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LBA Most Valuable Player

{{short description|Basketball award in Italy}}

{{Lega Basket Serie A awards}}

The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual award of the 1st-tier professional basketball league in Italy, the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), given since the 1993–94 season, to the league's most valuable player in a given regular season.

Winners

Image:Manu Ginobili Spurs-Magic011 (cropped).jpg won the MVP award two times, in 2001 and 2002.]]

Image:Danilo Gallinari Knicks 2010 (cropped).jpg was named the MVP in 2008.]]

Image:Luigi Datome 70 Fenerbahçe men's basketball TSL 20180304 (3).jpg won the award in 2013.]]

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|+Key

!scope="row"|Player {{small|(X)}}

|Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)

scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#B0C4DE"|{{dagger}}

|Indicates multiple award winners in the same season

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

!scope="col"| Player

!scope="col"| {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position(s) played}}

!scope="col"| Nationality

!scope="col"| Team

!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref(s)

style="text-align:center;"| 1993–94

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Carlton|Myers}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SG}}

| {{ITA}}{{refn|name=myers|group=lower-alpha|Carlton Myers played for the Italian national team, and was raised in the United Kingdom.}}

| Scavolini Pesaro

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 1994–95

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Stefano|Rusconi}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/C}}

| {{ITA}}

| Benetton Treviso

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 1995–96

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Henry|Williams|dab=basketball}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SG}}

| {{USA}}

| Benetton Treviso

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 1996–97

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Carlton|Myers}} {{small|(2×)}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SG}}

| {{ITA}}{{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=myers}}

| Teamsystem Bologna

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 1997–98

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sasha|Danilović}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SG}}/{{Basketball team player/role/SF}}

| {{flag|FR Yugoslavia}}

| Kinder Bologna

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 1998–99

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vincenzo|Esposito}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SG}}

| {{ITA}}

| Termal Imola

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 1999–00

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vincenzo|Esposito}} {{small|(2×)}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SG}}

| {{ITA}}

| Lineltex Imola

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 2000–01

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Manu|Ginóbili}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SG}}

| {{ARG}}

| Kinder Bologna

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 2001–02

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Manu|Ginóbili}} {{small|(2×)}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SG}}

| {{ARG}}

| Kinder Bologna

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 2002–03

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Massimo|Bulleri}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/PG}}/{{Basketball team player/role/SG}}

| {{ITA}}

| Benetton Treviso

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 2003–04

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gianluca|Basile}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SG}}

| {{ITA}}

| Skipper Bologna

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 2004–05

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Massimo|Bulleri}} {{small|(2×)}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/PG}}/{{Basketball team player/role/SG}}

| {{ITA}}

| Benetton Treviso

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 2005–06

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lynn|Greer}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/PG}}/{{Basketball team player/role/SG}}

| {{USA}}

| Carpisa Napoli

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 2006–07

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Terrell|McIntyre}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/PG}}

| {{USA}}

| Montepaschi Siena

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 2007–08

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Danilo|Gallinari}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SF}}/{{Basketball team player/role/PF}}

| {{ITA}}

| Armani Jeans Milano

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 2008–09

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Terrell|McIntyre}} {{small|(2×)}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/PG}}

| {{USA}}

| Montepaschi Siena

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 2009–10

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Romain|Sato}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SG}}/{{Basketball team player/role/SF}}

| {{flag|Central African Republic}}

| Montepaschi Siena

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 2010–11

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Omar|Thomas}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SG}}/{{Basketball team player/role/SF}}

| {{USA}}

| Air Avellino

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 2011–12

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bo|McCalebb}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/PG}}

| {{MKD}}{{refn|group=lower-alpha|Bo McCalebb played for the Macedonian national team, and was born in the USA.}}

| Montepaschi Siena

| align=center | {{cite web|url=http://www.unoprivateers.com/news/2011/6/19/MBB_0619114927.aspx |title=McCalebb Named MVP in Leading Italian Squad to League Title |work=Unoprivateers.com |date=2011-06-19 |access-date=2014-06-19}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2012–13

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Luigi|Datome}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SF}}/{{Basketball team player/role/PF}}

| {{ITA}}

| Acea Roma

| align=center | {{cite web|url=http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/55421/arti.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305033822/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/55421/arti.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |title=Azzurri's Datome named MVP |work=Fiba.com |access-date=2014-06-19}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2013–14

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Drake|Diener}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SG}}

| {{USA}}

| Banco di Sardegna Sassari

| align=center | {{cite web |url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/serie_a/2014/05/15-361331/Serie+A,+Drake+Diener+l%26apos%3BMvp+della+stagione |title=Serie A, Drake Diener l'Mvp della stagione |work=Corrieredellosport.it |access-date=2014-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808190941/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/serie_a/2014/05/15-361331/Serie+A,+Drake+Diener+l%26apos%3BMvp+della+stagione |archive-date=2014-08-08 |url-status=dead }}

style="text-align:center;"| 2014–15

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Tony|Mitchell|dab=basketball, born 1989}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SF}}

| {{USA}}

| Dolomiti Energia Trento

| align=center | {{cite web|url=https://basketacazzo.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/tony-mitchell-mvp-della-serie-a-una-grande-vittoria-per-il-basketacazzo/ |title=Tony Mitchell MVP della Serie A, una grande vittoria per il Basketacazzo |work=Basket Acazzo |date= 2015-05-08|access-date=2015-06-15}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2015–16

! scope="row" | {{sortname|James|Nunnally}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SF}}

| {{USA}}

| Sidigas Avellino

| align=center | {{cite web|url=http://www.eurohoops.net/legabasket/237226/the-legabasket-awards-with-nunnally-being-the-mvp |title=The Legabasket awards with Nunnally being the MVP |work=Eurohoops |date= 5 May 2016 |access-date= 5 May 2016}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2016–17

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Marcus|Landry}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SF}}

| {{USA}}

| Brescia Leonessa

| align=center | {{cite web|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a/234036/marcus-landry-named-serie-a-mvp-vincenzo-esposito-is-coach-of-the-year.html |title=Marcus Landry named Serie A MVP. Vincenzo Esposito is Coach of the Year |work=Sportando.com |date= 8 May 2016 |access-date= 9 May 2016}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2017–18

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jason|Rich}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/G}}

| {{USA}}

| Sidigas Avellino

| align=center | {{cite web |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/italy/serie-a/273609/jason-rich-of-scandone-avellino-named-serie-a-mvp-of-the-season.html#refresh_ce |title=Jason Rich of Scandone Avellino named Serie A MVP of the season |work=Sportando.com |date=9 May 2018 |access-date=9 May 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

style="text-align:center;"| 2018–19

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Drew|Crawford}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SF}}

| {{USA}}

| Vanoli Cremona

| align=center | {{cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/andrew-crawford-eletto-mvp-della-stagione/ |title=Andrew Crawford eletto MVP della stagione |newspaper=Sportando |date= 13 May 2019 |access-date= 13 May 2019 |language=it|trans-title= Andrew Crawford named MVP of the season|last1=Carchia |first1=Emiliano }}

style="text-align:center;"| 2019–20

! colspan=5 | Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic

style="text-align:center;"| 2020–21

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Stefano|Tonut}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/G}}

| {{ITA}}

| Reyer Venezia

| align=center | {{cite news |title=LBA Awards: Stefano Tonut named MVP and Best Italian Player, Kyle Hines is the Best Defender |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/lba-awards-stefano-tonut-named-mvp-and-best-italian-player-kyle-hines-is-the-best-defender/ |access-date=21 July 2021 |work=Sportando}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2021–22

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Amedeo|Della Valle}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/G}}

| {{ITA}}

| Basket Brescia Leonessa

| align=center |

style="text-align:center;"| 2022–23

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Colbey|Ross}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/PG}}

| {{USA}}

| Openjobmetis Varese

| align=center | {{cite news |title=Colbey Ross named 2022-2023 Italian LBA Serie A MVP|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/colbey-ross-named-2022-2023-italian-lba-serie-a-mvp |date=11 May 2023 |work=Sportando}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2023–24

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Marco|Belinelli}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Basketball team player/role/SG}}

| {{ITA}}

| Virtus Bologna

| align=center |

See also

Notes

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References

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{{European Basketball MVP Awards}}

{{Lega Basket Serie A MVP}}

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