Basketligaen Most Valuable Player

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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 Chanan Colman Eilat.jpg
Danish-Israeli Chanan Colman won the award in 2012
Darko Jukic won the award in 2013 20160907 FIBA-Basketball EM-Qualifikation, Osterreich - Danemark 7997.jpg
Darko Jukić won the award in 2013
^Denotes player who is still active in the Basketligaen
*Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
Dagger-14-plain.pngDenotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityTeamRef.
2002–03 Eric Bell Flag of the United States.svg United States Bakken Bears [1]
2003–04 Joshua Metzger Flag of the United States.svg United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2004–05 Eric Bell (2)Flag of the United States.svg United States Horsens IC [1]
2005–06 Thomas Skotting Flag of Denmark.svg DenmarkAabyhøj IF [1]
2006–07 Joshua Buettner Flag of the United States.svg United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2007–08 Brandon Thomas Flag of the United States.svg United States Team FOG Næstved [1]
2008–09 Bonell Colas Flag of the United States.svg United States Randers Cimbria [1]
2009–10Dagger-14-plain.png Johnell Smith Flag of the United States.svg United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2010–11 Nicolai Iversen Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2011–12 Chanan Colman Guard Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark [lower-alpha 1] Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2012–13 Darko Jukić ^ Forward Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Horsens IC [1]
2013–14 Johnell Smith Guard Flag of the United States.svg United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2014–15 Dagger-14-plain.png Skyler Bowlin Guard Flag of the United States.svg United States Horsens IC [1]
2015–16 Brandon Rozzell Guard Flag of the United States.svg United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2016–17 Dagger-14-plain.png DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell Forward Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago [lower-alpha 2] Bakken Bears [1]
2017–18 Kevin Larsen Center Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Horsens IC [2]
2018–19 Dagger-14-plain.png Ryan Evans ^ Forward Flag of the United States.svg United States Bakken Bears [1]
2019–20 Roberto Gallinat Guard Flag of the United States.svg United States Horsens IC [1]
2020–21 Dagger-14-plain.png QJ Peterson Guard Flag of the United States.svg United States Bakken Bears [3]
  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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "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.
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