Korisliiga Most Valuable Player

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Korisliiga awards and honours
Individual awards

In the Korisliiga , the top Finnish professional basketball league, two awards are considered the Most Valuable Player award. The first, the Player of the Year, goes to the best Finnish player in the league. The second, is the Best Foreigner (in Finnish, vuoden ulkomaalaisvahvistus).

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Key


*Inducted into the Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that season
G Guard F Forward C Center

Import Players

Damon Williams won the award twice Damon Williams 20111030.jpg
Damon Williams won the award twice
SeasonPlayerPos.NationalityTeamRef(s)
1996–97 Kurk Lee PG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Torpan Pojat [1]
1997–98 James Gatewood F Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Torpan Pojat [1]
1998–99 Faisal Abraham F Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands Salon Vilpas [1]
1999–00 Marcus Grant F Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Namika Lahti [1]
2000–01 Damon Williams F Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Pyrbasket [1]
2001–02 Lonnie Cooper G Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Espoon Honka [1]
2002–03 Marcus Grant (2×) F Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Espoon Honka [1]
2003–04 Marcus Grant (3×) F Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kouvot [1]
2004–05 Tim Kisner G Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Salon Vilpas [1]
2005–06 Boakai Lalugba F Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia [a] UU Korihait [1]
2006–07 Jerald Fields F Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States KTP-Basket [1]
2007–08 Corey Smith G Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kouvot [1]
2008–09 Ray Nixon F Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Namika Lahti [1]
2009–10 A. J. Moye G Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kouvot [1]
2010–11 Damon Williams (2×) F Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tampereen Pyrintö [1]
2011–12 Jeb Ivey PG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Nilan Bisons Loimaa [1]
2012–13 Martin Zeno G Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Nilan Bisons [1]
2013–14 Kyle Fogg PG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Korikobrat [2]
2014–15 Robert Arnold SF Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Joensuun Kataja [1]
2015–16 Lamont Jones G Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kobrat [1]
2016–17 Juwan Staten PG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Vilpas Vikings [3]
2017–18 Aaron Jones C Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Vilpas Vikings [4]
2018–19 René Rougeau SF Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kauhajoen Karhu [4]
2020–21 Jeremiah Wood FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Salon Vilpas [1]
2021–22 Cameron Jones GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kauhajoen Karhu [1]
2022–23 Jeffrey Carroll FFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Helsinki Seagulls [1]
2023–24 Both Gach GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States BC Nokia [1]
2024–25 René Rougeau (2x) SF Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Helsinki Seagulls

Finnish Players

Teemu Rannikko is a three-times award winner Teemu Rannikko Finnish National Team.jpeg
Teemu Rannikko is a three-times award winner
SeasonPlayerPos.TeamRef(s)
1986–87 Mikael Salmi Helsingin NMKY [1]
1987–88 Sakari Pehkonen Helsingin NMKY [1]
1988–89 Pekka Markkanen Urheilijat [1]
1989–90 Petteri Nieminen Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat [1]
1990–91 Larry Pounds * KTP-Basket [1]
1991–92 Petri Niiranen Helsingin NMKY [1]
1992–93 Kari-Pekka Klinga * Torpan Pojat [1]
1993–94 Petri Niiranen (2) Helsingin NMKY [1]
1994–95 Kari-Pekka Klinga (2)* Torpan Pojat [1]
1995–96 Markku Larkio New Wave [1]
1996–97 Mika-Matti Tahvanainen Lahden NMKY [1]
1997–98 Pasi Riihelä Kouvot [1]
1998–99 Teemu Rannikko Piiloset [1]
1999–00 Teemu Rannikko (2) Piiloset [1]
2000–01 Roope Mäkelä Espoon Honka [1]
2001–02 Jukka Toijala Joensuun Kataja [1]
2002–03 Petri Virtanen BC Jyväskylä [1]
2003–04 Pasi Riihelä Lappeenrannan NMKY [1]
2004–05 Pasi Riihelä (2) Lappeenrannan NMKY [1]
2005–06 Petri Virtanen (2) Joensuun Kataja [1]
2006–07 Sami Lehtoranta (2) Joensuun Kataja [1]
2007–08 Petteri Koponen Espoon Honka [1]
2008–09 Antti Nikkilä Tampereen Pyrintö [1]
2009–10 Tuukka Kotti Espoon Honka [1]
2010–11 Ville Kaunisto Kouvot [1]
2011–12 Sami Lehtoranta (2) PF Joensuun Kataja [1]
2012–13 Samuel Haanpää SG Korikobrat [1]
2013–14 Antero Lehto PG Tampereen Pyrintö [5]
2014–15 Teemu Rannikko (3) PG Joensuun Kataja [1]
2015–16 Teemu Rannikko (4) PG Joensuun Kataja [1]
2016–17 Antto Nikkarinen PF Helsinki Seagulls [3]
2017–18 Tuukka Kotti C Helsinki Seagulls [3]
2018–19 Topias Palmi G Joensuun Kataja [6]
2020–21 Okko Järvi G Karhu Basket [1]
2021–22 Remu Raitanen F/C KTP-Basket [1]
2022–23 Severi Kaukiainen G Karhu Basket [1]
2023–24 Topias Palmi (2)G Karhu Basket [1]
2024-25 Lassi Nikkarinen PG Helsinki Seagulls

Notes

  1. ↑ Boakai Lalugba also owns the United States' nationality

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 "Historia". www.basket.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  2. ↑ "Kyle Fogg MVP". Arizona.247sports.com. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
  3. 1 2 3 "Rannikko Korisliigan finaalien MVP, Nikkarinen arvokkain pelaaja" (in Finnish). Basket.fi. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  4. 1 2 "Foreign Player of the Year". Basket.fi. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  5. ↑ "Lehto, Williams ja Poikola Korisliigan kauden parhaat - Suomen Koripalloliitto ry". Basket.fi. 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
  6. ↑ "Palmi Korisliigan arvokkain pelaaja, Jones finaalien MVP". basket.fi (in Finnish). June 6, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
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