Associated Press Player of the Year Awarded for the most outstanding NCAA men's basketball players in all levels of competition Country United States First award 1961 Most recent Luka Garza , Iowa Website Website
The Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year award was established in 1961 to recognize the best men's college basketball player of the year, as voted upon by the Associated Press (AP).
The only three-time winner is Ralph Sampson of the Virginia Cavaliers program. Lew Alcindor , Jerry Lucas , David Thompson , and Bill Walton each won the award twice.
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Jerry Lucas won the first two awards in 1960 and 1961
David Thompson won the award in 1974 and 1975
Larry Bird won the 1979 award while leading Indiana State to an undefeated regular season
2007 winner
Kevin Durant was the first freshman named
Obi Toppin became
Dayton ’s first winner in 2020
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Co-Players of the Year
Player (X)
Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded at that point
Winners by school [ ]
School
Winners
Years
Duke
7
1963, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2019
UCLA
5
1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1977
Ohio State
4
1961, 1962, 1964, 2010
North Carolina
3
1984, 1998, 2008
Virginia
3
1981, 1982, 1983
Indiana
2
1976, 1993
LSU
2
1970, 1991
Michigan
2
1966, 2013
NC State
2
1974, 1975
Arizona
1
1989
Bradley
1
1988
Brigham Young
1
2011
Cincinnati
1
2000
Creighton
1
2014
Dayton
1
2020
DePaul
1
1980
Georgetown
1
1985
Houston
1
1968
Indiana State
1
1979
Iowa
1
2021
Kansas
1
2017
Kentucky
1
2012
La Salle
1
1990
Marquette
1
1978
Maryland
1
1995
Massachusetts
1
1996
Michigan State
1
2016
Navy
1
1987
Notre Dame
1
1971
Oklahoma
1
2009
Princeton
1
1965
Purdue
1
1994
Saint Joseph's
1
2004
St. John's
1
1986
Texas
1
2007
Utah
1
2005
Villanova
1
2018
Wake Forest
1
1997
Wisconsin
1
2015
Xavier
1
2003
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a Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971 after converting to Islam .[1] [2]
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Men's college basketball awards (United States)
National players of the year Individual awards Conference players of the year Head coach awards Conference coaches of the year Division awards Other awards
1961: Lucas
1962: Lucas
1963: Heyman
1964: Bradds
1965: Bradley
1966: Russell
1967: Alcindor
1968: Hayes
1969: Alcindor
1970: Maravich
1971: Carr
1972: Walton
1973: Walton
1974: Thompson
1975: Thompson
1976: May
1977: Johnson
1978: Lee
1979: Bird
1980: Aguirre
1981: Sampson
1982: Sampson
1983: Sampson
1984: Jordan
1985: Ewing
1986: Berry
1987: D. Robinson
1988: Hawkins
1989: Elliott
1990: Simmons
1991: O'Neal
1992: Laettner
1993: Cheaney
1994: G. Robinson
1995: Smith
1996: Camby
1997: Duncan
1998: Jamison
1999: Brand
2000: Martin
2001: Battier
2002: Williams
2003: West
2004: Nelson
2005: Bogut
2006: Redick
2007: Durant
2008: Hansbrough
2009: Griffin
2010: Turner
2011: Fredette
2012: Davis
2013: Burke
2014: McDermott
2015: Kaminsky
2016: Valentine
2017: Mason III
2018: Brunson
2019: Williamson
2020: Toppin
2021: Garza