Korisliiga Finals MVP

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Korisliiga awards and honours
Individual awards

The Korisliiga Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual award that is handed out to the best player in the Finals of a given Finnish Korisliiga season. The award usually goes to a player that is on the championship team.

Winners

Teemu Rannikko, winner in the 2014-15 season Teemu Rannikko.jpg
Teemu Rannikko, winner in the 2014–15 season
SeasonNatPlayerPosTeamRef
1999–00 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Luhtanen G Namika Lahti
2000–01 Flag of the United States.svg Lonnie Cooper G Espoon Honka
2001–02 Flag of Finland.svg Markus Hemdahl PF Espoon Honka
2002–03 Flag of Finland.svg Heikki Zitting SF Espoon Honka
2003–04 Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Kinnaslampi G Kouvot
2004–05 Flag of the United States.svg Matthew Williams PF Lappeenrannan NMKY
2005–06 Flag of Denmark.svg Chanan Colman SG Lappeenrannan NMKY
2006–07 Flag of Finland.svg Jukka Matinen PF Espoon Honka
2007–08 Flag of Jamaica.svg Akeem Scott PG Espoon Honka
2008–09 Flag of Finland.svg Vesa Mäkäläinen SF Namika Lahti
2009–10 Flag of the United States.svg Damon Williams PF Tampereen Pyrintö [1]
2010–11 Flag of the United States.svg Damon Williams (2×) PF Tampereen Pyrintö
2011–12 Flag of the United States.svg Jeb Ivey SG Nilan Bisons Loimaa [2]
2012–13 Flag of the United States.svg Jeb Ivey (2×) SG Nilan Bisons Loimaa [3]
2013–14 Flag of the United States.svg Damon Williams (3×) PF Tampereen Pyrintö [4]
2014–15 Flag of Finland.svg Teemu Rannikko PG Kataja
2015–16 Flag of the United States.svg D.J. Richardson SG Kouvot
2016–17 Flag of Finland.svg Teemu Rannikko (2) PG Kataja [5]
2017–18 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bojan Šarčević PG Karhu
2018–19 Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Jones SG Karhu [6]
2020–21 Flag of the United States.svg Jeremiah Wood F Salon Vilpas
2021–22 Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Jones (2) SG Karhu [7]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

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References

  1. ↑ Pieti Poikola vuoden valmentaja – Williams finaalien MVP (in Finnish)
  2. ↑ Mestari-Bisons putsasi palkintopöydän, Sami Lehtoranta vuoden pelaaja (in Finnish)
  3. ↑ Haanpää Korisliiga-kauden MVP, Toiviainen vuoden valmentaja (in Finnish)
  4. ↑ Lehto, Williams ja Poikola Korisliigan kauden parhaat (in Finnish)
  5. ↑ "Rannikko Korisliigan finaalien MVP, Nikkarinen arvokkain pelaaja" (in Finnish). Basket.fi. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  6. ↑ "Palmi Korisliigan arvokkain pelaaja, Jones finaalien MVP". basket.fi (in Finnish). June 6, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Palmi Korisliigan arvokkain pelaaja, Jones finaalien MVP". basket.fi (in Finnish). June 6, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
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