List of Southland Player of the Year winners
The Southland Conference has awarded Southland Player of the Year honors every season since 1963-64. Five players have won the award twice each, the most recent being SFA’s Thomas Walkup (2015-16). McNeese is the program with the most winners (nine), followed by Louisiana-Monroe, Stephen F. Austin (seven each), and Arkansas State (six). See also: Southland Coach of the Year
| Year | Player(s) | School(s) |
| 1964 | Jerry Rook | Arkansas State |
| 1965 | Jerry Rook (2) | Arkansas State (2) |
| 1966 | John Dickson | Arkansas State (3) |
| 1967 | Larry Jeffries | Trinity |
| 1968 | John Ray Godfrey | Abilene Christian |
| 1969 | Larry Jeffries (2) | Trinity (2) |
| 1970 | Kenny Haynes | Lamar |
| 1971 | Luke Adams | Lamar (2) |
| Allan Pruett | Arkansas State (4) | |
| 1972 | Dwight Lamar | Southwestern Louisiana |
| 1973 | Mike Green | Louisiana Tech |
| 1974 | Steve Brooks | Arkansas State (5) |
| 1975 | Henry Ray | McNeese State |
| 1976 | Mike McConathy | Louisiana Tech (2) |
| 1977 | Dan Henderson | Arkansas State (6) |
| 1978 | Andrew Toney | Southwestern Louisiana (2) |
| 1979 | David Lawrence | McNeese State (2) |
| 1980 | Andrew Toney (2) | Southwestern Louisiana (3) |
| 1981 | Mike Olliver | Lamar (3) |
| 1982 | Albert Culton | Texas-Arlington |
| 1983 | Karl Malone | Louisiana Tech (3) |
| 1984 | Tom Sewell | Lamar (4) |
| 1985 | Joe Dumars | McNeese State (3) |
| 1986 | Bobby Jenkins | Northeast Louisiana |
| 1987 | Jerome Batiste | McNeese State (4) |
| 1988 | Tony Worrell | North Texas |
| 1989 | Deon Hunter | North Texas (2) |
| 1990 | Anthony Pullard | McNeese State (5) |
| 1991 | Carlos Funchess | Northeast Louisiana (2) |
| Anthony Jones | Northeast Louisiana (3) | |
| 1992 | Ryan Stuart | Northeast Louisiana (4) |
| 1993 | Ryan Stuart (2) | Northeast Louisiana (5) |
| 1994 | Eric Kubel | Northwestern State |
| 1995 | Reggie Jackson | Nicholls State |
| 1996 | Paul Marshall | Northeast Louisiana (6) |
| 1997 | Rosell Ellis | McNeese State (6) |
| 1998 | Roderic Hall | UTSA |
| 1999 | Donte Mathis | Texas State |
| 2000 | Mike Smith | Louisiana-Monroe (7) |
| 2001 | Demond Mallet | McNeese State (7) |
| 2002 | McEverett Powers | UTSA (2) |
| 2003 | Donald Cole | Sam Houston State |
| 2004 | LeRoy Hurd | UTSA (3) |
| 2005 | Joe Thompson | Sam Houston State (2) |
| 2006 | Ricky Woods | Southeastern Louisiana |
| 2007 | Chris Daniels | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
| 2008 | Josh Alexander | Stephen F. Austin |
| 2009 | Matt Kingsley | Stephen F. Austin (2) |
| 2010 | Marquez Haynes | Texas-Arlington (2) |
| 2011 | Gilberto Clavell | Sam Houston State (3) |
| 2012 | Patrick Richard | McNeese State (8) |
| 2013 | Taylor Smith | Stephen F. Austin (3) |
| 2014 | Jacob Parker | Stephen F. Austin (4) |
| 2015 | Thomas Walkup | Stephen F. Austin (5) |
| 2016 | Thomas Walkup (2) | Stephen F. Austin (6) |
| 2017 | Erik Thomas | New Orleans |
| 2018 | Jordan Howard | Central Arkansas |
| 2019 | Cameron Delaney | Sam Houston State (4) |
| 2020 | Kevon Harris | Stephen F. Austin (7) |
| 2021 | Zach Nutall | Sam Houston State (5) |
| 2022 | Ty Gordon | Nicholls (2) |
| 2023 | DeShawn Sharp | Northwestern State (2) |
| 2024 | Shadada Wells | McNeese (9) |
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