List of Summit League Player of the Year winners
The Summit League has awarded Summit League Player of the Year honors every season since 1982-83. Two players have won the award three times – Oral Roberts‘ Caleb Green (2005-07) and South Dakota State‘s Mike Daum (2017-19) – while four others have won it twice. Oral Roberts is the program with the most winners (seven), followed by South Dakota State (six) and former member Valparaiso (five). See also: Summit League Coach of the Year
| Year | Player | School |
| 1983 | Joe Dykstra | Western Illinois |
| 1984 | Craig Lathen | UIC |
| 1985 | Jon Collins | Eastern Illinois |
| 1986 | Jon Collins (2) | Eastern Illinois (2) |
| 1987 | Winston Garland | Southwest Missouri State |
| 1988 | Ken McFadden | Cleveland State |
| 1989 | Jay Taylor | Eastern Illinois (3) |
| 1990 | Lee Campbell | Southwest Missouri State (2) |
| 1991 | Tony Bennett | Green Bay |
| 1992 | Tony Bennett (2) | Green Bay (2) |
| 1993 | Bill Edwards | Wright State |
| 1994 | Kenny Williams | UIC (2) |
| 1995 | David Redmon | Valparaiso |
| 1996 | Anthony Allison | Valparaiso (2) |
| 1997 | Bryce Drew | Valparaiso (3) |
| 1998 | Bryce Drew (2) | Valparaiso (4) |
| 1999 | Chad Wilkerson | Oral Roberts |
| 2000 | Michael Jackson | UMKC |
| 2001 | Jeff Monaco | Southern Utah |
| 2002 | Luboš Bartoň | Valparaiso (5) |
| 2003 | Mike Helms | Oakland |
| 2004 | Odell Bradley | IUPUI |
| 2005 | Caleb Green | Oral Roberts (2) |
| 2006 | Caleb Green (2) | Oral Roberts (3) |
| 2007 | Caleb Green (3) | Oral Roberts (4) |
| 2008 | George Hill | IUPUI (2) |
| 2009 | Ben Woodside | North Dakota State |
| 2010 | Keith Benson | Oakland (2) |
| 2011 | Keith Benson (2) | Oakland (3) |
| 2012 | Dominique Morrison | Oral Roberts (5) |
| 2013 | Nate Wolters | South Dakota State |
| 2014 | Taylor Braun | North Dakota State (2) |
| 2015 | Lawrence Alexander | North Dakota State (3) |
| 2016 | Max Landis | Fort Wayne |
| 2017 | Mike Daum | South Dakota State (2) |
| 2018 | Mike Daum (2) | South Dakota State (3) |
| 2019 | Mike Daum (3) | South Dakota State (4) |
| 2020 | Douglas Wilson | South Dakota State (5) |
| 2021 | Max Abmas | Oral Roberts (6) |
| 2022 | Baylor Scheierman | South Dakota State (6) |
| 2023 | Max Abmas (2) | Oral Roberts (7) |
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