NBA G League Most Valuable Player Award

The NBA G League Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual NBA G League award given since the league's inaugural season to the best performing player of the regular season. The league's head coaches determine the award by voting and it is usually presented to the honoree during the G-League playoffs. [1]

NBA G League awards and honors
Championship
Individual awards
Honors

No player has been named the MVP more than once, and only one international player has won the award. Ansu Sesay was the inaugural winner while playing for the Greenville Groove.[2] By position, guards have won the award with 12 winners, followed by forwards with seven. Only one center has won, Courtney Sims in 2008–09.

Winners
Denotes the year co-MVPs were named.
Ansu Sesay won the league's first award in 2002.
Devin Brown won the award in 2003 while playing for the Fayetteville Patriots.
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityTeam Ref
2001–02 Ansu Sesay Forward  United States Greenville Groove [2]
2002–03 Devin Brown Guard  United States Fayetteville Patriots [3]
2003–04 Tierre Brown Guard  United States Charleston Lowgators [4]
2004–05 Matt Carroll Guard  United States Roanoke Dazzle [5]
2005–06 Marcus Fizer Forward  United States Austin Toros [6]
2006–07 Randy Livingston Guard  United States Idaho Stampede [3]
2007–08 Kasib Powell Forward  United States Sioux Falls Skyforce [7]
2008–09 Courtney Sims Center  United States Iowa Energy [3]
2009–10 Mike Harris Forward  United States Rio Grande Valley Vipers [8]
2010–11 Curtis Stinson Guard  United States Iowa Energy [9]
2011–12 Justin Dentmon Guard  United States Austin Toros [10]
2012–13 Drew Goudelock Guard  United States Rio Grande Valley Vipers [3]
2013–14 Ron Howard Guard  United States Fort Wayne Mad Ants [11]
Othyus Jeffers Forward  United States Iowa Energy [11]
2014–15 Tim Frazier Guard  United States Maine Red Claws [12]
2015–16 Jarnell Stokes Forward  United States Sioux Falls Skyforce [13]
2016–17 Vander Blue Guard  United States Los Angeles D-Fenders [14]
2017–18 Lorenzo Brown Guard  United States Raptors 905 [15]
2018–19 Chris Boucher Forward  Canada Raptors 905 [16]
2019–20 Frank Mason III Guard  United States Wisconsin Herd [17]

See also

References
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  2. "Groove's Sesay Named 2001-02 NBDL MVP". NBA.com. March 27, 2002. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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  15. "Raptors 905 guard Lorenzo Brown named G League MVP". SportsNet. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
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