Liga Nacional de Básquet Awards

The Liga Nacional de Básquet Awards (English: National Basketball League Awards) are the yearly individual awards that are given by Argentina's top-tier level men's professional club basketball league, the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), or "La Liga".

MVP[]

Héctor Campana, 4× Argentine League MVP (1989, 1990, 1991, 1999).

Marcelo Milanesio (#9), 2× Argentine League MVP (1992, 1994).

Fabricio Oberto (#7 in dark blue), Argentine League MVP (1998).

Walter Herrmann, 2× Argentine League MVP (2001, 2014).

Player nationality by national team:

The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) MVP is an annual award that is given to the Most Valuable Player of the regular season of the Argentine Basketball League. The award first began with the 1987 season.

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been selected.

Season	League MVP	Club
1987		Atenas
1988	(not selected)	(not selected)
1989	Héctor Campana	River Plate
1990	Héctor Campana (2)	River Plate
1990–91	Héctor Campana (3)	GEPU
1991–92	Marcelo Milanesio	Atenas
1992–93	Juan Espil	GEPU
1993–94	Marcelo Milanesio (2)	Atenas
1994–95	Hernán Montenegro	Gimnasia (CR)
1995–96	Jorge Racca	Olimpia (VT)
1996–97	Jorge Racca (2)	Olimpia (VT)
1997–98	Fabricio Oberto	Atenas
1998–99	Héctor Campana (4)	Atenas
1999–00	Rubén Wolkowyski	Estudiantes (O)
2000–01	Walter Herrmann	Atenas
2001–02	Dani Farabello	Quilmes (MDP)
2002–03	Bruno Lábaque	Atenas
2003–04	Roberto López	GELP
2004–05	Leo Gutiérrez	Ben Hur
2005–06	Leo Gutiérrez (2)	Ben Hur
2006–07		Peñarol
2007–08	Leo Gutiérrez (3)	Boca Juniors
2008–09	David Jackson	Peñarol
2009–10	Leo Gutiérrez (4)	Peñarol
2010–11	J. P. Gutiérrez	Obras Sanitarias
2011–12	J. P. Gutiérrez (2)	Obras Sanitarias
2012–13	Paolo Quinteros	Regatas
2013–14	Walter Herrmann (2)	Atenas
2014–15	Nicolás Aguirre	Quimsa
2015–16	Justin Williams	Ciclista Olímpico
2016–17	Dar Tucker	Estudiantes Concordia
2017–18	Gabriel Deck	San Lorenzo
2018–19	Marcos Mata^[1]	San Lorenzo
	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Players with multiple MVP awards[]

Player	Awards Won	Years Won
Héctor Campana	4	(1989, 1990, 1991, 1999)
Leo Gutiérrez	4	(2005, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Marcelo Milanesio	2	(1992, 1994)
Jorge Racca	2	(1996, 1997)
Walter Herrmann	2	(2001, 2014)
J. P. Gutiérrez	2	(2011, 2012)

Finals MVP[]

Leo Gutiérrez, 4× Argentine League Finals MVP (2005, 2007, 2010, 2011).

Facu Campazzo, 2× Argentine League Finals MVP (2012, 2014).

Paolo Quinteros, Argentine League Finals MVP (2013).

Player nationality by national team:

The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Finals MVP is an annual award that is given to the Most Valuable Player of the Argentine Basketball League's Playoff's Finals. The award first began with the 1985 season.

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been selected.
Player (in bold)	Indicates a player that also won the LNB MVP award in the same season.

Season	Finals MVP	Club
1985		Ferro
1986		Ferro
1987	Héctor Campana	Atenas
1988	Carlos Cerutti	Atenas
1989	Jim Thomas	Ferro
1990	Marcelo Milanesio	Atenas
1990–91	Héctor Campana (2)	GEPU
1991–92	Héctor Campana (3)	Atenas
1992–93	Juan Espil	GEPU
1993–94	Esteban De la Fuente	Peñarol
1994–95	Esteban De la Fuente (2)	Independiente (GP)
1995–96	Jorge Racca	Olimpia (VT)
1996–97	Byron Wilson	Boca Juniors
1997–98	Fabricio Oberto	Atenas
1998–99	Diego Osella	Atenas
1999–00	Rubén Wolkowyski	Estudiantes (O)
2000–01	Byron Wilson (2)	Estudiantes (O)
2001–02	Walter Herrmann	Atenas
2002–03	Diego Lo Grippo	Atenas
2003–04	Byron Wilson (3)	Boca Juniors
2004–05	Leo Gutiérrez	Ben Hur
2005–06		Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)
2006–07	Leo Gutiérrez (2)	Boca Juniors
2007–08	Laron Profit	Libertad
2008–09		Atenas
2009–10	Leo Gutiérrez (3)	Peñarol
2010–11	Leo Gutiérrez (4)	Peñarol
2011–12	Facu Campazzo	Peñarol
2012–13	Paolo Quinteros	Regatas (C)
2013–14	Facu Campazzo (2)	Peñarol
2014–15	Robert Battle	Quimsa
2015–16	Walter Herrmann (2)	San Lorenzo
2016–17	Gabriel Deck	San Lorenzo
2017–18	Gabriel Deck (2)	San Lorenzo
2018–19	Dar Tucker^[1]	San Lorenzo
	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Players with multiple Finals MVP awards[]

Player	Awards Won	Years Won
Leo Gutiérrez	4	(2005, 2007, 2010, 2011)
Héctor Campana	3	(1987, 1991, 1992)
Byron Wilson	3	(1997, 2001, 2004)
Esteban De la Fuente	2	(1994, 1995)
Walter Herrmann	2	(2002, 2016)
Facu Campazzo	2	(2012, 2014)
Gabriel Deck	2	(2017, 2018)

Best Foreign Player[]

Byron Wilson, Argentine League Best Foreign Player (1998).

David Jackson (with the ball), 3× Argentine League Best Foreign Player (2009, 2010, 2011).

Dar Tucker, 2× Argentine League Best Foreign Player (2017, 2019).

Player nationality by national team:

The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Best Foreign Player is an annual award that is given to the Argentine Basketball League's best player that was not born in Argentina. The award first began in the 1990–91 season.

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been selected.
Player (in bold)	Indicates a player that also won the LNB MVP award in the same season.

Season	Best Foreign Player	Club
1990–91		Sport Club Cañadense
1991–92	Carey Scurry	Gimnasia y Esgrima y Pedernera Unidos
1992–93	Horacio López	Ferro Carril Oeste
1993–94		Atenas de Córdoba
1994–95		Independiente de General Pico
1995–96		Olimpia de Venado Tuerto
1996–97	Jerome Mincy	Boca Juniors
1997–98	Byron Wilson	Deportivo Roca
1998–99
1999–00	J. J. Eubanks	Estudiantes de Olavarría
2000–01	Joe Bunn	Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2001–02		Quilmes de Mar del Plata
2002–03	Lazaro Borrell	Obras Sanitarias
2003–04	Josh Pittman	Atenas de Córdoba
2004–05	Sherell Ford	Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2005–06		Estudiantes de Olavarría
2006–07		Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2007–08	Robert Battle	Libertad de Sunchales
2008–09	David Jackson	Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2009–10	David Jackson (2)	La Unión
2010–11	David Jackson (3)	La Unión
2011–12	Robert Battle (2)	Libertad de Sunchales
2012–13		Boca Juniors
2013–14		Quilmes de Mar del Plata
2014–15	Sam Clancy Jr.	Gimnasia Indalo
2015–16	Justin Williams	Ciclista Olímpico
2016–17	Dar Tucker	Estudiantes Concordia
2017–18	Donald Sims	Atenas
2018–19	Dar Tucker (2)	San Lorenzo
	Brandon Robinson	Atlética Quimsa

Players with multiple Best Foreign Player awards[]

Player	Awards Won	Years Won
David Jackson	3	(2009, 2010, 2011)
Robert Battle	2	(2008, 2012)
Dar Tucker	2	(2017, 2019)

Most Improved Player[]

Manu Ginóbili, Argentine League Most Improved Player (1998).

Pablo Prigioni, Argentine League Most Improved Player (1999).

Player nationality by national team:

The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Most Improved Player (MIP) is an annual award that is given to the Most Improved Player of the regular season of the Argentine Basketball League. The award first began with the 1995–96 season.

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been selected.

Season	MIP	Club
1995–96		Atenas de Córdoba
1996–97		Ferro Carril Oeste
1997–98	Manu Ginóbili	Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca
1998–99	Pablo Prigioni	Obras Sanitarias
1999–00		Libertad
2000–01	Federico Kammerichs	Ferro Carril Oeste
2001–02		Libertad (2)
2002–03	Julio Mázzaro	Estudiantes de Olavarría
2003–04		Atenas de Córdoba
2004–05	Diego García	Ben Hur
2005–06		Quilmes de Mar del Plata
2006–07		Sionista
2007–08		Libertad
2008–09	Juan Pablo Cantero	Sionista
2009–10		Unión de Sunchales
2010–11		Obras Sanitarias
2011–12	Facu Campazzo	Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2012–13		Lanús
2013–14		Regatas Corrientes
2014–15	Gabriel Deck	Quimsa
2015–16	Lucio Redivo	Bahía Basket
2016–17		Quilmes
2017–18		La Unión de Formosa
2018–19	Agustín Caffaro	Libertad
	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Revelation of the Year[]

Dani Farabello, Argentine League Revelation of the Year (1993).

Juan Vaulet, Argentine League Revelation of the Year (2015).

Player nationality by national team:

The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Revelation of the Year (ROY) is an annual award that is given to the Rookie of the Year of the regular season of the Argentine Basketball League. The award first began with the 1989 season.

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been selected.

Season	ROY	Club
1989	Juan Espil	Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca
1990	Alejandro Montecchia	Sport Club Cañadense
1990–91		Boca Juniors
1991–92		Sport Club Cañadense
1992–93	Dani Farabello	Sport Club Cañadense
1993–94		Deportivo Roca
1994–95	Fabricio Oberto	Atenas
1995–96	Manu Ginóbili
1996–97		Obras Sanitarias
1997–98		Deportivo Roca
1998–99	Walter Herrmann	Olimpia de Venado Tuerto
1999–00		Obras Sanitarias
2000–01	Paolo Quinteros	Estudiantes de Olavarría
2001–02	Javier Bulfoni	Gimnasia y Esgrima (La Plata)
2002–03	J. P. Gutiérrez	Obras Sanitarias
2003–04		Atenas
2004–05		Gimnasia y Esgrima (La Plata)
2005–06		Ciclista Juninense
2006–07		Centro Juventud Sionista
2007–08		Monte Hermoso
2008–09		Gimnasia y Esgrima (Comodoro Rivadavia)
2009–10	Facu Campazzo	Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2010–11		Atenas
2011–12		Obras Sanitarias
2012–13	Federico Van Lacke	Boca Juniors
2013–14	Matías Bortolín	Regatas Corrientes
2014–15	Juan Vaulet	Weber Bahía
2015–16		Lanús
2016–17		Atenas
2017–18		Obras Sanitarias
2018–19		Quilmes
	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Sixth Man of the Year[]

Andrés Nocioni, Argentine League Co-Sixth Man of the Year (1999).

Marcos Delía (#12), Argentine League Sixth Man of the Year (2014).

Nico Brussino (#9), Argentine League Co-Sixth Man of the Year (2015).

Player nationality by national team:

The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Sixth Man of the Year is an annual award that is given to the best 6th man of the regular season of the Argentine Basketball League. The award first began with the 1990–91 season.

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been selected.

Season	6th Man of the Year	Club
1990–91		Gimnasia y Esgrima y Pedernera Unidos
1991–92		Atenas de Córdoba
1992–93		Quilmes de Mar del Plata
1993–94	Ernesto Michel	Atenas de Córdoba
1994–95	Jorge Racca	Olimpia de Venado Tuerto
1995–96		Atenas de Córdoba
1996–97	Fabricio Oberto	Atenas de Córdoba
1997–98	Leandro Palladino	Atenas de Córdoba
1998–99	Andrés Nocioni	Independiente de General Pico
1998–99	Leandro Palladino (2)	Atenas de Córdoba
1999–00	Leandro Palladino (3)	Atenas de Córdoba
2000–01		Estudiantes de Olavarría
2001–02		Quilmes de Mar del Plata
2002–03		Boca Juniors
2003–04	Matías Sandes	Boca Juniors
2004–05	Matías Sandes (2)	Boca Juniors
2005–06		Club Sportivo Ben Hur
2006–07	Luis Cequeira	Boca Juniors
2007–08		Libertad de Sunchales
2008–09		Atenas de Córdoba
2009–10	Juan Pablo Cantero	Atenas de Córdoba
2010–11	Juan Espil	Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca
2011–12		Obras Sanitarias
2012–13		Club de Regatas Corrientes
2013–14	Marcos Delía	Boca Juniors
2014–15		Gimnasia Indalo
2014–15	Nicolás Brussino	Regatas Corrientes
2015–16		Ciclista Olímpico
2016–17		Libertad
2017–18	Justin Keenan	San Martín (C)
2018–19	Luciano González	Instituto
	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Players with multiple Best Sixth Man awards[]

Player	Awards Won	Years Won
Leandro Palladino	3	(1998, 1999, 2000)
Matías Sandes	2	(2004, 2005)

Ideal Quintet[]

Tato Rodríguez, 3× Argentine League Ideal Quintet (2005, 2007, 2010).

Federico Kammerichs, 2× Argentine League Ideal Quintet (2009, 2011).

Román González (with the ball), 2× Argentine League Ideal Quintet (2009, 2010).

Pepe Sánchez, Argentine League Ideal Quintet (2011).

J. P. Gutiérrez, 2× Argentine League Ideal Quintet (2011, 2012).

Daniel Santiago, Argentine League Ideal Quintet (2013).

Marcos Mata (#6), 4× Argentine League Ideal Quintet (2013, 2017, 2018, 2019).

Nicolás Aguirre (with the ball), Argentine League Ideal Quintet (2015).

Player nationality by national team:

The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Ideal Quintet is the Argentine Basketball League's annual award for the five best players of each season. The Ideal Quintet consists of one player per position: point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward, and center. The award first began with the 2004–05 season.

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been selected.
Player (in bold)	Indicates a player that also won the LNB MVP award in the same season.

Season
	Ideal Team
	Player	Club
2004–05	Tato Rodríguez	Peñarol
	Paolo Quinteros	Boca Juniors
	Matías Sandes	Boca Juniors
	Leo Gutiérrez	Ben Hur
		Argentino de Junín
2005–06		Libertad
	Paolo Quinteros (2)	Boca Juniors
		Ben Hur
	Leo Gutiérrez (2)	Ben Hur
		Estudiantes de Olavarría
2006–07	Tato Rodríguez (2)	Peñarol
	Diego García	Regatas Corrientes
	Josh Pittman	Peñarol
		Peñarol
		Peñarol
2007–08		Regatas Corrientes
		Atenas
		Quimsa
	Leo Gutiérrez (3)	Boca Juniors
	Robert Battle	Libertad
2008–09	Juan Pablo Cantero	Sionista
	David Jackson	Peñarol
		Atenas
	Federico Kammerichs	Regatas Corrientes
	Román González	Peñarol
2009–10	Tato Rodríguez (3)	Peñarol
	David Jackson (2)	La Unión de Formosa
	(2)	Atenas
	Leo Gutiérrez (4)	Peñarol
	Román González (2)	Quimsa
2010–11	Pepe Sánchez	Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca
	David Jackson (3)	La Unión de Formosa
	Alex Galindo	Libertad
	Federico Kammerichs (2)	Regatas
	J. P. Gutiérrez	Obras Sanitarias
2011–12	Facu Campazzo	Peñarol
	Joe Troy Smith	La Unión de Formosa
		Obras Sanitarias
	Leo Gutiérrez (5)	Peñarol
	J. P. Gutiérrez (2)	Obras Sanitarias
2012–13	Facu Campazzo (2)	Peñarol
	Paolo Quinteros (3)	Regatas Corrientes
	Marcos Mata	Peñarol
		Boca Juniors
	Daniel Santiago	Boca Juniors
2013–14	Facu Campazzo (3)	Peñarol
	Paolo Quinteros (4)	Regatas Corrientes
	Walter Herrmann	Atenas
	Leo Gutiérrez (6)	Peñarol
	Sam Clancy, Jr.	Gimnasia Indalo
2014–15	Nicolás Aguirre	Quimsa
		Quilmes
		Gimnasia Indalo
		San Martín de Corrientes
	Sam Clancy, Jr. (2)	Gimnasia Indalo
2015–16	Maxi Stanic	Ciclista Olímpico
	(2)	Quilmes
	(2)	Gimnasia Indalo
	Walter Herrmann (2)	San Lorenzo (BA)
	Justin Williams	Ciclista Olímpico
2016–17	Franco Balbi	Ferro (BA)
	Dar Tucker	Estudiantes Concordia
	Marcos Mata (2)	San Lorenzo (BA)
	Gabriel Deck	San Lorenzo (BA)
	Javier Justiz	Estudiantes Concordia
2017–18	Donald Sims	Atenas
	Dwayne Davis	Instituto
	Marcos Mata (3)	San Lorenzo (BA)
	Gabriel Deck (2)	San Lorenzo (BA)
	Jerome Meyinsse	Atenas
2018–19		Obras Sanitarias
	Dar Tucker (2)	San Lorenzo (BA)
	Marcos Mata (4)	San Lorenzo (BA)
	Jasiel Rivero	Boca Juniors
	Eloy Vargas	Gimnasia (CR)
	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Players with multiple Ideal Quintet selections[]

Player	Number of Selections	Years Selected
Leo Gutiérrez	6	(2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Paolo Quinteros	4	(2005, 2006, 2013, 2014)
Marcos Mata	4	(2013, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Tato Rodríguez	3	(2005, 2007, 2010)
David Jackson	3	(2009, 2010, 2011)
Facu Campazzo	3	(2012, 2013, 2014)
	2	(2009, 2010)
Román González	2	(2009, 2010)
Federico Kammerichs	2	(2009, 2011)
J. P. Gutiérrez	2	(2011, 2012)
Sam Clancy, Jr.	2	(2014, 2015)
Walter Herrmann	2	(2014, 2016)
	2	(2015, 2016)
	2	(2015, 2016)
Gabriel Deck	2	(2017, 2018)
Dar Tucker	2	(2017, 2019)

Coach of the Year[]

Julio Lamas, 7× Argentine League Coach of the Year (1991, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011).

Sergio Hernández, 4× Argentine League Coach of the Year (1993, 2001, 2002, 2010).

Rubén Magnano, Argentine League Coach of the Year (2000).

The Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB) Coach of the Year (COY) is an annual award that is given to the best head coach of the regular season of the Argentine Basketball League. The award first began with the 1989 season.

Head Coach (X)	Denotes the number of times the head coach has been selected.
Club (in bold)	Indicates a head coach that also won the league championship in the same season.

Season	COY	Club	Win/Loss Record
1989	León Najnudel	Club Ferro Carril Oeste	22–6
1990			17–9
1990–91	Julio Lamas	Sport Club Cañadense	24–14
1991–92		Quilmes de Mar del Plata
1992–93	Sergio Hernández	Sport Club Cañadense	24–20
1993–94		Independiente de General Pico
1994–95	(2)	Independiente de General Pico Atenas de Córdoba
1995–96		Olimpia de Venado Tuerto
1996–97	Julio Lamas (2)	Boca Juniors	32–12
1997–98	Daniel Rodríguez	Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca
1998–99		Club Ferro Carril Oeste
1999–00	Rubén Magnano	Boca Juniors
2000–01	Sergio Hernández (2)	Estudiantes de Olavarría	35–9
2001–02	Sergio Hernández (3)	Estudiantes de Olavarría	33–11
2002–03			24–12
2003–04	Gonzalo García	Gimnasia y Esgrima (La Plata)
2004–05	Julio Lamas (3)	Club Sportivo Ben Hur	36–8
2005–06	Julio Lamas (4)	Club Sportivo Ben Hur	31–12
2006–07	Julio Lamas (5)	Club Sportivo Ben Hur	23–21
2007–08	Julio Lamas (6)	Libertad de Sunchales	42–13
2008–09		Gimnasia y Esgrima (Comodoro Rivadavia)	26–22
2009–10	Sergio Hernández (4)	Peñarol de Mar del Plata	43–12
2010–11	Julio Lamas (7)	Obras Sanitarias	34–14
2011–12		Lanús	28–21
2012–13		Argentino de Junín	28–24
2013–14	(2)	Club de Regatas Corrientes	45–12
2014–15	(2)	Asociación Atlética Quimsa	56–13
2015–16		Club Ciclista Olímpico	36–20
2016–17		Estudiantes Concordia	39–21
2017–18		Club San Martín de Corrientes	40–17
2018–19	Gonzalo García (2)	San Lorenzo
	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Head coaches with multiple Coach of the Year awards[]

Player	Awards Won	Years Won
Julio Lamas	7	(1991, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011)
Sergio Hernández	4	(1993, 2001, 2002, 2010)
	2	(1994, 1995)
	2	(2009, 2014)
	2	(2012, 2015)
Gonzalo García	2	(2004, 2019)

References[]

^ ^a ^b La prensa eligió a los mejores de La Liga Banco Comafi, laliganacional.com.ar, Official Website of the LNB, 13 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.(in Spanish)

Bibliography[]

Liga Nacional de Básquetbol Guía Oficial 2015/2016, p. 184 (awards) and p. 211 (leaders).

External links[]

LNB Official website (in Spanish, French, English, and Chinese)
Pick and Roll (LNB news, info & statistics) (in Spanish)
Argentinian LNB league at Latinbasket.com

[19awards-1] La prensa eligió a los mejores de La Liga Banco Comafi, laliganacional.com.ar, Official Website of the LNB, 13 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.(in Spanish)

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v t La Liga
2021–22 teams	Argentino (J) Atenas Boca Juniors Ciclista Olímpico Comunicaciones (M) Ferro Carril Oeste Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR) Hispano Americano Instituto (C) La Unión Libertad Oberá Obras Sanitarias Peñarol Platense Quimsa Regatas Corrientes Riachuelo San Lorenzo San Martín (C) Unión (SF)
Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Predecessor	Campeonato Argentino (1936–84)
Related	LNB Awards LNB Stats Leaders León Najnudel