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LNB Pro A MVP

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The LNB Pro A Most Valuable Player Award is the most valuable player award of the top-tier level men's professional club basketball league in France, the LNB Pro A. Maxi-Basket holds the vote, and calls it the referendum.

LNB Pro A Most Valuable Player Award
SportBasketball
LeagueLNB Pro A
Awarded forBest performing player in the season of the LNB Pro A
History
Most winsTwo players (1)
Most recentVictor Wembanyama, Metropolitans 92 (2022–23)

The record for most MVP awards is hold by Antoine Rigaudeau who won five awards. Victor Wembanyama is the youngest player to ever win the award, as he won it at age 19, in 2023.[1]

Player of the Year awards (before 1983)

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Alain Gilles was a 3 time Player of the Year (1965, 1967, 1968).

Before 1983, the title of the best player in the league was sometimes assigned by a panel of journalists, but the charts are incomplete.

  • Jean Degros (Denain) was voted the best player of the year in the 1962–63 season.
  • Alain Gilles (ASVEL) was voted the best player of the year in the 1964–65, 1966–67, and 1967–68 seasons.
  • Michel Le Ray (ABC Nantes) was voted the best player of the year in the 1965–66 season.
  • Pierre Galle (AS Berck) was voted the best player of the year in the 1972–73 and 1973–74 seasons.

Two awards (1983–2014)

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Between 1983 and 2005, the monthly Maxi-Basket conducted a vote of the players and head coaches of the league. Since 2005, the coaches and captains of the LNB Pro A clubs, and a panel of fifty journalists are asked to vote.[2]

Since the 2014–15 LNB Pro A season, the MVP award is a single unified award. Prior to that, it was divided into two separate awards, one for French players, and one for non-French players.

Season   French Domestic Player's MVP Foreign Player's MVP
1982–83   Philip Szanyiel (ASVEL)   Ed Murphy (Limoges)
1983–84   Hervé Dubuisson (Stade)   Ed Murphy (Limoges)
1984–85   Richard Dacoury (Limoges)   Ed Murphy (Limoges)
1985–86   Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)   Kevin Figaro (Challans)
1986–87   Freddy Hufnagel (Orthez)   Bill Varner (Antibes)
1987–88   Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)   Don Collins (Limoges)
1988–89   Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)   Don Collins (Limoges)
1989–90   Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)   Don Collins (Limoges)
1990–91   Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)   Michael Brooks (Limoges)
1991–92   Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)   Michael Brooks (Limoges)
1992–93   Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)   Michael Young (Limoges)
1993–94   Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)   Michael Young (Limoges)
1994–95   Yann Bonato (Paris)   David Rivers (Antibes)
1995–96   Antoine Rigaudeau (Orthez)   Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1996–97   Yann Bonato (Limoges)   Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1997–98   Jim Bilba (ASVEL)   Jerry McCullough (BCM)
1998–99   Laurent Foirest (Orthez)   Keith Jennings (MSB)
1999–00   Moustapha Sonko (ASVEL)   Marcus Brown (Limoges)
2000–01   Jim Bilba (ASVEL)   Bill Edwards (ASVEL)
2001–02   Cyril Julian (Nancy)   Roger Esteller (Orthez)
2002–03   Boris Diaw (Orthez)   Rico Hill (MSB)
2003–04   Laurent Foirest (Orthez)   Rick Hughes (SIG)
2004–05   Laurent Sciarra (BCM)   Jermaine Guice (STB)
2005–06   Cyril Julian (Nancy)   Jason Rowe (Toulon)
2006–07   Cyril Julian (Nancy)   Dewarick Spencer (Roanne)
2007–08   Nando de Colo (Cholet)   Marc Salyers (Roanne)
2008–09   Alain Koffi (MSB)   Austin Nichols (Toulon)
2009–10   Ali Traoré (ASVEL)   Ricardo Greer (Nancy)
2010–11   Mickaël Gelabale (ASVEL)   Sammy Mejia (Cholet)
2011–12   Fabien Causeur (Cholet)   Blake Schilb (Chalon)
2012–13   Edwin Jackson (ASVEL)   Dwight Buycks (BCM)
2013–14   Antoine Diot (SIG)   Randal Falker (Nancy)

LNB Pro A Unified MVP award (2015–present)

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Since from the 2015–16 season, no differentiation was made between French and foreign players, and one award was given for the best player of the league.

^ Denotes player who is still active in the Pro A
* 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 been named MVP
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
Season Player Position Nationality Club Ref(s)
2014–15† Adrien Moerman PF   France Limoges CSP (18) [3]
2015–16 Devin Booker C/PF   United States Élan Chalon (2) [4]
2016–17 D. J. Cooper PG   United States Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez [5]
2017–18 Zachery Peacock C/PF   United States JL Bourg [6]
2018–19 David Holston PG   United States JDA Dijon [7]
2019–20 Not awarded 1
2020–21 Bonzie Colson SF/PF   United States SIG Strasbourg [8]
2021–22 Will Cummings PG   United States Metropolitans 92 [9]
2022–23 Victor Wembanyama
F/C
   France Metropolitans 92 (2) [1]
2023–24 T. J. Shorts
PG
   United States Paris Basketball [10]

Notes:

^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.


L'Équipe awards (1994–2005)

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Between 1994 and 2005, the French newspaper, L'Équipe, also conducted a selection of the best French and foreign players of the league, through a vote of journalists. These awards are also considered official by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB).

Season   French Domestic Player's MVP Foreign Player's MVP
1993–94   Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)   Michael Young (Limoges)
1994–95   Yann Bonato (Paris)   David Rivers (Antibes)
1995–96   Antoine Rigaudeau (Orthez)   Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1996–97   Jim Bilba (ASVEL)   Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1997–98   Alain Digbeu (ASVEL)   Jerry McCullough (BCM)
1998–99   Laurent Foirest (Orthez)   Keith Jennings (MSB)
1999–00   Moustapha Sonko (ASVEL)   Marcus Brown (Limoges)
2000–01   Jim Bilba (ASVEL)   Bill Edwards (ASVEL)
2001–02   Cyril Julian (Nancy)  -  Tony Dorsey (Cholet)
2002–03   Laurent Sciarra (Paris)   Dragan Lukovski (Orthez)
2003–04   Laurent Foirest (Orthez)   Rick Hughes (SIG)
2004–05   Laurent Sciarra (BCM)   Jermaine Guice (STB)

Players with the most French MVPs won by year

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  • French Player's MVP and L'Équipe MVP awards combined. When the player won both awards in the same year, it is counted as a single MVP for the year.
Player Club(s) Number of MVPs Years Won
  Antoine Rigaudeau Cholet (4), Pau-Orthez (1) 5 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
  Stéphane Ostrowski Limoges 4 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990
  Cyril Julian Nancy 3 2002, 2006, 2007
  Jim Bilba ASVEL 3 1997, 1998, 2001
  Yann Bonato Paris, Limoges 2 1995, 1997
  Laurent Foirest Pau-Orthez 2 1999, 2004
  Laurent Sciarra Paris, Gravelines 2 2003, 2005

Players with the most Foreign MVPs won by year

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  • Foreign Player's MVP and L'Équipe MVP awards combined. When the player won both awards in the same year, it is counted as a single MVP for the year.
Player Club(s) Number of MVPs Years Won
  Don Collins Limoges 3 1988, 1989, 1990
  Ed Murphy Limoges 3 1983, 1984, 1985
  Michael Brooks Limoges 2 1991, 1992
  Delaney Rudd ASVEL 2 1996, 1997
  Michael Young Limoges 2 1993, 1994

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Victor Wembanyama becomes the youngest LNB MVP ever". Eurohoops. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  2. ^ LNB-Media.net LNB News. Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Adrien Moerman premier MVP unifié de Pro A
  4. ^ "Pro A : Devin Booker MVP, Vincent Collet meilleur coach". L'Equipe. 29 April 2016.
  5. ^ "D.J. Cooper is the Pro A MVP". Eurohoops.net. 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2017-05-18.
  6. ^ "Accueil".
  7. ^ "Trophées du Basket : Les lauréats sont connus ! - LNB.fr". www.lnb.fr. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Bonzie the real MVP". sigstrasbourg.fr. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Trophées LNB : les lauréats en Betclic ELITE ! - Betclic ELITE". Betclic ELITE (in French). 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  10. ^ "Trophées LNB 2024 : les lauréats en Betclic ELITE". Betclic ELITE (in French). 2024-05-13. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
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