Pro Basketball League Rising Star Explained

The Pro Basketball League (PBL) Rising Star is an annual Pro Basketball League (PBL) award given to the best young player in the top tier domestic basketball league in Belgium. Formerly, the award was named the PBL Most Promising Player of the Year. Maxime De Zeeuw was the inaugural winner in 2009.

Winners

Player

Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Club	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 PBL

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	Ref(s)
2008–09		Power forward	Belgium	Antwerp Giants	^[1]
2009–10		Point guard		Okapi Aalstar	^[2]
2010–11		Shooting guard		Telenet Oostende	^[3]
2011–12	^	Power forward		Antwerp Giants	^[4]
2012–13		Shooting guard		Telenet Oostende	^[5]
2013–14		Power forward		Telenet Oostende	^[6]
2014–15	^	Small forward		Okapi Aalstar	^[7]
2015–16		Power forward		Limburg United	^[8]
2016–17		Center		Leuven Bears	^[9]
2017–18		Point guard		Telenet Giants Antwerp	^[10]
2018–19		Point guard		Okapi Aalstar	^[11]
2019–20	^	Point guard		Leuven Bears	^[12]
2020–21		Guard		Antwerp Giants

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christophe Beghin (Antwerp Giants) basketter van het jaar . nl . HLN.be . 2009-01-15 . 2014-06-13.
2. Web site: Belofte van het jaar Heren 2010 . https://archive.today/20140610174818/http://www.vlaamsebasketballiga.be/belofte-van-het-jaar-heren-2010 . dead . June 10, 2014 . Vlaamsebasketballiga.be . 2014-06-13 .
3. Web site: Belofte van het jaar Heren 2011 . https://archive.today/20140610174826/http://www.vlaamsebasketballiga.be/belofte-van-het-jaar-heren-2011 . dead . June 10, 2014 . Vlaamsebasketballiga.be . 2014-06-13 .
4. Web site: Steinbach (Aalstar) basketspeler van het jaar . nl . HLN.be . 2014-06-13.
5. Web site: Jean Salumu Belofte van het Jaar . Ethias League . 2013-05-14 . 2014-06-13 . https://archive.today/20140610174846/http://ethiasleague.com/nl/news/428-jean-salumu-belofte-van-het-jaar/ . 2014-06-10 . dead .
6. Web site: Antwerp Giant De Zeeuw is Speler van het Jaar . Sporza.be . 2014-06-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140513040425/http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/zaal/basketbal/140511_basketbal_trofeeen . 2014-05-13 .
7. Web site: Pierre-Antoine Gillet is Belgische Speler van het Jaar .
8. Web site: Amerikaan Tofi beste basketballer in België . Sporza.be . 2016-12-04.
9. Web site: Ismaël Bako Young Player of the Year. Euromillionsbasketball.be . 2017-05-15 . 2017-05-15.
10. Web site: Thomas Akyazili van Telenet Giants Antwerp is Belofte van het Jaar .
11. Web site: The EuroMillions Basketball Awards 2019 results are in!. EuroMillions Basketball League. 27 May 2019.
12. Web site: Hans Vanwijn earns Belgian Player & Seppe D'Espallier Rising Star of the Year. EuroMillions Basketball League. 10 April 2020.