ACB Most Valuable Player Award

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The ACB Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award of the Liga ACB, the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain. The ACB handed out the award first after the 1991–92 ACB season. Since then, four players have won the award more than once: Darryl Middleton (3-time winner), Arvydas Sabonis, Tanoka Beard, and Luis Scola (2-time winners). Additionally, only six Spanish players have won the award: Juan Carlos Navarro, Marc Gasol, Felipe Reyes, Fernando San Emeterio, Sergio Llull and naturalized Spanish player Nikola Mirotić. The winner of the award is determined by voting by coaches, players, fans (through online voting), and the media.

All-time award winners[]

Darryl Middleton was a three-time Liga ACB MVP (1992, 1993, 2000)
Arvydas Sabonis was a two time Liga ACB MVP, in 1994 and 1995
Luka Dončić was the youngest player ever to win the award, at age 19
^ Denotes player who is still active in the Liga ACB
* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
dagger Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
Season Player Position Nationality Team
1991–92 Darryl Middleton Forward  United States Valvi Girona
1992–93 Darryl Middleton (2) Forward  United States Caja San Fernando
1993–94dagger Arvydas Sabonis* Center  Lithuania Real Madrid
1994–95 Arvydas Sabonis* (2) Center  Lithuania Real Madrid
1995–96 Michael Anderson Guard  United States Caja San Fernando
1996–97 Kenny Green Forward/Center  United States Taugrés Baskonia
1997–98 Dejan Bodiroga Forward  FR Yugoslavia[a] Real Madrid
1998–99 Tanoka Beard Forward/Center  United States Real Madrid
1999–00 Darryl Middleton (3) Forward  United States Casademont Girona
2000–01 Lou Roe Forward  United States Gijón Baloncesto
2001–02 Tanoka Beard (2) Forward/Center  United States DKV Joventut
2002–03 Walter Herrmann Forward  Argentina Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada
2003–04 Andrés Nocioni Forward  Argentina TAU Cerámica Baskonia
2004–05 Luis Scola Forward  Argentina TAU Cerámica Baskonia
2005–06 Juan Carlos Navarro Guard  Spain FC Barcelona
2006–07 Luis Scola (2) Forward  Argentina TAU Cerámica Baskonia
2007–08 Marc Gasol Center  Spain Akasvayu Girona
2008–09 Felipe Reyes^ Forward  Spain Real Madrid
2009–10dagger Tiago Splitter Center  Brazil Caja Laboral Baskonia
2010–11 Fernando San Emeterio^ Forward  Spain Caja Laboral Baskonia
2011–12 Andy Panko Forward  United States Lagun Aro GBC
2012–13dagger Nikola Mirotić Forward  Spain[b] Real Madrid
2013–14 Justin Doellman^ Forward  United States[c] Valencia
2014–15dagger Felipe Reyes^ (2) Forward  Spain Real Madrid
2015–16 Ioannis Bourousis Center  Greece Laboral Kutxa Baskonia
2016–17 Sergio Llull^ Guard  Spain Real Madrid
2017–18dagger Luka Dončić Guard  Slovenia Real Madrid
2018–19 Nicolás Laprovíttola^ Guard  Argentina Divina Seguros Joventut
2019–20 Nikola Mirotić (2) Forward  Spain FC Barcelona
2020–21 Giorgi Shermadini Center  Georgia Lenovo Tenerife
  1. ^ Since the breakup of FR Yugoslavia, later known as Serbia and Montenegro, Bodiroga has held Serbian nationality.
  2. ^ Mirotić, born in Titograd (now Podgorica), also holds Montenegrin nationality. He represents Spain in international competitions.
  3. ^ Born an American citizen, Doellman gained Kosovar citizenship in 2017, and represents that country in international competitions.[1]

Awards won by club[]

Country Total
Real Madrid 9
Baskonia 7
Girona 3
Real Betis 2
Joventut Badalona 2
FC Barcelona 2
Gijon 1
Fuenlabrada 1
Gipuzkoa Basket 1
Valencia 1
Tenerife 1

Awards won by nationality[]

Country Total
 United States 10
 Spain 8
 Argentina 5
 Lithuania 2
 Georgia 1
 Greece 1
 Brazil 1
 Slovenia 1

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