Serbian Basketball Player of the Year

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Serbian Basketball Player of the Year
Nikola Jokic free throw (cropped).jpg
Nikola Jokić has won the award a record four times.
Sport Basketball
Awarded for outstanding playing performance in a calendar year
Location Belgrade
Country Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
Presented by Basketball Federation of Serbia
History
First award2015
Editions9
First winner Nemanja Bjelica
Ana Dabović
Most wins4 Nikola Jokić
Most recentNikola Jokić
Jovana Nogić

The Serbian Basketball Player of the Year award is established in 2015 to recognize the best basketball player of the year from Serbia. The winners are men's and women's basketball players who have Serbian citizenship, and whose performances with its basketball club and/or national team throughout the year has reached the highest level of excellence. All players with Serbian citizenship, regardless of where they play in the world, qualify for the award. The inaugural recipients were Nemanja Bjelica and Ana Dabović. The winners are selected by the Basketball Federation of Serbia.

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All-time award winners

YearMenWomenRef.
PlayerClub(s)PlayerClub(s)
2015 Nemanja Bjelica Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe Ülker
Flag of the United States.svg Minnesota Timberwolves 		Ana Dabović Flag of Turkey.svg Ormanspor
Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles Sparks
Flag of Turkey.svg Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi 		[1] [2]
2016 Miloš Teodosić Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow Sonja Petrović [a] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg USK Praha
Flag of the United States.svg Phoenix Mercury 		[1] [3] [4]
2017 Bogdan Bogdanović Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe
Flag of the United States.svg Sacramento Kings 		Jelena Milovanović [b] Flag of Spain.svg Perfumerías Avenida
Flag of Hungary.svg UNIQA Sopron 		[1] [5]
2018 Nikola Jokić Flag of the United States.svg Denver Nuggets Aleksandra Crvendakić Flag of Hungary.svg UNIQA Sopron [6] [7]
2019 Bogdan Bogdanović Flag of the United States.svg Sacramento Kings Sonja Petrović [a] Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Kursk
Flag of Spain.svg Spar CityLift Girona 		[8] [9] [10]
2020No award—No award—
2021 Nikola Jokić Flag of the United States.svg Denver Nuggets Sonja Vasić Flag of Spain.svg Spar CityLift Girona [c] [11] [12]
2022 Nikola Jokić Flag of the United States.svg Denver Nuggets Tina Krajišnik Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray
Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Sky
Flag of Russia.svg UMMC Ekaterinburg 		[13]
2023 Bogdan Bogdanović Flag of the United States.svg Atlanta Hawks Aleksandra Crvendakić Flag of France.svg ASVEL Féminin [14]
2024 Nikola Jokić Flag of the United States.svg Denver Nuggets Jovana Nogić Flag of Russia.svg UMMC Ekaterinburg [15]

Multiple winners

NumberPlayersPos.FirstLast
4 Nikola Jokić C 20182024
3 Sonja Vasić (née Petrović) SF 20162021
Bogdan Bogdanović SG 20172023
2 Aleksandra Crvendakić PF 20182023

Special award winners

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Petrović married in 2019 and changed her surname to Vasić.
  2. ↑ Milovanović married in 2019 and changed her surname to Brooks.
  3. ↑ In August 2021, Vasić retired from her basketball career at age 32.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jelena Milovanović i Bogdan Bogdanović najbolji u 2017!". kss.rs. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Nemanja Bjelica i Ana Dabović bez premca u 2015: Velika čast je biti najbolji u zemlji košarke!". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "KSS: Miloš Teodosić i Sonja Petrović najbolji u 2016!". novosti.rs. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "KSS: Miloš Teodosić i Sonja Petrović najbolji u 2016. godini". rts.rs. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "KOŠARKAŠKO SLAVLJE Bogdan i Jelena - stvarno najbolji /VIDEO/". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "KSS DODELIO NAGRADE: Jokić i Crvendakić najbolji u 2018. godini". novosti.rs. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "KSS: Jokić i Crvendakićeva najbolji u 2018". b92.net. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "Sonja Petrović je najbolja srpska košarkašica u 2019. godini". b92.net. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "KSS: Bogdan Bogdanović igrač godine". b92.net. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  10. 1 2 "Sonja Petrović i Bogdan Bogdanović najbolji u 2019, specijalno priznanje Bulutu!". kss.rs. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  11. 1 2 "KSS dodelio specijalne nagrade: Nikola Jokić i Sonja Vasić najbolji u 2021. godini". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  12. 1 2 "KSS: Jokić igrač godine". b92.net. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  13. ↑ "KSS i novinari izabrali: Tina Krajišnik i Nikola Jokić najbolji u 2022. godini". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "Bogdanović ispred Jokića: Kapiten najbolji košarkaš Srbije VIDEO". b92.net. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  15. ↑ "Кошаркашки савез Србије доделио признања најбољима у 2024". kss.rs. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
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