Big East Player of the Year
List of Big East Player of the Year winners
The Big East Conference has awarded Big East Player of the Year honors every season since 1979-80. The player to win the award the most times former St. John‘s star Chris Mullin, who won or shared it three straight years 1983-85. Six other players to win the award twice, most recently Villanova‘s Collin Gillespie (2021-22). Georgetown and Villanova are the programs with the most winners (eight each), followed by Connecticut (seven). See also: Big East Coach of the Year
Year | Player(s) | School(s) |
1980 | John Duren | Georgetown |
1981 | John Bagley | Boston College |
1982 | Dan Callandrillo | Seton Hall |
1983 | Chris Mullin | St. John’s |
1984 | Patrick Ewing | Georgetown (2) |
Chris Mullin (2) | St. John’s (2) | |
1985 | Patrick Ewing (2) | Georgetown (3) |
Chris Mullin (3) | St. John’s (3) | |
1986 | Walter Berry | St. John’s (4) |
1987 | Reggie Williams | Georgetown (4) |
1988 | Charles D. Smith | Pittsburgh |
1989 | Charles E. Smith | Georgetown (5) |
1990 | Derrick Coleman | Syracuse |
1991 | Billy Owens | Syracuse (2) |
1992 | Alonzo Mourning | Georgetown (6) |
1993 | Terry Dehere | Seton Hall (2) |
1994 | Donyell Marshall | Connecticut |
1995 | Kerry Kittles | Villanova |
1996 | Ray Allen | Connecticut (2) |
1997 | Pat Garrity | Notre Dame |
1998 | Richard Hamilton | Connecticut (3) |
1999 | Richard Hamilton (2) | Connecticut (4) |
Tim James | Miami (FL) | |
2000 | Troy Murphy | Notre Dame (2) |
2001 | Troy Bell | Boston College (2) |
Troy Murphy (2) | Notre Dame (3) | |
2002 | Caron Butler | Connecticut (5) |
Brandin Knight | Pittsburgh (2) | |
2003 | Troy Bell (2) | Boston College (3) |
2004 | Emeka Okafor | Connecticut (6) |
2005 | Hakim Warrick | Syracuse (3) |
2006 | Randy Foye | Villanova (2) |
2007 | Jeff Green | Georgetown (7) |
2008 | Luke Harangody | Notre Dame (4) |
2009 | DeJuan Blair | Pittsburgh (3) |
Hasheem Thabeet | Connecticut (7) | |
2010 | Wesley Johnson | Syracuse (4) |
2011 | Ben Hansbrough | Notre Dame (5) |
2012 | Jae Crowder | Marquette |
2013 | Otto Porter | Georgetown (8) |
2014 | Doug McDermott | Creighton |
2015 | Ryan Arcidiacono | Villanova (3) |
Kris Dunn | Providence | |
2016 | Kris Dunn (2) | Providence (2) |
2017 | Josh Hart | Villanova (4) |
2018 | Jalen Brunson | Villanova (5) |
2019 | Markus Howard | Marquette (2) |
2020 | Myles Powell | Seton Hall (3) |
2021 | Sandro Mamukelashvili | Seton Hall (4) |
Collin Gillespie | Villanova (6) | |
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | Villanova (7) | |
2022 | Collin Gillespie (2) | Villanova (8) |
2023 | Tyler Kolek | Marquette (3) |
2024 | Devin Carter | Providence (3) |
2025 |
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