LBA Most Valuable Player

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The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual award of the 1st-tier professional basketball league in Italy, the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), given since the 1993–94 season, to the league's most valuable player in a given regular season.

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Winners

Manu Ginobili won the MVP award two times, in 2001 and 2002. Manu Ginobili Spurs-Magic011 (cropped).jpg
Manu Ginóbili won the MVP award two times, in 2001 and 2002.
Danilo Gallinari was named the MVP in 2008. Danilo Gallinari Knicks 2010 (cropped).jpg
Danilo Gallinari was named the MVP in 2008.
Luigi Datome won the award in 2013. Luigi Datome 70 Fenerbahce men's basketball TSL 20180304 (3).jpg
Luigi Datome won the award in 2013.
Key
Player (X)Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
†Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
SeasonPlayerPos.NationalityTeamRef(s)
1993–94 Carlton Myers SG Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [a] Scavolini Pesaro
1994–95 Stefano Rusconi C Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Benetton Treviso
1995–96 Henry Williams SG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Benetton Treviso
1996–97 Carlton Myers (2×) SG Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [a] Teamsystem Bologna
1997–98 Sasha Danilović SG/SF Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia Kinder Bologna
1998–99 Vincenzo Esposito SG Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Termal Imola
1999–00 Vincenzo Esposito (2×) SG Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Lineltex Imola
2000–01 Manu Ginóbili SG Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Kinder Bologna
2001–02 Manu Ginóbili (2×) SG Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Kinder Bologna
2002–03 Massimo Bulleri PG/SG Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Benetton Treviso
2003–04 Gianluca Basile SG Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Skipper Bologna
2004–05 Massimo Bulleri (2×) PG/SG Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Benetton Treviso
2005–06 Lynn Greer PG/SG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Carpisa Napoli
2006–07 Terrell McIntyre PG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Montepaschi Siena
2007–08 Danilo Gallinari SF/PF Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Armani Jeans Milano
2008–09 Terrell McIntyre (2×) PG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Montepaschi Siena
2009–10 Romain Sato SG/SF Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic Montepaschi Siena
2010–11 Omar Thomas SG/SF Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Air Avellino
2011–12 Bo McCalebb PG Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia [b] Montepaschi Siena [1]
2012–13 Luigi Datome SF/PF Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Acea Roma [2]
2013–14 Drake Diener SG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Banco di Sardegna Sassari [3]
2014–15 Tony Mitchell SF Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Dolomiti Energia Trento [4]
2015–16 James Nunnally SF Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sidigas Avellino [5]
2016–17 Marcus Landry SF Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Brescia Leonessa [6]
2017–18 Jason Rich G Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sidigas Avellino [7]
2018–19 Drew Crawford SF Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Vanoli Cremona [8]
2019–20 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Stefano Tonut G Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Reyer Venezia [9]
2021–22 Amedeo Della Valle G Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Basket Brescia Leonessa
2022–23 Colbey Ross PG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Openjobmetis Varese [10]
2023–24 Marco Belinelli SG Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Virtus Bologna

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Carlton Myers played for the Italian national team, and was raised in the United Kingdom.
  2. ↑ Bo McCalebb played for the Macedonian national team, and was born in the USA.

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