Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year

Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year
Sport	Basketball
Local name	Körfuknattleiksfólk ársins
Country	Iceland
Presented by	Icelandic Basketball Association
History
First award	1973
Editions	47
First winner	Kristinn Jörundsson
Most wins	(M) Jón A. Stefánsson (12x); (W) Helena Sverrisdóttir (12x)
Most recent	(M) Elvar Már Friðriksson ; (W) Sara Rún Hinriksdóttir
Website	kki.is

Last updated September 01, 2024

The Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year award was established in 1973 to recognize the best Icelandic basketball player of the year. The winners are basketball players who have Icelandic citizenship, and whose performances with its sports club and/or national team throughout the year has reached the highest level of excellence. All players with Icelandic citizenship, regardless of where they play in the world, qualify for the award. The winners are selected by the Icelandic Basketball Association. From 1973 to 1997 there was one award for both men and women. In 1998 the Icelandic Basketball Association decided to select both the men's and women's player of the year.^[1]

All-time award winners

1973-1997

Year	Players of the Year	Club(s)
1973	Kristinn Jörundsson	ÍR
1974	Kristinn M. Stefánsson^[2]	KR
1975	Kristinn Jörundsson (2x)	ÍR
1976	Jón Sigurðsson	Ármann
1977	Kristinn Jörundsson (3x)	ÍR
1978	Jón Sigurðsson (2x)	KR
1979	Guðsteinn Ingimarsson	Njarðvík
1980	Torfi Magnússon	Valur
1981	Símon Ólafsson	Fram
1982	Linda Jónsdóttir	KR
1983	Kristján Ágústsson	Valur
1984	Valur Ingimundarson	Njarðvík
1985	Pálmar Sigurðsson	Haukar
1986	Guðni Ólafur Guðnason	KR
1987	Jón Kr. Gíslason	Keflavík
1988	Valur Ingimundarson (2x)	Njarðvík
1989	Jón Kr. Gíslason (2x)	Keflavík
1990	Páll Kolbeinsson	KR
1991	Guðmundur Bragason	Grindavík
1992	Jón Kr. Gíslason (3x)	Keflavík
1993	Jón Kr. Gíslason (4x)	Keflavík
1994	Anna María Sveinsdóttir	Keflavík
1995	Teitur Örlygsson	Njarðvík
1996	Guðmundur Bragason (2x)	Grindavík
1997	Guðjón Skúlason	Keflavík

1998–present

Year	Men's Players of the Year	Club(s)	Women's Players of the Year	Club(s)
1998	Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson	Grindavík	Anna María Sveinsdóttir (2x)	Keflavík
1999	Herbert Arnarson	Grindavík	Guðbjörg Norðfjörð	KR
2000	Ólafur Jón Ormsson	KR	Erla Þorsteinsdóttir	Keflavík
2001	Logi Gunnarsson	Njarðvík	Kristín Björk Jónsdóttir	KR
2002	Jón Arnór Stefánsson	TBB Trier	Birna Valgarðsdóttir	Keflavík
2003	Jón Arnór Stefánsson (2x)	Dallas Mavericks	Signý Hermannsdóttir	Cameron Aggies & Isla de Tenerifes
2004	Jón Arnór Stefánsson (3x)	Dynamo Saint Petersburg	Birna Valgarðsdóttir (2x)	Keflavík
2005	Jón Arnór Stefánsson (4x)	Carpisa Napoli	Helena Sverrisdóttir	Haukar
2006	Brenton Birmingham	Njarðvík	Helena Sverrisdóttir (2x)	Haukar
2007	Jón Arnór Stefánsson (5x)	Pamesa Valencia & Lottomatica Roma	Helena Sverrisdóttir (3x)	Haukar & TCU Horned Frogs
2008	Jón Arnór Stefánsson (6x)	Lottomatica Roma & KR	Helena Sverrisdóttir (4x)	TCU Horned Frogs
2009	Jón Arnór Stefánsson (7x)	KR & Benetton Treviso & CB Granada	Helena Sverrisdóttir (5x)	TCU Horned Frogs
2010	Jón Arnór Stefánsson (8x)	CB Granada	Helena Sverrisdóttir (6x)	TCU Horned Frogs
2011	Jakob Sigurðarson	Sundsvall Dragons	Helena Sverrisdóttir (7x)	TCU Horned Frogs & Good Angels Košice
2012	Jón Arnór Stefánsson (9x)	CAI Zaragoza	Helena Sverrisdóttir (8x)	Good Angels Košice
2013	Jón Arnór Stefánsson (10x)	CAI Zaragoza	Helena Sverrisdóttir (9x)	Good Angels Košice & Diósgyőri VTK
2014	Jón Arnór Stefánsson (11x)	CAI Zaragoza & Unicaja	Helena Sverrisdóttir (10x)	Diósgyőri VTK & CCC Polkowise
2015	Jón Arnór Stefánsson (12x)	Unicaja & Valencia Basket	Helena Sverrisdóttir (11x)	CCC Polkowise & Haukar
2016	Martin Hermannsson	LIU Brooklyn & Étoile de Charleville-Mézières	Gunnhildur Gunnarsdóttir	Snæfell
2017	Martin Hermannsson (2x)	Étoile de Charleville-Mézières & Champagne Châlons-Reims	Hildur Björg Kjartansdóttir	UTRGV & Legonés^[3]
2018	Martin Hermannsson (3x)	Champagne Châlons-Reims & Alba Berlin	Hildur Björg Kjartansdóttir (2x)	Legonés & Celta de Vigo ^[4]
2019	Martin Hermannsson (4x)	Alba Berlin	Helena Sverrisdóttir (12x)	Valur ^[5]
2020	Martin Hermannsson (5x)	Alba Berlin & Valencia	Sara Rún Hinriksdóttir	Leicester Riders ^[6]
2021	Elvar Már Friðriksson	BC Šiauliai & Antwerp Giants	Sara Rún Hinriksdóttir (2x)	Haukar & CS Phoenix Constanța ^[7]
2022	Elvar Már Friðriksson (2x)	Antwerp Giants & Rytas Vilnius & Derthona Basket	Sara Rún Hinriksdóttir (3x)	CS Phoenix Constanța & Faenza Basket Project ^[8]
2023	Elvar Már Friðriksson (3x)	Rytas Vilnius & PAOK Thessaloniki	Sara Rún Hinriksdóttir (4x)	Faenza Basket Project & AE Sedis Bàsquet ^[9]

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References

↑ "Körfuknattleiksfólk ársins 2016 · Gunnhildur og Martin". Archived from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
↑ "Kristinn - einn úr hinum ósigrandi KR-kjarna". Íþróttablaðið (in Icelandic). 1 February 1975. p. 10. Retrieved 27 April 2022– via Tímarit.is.
↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (13 December 2017). "Hildur Björg og Martin eru Körfuknattleiksfólk ársins 2017". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 December 2017.
↑ Jón Björn Ólafsson (17 December 2018). "Hildur og Martin körfuknattleiksfólk ársins annað árið í röð". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
↑ "Körfuknattleiksfólk ársins 2019 - Helena og Martin". Icelandic Basketball Federation (in Icelandic). 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (16 December 2020). "Sara Rún og Martin valin körfuboltafólk ársins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 December 2020.
↑ Aron Guðmundsson (16 December 2021). "Sara Rún og Elvar Már eru körfuknattleiksfólk ársins". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 December 2021.
↑ "Sara og Elvar körfuknattleiksfólk ársins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
↑ "Sara Rún og Elvar Már valin körfuknattleiksfólk ársins". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

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[1] "Körfuknattleiksfólk ársins 2016 · Gunnhildur og Martin". Archived from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2017-05-14.

[2] "Kristinn - einn úr hinum ósigrandi KR-kjarna". Íþróttablaðið (in Icelandic). 1 February 1975. p. 10. Retrieved 27 April 2022– via Tímarit.is.

[3] Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (13 December 2017). "Hildur Björg og Martin eru Körfuknattleiksfólk ársins 2017". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[4] Jón Björn Ólafsson (17 December 2018). "Hildur og Martin körfuknattleiksfólk ársins annað árið í röð". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

[5] "Körfuknattleiksfólk ársins 2019 - Helena og Martin". Icelandic Basketball Federation (in Icelandic). 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

[6] Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (16 December 2020). "Sara Rún og Martin valin körfuboltafólk ársins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[7] Aron Guðmundsson (16 December 2021). "Sara Rún og Elvar Már eru körfuknattleiksfólk ársins". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[8] "Sara og Elvar körfuknattleiksfólk ársins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[9] "Sara Rún og Elvar Már valin körfuknattleiksfólk ársins". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

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