Pro Basketball League Rising Star

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

Quentin Serron won the Rising Star award in 2011

Key

Player (X)	Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Club (X)	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	Maxime De Zeeuw	Power forward	Belgium	Antwerp Giants	[1]
2009–10	Jorn Steinbach	Point guard	Belgium	Okapi Aalstar	[2]
2010–11†	Quentin Serron	Shooting guard	Belgium	Telenet Oostende	[3]
2011–12	Jean-Marc Mwema^	Power forward	Belgium[lower-alpha 1]	Antwerp Giants	[4]
2012–13†	Jean Salumu	Shooting guard	Belgium	Telenet Oostende	[5]
2013–14†	Pierre-Antoine Gillet	Power forward	Belgium	Telenet Oostende	[6]
2014–15	Vincent Kesteloot^	Small forward	Belgium	Okapi Aalstar	[7]
2015–16	Hans Vanwijn	Power forward	Belgium	Limburg United	[8]
2016–17	Ismaël Bako	Center	Belgium	Leuven Bears	[9]
2017–18	Thomas Akyazili	Point guard	Belgium	Telenet Giants Antwerp	[10]
2018–19	Sigfredo Casero-Ortiz	Point guard	Belgium	Okapi Aalstar	[11]
2019–20	Seppe D'Espalier^	Point guard	Belgium	Leuven Bears	[12]
2020–21	Vrenz Bleijenbergh	Guard	Belgium	Antwerp Giants

Awards by club

Player	Total
Antwerp Giants	4
Oostende	3
Okapi Aalstar	3

Notes

1. Jean-Marc Mwema also owns the Ugandan nationality.

References

1. "Christophe Beghin (Antwerp Giants) basketter van het jaar". HLN.be (in Dutch). 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
2. "Belofte van het jaar Heren 2010". Vlaamsebasketballiga.be. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
3. "Belofte van het jaar Heren 2011". Vlaamsebasketballiga.be. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
4. "Steinbach (Aalstar) basketspeler van het jaar". HLN.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2014-06-13.
5. "Jean Salumu Belofte van het Jaar". Ethias League. 2013-05-14. Archived from the original on 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
6. "Antwerp Giant De Zeeuw is Speler van het Jaar". Sporza.be. Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
7. "Pierre-Antoine Gillet is Belgische Speler van het Jaar".
8. "Amerikaan Tofi beste basketballer in België". Sporza.be. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
9. "Ismaël Bako Young Player of the Year". Euromillionsbasketball.be. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
10. "Thomas Akyazili van Telenet Giants Antwerp is Belofte van het Jaar".
11. "The EuroMillions Basketball Awards 2019 results are in!". EuroMillions Basketball League. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
12. "Hans Vanwijn earns Belgian Player & Seppe D'Espallier Rising Star of the Year". EuroMillions Basketball League. Retrieved 10 April 2020.