List of Missouri Valley Player of the Year winners
The Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) has awarded Larry Bird Missouri Valley Player of the Year honors every season since 1968-69. Several players have won the award twice, the most recent being Northern Iowa‘s AJ Green (2020 & 2022). Former MVC member Creighton is the program with the most winners (seven), followed by Southern Illinois, Bradley, Wichita State and Drake (six each). See also: Missouri Valley Coach of the Year
| Year | Player | School |
| 1969 | Bingo Smith | Tulsa |
| 1970 | Jim Ard | Cincinnati |
| 1971 | Jeff Halliburton | Drake |
| 1972 | Larry Finch | Memphis State |
| 1973 | Larry Kenon | Memphis State (2) |
| 1974 | Junior Bridgeman | Louisville |
| 1975 | Junior Bridgeman (2) | Louisville (2) |
| 1976 | Mike Glenn | Southern Illinois |
| 1977 | Roger Phegley | Bradley |
| 1978 | Larry Bird | Indiana State |
| 1979 | Larry Bird (2) | Indiana State (2) |
| 1980 | Lewis Lloyd | Drake (2) |
| 1981 | Lewis Lloyd (2) | Drake (3) |
| 1982 | Paul Pressey | Tulsa (2) |
| 1983 | Antoine Carr | Wichita State |
| 1984 | Xavier McDaniel | Wichita State (2) |
| 1985 | Xavier McDaniel (2) | Wichita State (3) |
| 1986 | Jim Les | Bradley (2) |
| 1987 | Hersey Hawkins | Bradley (3) |
| 1988 | Hersey Hawkins (2) | Bradley (4) |
| 1989 | Anthony Manuel | Bradley (5) |
| 1990 | Bob Harstad | Creighton |
| 1991 | Chad Gallagher | Creighton (2) |
| 1992 | Ashraf Amaya | Southern Illinois (2) |
| 1993 | Curt Smith | Drake (4) |
| 1994 | Gary Collier | Tulsa (3) |
| 1995 | Chris Carr | Southern Illinois (3) |
| 1996 | Anthony Parker | Bradley (6) |
| 1997 | Jason Daisy | Northern Iowa |
| 1998 | Rico Hill | Illinois State |
| 1999 | Marcus Wilson | Evansville |
| 2000 | Nate Green | Indiana State (3) |
| 2001 | Tarise Bryson | Illinois State (2) |
| 2002 | Kyle Korver | Creighton (3) |
| 2003 | Kyle Korver (2) | Creighton (4) |
| 2004 | Darren Brooks | Southern Illinois (4) |
| 2005 | Darren Brooks (2) | Southern Illinois (5) |
| 2006 | Paul Miller | Wichita State (4) |
| 2007 | Jamaal Tatum | Southern Illinois (6) |
| 2008 | Adam Emmenecker | Drake (5) |
| 2009 | Booker Woodfox | Creighton (5) |
| 2010 | Adam Koch | Northern Iowa (2) |
| 2011 | Kyle Weems | Missouri State |
| 2012 | Doug McDermott | Creighton (6) |
| 2013 | Doug McDermott (2) | Creighton (7) |
| 2014 | Fred VanVleet | Wichita State (5) |
| 2015 | Seth Tuttle | Northern Iowa (3) |
| 2016 | Fred VanVleet (2) | Wichita State (6) |
| 2017 | Paris Lee | Illinois State (3) |
| 2018 | Clayton Custer | Loyola (IL) |
| 2019 | Marques Townes | Loyola (IL) (2) |
| 2020 | AJ Green | Northern Iowa (4) |
| 2021 | Cameron Krutwig | Loyola (IL) (3) |
| 2022 | AJ Green (2) | Northern Iowa (5) |
| 2023 | Tucker DeVries | Drake (6) |
| 2024 |
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