Missouri Valley Player of the Year
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 Drake‘s Tucker DeVries (2023 & 2024). Creighton and Drake are the programs with the most winners (seven each), followed by Southern Illinois, Bradley and Wichita State (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 | Tucker DeVries (2) | Drake (7) |
| 2025 |
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