The Dutch Basketball League Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to the most valuable player in the Dutch highest professional basketball league. The award is given after the regular season and was first handed out in 1974.
Six Dutch players have won the award so far, with Emmanuel Nzekwesi being the last winner in 2021. Kees Akerboom, Sr. (1980, 1981, 1985) and Leon Rodgers (2005–2007) are the all-time leaders in Dutch MVP awards.
| Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) | ||
| Name of the club and the number of times a player of it has won the award (if more than one) | ||
| Denotes player whose team won championship that year | ||
| Denotes player who is still active in the DBL |
| Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Club | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–75 | Forward | Punch | [1] | ||||
| 1975–76 | Forward | Canadians Amsterdam | |||||
| 1976–77 | Forward | Arke Stars Enschede | |||||
| 1977–78 | Guard | Leiden | |||||
| 1978–79 | Center | EBBC Den Bosch | |||||
| 1979–80 | Guard | EBBC Den Bosch (2) | |||||
| 1980–81 | (2) | Guard | EBBC Den Bosch (3) | ||||
| 1981–82 | Center | BV Amstelveen | |||||
| 1982–83 | Forward | Donar | |||||
| 1983–84 | Forward | Leiden (2) | |||||
| 1984–85 | (3) | Guard | EBBC Den Bosch (4) | ||||
| 1985–86 | Forward | Leiden (3) | |||||
| 1986–87 | Forward | Den Helder | |||||
| 1987–88 | Center | EBBC Den Bosch (5) | |||||
| 1988–89 | Center | Red Giants Meppel | |||||
| 1989–90 | Center | BS Weert | |||||
| 1990–91 | Forward | Red Giants Meppel (2) | |||||
| 1991–92 | (2) | Forward | Red Giants Meppel (3) | ||||
| 1992–93 | Forward | Donar (2) | |||||
| 1993–94 | Center | BS Weert (2) | |||||
| 1994–95 | Center | BS Weert (3) | |||||
| 1995–96 | Guard | Rotterdam | |||||
| 1996–97 | Center | EBBC Den Bosch (6) | |||||
| 1997–98 | Forward | Donar (3) | |||||
| 1998–99 | Forward | BS Weert (4) | |||||
| 1999–00 | Guard | Astronauts Amsterdam (2) | |||||
| 2000–01 | Guard | Astronauts Amsterdam (3) | |||||
| 2001–02 | Forward | Donar (4) | |||||
| 2002–03 | (2) | Guard | Astronauts Amsterdam (4) | ||||
| 2003–04 | Forward/center | Donar (5) | |||||
| 2004–05 | Forward | EiffelTowers Nijmegen | |||||
| 2005–06 | (2) | Forward | Den Bosch (7) | ||||
| 2006–07 | (3) | Forward | Den Bosch (8) | align=center | [2] | ||
| 2007–08 | Center | Amsterdam (5) | align=center | [3] | |||
| 2008–09 | (2) | Center | Amsterdam (6) | align=center | [4] | ||
| 2009–10 | Guard | Leiden (4) | align=center | [5] | |||
| 2010–11 | Forward | Donar (6) | align=center | [6] | |||
| 2011–12 | Forward | Leiden (5) | align=center | [7] | |||
| 2012–13 | Guard | Den Bosch (9) | align=center | [8] | |||
| 2013–14 | Guard | Donar (7) | align=center | [9] | |||
| 2014–15 | Guard | Donar (8) | align=center | [10] | |||
| 2015–16 | Guard | ZZ Leiden (6) | align=center | [11] | |||
| 2016–17 | (2) | Guard | Donar (9) | align=center | [12] | ||
| 2017–18 | Guard | Donar (10) | align=center | [13] | |||
| 2018–19 | Guard | ZZ Leiden (7) | align=center | [14] | |||
| 2020–21 | Center | ZZ Leiden (8) | align=center | [15] |