [1]
2017 DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell Forward Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago [lower-alpha 2] Bakken Bears [1]
2018 Jeffrey Crockett Forward Flag of the United States.svg United States Bakken Bears [1]
2019 Tobin Carberry Guard Flag of the United States.svg United States Bakken Bears [1]
2021 Michel Diouf Center Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal Bakken Bears [2]
2022 Marvelle Harris Guard Flag of the United States.svg United States Bakken Bears [3]
  1. ↑ Brian Fitzpatrick, born in Bethpage, New York, also owns the American nationality.
  2. ↑ DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, born in Orlando, Florida, also owns the American nationality.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Basketligaen Priser" (in Danish). Basketligaen.dk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Coupe du Danemark : Bakken sacré grâce à Michel Diouf, MVP de la finale !". Basket 221 (in French). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Bears dansk mester | Basketball | Bakken Bears Officielle Website" (in Danish). 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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