LNB Pro A MVP

The LNB Pro A MVP is the MVP award of the top-tier level men's professional club basketball league in France, the LNB Pro A. Maxi-Basket holds the vote, and calls it the referendum.

Player of the Year awards (before 1983)

Alain Gilles was a 3 time Player of the Year (1965, 1967, 1968).

Before 1983, the title of the best player in the league was sometimes assigned by a panel of journalists, but the charts are incomplete.

  • Jean Degros (Denain) was voted the best player of the year in the 1962–63 season.
  • Alain Gilles (ASVEL) was voted the best player of the year in the 1964–65, 1966–67, and 1967–68 seasons.
  • Michel Le Ray (ABC Nantes) was voted the best player of the year in the 1965–66 season.
  • Pierre Galle (AS Berck) was voted the best player of the year in the 1972–73 and 1973–74 seasons.

Two awards (1983–2014)

Between 1983 and 2005, the monthly Maxi-Basket conducted a vote of the players and head coaches of the league. Since 2005, the coaches and captains of the LNB Pro A clubs, and a panel of fifty journalists are asked to vote.[1]

Since the 2014–15 LNB Pro A season, the MVP award is a single unified award. Prior to that, it was divided into two separate awards, one for French players, and one for non-French players.

Season French Domestic Player's MVP Foreign Player's MVP
1982–83 Philip Szanyiel (ASVEL) Ed Murhpy (Limoges)
1983–84 Hervé Dubuisson (Stade) Ed Murphy (Limoges)
1984–85 Richard Dacoury (Limoges) Ed Murphy (Limoges)
1985–86 Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges) Kevin Figaro (Challans)
1986–87 Freddy Hufnagel (Orthez) Bill Varner (Antibes)
1987–88 Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges) Don Collins (Limoges)
1988–89 Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges) Don Collins (Limoges)
1989–90 Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges) Don Collins (Limoges)
1990–91 Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet) Michael Brooks (Limoges)
1991–92 Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet) Michael Brooks (Limoges)
1992–93 Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet) Michael Young (Limoges)
1993–94 Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet) Michael Young (Limoges)
1994–95 Yann Bonato (Paris) David Rivers (Antibes)
1995–96 Antoine Rigaudeau (Orthez) Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1996–97 Yann Bonato (Limoges) Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1997–98 Jim Bilba (ASVEL) Jerry McCullough (BCM)
1998–99 Laurent Foirest (Orthez) Keith Jennings (MSB)
1999–00 Moustapha Sonko (ASVEL) Marcus Brown (Limoges)
2000–01 Jim Bilba (ASVEL) Bill Edwards (ASVEL)
2001–02 Cyril Julian (Nancy) Roger Esteller (Orthez)
2002–03 Boris Diaw (Orthez) Rico Hill (MSB)
2003–04 Laurent Foirest (Orthez) Rick Hughes (SIG)
2004–05 Laurent Sciarra (BCM) Jermaine Guice (STB)
2005–06 Cyril Julian (Nancy) Jason Rowe (Toulon)
2006–07 Cyril Julian (Nancy) Dewarick Spencer (Roanne)
2007–08 Nando de Colo (Cholet) Marc Salyers (Roanne)
2008–09 Alain Koffi (MSB) Austin Nichols (Toulon)
2009–10 Ali Traoré (ASVEL) Ricardo Greer (Nancy)
2010–11 Mickaël Gelabale (ASVEL) Sammy Mejia (Cholet)
2011–12 Fabien Causeur (Cholet) Blake Schilb (Chalon)
2012–13 Edwin Jackson (ASVEL) Dwight Buycks (BCM)
2013–14 Antoine Diot (SIG) Randal Falker (Nancy)

LNB Pro A Unified MVP award (2015–present)

^ Denotes player who is still active in the Pro A
* Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been named MVP
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won
Season Player Position Nationality Club Ref(s)
2014–15 Adrien Moerman
PF
 France Limoges CSP (18) [2]
2015–16 Devin Booker
C/PF
 United States Élan Chalon (2) [3]
2016–17 D. J. Cooper
PG
 United States Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez [4]
2017–18 Zachery Peacock
C/PF
 United States JL Bourg [5]
2018–19 David Holston
PG
 United States JDA Dijon
[6]

L'Équipe awards (1994–2005)

Between 1994 and 2005, the French newspaper, L'Équipe, also conducted a selection of the best French and foreign players of the league, through a vote of journalists. These awards are also considered official by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB).

Season French Domestic Player's MVP Foreign Player's MVP
1993–94 Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet) Michael Young (Limoges)
1994–95 Yann Bonato (Paris) David Rivers (Antibes)
1995–96 Antoine Rigaudeau (Orthez) Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1996–97 Jim Bilba (ASVEL) Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1997–98 Alain Digbeu (ASVEL) Jerry McCullough (BCM)
1998–99 Laurent Foirest (Orthez) Keith Jennings (MSB)
1999–00 Moustapha Sonko (ASVEL) Marcus Brown (Limoges)
2000–01 Jim Bilba (ASVEL) Bill Edwards (ASVEL)
2001–02 Cyril Julian (Nancy) - Tony Dorsey (Cholet)
2002–03 Laurent Sciarra (Paris) Dragan Lukovski (Orthez)
2003–04 Laurent Foirest (Orthez) Rick Hughes (SIG)
2004–05 Laurent Sciarra (BCM) Jermaine Guice (STB)

Players with the most French MVPs won by year

  • French Player's MVP and L'Équipe MVP awards combined. When the player won both awards in the same year, it is counted as a single MVP for the year.
Player Club(s) Number of MVPs Years Won
Antoine Rigaudeau Cholet (4), Pau-Orthez (1) 5 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
Stéphane Ostrowski Limoges 4 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990
Cyril Julian Nancy 3 2002, 2006, 2007
Jim Bilba ASVEL 3 1997, 1998, 2001
Yann Bonato Paris, Limoges 2 1995, 1997
Laurent Foirest Pau-Orthez 2 1999, 2004
Laurent Sciarra Paris, Gravelines 2 2003, 2005

Players with the most Foreign MVPs won by year

  • Foreign Player's MVP and L'Équipe MVP awards combined. When the player won both awards in the same year, it is counted as a single MVP for the year.
Player Club(s) Number of MVPs Years Won
Don Collins Limoges 3 1988, 1989, 1990
Ed Murphy Limoges 3 1983, 1984, 1985
Michael Brooks Limoges 2 1991, 1992
Delaney Rudd ASVEL 2 1996, 1997
Michael Young Limoges 2 1993, 1994

See also

References

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