Basketligan awards

Individual awards handed out by the Basketligan , the top level basketball league of Sweden.

MVP

Main article: Basketligan MVP

Season	Nat.	Player	Team	Notes
2000–01		Fred Drains	Norrköping Dolphins	[1]
2001–02		Fred Drains	Norrköping Dolphins	[1]
2002–03		Eric Talyor	Solna Vikings	[1]
2003–04		Gee Gervin	Norrköping Dolphins	[1]
2004–05		Fred Drains (2)	Plannja Basket	[1]
2005–06		Derrick Tarver	Solna Vikings	[1]
2006–07		Fred Drains (3)	Plannja Basket	[1]
2007–08		Joakim Kjellbom	Sundsvall Dragons	[1]
2008–09		Lesli Myrthil	Solna Vikings	[1]
2009–10		Joakim Kjellbom (2)	Norrköping Dolphins	[1]
2010–11		Alex Wesby	Sundsvall Dragons	[2]
2011–12		Johnell Smith	Södertälje Kings	[3]
2012–13		Toni Bizaca	Södertälje Kings	[4]
2013–14		Toni Bizaca (2)	Södertälje Kings	[5]

Finals MVP

Main article: Basketligan Finals MVP

Season	Nat.	Player	Team	Notes
2011–12		Johnell Smith	Södertälje Kings	[6]
2012–13		John Roberson	Södertälje Kings	[7]
2013–14		Toni Bizaca	Södertälje Kings	[8]

Defensive Player of the Year

Season	Nat.	Player	Team	Notes
2011–12		Rickard Eriksson	Uppsala	[9]
2012–13		Hlynur Bæringsson	Sundsvall Dragons	[10]
2013–14		Hlynur Bæringsson (2)	Sundsvall Dragons	[11]
2014–15		Alex Wesby	LF Basket	[12]
2015–16		Joakim Kjellbom	Norrköping Dolphins	[12]
2016–17		Joakim Kjellbom (2)	Norrköping Dolphins	[12]
2017–18		Quinton Upshur	BC Luleå	[12]
2018–19		Auston Barnes	Södertälje Kings	[12]
2019–20		Denzel Andersson	BC Luleå	[12]
2020–21		Adam Ramstedt	Norrköping Dolphins	[12]
2021–22		Tim Schüberg	Norrköping Dolphins	[12]
2022–23		Pierre Hampton	Jämtland Basket	[12]
2023–24		Adam Ramstedt (2)	Norrköping Dolphins	[12]
2024–25		Nick Spires	Södertälje BBK	[13]

Rookie of the Year

Season	Nat.	Player	Team	Notes
2011–12		Niklas Larsson	Solna Vikings	[9]
2012–13		Mathias Liljeqvist	KFUM Nassjo	[10]
2013–14		Mikael Axelsson	Eco Örebro	[11]

Guard, Forward and Center of the Year

Season		Guard of the Year				Forward of the Year				Center of the Year			Notes
		Nat.	Player	Team		Nat.	Player	Team		Nat.	Player	Team
2000–01			Olle Håkansson	08 Alvik Stockholm			Landry Kosmalski	08 Alvik Stockholm			Inus Norville	Sundsvall Dragons		[12]
2001–02			Eddie Shannon	Plannja			Kevin Brooks	Södertälje Kings			Josh Shoemaker	Plannja		[12]
2002–03			Eric Taylor	Solna Vikings			Chris Watson	Jämtland			Mattias Sahlström	Solna Vikings		[12]
2003–04			Gee Gervin	Norrköping Dolphins			Brent Wright	Plannja			John Rosendahl	Plannja		[12]
2004–05			James Miller	Sundsvall Dragons			Fred Drains	Plannja			Mike Palm	Sundsvall Dragons		[12]
2005–06			Derrick Tarver	Solna Vikings			Joakim Kjellbom	Sundsvall Dragons			Mike Palm (2)	Sundsvall Dragons		[12]
2006–07			Jerel Blassingame	Solna Vikings			Lesli Myrthil	Solna Vikings			John Rosendahl (2)	Plannja		[12]
2007–08			Rudy Mbemba	Solna Vikings			Alex Wesby	Sundsvall Dragons			John Rosendahl (3)	Plannja		[12]
2008–09			Thomas Jackson	Uppsala			Lesli Myrthil (2)	Solna Vikings			Johan Åkesson	08 Stockholm		[12]
2009–10			Håkan Larsson	Plannja			Gordon Watt	Uppsala			Mike Palm (3)	Borås		[12]
2010–11			Johnell Smith	Södertälje Kings			Liam Rush	Sundsvall Dragons			Joakim Kjellbom	Norrköping Dolphins		[12]
2011–12			Omar Krayem	Borås			Keith Ramsey	LF Norrbotten			Mike Palm (4)	Borås		[9]
2012–13			James Miller (2)	Borås			Kodi Augustus	08 Stockholm			Keith Wright	Uppsala		[10]
2013–14			James Miller (3)	Borås			Toni Bizaca	Södertälje Kings			Joakim Kjellbom (2)	Norrköping Dolphins		[11]
2014–15			John Roberson	Södertälje Kings			Christian Maråker	Borås			Joakim Kjellbom (3)	Norrköping Dolphins		[12]
2015–16			Charles Barton	Sundsvall Dragons			Toni Bizaca (2)	Södertälje Kings			Joakim Kjellbom (4)	Norrköping Dolphins		[12]
2016–17			Brandon Rozzell	Luleå			Cole Darling	Norrköping Dolphins			Joakim Kjellbom (5)	Norrköping Dolphins		[12]
2017–18			Arik Smith	Umeå			Axel Nordström	Uppsala			Joakim Kjellbom (6)	Norrköping Dolphins		[12]
2018–19			Nimrod Hilliard	Borås			Auston Barnes	Jämtland			Joakim Kjellbom (7)	Norrköping Dolphins		[14] [15] [16]
2019–20			Elvar Már Friðriksson	Borås			Denzel Andersson	Luleå			Jeremy Combs	Köping Stars		[17] [18] [19]
2020–21			Marek Klassen	Borås			Viktor Gaddefors	Södertälje BBK			Cyril Langevine	Jämtland		[20] [21] [22]
2021–22			CJ Wilson	Jämtland			Jackson Rowe	Norrköping Dolphins			Dartaye Ruffin	Nässjö		[23] [24] [25]
2022–23			Gustav Hansson	Umeå BSKT			Pierre Hampton	Jämtland			Adam Ramstedt	Norrköping Dolphins		[26] [27] [28]
2023–24			Charles Barton (2)	Södertälje BBK			Walter Cabral	Södertälje BBK			Adam Ramstedt (2)	Norrköping Dolphins		[29] [30] [31]
2024–25			Marcus Tyus	Norrköping Dolphins			Brandon Johns	Luleå			Dwight Wilson III	Köping Stars		[32] [33] [34]

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