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 |
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