Basketligaen Most Valuable Player

The Basketligaen Most Valuable Player 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 given regular season.

Winners

Danish-Israeli Chanan Colman won the award in 2012

Darko Jukić won the award in 2013

^	Denotes player who is still active in the Basketligaen
*	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

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	Ref.
2002–03	Eric Bell		United States	Bakken Bears	[1]
2003–04	Joshua Metzger		United States	Svendborg Rabbits	[1]
2004–05	Eric Bell (2)		United States	Horsens IC	[1]
2005–06	Thomas Skotting		Denmark	Aabyhøj IF	[1]
2006–07	Joshua Buettner		United States	Svendborg Rabbits	[1]
2007–08	Brandon Thomas		United States	Team FOG Næstved	[1]
2008–09	Bonell Colas		United States	Randers Cimbria	[1]
2009–10†	Johnell Smith		United States	Svendborg Rabbits	[1]
2010–11	Nicolai Iversen		Denmark	Svendborg Rabbits	[1]
2011–12	Chanan Colman	Guard	Denmark [a]	Svendborg Rabbits	[1]
2012–13	Darko Jukić ^	Forward	Denmark	Horsens IC	[1]
2013–14	Johnell Smith	Guard	United States	Svendborg Rabbits	[1]
2014–15 †	Skyler Bowlin	Guard	United States	Horsens IC	[1]
2015–16	Brandon Rozzell	Guard	United States	Svendborg Rabbits	[1]
2016–17 †	DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell	Forward	Trinidad and Tobago [b]	Bakken Bears	[1]
2017–18	Kevin Larsen	Center	Denmark	Horsens IC	[2]
2018–19 †	Ryan Evans ^	Forward	United States	Bakken Bears	[1]
2019–20	Roberto Gallinat	Guard	United States	Horsens IC	[1]
2020–21 †	QJ Peterson	Guard	United States	Bakken Bears	[3]
2021–22	Sebastian Åris	Guard	Denmark	Svendborg Rabbits	[4]
2022–23	Mike McGuirl	Guard	United States	Team FOG Næstved	[4]
2023–24	Gage Davis	Guard	United States	Horsens IC	[4]
2024–25	Jagan Mosely	Guard	United States	Team FOG Næstved	[4]

1. Born in Denmark, Colman also owns the Israeli nationality, due to his Israeli mother.
2. DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, born in Orlando, Florida, also owns the American nationality.

References

1. "Basketligaen Priser" (in Danish). Basketligaen.dk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
2. "Kevin Larsen er årets spiller i Basketligaen".
3. Pfaff, Sebastian (8 April 2021). "Fullcourt Awards - Most Valuable Player: Q.J. Peterson | Fullcourt.dk". Fullcourt (in Danish). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
4. "Kåringer i BL". Basketligaen (in Danish). Retrieved 30 September 2025.