Basketball Bundesliga Best German Young Player

The Basketball Bundesliga Best German Young Player (German: Bester Deutscher Nachwuchsspieler) is an annual Basketball Bundesliga award that goes to the league's most valuable player who is under age 22, and has German nationality. The award was handed out for the first time in the 2001–02 season, as the Rookie of the Year award.

Winners

Dennis Schröder was the Basketball Bundesliga Best Young German Player in 2013.

Paul Zipser was the Basketball Bundesliga Best Young German Player in 2016.

Player (X)

Denotes the number of times the player has won the award

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Season	Player	Pos.	Nat.	Team	Ref
Rookie of the Year (2001–02 to 2009–10)
2001–02	Marcus Goree	C		Skyliners Frankfurt
2002–03	Szymon Szewczyk	PF		Braunschweig
2003–04	Aleksandar Ćapin	PG		Telekom Baskets Bonn
2004–05	Koko Archibong	SF		Brose Baskets
2005–06	Anton Gavel	SG		Gießen 46ers
2006–07	Nicolai Simon	SG		ALBA Berlin
2007–08	Philipp Schwethelm	SF		Köln 99ers
2008–09	Per Günther	PG		ratiopharm Ulm
2009–10	Tibor Pleiß	C		Brose Baskets
Best German Player Under–24 (2010–11 to 2012–13)
2010–11	Tibor Pleiß (2)	C		Brose Baskets
2011–12	Maik Zirbes	C		TBB Trier	[1]
2012–13	Dennis Schröder	PG		New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig	[2]
Best German Player Under–23 (2013–14 to 2014–15)
2013–14	Daniel Theis	C		ratiopharm ulm	[3]
2014–15	Johannes Voigtmann	C		Fraport Skyliners	[4]
Best German Player Under–22 (2015–16 to present)
2015–16	Paul Zipser	SF		Bayern Munich	[5]
2016–17	İsmet Akpınar	PG		ALBA Berlin	[6]
2017–18	Andreas Obst	G		Rockets
2018–19	Franz Wagner	F		Alba Berlin	[7]
2019–20	No award was given, due to the shortened season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
2020–21	Justus Hollatz	PG		Hamburg Towers	[9]
2021–22	Justus Hollatz (2)	PG		Hamburg Towers	[10]
2022–23	Malte Delow	G/F		Alba Berlin	[11]
2023–24	Johann Grünloh	C		Rasta Vechta	[12]