Basketligaen Most Valuable Player

The Basketligaen Most Valuable Player is an annual basketball award that is given by the Danish top tier Basketligaen. It is awarded to the player who was considered to be the best in a given regular season.

Winners

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Danish-Israeli Chanan Colman won the award in 2012
 
Darko Jukić won the award in 2013
^ Denotes player who is still active in the Basketligaen
* Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
Season Player Position Nationality Team Ref.
2002–03 Eric Bell   United States Bakken Bears [1]
2003–04 Joshua Metzger   United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2004–05 Eric Bell (2)   United States Horsens IC [1]
2005–06 Thomas Skotting   Denmark Aabyhøj IF [1]
2006–07 Joshua Buettner   United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2007–08 Brandon Thomas   United States Team FOG Næstved [1]
2008–09 Bonell Colas   United States Randers Cimbria [1]
2009–10† Johnell Smith   United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2010–11 Nicolai Iversen   Denmark Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2011–12 Chanan Colman Guard   Denmark[a] Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2012–13 Darko Jukić^ Forward   Denmark Horsens IC [1]
2013–14 Johnell Smith Guard   United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2014–15 Skyler Bowlin Guard   United States Horsens IC [1]
2015–16 Brandon Rozzell Guard   United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2016–17 DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell Forward   Trinidad and Tobago[b] Bakken Bears [1]
2017–18 Kevin Larsen Center   Denmark Horsens IC [2]
2018–19 Ryan Evans^ Forward   United States Bakken Bears [1]
2019–20 Roberto Gallinat Guard   United States Horsens IC [1]
2020–21 QJ Peterson Guard   United States Bakken Bears [3]
2021–22 Mike McGuirl Guard   United States Team FOG Næstved
2022–23 Gage Davis Guard   United States Horsens IC
  1. ^ Born in Denmark, Colman also owns the Israeli nationality, due to his Israeli mother.
  2. ^ DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, born in Orlando, Florida, also owns the American nationality.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Basketligaen Priser" (in Danish). Basketligaen.dk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Kevin Larsen er årets spiller i Basketligaen".
  3. ^ Pfaff, Sebastian (8 April 2021). "Fullcourt Awards - Most Valuable Player: Q.J. Peterson | Fullcourt.dk". Fullcourt (in Danish). Retrieved 20 August 2021.