Naismith Player of the Year
List of Naismith Player of the Year winners
Every year since 1969, the Atlanta Tipoff Club has presented the Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year Award (or simply Naismith Player of the Year Award) to recognize the top men’s college basketball player of the season. A women’s award was added in 1983. Both awards are named after Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball who later became the first head coach at Kansas. Two men have won the award three times each: UCLA‘s Bill Walton (1972-74) and Virginia‘s Ralph Sampson (1981-83). Duke is the program with the most winners (eight), followed by UCLA (five), Virginia, North Carolina and Purdue (three each). See also: Naismith Coach of the Year
| Year | Player | School |
| 1969 | Lew Alcindor | UCLA |
| 1970 | Pete Maravich | LSU |
| 1971 | Austin Carr | Notre Dame |
| 1972 | Bill Walton | UCLA (2) |
| 1973 | Bill Walton (2) | UCLA (3) |
| 1974 | Bill Walton (3) | UCLA (4) |
| 1975 | David Thompson | NC State |
| 1976 | Scott May | Indiana |
| 1977 | Marques Johnson | UCLA (5) |
| 1978 | Butch Lee | Marquette |
| 1979 | Larry Bird | Indiana State |
| 1980 | Mark Aguirre | DePaul |
| 1981 | Ralph Sampson | Virginia |
| 1982 | Ralph Sampson (2) | Virginia (2) |
| 1983 | Ralph Sampson (3) | Virginia (3) |
| 1984 | Michael Jordan | North Carolina |
| 1985 | Patrick Ewing | Georgetown |
| 1986 | Johnny Dawkins | Duke |
| 1987 | David Robinson | Navy |
| 1988 | Danny Manning | Kansas |
| 1989 | Danny Ferry | Duke (2) |
| 1990 | Lionel Simmons | La Salle |
| 1991 | Larry Johnson | UNLV |
| 1992 | Christian Laettner | Duke (3) |
| 1993 | Calbert Cheaney | Indiana (2) |
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson | Purdue |
| 1995 | Joe Smith | Maryland |
| 1996 | Marcus Camby | UMass |
| 1997 | Tim Duncan | Wake Forest |
| 1998 | Antawn Jamison | North Carolina (2) |
| 1999 | Elton Brand | Duke (4) |
| 2000 | Kenyon Martin | Cincinnati |
| 2001 | Shane Battier | Duke (5) |
| 2002 | Jay Williams | Duke (6) |
| 2003 | T. J. Ford | Texas |
| 2004 | Jameer Nelson | Saint Joseph’s |
| 2005 | Andrew Bogut | Utah |
| 2006 | JJ Redick | Duke (7) |
| 2007 | Kevin Durant | Texas (2) |
| 2008 | Tyler Hansbrough | North Carolina (3) |
| 2009 | Blake Griffin | Oklahoma |
| 2010 | Evan Turner | Ohio State |
| 2011 | Jimmer Fredette | BYU |
| 2012 | Anthony Davis | Kentucky |
| 2013 | Trey Burke | Michigan |
| 2014 | Doug McDermott | Creighton |
| 2015 | Frank Kaminsky | Wisconsin |
| 2016 | Buddy Hield | Oklahoma (2) |
| 2017 | Frank Mason III | Kansas (2) |
| 2018 | Jalen Brunson | Villanova |
| 2019 | Zion Williamson | Duke (8) |
| 2020 | Obi Toppin | Dayton |
| 2021 | Luka Garza | Iowa |
| 2022 | Oscar Tshiebwe | Kentucky (2) |
| 2023 | Zach Edey | Purdue (2) |
| 2024 | Zach Edey (2) | Purdue (3) |
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