Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award
List of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award winners
Every year since 2015, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has awarded the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award to recognize the most outstanding center from the Division I season. The award is named after Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was a multi-time National POY and three-time NCAA Champion at UCLA in the late 1960s before going on to win 6x NBA Championships with the Bucks and Lakers. Iowa‘s Luka Garza and Purdue‘s Zach Edey have each won the award twice.
See also: Bob Cousy Award (PG) | Jerry West Award (SG) | Julius Erving Award (SF) | Karl Malone Award (PF)
| Year | Player(s) | School(s) |
| 2015 | Frank Kaminsky | Wisconsin |
| 2016 | Jakob Pöltl | Utah |
| 2017 | Przemek Karnowski | Gonzaga |
| 2018 | Angel Delgado | Seton Hall |
| 2019 | Ethan Happ | Wisconsin (2) |
| 2020 | Luka Garza | Iowa |
| 2021 | Luka Garza (2) | Iowa (2) |
| 2022 | Oscar Tshiebwe | Kentucky |
| 2023 | Zach Edey | Purdue |
| 2024 | Zach Edey (2) | Purdue (2) |
| 2025 |
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