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 is the only two-time winner (2020 and 2021).
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 |
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