Serbian Basketball Player of the Year

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Serbian Basketball Player of the Year
Sonja Vasic Eurobasket 2021 MVP.png
Nikola Jokic free throw (cropped).jpg
Sonja Vasić and Nikola Jokić have won the award a record three 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
Editions8
First winner Nemanja Bjelica
Ana Dabović
Most wins3 (three-way tie)
Sonja Vasić
Nikola Jokić
Bogdan Bogdanović
Most recentBogdan Bogdanović
Aleksandra Crvendakić

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 [lower-alpha 1] 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 [lower-alpha 2] 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 [lower-alpha 1] 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 [lower-alpha 3] [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]

Multiple winners

NumberPlayersPos.FirstLast
3 Nikola Jokić C 20182022
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.

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