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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