ACB Most Valuable Player

{{Liga ACB awards}}

ACB Most Valuable Player 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

File:DarrylMiddleton.jpg was a three-time Liga ACB MVP (1992, 1993, 2000)]]

File:Sabonis Lipofsky (1 of 1).JPG was a two time Liga ACB MVP, in 1994 and 1995]]

File:Luka Dončić.jpg was the youngest player ever to win the award, at age 19]]

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|Denotes player who is still active in the Liga ACB

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|Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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|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

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" summary="Season (sortable), Player (sortable), Position (sortable), Nationality (sortable) and Team (sortable)"
scope="col"| Season

!scope="col"| Player

!scope="col"| Position

!scope="col"| Nationality

!scope="col"| Team

1991–92

!scope="row" | {{Sortname|Darryl|Middleton}}

| Forward

{{flagu|United States}}Valvi Girona
1992–93

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Darryl|Middleton}} (2)

| Forward

{{flagu|United States}}Caja San Fernando
style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|1993–94{{dagger}}

!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99;"|{{Sortname|Arvydas|Sabonis}}*

| Center

{{flagu|Lithuania}}Real Madrid
1994–95

!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Arvydas|Sabonis}}* (2)

|Center

{{flagu|Lithuania}}Real Madrid
1995–96

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Michael|Anderson|dab=basketball}}

| Guard

{{flagu|United States}}Caja San Fernando
1996–97

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Kenny|Green|link=Kenny Green (basketball, born 1967)}}

| Forward/center

{{flagu|United States}}Taugrés Baskonia
1997–98

!scope="row" |{{sortname|Dejan|Bodiroga}}

| Forward

{{flagu|FR Yugoslavia}}{{efn|Since the breakup of FR Yugoslavia, later known as Serbia and Montenegro, Bodiroga has held Serbian nationality.}}Real Madrid
1998–99

!scope="row" |{{Sortname|Tanoka|Beard}}

| Forward/center

{{flagu|United States}}Real Madrid
1999–00

!scope="row" |{{sortname|Darryl|Middleton}} (3)

|Forward

{{flagu|United States}}Casademont Girona
2000–01

!scope="row" |{{sortname|Lou|Roe}}

| Forward

{{flagu|United States}}Gijón Baloncesto
2001–02

!scope="row"| {{sortname|Tanoka|Beard}} (2)

| Forward/center

{{flagu|United States}}| DKV Joventut
2002–03

!scope="row"| {{sortname|Walter|Herrmann}}

| Forward

{{flagu|Argentina}}Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada
2003–04

!scope="row"| {{Sortname|Andrés|Nocioni}}

| Forward

{{flagu|Argentina}}TAU Cerámica Baskonia
2004–05

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Luis|Scola}}

| Forward

{{flagu|Argentina}}TAU Cerámica Baskonia
2005–06

!scope="row"| {{sortname|Juan Carlos|Navarro|dab=basketball}}

|Guard

{{flagu|Spain}}FC Barcelona
2006–07

!scope="row"| {{sortname|Luis|Scola}} (2)

| Forward

{{flagu|Argentina}}TAU Cerámica Baskonia
2007–08

!scope="row"|{{Sortname|Marc|Gasol}}

|Center

{{flagu|Spain}}Akasvayu Girona
2008–09

!scope="row" | {{sortname|Felipe|Reyes}}

|Forward

{{flagu|Spain}}Real Madrid
style="background-color:#FFE6BD;|2009–10{{dagger}}

!scope="row"| {{Sortname|Tiago|Splitter}}

|Center

{{flagu|Brazil}}Caja Laboral Baskonia
2010–11

!scope="row" |{{sortname|Fernando|San Emeterio}}^

|Forward

{{flagu|Spain}}Caja Laboral Baskonia
2011–12

!scope="row"|{{sortname|Andy|Panko}}

|Forward

{{flagu|United States}}Lagun Aro GBC
style="background-color:#FFE6BD;"|2012–13{{Dagger}}

!scope="row"|{{sortname|Nikola|Mirotić}}

|Forward

{{flagu|Spain}}{{efn|Mirotić, born in Titograd (now Podgorica), also holds Montenegrin nationality. He represents Spain in international competitions. }}Real Madrid
2013–14

!scope="row" |{{Sortname|Justin|Doellman}}^

|Forward

{{flagu|United States}}{{efn|Born an American citizen, Doellman gained Kosovar citizenship in 2017, and represents that country in international competitions.[http://www.eurobasket.com/Spain/news/450576/Doellman-said-Yes-to-Kosovo-NT Doellman said Yes to Kosovo NT – June 18, 2016.]}}Valencia
style="background-color:#FFE6BD;"|2014–15{{Dagger}}

!scope="row" |{{sortname|Felipe|Reyes}} (2)

|Forward

{{flagu|Spain}}Real Madrid
2015–16

!scope="row" |{{Sortname|Ioannis|Bourousis}}

|Center

{{flagu|Greece}}Laboral Kutxa Baskonia
2016–17

!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC;"|{{sortname|Sergio|Llull}}^

| Guard

{{flagu|Spain}}Real Madrid
style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|2017–18{{dagger}}

!scope="row" |{{sortname|Luka|Dončić}}

|Guard

{{flagu|Slovenia}}Real Madrid
2018–19

!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC;"|{{sortname|Nicolás|Laprovíttola}}^

| Guard

{{flagu|Argentina}}Divina Seguros Joventut
2019–20

!scope="row" |{{sortname|Nikola|Mirotić}} (2)

|Forward

{{flagu|Spain}}FC Barcelona
2020–21

!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC;"|{{sortname|Giorgi|Shermadini}}

|Center

{{flagu|Georgia}}Lenovo Tenerife
2021–22

!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC;"|{{sortname|Džanan|Musa}}

|Forward

{{flagu|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}Río Breogán
2022–23

!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC;"|{{sortname|Giorgi|Shermadini}} (2)

|Center

{{flagu|Georgia}}Lenovo Tenerife
style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|2023–24

!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC;"|{{sortname|Facundo|Campazzo}}^

| Guard

{{flagu|Argentina}}Real Madrid
2024–25

!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC;"|{{sortname|Marcelinho|Huertas}}

| Guard

{{flagu|Brazil}}La Laguna Tenerife

{{Notelist}}

Awards won by club

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scope="col"|Country

!scope="col"|Total

scope="row"|Real Madrid

|align="center"|{{nts|10}}

scope="row"|Baskonia

|align="center"|{{nts|7}}

scope="row"|Girona

|align="center"|{{nts|3}}

scope="row"|Tenerife

|align="center"|{{nts|3}}

scope="row"|Real Betis

|align="center"|{{nts|2}}

scope="row"|Joventut Badalona

|align="center"|{{nts|2}}

scope="row"|FC Barcelona

|align="center"|{{nts|2}}

scope="row"|Gijon

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

scope="row"|Fuenlabrada

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

scope="row"|Gipuzkoa Basket

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

scope="row"|Valencia

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

scope="row"|Breogán

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

Awards won by nationality

class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"|Country

!scope="col"|Total

scope="row"|{{flagcountry|USA}}

|align="center"|{{nts|10}}

scope="row"|{{flagcountry|ESP}}

|align="center"|{{nts|8}}

scope="row"|{{flagcountry|ARG}}

|align="center"|{{nts|6}}

scope="row"|{{flagcountry|BRA}}

|align="center"|{{nts|2}}

scope="row"|{{flagcountry|GEO}}

|align="center"|{{nts|2}}

scope="row"|{{flagcountry|LTU}}

|align="center"|{{nts|2}}

scope="row"|{{flagcountry|BIH}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

scope="row"|{{flagcountry|GRE}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

scope="row"|{{flagcountry|SLO}}

|align="center"|{{nts|1}}

See also

References

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