ACC Player of the Year

List of ACC Player of the Year winners

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has awarded ACC Player of the Year honors every season since 1953-54. Two players have won the award three times: NC State‘s David Thompson (1973-75) and Virginia‘s Ralph Sampson (1981-83). A number of other players have won the award twice, the most recent being Duke‘s JJ Redick (2005-2006). Duke is the program with the most winners (eighteen), followed by North Carolina (sixteen), Wake Forest (eleven) and NC State (eight). See also: ACC Coach of the Year

Year Player(s) School(s)
1954 Dickie Hemric Wake Forest
1955 Dickie Hemric (2) Wake Forest (2)
1956 Ronnie Shavlik NC State
1957 Lennie Rosenbluth North Carolina
1958 Pete Brennan North Carolina (2)
1959 Lou Pucillo NC State (2)
1960 Lee Shaffer North Carolina (3)
1961 Len Chappell Wake Forest (3)
1962 Len Chappell (2) Wake Forest (4)
1963 Art Heyman Duke
1964 Jeff Mullins Duke (2)
1965 Billy Cunningham North Carolina (4)
1966 Steve Vacendak Duke (3)
1967 Larry Miller North Carolina (5)
1968 Larry Miller (2) North Carolina (6)
1969 John Roche South Carolina
1970 John Roche (2) South Carolina (2)
1971 Charlie Davis Wake Forest (5)
1972 Barry Parkhill Virginia
1973 David Thompson NC State (3)
1974 David Thompson (2) NC State (4)
1975 David Thompson (3) NC State (5)
1976 Mitch Kupchak North Carolina (7)
1977 Rod Griffin Wake Forest (6)
1978 Phil Ford North Carolina (8)
1979 Mike Gminski Duke (4)
1980 Albert King Maryland
1981 Ralph Sampson Virginia (2)
1982 Ralph Sampson (2) Virginia (3)
1983 Ralph Sampson (3) Virginia (4)
1984 Michael Jordan North Carolina (9)
1985 Len Bias Maryland (2)
1986 Len Bias (2) Maryland (3)
1987 Horace Grant Clemson
1988 Danny Ferry Duke (5)
1989 Danny Ferry (2) Duke (6)
1990 Dennis Scott Georgia Tech
1991 Rodney Monroe NC State (6)
1992 Christian Laettner Duke (7)
1993 Rodney Rogers Wake Forest (7)
1994 Grant Hill Duke (8)
1995 Joe Smith Maryland (4)
1996 Tim Duncan Wake Forest (8)
1997 Tim Duncan (2) Wake Forest (9)
1998 Antawn Jamison North Carolina (10)
1999 Elton Brand Duke (9)
2000 Chris Carrawell Duke (10)
2001 Shane Battier Duke (11)
Joseph Forte North Carolina (11)
2002 Juan Dixon Maryland (5)
2003 Josh Howard Wake Forest (10)
2004 Julius Hodge NC State (7)
2005 JJ Redick Duke (12)
2006 JJ Redick (2) Duke (13)
2007 Jared Dudley Boston College
2008 Tyler Hansbrough North Carolina (12)
2009 Ty Lawson North Carolina (13)
2010 Greivis Vasquez Maryland (6)
2011 Nolan Smith Duke (14)
2012 Tyler Zeller North Carolina (14)
2013 Erick Green Virginia Tech
Shane Larkin Miami (FL)
2014 T. J. Warren NC State (8)
2015 Jahlil Okafor Duke (15)
2016 Malcolm Brogdon Virginia (5)
2017 Justin Jackson North Carolina (15)
2018 Marvin Bagley III Duke (16)
2019 Zion Williamson Duke (17)
2020 Tre Jones Duke (18)
2021 Moses Wright Georgia Tech (2)
2022 Alondes Williams Wake Forest (11)
2023 Isaiah Wong Miami (FL) (2)
2024 RJ Davis North Carolina (16)
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