LNB Pro A Best Young Player

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The LNB Pro A Best Young Player Award (French : Meilleur Jeune de LNB Pro A) is an annual LNB Pro A award given to the top player under the age of 22 years old.

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Antoine Rigaudeau and Victor Wembanyama jointly hold the record for most awards as they both won three awards. [1]

Winners

Yann Bonato won the award in 1993 YANN BONATO 1.jpg
Yann Bonato won the award in 1993
Guard Evan Fournier won the award in 2011 and 2012 EuroBasket 2017 France vs Finland 17.jpg
Guard Evan Fournier won the award in 2011 and 2012
Clint Capela was the first Swiss player to win the award in 2014 Clint Capela (30763998751) (cropped).jpg
Clint Capela was the first Swiss player to win the award in 2014
Frank Ntilikina won the award in 2017 and 2018 Frank Ntilikina pregame crop.jpg
Frank Ntilikina won the award in 2017 and 2018
^Denotes player who is still active in the Pro A
*Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame or the French Basketball Academy
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityTeam
1982–83 Valéry Demory Guard Flag of France.svg France Stade Français
1983–84 Stéphane Ostrowski * Forward Flag of France.svg France Le Mans
1984–85 Valéry Demory (2) Guard Flag of France.svg France Stade Français
1985–86 Christian Garnier Forward Flag of France.svg France Monaco
1986–87 Didier Gadou Forward Flag of France.svg France Pau-Orthez
1987–88 Hugues Occansey Forward Flag of France.svg France Limoges CSP
1988–89 Jim Bilba Forward Flag of France.svg France Cholet
1989–90 Antoine Rigaudeau * Guard Flag of France.svg France Cholet
1990–91 Antoine Rigaudeau * (2) Guard Flag of France.svg France Cholet
1991–92 Antoine Rigaudeau * (3) Guard Flag of France.svg France Cholet
1992–93 Yann Bonato Forward Flag of France.svg France Olympique Antibes
1993–94 Alain Digbeu Forward Flag of France.svg France ASVEL
1994–95 Alain Digbeu (2) Forward Flag of France.svg France ASVEL
1995–96 Fabien Dubos Forward Flag of France.svg France Pau-Orthez
1996–97 Frédéric Weis Center Flag of France.svg France Limoges CSP
1997–98 Willem Laure Forward Flag of France.svg France JDA Dijon
1998–99 Frédéric Weis (2) Center Flag of France.svg France Limoges CSP
1999–2000 David Gautier Forward Flag of France.svg France Cholet
2000–01 Tony Parker Guard Flag of France.svg France Racing Paris
2001–02 Boris Diaw Forward Flag of France.svg France Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
2002–03 Pape-Philippe Amagou Guard Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast [lower-alpha 1] Le Mans
2003–04 Pape-Philippe Amagou (2) Guard Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast [lower-alpha 1] Le Mans
2004–05 Michael Mokongo Guard Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central Africa [lower-alpha 2] Élan Chalon
2005–06 Ian Mahinmi Center Flag of France.svg France STB Le Havre
2006–07 Nicolas Batum Forward Flag of France.svg France Le Mans
2007–08 Nicolas Batum (2) Forward Flag of France.svg France Le Mans
2008–09 Thomas Heurtel Guard Flag of France.svg France Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez
2009–10 Andrew Albicy Guard Flag of France.svg France Paris-Levallois
2010–11 Evan Fournier Guard Flag of France.svg France Poitiers
2011–12 Evan Fournier (2) Guard Flag of France.svg France Poitiers
2012–13 Livio Jean-Charles Forward Flag of France.svg France ASVEL
2013–14 Clint Capela Center Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Cholet
2014–15 Petr Cornelie Forward Flag of France.svg France Le Mans
2015–16 Frank Ntilikina Guard Flag of France.svg France SIG Strasbourg
2016–17 Frank Ntilikina (2) Guard Flag of France.svg France SIG Strasbourg
2017–18 Adam Mokoka ^ Guard Flag of France.svg France BCM Gravelines
2018–19 Théo Maledon Guard Flag of France.svg France LDLC ASVEL
2019–20
Not awarded [lower-alpha 3]
2020–21 Victor Wembanyama ^ Center Flag of France.svg France Nanterre 92
2021–22 Victor Wembanyama (2)^ Center Flag of France.svg France LDLC ASVEL
2022–23 Victor Wembanyama (3)^ Center Flag of France.svg France Metropolitans 92
  1. 1 2 Amagou, born in Maisons-Laffitte, also owns the French nationality.
  2. Michael Mokongo, born in Bimbo, Central African Republic, also owns the French nationality.
  3. There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

Awards by player

PlayerTotal
Antoine Rigaudeau 3
Victor Wembanyama 3
Alain Digbeu 2
Pape-Philippe Amagou 2
Evan Fournier 2
Frank Ntilikina 2
Frédéric Weis 2

Awards by nationality

PlayerTotal
Flag of France.svg  France 35
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 2
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central Africa 1

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