Bobby Parks PBA Best Import of the Conference award

The Bobby Parks Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Best Import of the Conference award (formerly known as the PBA Best Import of the Conference award) is given to the most outstanding non-Filipino on a team's roster, frequently referred to as the "import." Since imports are restricted to certain conferences, the award is a conference-long award, not a season-long award. The award was renamed on March 31, 2013, after Bobby Parks, a seven-time winner of this award who died a day before due to laryngeal cancer. ^{[1] [2]}

Winners

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
Team (X)	Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

Season	Conference	Best Import	Team	Ref.
1981	Open	Andrew Fields	Toyota Super Diesels
	Reinforced Filipino	Russell Murray	YCO-Tanduay
1982	Reinforced Filipino	Norman Black	San Miguel Beermen
	Open	Donnie Ray Koonce	Toyota Super Corollas (2)
1983	Reinforced Filipino	Billy Ray Bates	Crispa Redmanizers
	Open	Billy Ray Bates (2)	Crispa Redmanizers (2)
1984	Invitational	Jeff Collins	Great Taste Coffee Makers
1985	Open	Norman Black (2)	Magnolia Ice Cream Makers (2)
	Reinforced	Michael Hackett	Ginebra San Miguel
1986	Reinforced	Rob Williams	Tanduay Rhum Makers (2)
	Open	Michael Young	Manila Beer Brewmasters
1987	Open	David Thirdkill	Tanduay Rhum Makers (3)
Reinforced	Bobby Parks	San Miguel Beermen (3)
1988	Open	Jamie Waller	Ginebra San Miguel (2)
	Reinforced	Bobby Parks (2)	Shell Rimula X Diesel Oilers
1989	Open	Bobby Parks (3)	Formula Shell Zoom Masters (2)
	Reinforced	Carlos Briggs	Añejo Rum 65ers (3)
1990	First Conference	Bobby Parks (4)	Formula Shell Zoom Masters (3)
	Third Conference	Bobby Parks (5)	Shell Rimula X (4)
1991	First Conference	Bobby Parks (6)	Shell Rimula X (5)
	Third Conference	Wes Matthews	Ginebra San Miguel (4)
1992	First Conference	Bobby Parks (7)	Shell Rimula X (6)
	Third Conference	Tony Harris	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs
1993	Commissioner's	Ronnie Thompkins	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs (2)
	Governors'	Kenny Travis	San Miguel Beermen (4)
1994	Commissioner's	Kenny Redfield	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
	Governors'	Ronnie Coleman	Pepsi Mega Bottlers
1995	Commissioner's	Ronnie Grandison	Sunkist Orange Juicers (3)
	Governors'	Stevin Smith	Sunkist Orange Juicers (4)
1996	Commissioner's	Kenny Redfield (2)	Formula Shell Zoom Masters (7)
	Governors'	Sean Chambers	Alaska Milkmen
1997	Commissioner's	Jeff Ward	San Miguel Beermen (5)
	Governors'	Larry Robinson	San Miguel Beermen (6)
1998	Commissioner's	Devin Davis	Alaska Milkmen (2)
	Governors'	Silas Mills	Mobiline Phone Pals (2)
1999	Commissioner's	Terquin Mott	San Miguel Beermen (7)
	Governors'	Lamont Strothers	San Miguel Beermen (8)
2000	Commissioner's	Ansu Sesay	Sta. Lucia Realtors
	Governors'	Derrick Brown	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs (2)
2001	Commissioner's	Antonio Lang	Red Bull Thunder
	Governors'	Damian Owens	Sta. Lucia Realtors (2)
2002	Governors'	Derrick Brown (2)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs (3)
	Commissioner's	Jerald Honeycutt	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals (3)
2003	Reinforced	Tee McClary	Coca-Cola Tigers
(2004)	Fiesta	Victor Thomas	Red Bull Barako (2)
2004–05	Fiesta	Jerald Honeycutt (2)	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals (4)
2005–06	Fiesta	Marquin Chandler	Purefoods Chunkee Giants (4)
2006–07	Fiesta	Rosell Ellis	Alaska Aces (3)
2007–08	Fiesta	Chris Alexander	Barangay Ginebra Kings (5)
2008–09	Fiesta	Gabe Freeman	San Miguel Beermen (9)
2009–10	Fiesta	Gabe Freeman (2)	San Miguel Beermen (10)
2010–11	Commissioner's	Nate Brumfield	Barangay Ginebra Kings (6)
	Governors'	Arizona Reid	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2011–12	Commissioner's	Denzel Bowles	B-Meg Llamados (5)
	Governors'	Jamelle Cornley	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2)
2012–13	Commissioner's	Robert Dozier	Alaska Aces (4)
	Governors'	Marqus Blakely	San Mig Coffee Mixers (6)
2013–14	Commissioner's	Richard Howell	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (5)
	Governors'	Arizona Reid (2)	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (3)
2014–15	Commissioner's	Wayne Chism	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (4)	[3]
	Governors'	Romeo Travis	Alaska Aces (5)	[4]
2015–16	Commissioner's	Arinze Onuaku	Meralco Bolts	[5]
	Governors'	Allen Durham	Meralco Bolts (2)	[6]
2016–17	Commissioner's	Charles Rhodes	San Miguel Beermen (11)	[7]
	Governors'	Allen Durham (2)	Meralco Bolts (3)	[8]
2017–18	Commissioner's	Justin Brownlee	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (7)	[9]
	Governors'	Mike Harris	Alaska Aces (6)	[10]
2019	Commissioner's	Terrence Jones	TNT KaTropa (6)	[11]
	Governors'	Allen Durham (3)	Meralco Bolts (4)	[12]
2021	Governors'	Justin Brownlee (2)	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (8)	[13]
2022–23	Commissioner's	Justin Brownlee (3)	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (9)	[14]
	Governors'	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	TNT Tropang Giga (7)	[15]
2023–24	Commissioner's	Johnathan Williams	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	[16]
2024–25	Governors'	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (2)	TNT Tropang Giga (8)	[17]
	Commissioner's	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (3)	TNT Tropang Giga (9)	[18]

Multiple-time winners

Total	Player
7	Bobby Parks
3	Justin Brownlee
	Allen Durham
	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
2	Billy Ray Bates
	Norman Black
	Derrick Brown
	Gabe Freeman
	Jerald Honeycutt
	Kenny Redfield
	Arizona Reid

References

1. PBA: League names Best Import Award in Parks' honor, GMA News Online, March 31, 2013
2. PBA to name Best Import trophy after Bobby Parks Archived April 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , Rey Joble, InterAKTV, March 31, 2013
3. Sacamos, Karlo (April 22, 2015). "Jayson Castro named Best Player of PBA Commissioner's Cup; Chism is best import". Spin.ph. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
4. Giongco, Mark (July 12, 2015). "Alaska import Romeo Travis beats AZ Reid for Best Import award". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved March 29, 2025.
5. Sacamos, Karlo (May 13, 2016). "Calvin Abueva finally wins first Best Player of Conference award; Onuaku is best import". SPIN.ph . Retrieved March 29, 2025.
6. "Castro wins BPC; Durham is Best Import". PBA.ph. October 9, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
7. "Ross cops BPC plum, Rhodes wins Best Import award". PBA.ph. June 28, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
8. "Slaughter named Best Player of the Conference, Durham claims Best Import award". PBA.ph. October 15, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
9. "Best Import award goes to Justine Brownlee". PBA.ph. August 3, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
10. Ballesteros, Jan (December 12, 2018). "Magnolia's Paul Lee wins first BPC award, Alaska's Mike Harris named Best Import". ESPN.com . Retrieved March 25, 2025.
11. "Jayson Castro wins Gatorade BPC award, Terrence Jones named best import". PBA.ph. August 11, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
12. "Standhardinger wins BPC trophy, Durham is best import". PBA.ph. January 15, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
13. "Brownlee is Governors Cup Best Import". PBA.ph. April 13, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
14. "Thompson named Davco-Best Player of the Conference, Brownlee wins coins.ph-Best Import award". PBA.ph. January 6, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
15. "Hollis-Jefferson edges Brownlee for Govs' Cup coins.ph-Best Import award". PBA.ph. April 16, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
16. "Perez bags first BPC award, Williams clinches ArenaPlus Best Import honor". PBA.ph. February 9, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
17. "Fajardo, RHJ cop Governors' Cup individual awards". PBA.ph. November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
18. "Tolentino bags Pocari Sweat BPC award, RHJ cops ArenaPlus Best Import plum". PBA.ph. March 21, 2025. Retrieved March 21, 2025.