AP Player of the Year
List of AP Player of the Year winners
Every year since 1967, the Associated Press (AP) has awarded the Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year Award (or simply AP Player of the Year Award) to recognize the best men’s college basketball player of the season. Virginia‘s Ralph Sampson is the only player to win the award three times (1981-83), while five others have won twice (most recently in 2023-24). Duke is the program with the most winners (seven), followed by UCLA (five) and Ohio State (four).
See also: AP Coach of the Year | List of AP All-American Teams
| Year | Player | School |
| 1961 | Jerry Lucas | Ohio State |
| 1962 | Jerry Lucas (2) | Ohio State (2) |
| 1963 | Art Heyman | Duke |
| 1964 | Gary Bradds | Ohio State (3) |
| 1965 | Bill Bradley | Princeton |
| 1966 | Cazzie Russell | Michigan |
| 1967 | Lew Alcindor | UCLA |
| 1968 | Elvin Hayes | Houston |
| 1969 | Lew Alcindor (2) | UCLA (2) |
| 1970 | Pete Maravich | LSU |
| 1971 | Austin Carr | Notre Dame |
| 1972 | Bill Walton | UCLA (3) |
| 1973 | Bill Walton (2) | UCLA (4) |
| 1974 | David Thompson | NC State |
| 1975 | David Thompson (2) | NC State (2) |
| 1976 | Scott May | Indiana |
| 1977 | Marques Johnson | UCLA (5) |
| 1978 | Butch Lee | Marquette |
| 1979 | Larry Bird | Indiana State |
| 1980 | Mark Aguirre | DePaul |
| 1981 | Ralph Sampson | Virginia |
| 1982 | Ralph Sampson (2) | Virginia (2) |
| 1983 | Ralph Sampson (3) | Virginia (3) |
| 1984 | Michael Jordan | North Carolina |
| 1985 | Patrick Ewing | Georgetown |
| 1986 | Walter Berry | St. John’s |
| 1987 | David Robinson | Navy |
| 1988 | Hersey Hawkins | Bradley |
| 1989 | Sean Elliott | Arizona |
| 1990 | Lionel Simmons | La Salle |
| 1991 | Shaquille O’Neal | LSU (2) |
| 1992 | Christian Laettner | Duke (2) |
| 1993 | Calbert Cheaney | Indiana (2) |
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson | Purdue |
| 1995 | Joe Smith | Maryland |
| 1996 | Marcus Camby | UMass |
| 1997 | Tim Duncan | Wake Forest |
| 1998 | Antawn Jamison | North Carolina (2) |
| 1999 | Elton Brand | Duke (3) |
| 2000 | Kenyon Martin | Cincinnati |
| 2001 | Shane Battier | Duke (4) |
| 2002 | Jay Williams | Duke (5) |
| 2003 | David West | Xavier |
| 2004 | Jameer Nelson | Saint Joseph’s |
| 2005 | Andrew Bogut | Utah |
| 2006 | JJ Redick | Duke (6) |
| 2007 | Kevin Durant | Texas |
| 2008 | Tyler Hansbrough | North Carolina (3) |
| 2009 | Blake Griffin | Oklahoma |
| 2010 | Evan Turner | Ohio State (4) |
| 2011 | Jimmer Fredette | BYU |
| 2012 | Anthony Davis | Kentucky |
| 2013 | Trey Burke | Michigan (2) |
| 2014 | Doug McDermott | Creighton |
| 2015 | Frank Kaminsky | Wisconsin |
| 2016 | Denzel Valentine | Michigan State |
| 2017 | Frank Mason III | Kansas |
| 2018 | Jalen Brunson | Villanova |
| 2019 | Zion Williamson | Duke (7) |
| 2020 | Obi Toppin | Dayton |
| 2021 | Luka Garza | Iowa |
| 2022 | Oscar Tshiebwe | Kentucky (2) |
| 2023 | Zach Edey | Purdue (2) |
| 2024 | Zach Edey (2) | Purdue (3) |
| 2025 |
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