Serbian Basketball Player of the Year explained

Serbian Basketball Player of the Year
Sport:	Basketball
Givenfor:	outstanding playing performance in a calendar year
Location:	Belgrade
Country:	Serbia
Presenter:	Basketball Federation of Serbia
First:	2015
Number:	8
Firstwinner:	Nemanja Bjelica Ana Dabović
Mostwins:	3 (three-way tie) Sonja Vasić Nikola Jokić Bogdan Bogdanović
Mostrecent:	Bogdan Bogdanović Aleksandra Crvendakić

The Serbian Basketball Player of the Year award is established in 2015 to recognize the best basketball player of the year from Serbia. The winners are men's and women's basketball players who have Serbian citizenship, and whose performances with its basketball club and/or national team throughout the year has reached the highest level of excellence. All players with Serbian citizenship, regardless of where they play in the world, qualify for the award. The inaugural recipients were Nemanja Bjelica and Ana Dabović. The winners are selected by the Basketball Federation of Serbia.

All-time award winners

Year		Men			Women
		Player	Club(s)		Player	Club(s)
2015			Fenerbahçe Ülker Minnesota Timberwolves			Ormanspor Los Angeles Sparks Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi		^[1] ^[2]
2016						USK Praha Phoenix Mercury		^[3] ^[4]
2017			Fenerbahçe Sacramento Kings			Perfumerías Avenida UNIQA Sopron		^[5]
2018			Denver Nuggets			UNIQA Sopron		^[6] ^[7]
2019			Sacramento Kings			Dynamo Kursk Spar CityLift Girona		^[8] ^[9] ^[10]
2020
2021			Denver Nuggets			Spar CityLift Girona		^[11] ^[12]
2022			Denver Nuggets			Galatasaray Chicago Sky UMMC Ekaterinburg		^[13]
2023			Atlanta Hawks			ASVEL Féminin		^[14]

Multiple winners

Number	Players	Pos.	First	Last
3			2018	2022
Sonja Vasić (née Petrović)		2016	2021
		2017	2023
2			2018	2023

Special award winners

• 3×3 Player of the Year: Dušan Domović Bulut (2019)^[10]
• 2021 Greatest Achievements: Men's national 3x3 team and Women's national team^{[11] [12]}
• 2023 Greatest Achievements: Men's national 3x3 team, Men's national under-18 team, and Dragan Radovanović

See also

• Serbian Footballer of the Year
• Serbian Sportspersonality of the Year
• Awards of Olympic Committee of Serbia
• Slobodan Piva Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement

External links

• Basketball Federation of Serbia Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jelena Milovanović i Bogdan Bogdanović najbolji u 2017!. kss.rs. 26 December 2017.
2. Web site: Nemanja Bjelica i Ana Dabović bez premca u 2015: Velika čast je biti najbolji u zemlji košarke!. sport.blic.rs. 27 December 2017.
3. Web site: KSS: Miloš Teodosić i Sonja Petrović najbolji u 2016!. novosti.rs. 27 December 2017.
4. Web site: KSS: Miloš Teodosić i Sonja Petrović najbolji u 2016. godini. rts.rs. 27 December 2017.
5. Web site: KOŠARKAŠKO SLAVLJE Bogdan i Jelena - stvarno najbolji /VIDEO/. sport.blic.rs. 26 December 2017.
6. Web site: KSS DODELIO NAGRADE: Jokić i Crvendakić najbolji u 2018. godini . novosti.rs . 11 January 2019.
7. Web site: KSS: Jokić i Crvendakićeva najbolji u 2018. . b92.net . 11 January 2019.
8. Web site: Sonja Petrović je najbolja srpska košarkašica u 2019. godini . b92.net . 24 December 2019.
9. Web site: KSS: Bogdan Bogdanović igrač godine . b92.net . 24 December 2019.
10. Web site: Sonja Petrović i Bogdan Bogdanović najbolji u 2019, specijalno priznanje Bulutu! . kss.rs . 24 December 2019.
11. Web site: KSS dodelio specijalne nagrade: Nikola Jokić i Sonja Vasić najbolji u 2021. godini . mozzartsport.com. 11 January 2022.
12. Web site: KSS: Jokić igrač godine . b92.net . 12 January 2022.
13. Web site: KSS i novinari izabrali: Tina Krajišnik i Nikola Jokić najbolji u 2022. godini . mozzartsport.com. 11 January 2023.
14. Web site: Bogdanović ispred Jokića: Kapiten najbolji košarkaš Srbije VIDEO . b92.net . 9 January 2024.