PLK Most Valuable Player

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The PLK Most Valuable Player award is given annually at the end of the regular season of the Polish Basketball League (PLK), the highest professional basketball league in Poland, to the most valuable player of the league. Originally, the award was given by the now defunct Polish I Liga (Polish League 1), and was called the Polish League 1 Player of the Year. The current award, given by the Polish PLK League, began when that league started, with the 1995–96 season.

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I Liga Player of the Year winners (1961–1995)

SeasonPlayerNationalityTeam
1960–61 Ryszard Olszewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland AZS Toruń
1961–62
Not awarded
1962–63
Not awarded
1963–64
Not awarded
1964–65 Mieczysław Łopatka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Śląsk Wrocław
1965–66
Not awarded
1966–67
Not awarded
1967–68 Wiesław Langiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wisła Kraków
1968–69 Mieczysław Łopatka (2)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Śląsk Wrocław
1969–70 Bolesław Kwiatkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland AZS Warszawa
1970–71 Edward Jurkiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1971–72
Not awarded
1972–73 Andrzej Seweryn Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wisła Kraków
1973–74 Andrzej Seweryn (2)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wisła Kraków
1974–75 Zdzisław Myrda Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Resovia Rzeszów
1975–76 Edward Jurkiewicz (2)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1976–77 Edward Jurkiewicz (3)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1977–78 Wojciech Fiedorczuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland ŁKS Łódź
1978–79 Eugeniusz Kijewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Lech Poznań
1979–80 Kent Washington Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Start Lublin
1980–81 Mieczysław Młynarski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Górnik Wałbrzych
1981–82 Eugeniusz Kijewski (2)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Lech Poznań
1982–83 Dariusz Szczubiał Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Zagłębie Sosnowiec
1983–84 Krzysztof Fikiel Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wisła Kraków
1984–85 Dariusz Zelig Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Śląsk Wrocław
1985–86 Eugeniusz Kijewski (3)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Lech Poznań
1986–87 Dariusz Zelig (2)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Śląsk Wrocław
1987–88
Not awarded
1988–89
Not awarded
1989–90 Jarosław Jechorek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Lech Poznań
1990–91
Not awarded
1991–92 Maciej Zieliński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Śląsk Wrocław
1992–93 Igor Griszczuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Anwil Włocławek [1]
1993–94 Keith Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Śląsk Wrocław [2]
1994–95 Tyrice Walker Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States MKS Znicz Pruszków [3] [4]

PLK MVP winners (1996–present)

Adam Wojcik is tied for the record of the most Player of the Year/MVP awards won, with three. Wojcik Adam.jpg
Adam Wójcik is tied for the record of the most Player of the Year/MVP awards won, with three.
^Denotes player who is still active in the PLK
*Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has been named MVP
Team (X)Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
SeasonPlayerPos.NationalityTeamRef.
1995–96 Dominik Tomczyk PF/C Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Śląsk Wrocław
1996–97 Maciej Zieliński (2) SG Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Śląsk Wrocław (2)
1997–98 Adam Wójcik PF/C Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Śląsk Wrocław (3)
1998–99 Maciej Zieliński (3) SG Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Śląsk Wrocław (4)
1999–00
Not awarded
2000–01 Adam Wójcik (2) PF/C Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Śląsk Wrocław (5)
2001–02 Dominik Tomczyk (2) PF/C Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Śląsk Wrocław (6)
2002–03 Joe McNaull C Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland [5]
Prokom Trefl Sopot
2003–04 Tomas Pačėsas PG Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Prokom Trefl Sopot (2)
2004–05 Adam Wójcik (3) PF/C Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Prokom Trefl Sopot (3)
2005–06 Goran Jagodnik PF Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Prokom Trefl Sopot (4)
2006–07 Thomas Kelati SG/SF Flag of Poland.svg  Poland BOT Turów Zgorzelec
2007–08 David Logan PG/SG Flag of Poland.svg  Poland PGE Turów Zgorzelec (2)
2008–09
Not awarded
[6]
2009–10 Qyntel Woods SF Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Asseco Prokom Gdynia (5) [7]
2010–11 Torey Thomas PG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PGE Turów Zgorzelec (3) [8]
2011–12 Walter Hodge PG Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg U.S. Virgin Islands Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Stelmet Zielona Góra [9]
2012–13 Walter Hodge (2) PG Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg U.S. Virgin Islands Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Stelmet Zielona Góra (2) [9]
2013–14 J.P. Prince SG/SF Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PGE Turów Zgorzelec (4) [10]
2014–15 Damian Kulig ^ PF/C Flag of Poland.svg  Poland PGE Turów Zgorzelec (5) [11]
2015–16 Mateusz Ponitka SG/SF Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra (3) [12]
2016–17 Shawn King C Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski [13]
2017–18 Ivan Almeida F Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde Anwil Włocławek
2018–19 James Florence PG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arka Gdynia (6)
2019–20
Not awarded 1
2020–21 Geoffrey Groselle ^ C Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Zastal Zielona Góra (4)
2021–22 Travis Trice PG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States WKS Śląsk Wrocław (7)
2022–23 Andrzej Mazurczak ^ PG Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wilki Morskie Szczecin
2023–24 Victor Sanders ^ SG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Anwil Włocławek
2024–25 Kameron McGusty ^ SG Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Legia Warszawa
^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20 season, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Poland.

Multiple honors (1996–present)

Players

RankPlayerTrophies
1.
Flag of Poland.svg Adam Wójcik
3
2.
Flag of Poland.svg Dominik Tomczyk
2
Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Zieliński
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Walter Hodge

Player nationality

RankCountryTotal
1.
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
13
2.
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
8
3.
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands
2
4.
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
1
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde

Teams

RankTeamTotal
1.
WKS Śląsk Wrocław
7
2.
Prokom Trefl Sopot / Arka Gdynia
6
3.
PGE Turów Zgorzelec
5
4.
Zastal Zielona Góra
4
5.
Anwil Włocławek
2
6.
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
1
Wilki Morskie Szczecin
Legia Warszawa

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