List of Sun Belt Player of the Year winners
The Sun Belt Conference has awarded Sun Belt Player of the Year honors every season since 1976-77. Four players have won the award twice, the most recent being Georgia State‘s R. J. Hunter (2014-15). Western Kentucky is the programs with the most winners (seven), followed by South Alabama (six), New Orleans and Arkansas State (four each). See also: Sun Belt Coach of the Year
| Year | Player(s) | School(s) |
| 1977 | Cedric Maxwell | Charlotte |
| 1978 | Wayne Cooper | New Orleans |
| 1979 | Rory White | South Alabama |
| 1980 | James Ray | Jacksonville |
| 1981 | Ed Rains | South Alabama (2) |
| 1982 | Oliver Robinson | UAB |
| 1983 | Charlie Bradley | South Florida |
| Calvin Duncan | VCU | |
| 1984 | Terry Catledge | South Alabama (3) |
| 1985 | Terry Catledge (2) | South Alabama (4) |
| 1986 | Kenny Gattison | Old Dominion |
| 1987 | Tellis Frank | Western Kentucky |
| 1988 | Byron Dinkins | Charlotte (2) |
| 1989 | Jeff Hodge | South Alabama (5) |
| 1990 | Chris Gatling | Old Dominion (2) |
| 1991 | Chris Gatling (2) | Old Dominion (3) |
| 1992 | Ron Ellis | Louisiana Tech |
| 1993 | Ervin Johnson | New Orleans (2) |
| 1994 | Michael Allen | Southwestern Louisiana |
| Jeff Clifton | Arkansas State | |
| 1995 | Chris Robinson | Western Kentucky (2) |
| 1996 | Derek Fisher | Arkansas-Little Rock |
| 1997 | Muntrelle Dobbins | Arkansas-Little Rock (2) |
| 1998 | Chico Fletcher | Arkansas State (2) |
| 1999 | Chico Fletcher (2) | Arkansas State (3) |
| 2000 | Gerrod Henderson | Louisiana Tech (2) |
| 2001 | Chris Marcus | Western Kentucky (3) |
| 2002 | Héctor Romero | New Orleans (3) |
| 2003 | James Moore | New Mexico State |
| 2004 | Mike Wells | Western Kentucky (4) |
| 2005 | Yemi Nicholson | Denver |
| 2006 | Anthony Winchester | Western Kentucky (5) |
| 2007 | Bo McCalebb | New Orleans (4) |
| 2008 | Courtney Lee | Western Kentucky (6) |
| 2009 | Orlando Mendez-Valdez | Western Kentucky (7) |
| 2010 | Tyren Johnson | Louisiana-Lafayette (2) |
| 2011 | Solomon Bozeman | Arkansas-Little Rock (3) |
| 2012 | LaRon Dendy | Middle Tennessee |
| 2013 | Augustine Rubit | South Alabama (6) |
| 2014 | R. J. Hunter | Georgia State |
| 2015 | R. J. Hunter (2) | Georgia State (2) |
| 2016 | Shawn Long | Louisiana-Lafayette (3) |
| 2017 | Kevin Hervey | Texas-Arlington |
| 2018 | D’Marcus Simonds | Georgia State (3) |
| 2019 | Tookie Brown | Georgia Southern |
| 2020 | Nijal Pearson | Texas State |
| 2021 | DeVante Jones | Coastal Carolina |
| 2022 | Norchad Omier | Arkansas State (4) |
| 2023 | Taevion Kinsey | Marshall |
| 2024 |
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