PLK Most Valuable Player

The PLK Most Valuable Player award is given annually at the end of the regular season of the Polish Basketball League (PLK), the highest professional basketball league in Poland, to the most valuable player of the league. Originally, the award was given by the now defunct Polish I Liga (Polish League 1), and was called the Polish League 1 Player of the Year. The current award, given by the Polish PLK League, began when that league started, with the 1995–96 season.

I Liga Player of the Year winners (1961–1995)

• Player nationalities by national team:

Season	Player	Nationality	Team
1960–61	Ryszard Olszewski	Poland	AZS Toruń
1961–62	Not awarded
1962–63	Not awarded
1963–64	Not awarded
1964–65	Mieczysław Łopatka	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław
1965–66	Not awarded
1966–67	Not awarded
1967–68	Wiesław Langiewicz	Poland	Wisła Kraków
1968–69	Mieczysław Łopatka (2)	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław
1969–70	Bolesław Kwiatkowski	Poland	AZS Warszawa
1970–71	Edward Jurkiewicz	Poland	Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1971–72	Not awarded
1972–73	Andrzej Seweryn	Poland	Wisła Kraków
1973–74	Andrzej Seweryn (2)	Poland	Wisła Kraków
1974–75	Zdzisław Myrda	Poland	Resovia Rzeszów
1975–76	Edward Jurkiewicz (2)	Poland	Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1976–77	Edward Jurkiewicz (3)	Poland	Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1977–78	Wojciech Fiedorczuk	Poland	ŁKS Łódź
1978–79	Eugeniusz Kijewski	Poland	Lech Poznań
1979–80	Kent Washington	United States	Start Lublin
1980–81	Mieczysław Młynarski	Poland	Górnik Wałbrzych
1981–82	Eugeniusz Kijewski (2)	Poland	Lech Poznań
1982–83	Dariusz Szczubiał	Poland	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
1983–84	Krzysztof Fikiel	Poland	Wisła Kraków
1984–85	Dariusz Zelig	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław
1985–86	Eugeniusz Kijewski (3)	Poland	Lech Poznań
1986–87	Dariusz Zelig (2)	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław
1987–88	Not awarded
1988–89	Not awarded
1989–90	Jarosław Jechorek	Poland	Lech Poznań
1990–91	Not awarded
1991–92	Maciej Zieliński	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław
1992–93	Igor Griszczuk	Poland	Anwil Włocławek	[1]
1993–94	Keith Williams	United States	Śląsk Wrocław	[2]
1994–95	Tyrice Walker	United States	MKS Znicz Pruszków	[3][4]

PLK MVP winners (1996–present)

Adam Wójcik is tied for the record of the most Player of the Year/MVP awards won, with three.

^	Denotes player who is still active in the PLK
*	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

• Player nationalities by national team:

Season	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	Ref.
1995–96†	Dominik Tomczyk	PF/C	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław
1996–97	Maciej Zieliński (2)	SG	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław (2)
1997–98†	Adam Wójcik	PF/C	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław (3)
1998–99†	Maciej Zieliński (3)	SG	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław (4)
1999–00	Not awarded
2000–01†	Adam Wójcik (2)	PF/C	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław (5)
2001–02†	Dominik Tomczyk (2)	PF/C	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław (6)
2002–03	Joe McNaull	C	United States  Poland[5]	Prokom Trefl Sopot
2003–04†	Tomas Pačėsas	PG	Lithuania	Prokom Trefl Sopot (2)
2004–05†	Adam Wójcik (3)	PF/C	Poland	Prokom Trefl Sopot (3)
2005–06†	Goran Jagodnik	PF	Slovenia	Prokom Trefl Sopot (4)
2006–07	Thomas Kelati	SG/SF	Poland	BOT Turów Zgorzelec
2007–08	David Logan	PG/SG	Poland	PGE Turów Zgorzelec (2)
2008–09	Not awarded				[6]
2009–10†	Qyntel Woods	SF	United States	Asseco Prokom Gdynia (5)	[7]
2010–11	Torey Thomas	PG	United States	PGE Turów Zgorzelec (3)	[8]
2011–12	Walter Hodge	PG	U.S. Virgin Islands	Stelmet Zielona Góra	[9]
2012–13†	Walter Hodge (2)	PG	U.S. Virgin Islands	Stelmet Zielona Góra (2)	[9]
2013–14†	J.P. Prince	SG/SF	United States	PGE Turów Zgorzelec (4)	[10]
2014–15	Damian Kulig^	PF/C	Poland	PGE Turów Zgorzelec (5)	[11]
2015–16†	Mateusz Ponitka	SG/SF	Poland	Stelmet Zielona Góra (3)	[12]
2016–17	Shawn King	C	Saint Vincent	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	[13]
2017–18†	Ivan Almeida	F	Cape Verde	Anwil Włocławek	[14]
2018–19	James Florence	PG	United States	Arka Gdynia (6)	[15]
2019–20	Not awarded1
2020–21	Geoffrey Groselle^	C	United States	Zastal Zielona Góra (4)	[16]
2021–22†	Travis Trice	PG	United States	WKS Śląsk Wrocław (7)	[17]
2022–23	Andrzej Mazurczak^	PG	Poland	Wilki Morskie Szczecin	[18]
2023–24	Victor Sanders^	SG	United States	Anwil Włocławek	[19]

^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20 season, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Poland.

Multiple honors (1996–present)

Players

Rank	Player	Trophies
1.	Adam Wójcik	3
2.	Dominik Tomczyk	2
	Maciej Zieliński
	Walter Hodge

Player nationality

Rank	Country	Total
1.	Poland	13
2.	United States	7
3.	U.S. Virgin Islands	2
4.	Slovenia	1
	Lithuania
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Cape Verde

Teams

Rank	Team	Total
1.	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	7
2.	Prokom Trefl Sopot / Arka Gdynia	6
3.	PGE Turów Zgorzelec	5
4.	Zastal Zielona Góra	4
5.	Anwil Włocławek	2
6.	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	1
	Wilki Morskie Szczecin

References

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8. "MVP and Coach of the year – both from Zgorzelec". GoTorey.com. 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
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11. "Najbardziej wartościowy zawodnik: Damian Kulig". Plk.pl. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
12. "Najbardziej Wartościowy Zawodnik: Mateusz Ponitka" (in Polish). Tauron Basket Liga. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
13. "NAJLEPSI ODEBRALI NAGRODY" (in Polish). plk.pl. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
14. "Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2017/18". plk.pl. 2018-04-28.
15. "Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2018/2019". plk.pl. 2019-05-09.
16. "Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2020/21". plk.pl. 2021-03-23.
17. "Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2021/22". plk.pl. 2022-04-14.
18. "Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2022/23". plk.pl. 2023-05-04.
19. "MVP sezonu zasadniczego OBL 23/24". plk.pl (in Polish). April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.

External links

• Polska Liga Koszykówki - Official Site (in Polish)
• Polish League at Eurobasket.com