List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards explained

This article lists U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards. Several organizations sponsor an award for the nation's top player. Thirty (30) times since there have been six player of the year awards has a single player won all awards. These players are considered the consensus national player of the year.

Sponsoring organizations

Active awards! Award name! Sponsoring organization! First awarded The Sporting News magazine 1943 1959 1961 Atlanta Tipoff Club 1969 1975 1977

Discontinued awards! Award name! Sponsoring organization! Years awarded 1905–1983 1955–1996 Adolph Rupp Trophy Commonwealth Athletic Club of Kentucky 1972–2015

Key

†	Shared (non-consensus) national players of the year
Player (X)	Denotes the number of years the player has been awarded a national player of the year award at that point
	Player won that specific award
	Player did not win that specific award
T	Tied for that specific award

List of awardees

The below list includes winners from just the active national player of the year award sponsoring organizations.

Season	Player	School	Class	Sporting News						Reference
					No award	No award	No award	No award	No award
	No winners selected
	No winners selected
	(2)
	(3)
1960–61
	(2)
1963–64^†
	(2)
1967–68^†	(2)
1968–69^†	(3)
	(2)
1970–71^†
	(2)
1973–74^†
(3)
	(2)
1975–76^†
1977–78^†
1979–80^†
1980–81^†	(2)
	(2)
1982–83^†
(3)
	(2)
1984–85^†
1985–86^†
1987–88^†
1988–89^†
1989–90^†
1990–91^†
1994–95^†
2000–01^†
2001–02^†								^T
(2)							^T
2002–03^†
2003–04^†								^T
							^T
2004–05^†
2005–06^†					^T			^T
				^T			^T
2011–12^†
2012–13^†
2015–16^†
2019–20^†
	(2)
	(2)

• Lew Alcindor later changed his named to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.^[1]

Notes and References

1. News: Keidan. Bruce. Police Protection Fails to Lessen Faith in Religion . . . February 13, 1973 . 13. . September 21, 2024.