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Award for most valuable player in France's top men's basketball league From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The LNB Pro A Most Valuable Player Award is the most valuable player award of the top-tier level men's professional club basketball league in France, the LNB Pro A. Maxi-Basket holds the vote, and calls it the referendum.
Sport | Basketball |
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League | LNB Pro A |
Awarded for | Best performing player in the season of the LNB Pro A |
History | |
Most wins | Two players (1) |
Most recent | Victor Wembanyama, Metropolitans 92 (2022–23) |
The record for most MVP awards is hold by Antoine Rigaudeau who won five awards. Victor Wembanyama is the youngest player to ever win the award, as he won it at age 19, in 2023.[1]
Before 1983, the title of the best player in the league was sometimes assigned by a panel of journalists, but the charts are incomplete.
Between 1983 and 2005, the monthly Maxi-Basket conducted a vote of the players and head coaches of the league. Since 2005, the coaches and captains of the LNB Pro A clubs, and a panel of fifty journalists are asked to vote.[2]
Since the 2014–15 LNB Pro A season, the MVP award is a single unified award. Prior to that, it was divided into two separate awards, one for French players, and one for non-French players.
Since from the 2015–16 season, no differentiation was made between French and foreign players, and one award was given for the best player of the league.
^ | Denotes player who is still active in the Pro A |
* | Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame |
† | Denotes player whose team won championship that year |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been named MVP |
Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won |
Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Club | Ref(s) |
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2014–15† | Adrien Moerman | PF | ![]() |
Limoges CSP (18) | [3] |
2015–16 | Devin Booker | C/PF | ![]() |
Élan Chalon (2) | [4] |
2016–17 | D. J. Cooper | PG | ![]() |
Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez | [5] |
2017–18 | Zachery Peacock | C/PF | ![]() |
JL Bourg | [6] |
2018–19 | David Holston | PG | ![]() |
JDA Dijon | [7] |
2019–20 | Not awarded 1 | ||||
2020–21 | Bonzie Colson | SF/PF | ![]() |
SIG Strasbourg | [8] |
2021–22 | Will Cummings | PG | ![]() |
Metropolitans 92 | [9] |
2022–23 | Victor Wembanyama | F/C |
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Metropolitans 92 (2) | [1] |
2023–24 | T. J. Shorts | PG |
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Paris Basketball | [10] |
Notes:
Between 1994 and 2005, the French newspaper, L'Équipe, also conducted a selection of the best French and foreign players of the league, through a vote of journalists. These awards are also considered official by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB).
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Foreign Player's MVP |
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1994–95 | ![]() |
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1995–96 | ![]() |
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1996–97 | ![]() |
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1997–98 | ![]() |
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1998–99 | ![]() |
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1999–00 | ![]() |
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2000–01 | ![]() |
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2001–02 | ![]() |
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2002–03 | ![]() |
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2003–04 | ![]() |
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2004–05 | ![]() |
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Player | Club(s) | Number of MVPs | Years Won |
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Cholet (4), Pau-Orthez (1) | 5 | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 |
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Limoges | 4 | 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990 |
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Nancy | 3 | 2002, 2006, 2007 |
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ASVEL | 3 | 1997, 1998, 2001 |
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Paris, Limoges | 2 | 1995, 1997 |
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Pau-Orthez | 2 | 1999, 2004 |
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Paris, Gravelines | 2 | 2003, 2005 |
Player | Club(s) | Number of MVPs | Years Won |
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Limoges | 3 | 1988, 1989, 1990 |
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Limoges | 3 | 1983, 1984, 1985 |
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Limoges | 2 | 1991, 1992 |
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ASVEL | 2 | 1996, 1997 |
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Limoges | 2 | 1993, 1994 |
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