Sporting News Player of the Year
List of Sporting News Player of the Year winners
Beginning in 1943, Sporting News Magazine has awarded the Sporting News Men’s College Basketball Player of the Year Award (or simply Sporting News Player of the Year Award) to the best Division I men’s college basketball player of the season. Though technically the oldest active POY award, there was no winner selected between 1947-49 or 1952-57. Two players have won the award three times: Cincinnati‘s Oscar Robertson (1958-60) and UCLA‘s Bill Walton (1972-74). Duke and UCLA are the programs with the most winners (seven), followed by North Carolina (five) and Cincinnati (four). See also: Sporting News Coach of the Year
| Year | Player | School |
| 1943 | Andy Phillip | Illinois |
| 1944 | Dale Hall | Army |
| 1945 | George Mikan | DePaul |
| 1946 | Bob Kurland | Oklahoma A&M |
| 1947-49 | none | none |
| 1950 | Paul Arizin | Villanova |
| 1951 | Sherman White | Long Island |
| 1952-57 | none | none |
| 1958 | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati |
| 1959 | Oscar Robertson (2) | Cincinnati (2) |
| 1960 | Oscar Robertson (3) | Cincinnati (3) |
| 1961 | Jerry Lucas | Ohio State |
| 1962 | Jerry Lucas (2) | Ohio State (2) |
| 1963 | Art Heyman | Duke |
| 1964 | Bill Bradley | Princeton |
| 1965 | Bill Bradley (2) | Princeton (2) |
| 1966 | Cazzie Russell | Michigan |
| 1967 | Lew Alcindor | UCLA |
| 1968 | Elvin Hayes | Houston |
| 1969 | Lew Alcindor (2) | UCLA (2) |
| 1970 | Pete Maravich | LSU |
| 1971 | Sidney Wicks | UCLA (3) |
| 1972 | Bill Walton | UCLA (4) |
| 1973 | Bill Walton (2) | UCLA (5) |
| 1974 | Bill Walton (3) | UCLA (6) |
| 1975 | David Thompson | NC State |
| 1976 | Scott May | Indiana |
| 1977 | Marques Johnson | UCLA (7) |
| 1978 | Phil Ford | North Carolina |
| 1979 | Larry Bird | Indiana State |
| 1980 | Darrell Griffith | Louisville |
| 1981 | Mark Aguirre | DePaul (2) |
| 1982 | Ralph Sampson | Virginia |
| 1983 | Michael Jordan | North Carolina (2) |
| 1984 | Michael Jordan (2) | North Carolina (3) |
| 1985 | Patrick Ewing | Georgetown |
| 1986 | Walter Berry | St. John’s |
| 1987 | David Robinson | Navy |
| 1988 | Hersey Hawkins | Bradley |
| 1989 | Stacey King | Oklahoma |
| 1990 | Dennis Scott | Georgia Tech |
| 1991 | Larry Johnson | UNLV |
| 1992 | Christian Laettner | Duke (2) |
| 1993 | Calbert Cheaney | Indiana (2) |
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson | Purdue |
| 1995 | Shawn Respert | Michigan State |
| 1996 | Marcus Camby | UMass |
| 1997 | Tim Duncan | Wake Forest |
| 1998 | Antawn Jamison | North Carolina (4) |
| 1999 | Elton Brand | Duke (3) |
| 2000 | Kenyon Martin | Cincinnati (4) |
| 2001 | Shane Battier | Duke (4) |
| 2002 | Jay Williams | Duke (5) |
| 2003 | T. J. Ford | Texas |
| 2004 | Jameer Nelson | Saint Joseph’s |
| 2005 | Dee Brown | Illinois (2) |
| 2006 | JJ Redick | Duke (6) |
| 2007 | Kevin Durant | Texas (2) |
| 2008 | Tyler Hansbrough | North Carolina (5) |
| 2009 | Blake Griffin | Oklahoma (2) |
| 2010 | Evan Turner | Ohio State (3) |
| 2011 | Jimmer Fredette | BYU |
| 2012 | Anthony Davis | Kentucky |
| 2013 | Victor Oladipo | Indiana (3) |
| 2014 | Doug McDermott | Creighton |
| 2015 | Frank Kaminsky | Wisconsin |
| 2016 | Buddy Hield | Oklahoma (3) |
| 2017 | Frank Mason III | Kansas |
| 2018 | Jalen Brunson | Villanova (2) |
| 2019 | Zion Williamson | Duke (7) |
| 2020 | Luka Garza | Iowa |
| 2021 | Luka Garza (2) | Iowa (2) |
| 2022 | Oscar Tshiebwe | Kentucky (2) |
| 2023 | Zach Edey | Purdue (2) |
| 2024 | Zach Edey (2) | Purdue (3) |
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