Karl Malone Award
List of Karl Malone Award winners
Every year since 2015, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has awarded the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award to recognize the most outstanding power forward from the Division I season. The award is named after Hall-of-Famer Karl Malone, former Southland POY while at Louisiana Tech who went on to be a 14x All-Star and 2x MVP in the NBA with the Utah Jazz. No players or programs have won the award more than once.
See also: Bob Cousy Award (PG) | Jerry West Award (SG) | Julius Erving Award (SF) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (C)
Year | Player(s) | School(s) |
2015 | Montrezl Harrell | Louisville |
2016 | Georges Niang | Iowa State |
2017 | Johnathan Motley | Baylor |
2018 | Deandre Ayton | Arizona |
2019 | Zion Williamson | Duke |
2020 | Obi Toppin | Dayton |
2021 | Drew Timme | Gonzaga |
2022 | Keegan Murray | Iowa |
2023 | Trayce Jackson-Davis | Indiana |
2024 |
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