DBL Most Valuable Player Award

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The Dutch Basketball League Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to the most valuable player in the Dutch highest professional basketball league. The award is given after the regular season and was first handed out in 1974. Six Dutch players have won the award so far, with Arvin Slagter being the last in 2014. Kees Akerboom, Sr. (1980, 1981, 1985) and Leon Rodgers (2005–2007) are the all-time leaders in Dutch MVP awards.

Winners[]

Travis Reed won the award in 2004
Leiden's Danny Gibson was MVP in 2010.
Jason Dourisseau won the award in 2011.
Arvin Slagter won the award in the 2013–14 season.
Worthy de Jong was the Most Valuable Player in 2016.
Emmanuel Nzekwesi, winner in 2021.
Key
Player (X)
 Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Club (X)
 Name of the club and the number of times a player of it has won the award (if more than one)
dagger
 Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Denotes player who is still active in the DBL
Season Player Position Nationality Club Ref
1974–75dagger Harry Rogers Forward  United States Punch Delft [1]
1975–76 Forward  United States Delta Lloyd Amsterdam [1]
1976–77 Jimmy Moore Forward  United States [1]
1977–78dagger Art Collins Guard  United States Parker Leiden [1]
1978–79dagger Center  United States EBBC Den Bosch [1]
1980–81dagger Kees Akerboom Sr. Guard  Netherlands Nashua Den Bosch (2) [1]
1981–82 Kees Akerboom Sr. (2) Guard  Netherlands Nashua Den Bosch (3) [1]
1982–83 David Lawrence Forward  United States Nationale-Nederlanden Donar [1]
1983–84 Jerry Beck Forward  United States Elmex Leiden (2) [1]
1984–85dagger Kees Akerboom Sr. (3) Guard  Netherlands Nashua Den Bosch (4) [1]
1985–86 Toon van Helfteren Forward  Netherlands BS Leiden (3) [1]
1986–87 Forward  United States Direktbank Den Helder [1]
1987–88dagger Center  United States Nashua Den Bosch (5) [1]
1988–89 Center  United States Computerij Meppel [1]
1989–90 Center  United States Miniware Weert [1]
1990–91 Lenzie Howell Forward  United States Computerij Meppel (2) [1]
1991–92 Lenzie Howell (2) Forward  United States Computerij Meppel (3) [1]
1992–93 Forward  United States VGNN Donar (2) [1]
1993–94dagger Richard van Poelgeest Center  Netherlands Lanèche Weert (2) [1]
1994–95 Center  United States Lanèche Weert (3) [1]
1995–96 Michael Huger Guard  United States De Schietstreek Rotterdam [1]
1996–97dagger Marcel Huijbens Center  Netherlands Libertel EBBC Den Bosch (6) [1]
1997–98 Forward  United States RZG Celeritas/Donar (3) [1]
1998–99 Ralph Biggs Forward  United States BSW Weert (3) [1]
1999–00dagger Joe Spinks Guard  United States Ricoh Astronauts Amsterdam (2) [1]
2000–01dagger Chris McGuthrie Guard  United States Ricoh Astronauts Amsterdam (3) [1]
2001–02 Mack Tuck Forward  United States MPC Donar (4) [1]
2002–03 Joe Spinks (2) Guard  United States Ricoh Astronauts Amsterdam (4) [1]
2003–04dagger Travis Reed Forward/Center  United States MPC Capitals (5) [1]
2004–05 Leon Rodgers Forward  United States EiffelTowers Nijmegen [1]
2005–06dagger Leon Rodgers (2) Forward  United States EiffelTowers Den Bosch (7) [1]
2006–07dagger Leon Rodgers (3) Forward  United States EiffelTowers Den Bosch (8) [2]
2007–08dagger Peter van Paassen Center  Netherlands MyGuide Amsterdam (5) [3]
2008–09dagger Peter van Paassen (2) Center  Netherlands MyGuide Amsterdam (6) [4]
2009–10 Danny Gibson Guard  United States Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden (4) [5]
2010–11 Jason Dourisseau Forward  United States GasTerra Flames (6) [6]
2011–12 Seamus Boxley Forward  United States Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden (5) [7]
2012–13 Andre Young Guard  United States EiffelTowers Den Bosch (9) [8]
2013–14dagger Arvin Slagter Guard  Netherlands GasTerra Flames (7) [9]
2014–15 Lance Jeter Guard  United States Donar (8) [10]
2015–16 Worthy de Jong^ Guard  Netherlands ZZ Leiden (6) [11]
2016–17dagger Lance Jeter (2) Guard  United States Donar (9) [12]
2017–18dagger Brandyn Curry Guard  United States Donar (10) [13]
2018–19 Darius Thompson Guard  United States ZZ Leiden (7) [14]
2020–21dagger Emmanuel Nzekwesi Center  Netherlands ZZ Leiden (8) [15]

Awards by player[]

Player Total
Kees Akerboom 3
Leon Rodgers 3
Lenzie Howell 2
Lance Jeter 2
Peter van Paassen 2
Joe Spinks 2

Awards won by nationality[]

Country Total
 United States 34
 Netherlands 11

Notes[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Leon Rodgers weer beste basketballer". Nrc.nl. 2007-04-14. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  3. ^ "Van Paassen Mvp". Nusport.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  4. ^ "Peter van Paassen Crowned Most Valuable Player of the FEB". Sportando.net. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  5. ^ "Danny Gibson MVP". Nusport.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  6. ^ "Dourisseau gekozen tot MVP" (in Dutch). AD.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  7. ^ "Seamus Boxley MVP van de Dutch Basketball League". Basketball.nl. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  8. ^ "Andre Young MVP van de DBL". Basketball.nl. 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  9. ^ "Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  10. ^ "Lance Jeter MVP van de DBL".
  11. ^ "Worthy de Jong uitgeroepen tot MVP". DBL. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  12. ^ "Jeter: MVP van het seizoen". Basketballleague.nl. 11 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Brandyn Curry gekozen tot MVP". DBL. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Darius Thompson is MVP van de DBL". basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Historische mega-prijzenoogst voor Nzekwesi". Dutch Basketball League (in Dutch). 23 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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