List of Big Eight Player of the Year winners
The Big Eight Conference awarded Big Eight Player of the Year honors nearly season from 1956-57 through 1995-96 (except for 1960-67). Two players won the award three times each – Oklahoma’s Wayman Tisdale (1983-85) and Kansas’ Danny Manning (1986-88) – while six others won it twice each. Missouri was the program with the most winners (eight), followed by Kansas State, Oklahoma and Kansas (seven each). See also: Big Eight Coach of the Year
| Year | Player(s) | School(s) |
| 1957 | Gary Thompson | Iowa State |
| 1958 | Bob Boozer | Kansas State |
| 1959 | Bob Boozer (2) | Kansas State (2) |
| 1960-67 | none | none |
| 1968 | Donald Smith | Iowa State (2) |
| 1969 | Cliff Meely | Colorado |
| 1970 | Dave Robisch | Kansas |
| 1971 | Cliff Meely (2) | Colorado (2) |
| Dave Robisch (2) | Kansas (2) | |
| 1972 | Bud Stallworth | Kansas (3) |
| 1973 | Lon Kruger | Kansas State (3) |
| 1974 | Lon Kruger (2) | Kansas State (4) |
| 1975 | Alvan Adams | Oklahoma |
| 1976 | Willie Smith | Missouri |
| 1977 | Kim Anderson | Missouri (2) |
| Mike Evans | Kansas State (5) | |
| 1978 | Mike Evans (2) | Kansas State (6) |
| 1979 | John McCullough | Oklahoma (2) |
| 1980 | Rolando Blackman | Kansas State (7) |
| 1981 | Andre Smith | Nebraska |
| 1982 | Ricky Frazier | Missouri (3) |
| 1983 | Steve Stipanovich | Missouri (4) |
| Wayman Tisdale | Oklahoma (3) | |
| 1984 | Wayman Tisdale (2) | Oklahoma (4) |
| 1985 | Wayman Tisdale (3) | Oklahoma (5) |
| 1986 | Danny Manning | Kansas (4) |
| 1987 | Danny Manning (2) | Kansas (5) |
| 1988 | Danny Manning (3) | Kansas (6) |
| 1989 | Stacey King | Oklahoma (6) |
| 1990 | Doug Smith | Missouri (5) |
| 1991 | Byron Houston | Oklahoma State |
| Doug Smith (2) | Missouri (6) | |
| 1992 | Anthony Peeler | Missouri (7) |
| 1993 | Bryant Reeves | Oklahoma State (2) |
| 1994 | Melvin Booker | Missouri (8) |
| 1995 | Ryan Minor | Oklahoma (7) |
| Bryant Reeves (2) | Oklahoma State (3) | |
| 1996 | Jacque Vaughn | Kansas (7) |
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