List of Southeastern Conference men's basketball champions

Below is a list of SEC Men's Basketball Champions and Award Winners.

Champions and Award Winners

Official SEC champions in bold. From 1933 to 1952, except 1935, the SEC only awarded a championship to the winner of the conference tournament. In 1935 and from 1953 to 1978, the SEC did not hold a conference tournament and awarded its championship and the conference's berth in the NCAA Tournament to the team with the best conference winning percentage. Since 1979, the SEC has held a conference tournament but continues to award the SEC Championship to the team with the best conference winning percentage. The winner of the tournament is declared SEC Tournament Champions and awarded the conference's berth in the NCAA Tournament.

For the years when the SEC held the conference tournament and did not officially award a regular season champion, this table uses the modern definition of the regular season championship of having the best winning percentage.

Year	Regular Season Champion(s)	SEC Tournament Champion	SEC Player of the Year	SEC Tournament MVP	NCAA Tournament Results
1933	Kentucky	Kentucky
1934	Kentucky	Alabama
1935	Kentucky LSU	No Tournament
1936	Kentucky	Tennessee
1937	Georgia Tech	Kentucky
1938	Kentucky	Georgia Tech
1939	Alabama	Kentucky
1940	Alabama	Kentucky
1941	Kentucky	Tennessee
1942	Tennessee	Kentucky
1943	Kentucky	Tennessee
1944	Georgia Tech Tulane	Kentucky
1945	Kentucky Tennessee	Kentucky
1946	Kentucky LSU	Kentucky
1947	Kentucky	Kentucky
1948	Kentucky	Kentucky			Kentucky 1948 NCAA Champions
1949	Kentucky	Kentucky			Kentucky 1949 NCAA Champions
1950	Kentucky	Kentucky
1951	Kentucky	Vanderbilt			Kentucky 1951 NCAA Champions
1952	Kentucky	Kentucky
1953	LSU	No Tournament			LSU 1953 Final Four
1954	Kentucky LSU	No Tournament
1955	Kentucky	No Tournament
1956	Alabama	No Tournament
1957	Kentucky	No Tournament
1958	Kentucky	No Tournament			Kentucky 1958 NCAA Champions
1959	Mississippi State	No Tournament
1960	Auburn	No Tournament
1961	Mississippi State	No Tournament
1962	Kentucky Mississippi State	No Tournament
1963	Mississippi State	No Tournament
1964	Kentucky	No Tournament
1965	Vanderbilt	No Tournament	Clyde Lee, Vanderbilt
1966	Kentucky	No Tournament	Clyde Lee, Vanderbilt Pat Riley, Kentucky		Kentucky 1966 NCAA Runner-Up
1967	Tennessee	No Tournament	Ron Widby, Tennessee
1968	Kentucky	No Tournament	Pete Maravich, LSU
1969	Kentucky	No Tournament	Pete Maravich, LSU
1970	Kentucky	No Tournament	Pete Maravich, LSU
1971	Kentucky	No Tournament	Johnny Neumann, Ole Miss
1972	Kentucky Tennessee	No Tournament	Mike Edwards, Tennessee Tom Parker, Kentucky
1973	Kentucky	No Tournament	Kevin Grevey, Kentucky Wendell Hudson, Alabama
1974	Alabama Vanderbilt	No Tournament	Jan van Breda Kolff, Vanderbilt
1975	Alabama Kentucky	No Tournament	Kevin Grevey, Kentucky Bernard King, Tennessee		Kentucky 1975 NCAA Runner-Up
1976	Alabama	No Tournament	Bernard King, Tennessee
1977	Kentucky Tennessee	No Tournament	Ernie Grunfeld, Tennessee Bernard King, Tennessee
1978	Kentucky	No Tournament	Reggie King, Alabama		Kentucky 1978 NCAA Champions
1979	LSU	Tennessee	Reggie King, Alabama	Kyle Macy[a]
1980	Kentucky	LSU	Kyle Macy, Kentucky	DeWayne Scales
1981	LSU	Ole Miss	Dominique Wilkins, Georgia	Dominique Wilkins[b]	LSU 1981 Final Four
1982	Kentucky Tennessee	Alabama	Dale Ellis, Tennessee	Dirk Minniefield[c]
1983	Kentucky	Georgia	Dale Ellis, Tennessee Jeff Malone, Mississippi State	Vern Fleming	Georgia 1983 Final Four
1984	Kentucky	Kentucky	Charles Barkley, Auburn	Charles Barkley[d]	Kentucky 1984 Final Four
1985	LSU	Auburn	Kenny Walker, Kentucky	Chuck Person
1986	Kentucky	Kentucky	Kenny Walker, Kentucky	John Williams[e]	LSU 1986 Final Four
1987	Alabama	Alabama	Derrick McKey, Alabama Tony White, Tennessee	Derrick McKey
1988	Kentucky (stripped)[f]	Kentucky (stripped)[f]	Will Perdue, Vanderbilt	Rex Chapman
1989	Florida	Alabama	Chris Jackson, LSU	Livingston Chatman[g]
1990	Georgia	Alabama	Chris Jackson, LSU	Melvin Cheatum
1991	LSU Mississippi State[h]	Alabama	Shaquille O'Neal, LSU	Allan Houston[i]
1992	Arkansas	Kentucky	Shaquille O'Neal, LSU	Jamal Mashburn
1993	Vanderbilt	Kentucky	Billy McCaffrey, Vanderbilt Jamal Mashburn, Kentucky	Travis Ford	Kentucky 1993 Final Four
1994	Arkansas	Kentucky	Corliss Williamson, Arkansas	Travis Ford	Arkansas 1994 NCAA Champions Florida 1994 Final Four
1995	Kentucky	Kentucky	Corliss Williamson, Arkansas	Antoine Walker	Arkansas 1995 NCAA Runner-Up
1996	Kentucky	Mississippi State	Tony Delk, Kentucky	Dontae' Jones	Kentucky 1996 NCAA Champions Mississippi State 1996 Final Four
1997	South Carolina	Kentucky	Ron Mercer, Kentucky	Ron Mercer	Kentucky 1997 NCAA Runner-Up
1998	Kentucky	Kentucky	Ansu Sesay, Ole Miss	Wayne Turner	Kentucky 1998 NCAA Champions
1999	Auburn	Kentucky	Chris Porter, Auburn	Scott Padgett
2000	Florida Kentucky LSU Tennessee	Arkansas	Dan Langhi, Vanderbilt Stromile Swift, LSU	Brandon Dean	Florida 2000 NCAA Runner-Up
2001	Florida Kentucky	Kentucky	Tayshaun Prince, Kentucky	Tayshaun Prince
2002	Alabama	Mississippi State	Erwin Dudley, Alabama	Mario Austin
2003	Kentucky	Kentucky	Keith Bogans, Kentucky Ron Slay, Tennessee	Keith Bogans
2004	Mississippi State	Kentucky	Lawrence Roberts, Mississippi State	Gerald Fitch
2005	Kentucky	Florida	Brandon Bass, LSU	Matt Walsh
2006	LSU	Florida	Glen Davis, LSU	Taurean Green	Florida 2006 NCAA Champions LSU 2006 Final Four
2007	Florida	Florida	Derrick Byars, Vanderbilt Chris Lofton, Tennessee	Al Horford	Florida 2007 NCAA Champions
2008	Tennessee	Georgia	Shan Foster, Vanderbilt	Sundiata Gaines
2009	LSU	Mississippi State	Marcus Thornton, LSU	Jarvis Varnado
2010	Kentucky	Kentucky	John Wall, Kentucky	John Wall
2011	Florida	Kentucky	Chandler Parsons, Florida	Darius Miller	Kentucky 2011 Final Four
2012	Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Anthony Davis, Kentucky	John Jenkins	Kentucky 2012 NCAA Champions
2013	Florida	Ole Miss	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia	Marshall Henderson
2014	Florida	Florida	Scottie Wilbekin, Florida	Scottie Wilbekin	Kentucky 2014 NCAA Runner-up Florida 2014 Final Four
2015	Kentucky	Kentucky	Bobby Portis, Arkansas	Willie Cauley-Stein	Kentucky 2015 Final Four
2016	Texas A&M Kentucky	Kentucky	Tyler Ulis, Kentucky	Tyler Ulis
2017	Kentucky	Kentucky	Malik Monk, Kentucky Sindarius Thornwell, South Carolina	De'Aaron Fox	South Carolina 2017 Final Four
2018	Auburn Tennessee	Kentucky	Yante Maten, Georgia Grant Williams, Tennessee	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
2019	LSU	Auburn	Grant Williams, Tennessee	Bryce Brown	Auburn 2019 Final Four
2020	Kentucky	Cancelled[j]	Mason Jones, Arkansas Reggie Perry, Mississippi State Immanuel Quickley, Kentucky
2021	Alabama	Alabama	Herb Jones, Alabama	Jahvon Quinerly
2022	Auburn	Tennessee	Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky	Kennedy Chandler
2023	Alabama	Alabama	Brandon Miller, Alabama	Brandon Miller
2024	Tennessee	Auburn	Dalton Knecht, Tennessee	Johni Broome	Alabama 2024 Final Four
2025	Auburn	Florida	Johni Broome, Auburn	Walter Clayton Jr.	Auburn 2025 Final Four Florida 2025 Final Four

Divisional Championships

From 1992 to 2011 the SEC was organized into two divisions and divisional championships were awarded. Bold denotes the conference regular season champion(s).

Year	Eastern Division Champion(s)	Western Division Champion(s)
1992	Kentucky	Arkansas
1993	Vanderbilt	Arkansas
1994	Florida Kentucky	Arkansas
1995	Kentucky	Arkansas Mississippi State
1996	Kentucky	Mississippi State
1997	South Carolina	Ole Miss
1998	Kentucky	Ole Miss
1999	Tennessee	Auburn
2000	Florida Kentucky Tennessee	LSU
2001	Kentucky Florida	Ole Miss
2002	Georgia (vacated)[k] Kentucky Florida	Alabama
2003	Kentucky	Mississippi State
2004	Kentucky	Mississippi State
2005	Kentucky	Alabama LSU
2006	Tennessee	LSU
2007	Florida	Mississippi State Ole Miss
2008	Tennessee	Mississippi State
2009	Tennessee South Carolina	LSU
2010	Kentucky	Mississippi State Ole Miss
2011	Florida	Alabama

Regular season championships by school

From 1933 to 1952, except 1935, regular season championships are unofficial and defined by the current SEC standard of best conference winning percentage.

School	Number	Last	List
Kentucky	50[f]	2020	1933, 1934, 1935[l], 1936, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1945[l], 1946[l], 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954[l], 1955, 1957, 1958, 1962[l], 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972[l], 1973, 1975[l], 1977[l], 1978, 1980, 1982[l], 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000[l], 2001[l], 2003, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016[l], 2017, 2020
LSU	12	2019	1935[l], 1946[l], 1953, 1954[l], 1979, 1981, 1985, 1991[l], 2000[l], 2006, 2009, 2019
Tennessee	11	2024	1942, 1943, 1945[l], 1967, 1972[l], 1977[l], 1982[l], 2000[l], 2008, 2018[l], 2024
Alabama	10	2023	1939, 1940, 1956, 1974[l], 1975[l], 1976, 1987, 2002, 2021, 2023
Florida	7	2014	1989, 2000[l], 2001[l], 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014
Mississippi State	6	2004	1959, 1961, 1962[l], 1963, 1991[l], 2004
Auburn	5	2025	1960, 1999, 2018[l], 2022, 2025
Vanderbilt	3	1993	1965, 1974[l], 1993
Arkansas	2	1994	1992, 1994
Georgia Tech[m]	2	1944	1937, 1944[l]
Texas A&M	1	2016	2016[l]
South Carolina	1	1997	1997
Georgia	1	1990	1990
Tulane[n]	1	1944	1944[l]
Missouri	0	—
Oklahoma	0	—
Ole Miss	0	—
Sewanee[o]	0	—
Texas	0	—

Divisional championships by school

School	Division	Number	Last	List
Kentucky	Eastern	12	2010	1992, 1994[l], 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000[l], 2001[l], 2002[l], 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010
Mississippi State	Western	7	2010	1995[l], 1996, 2003, 2004, 2007[l], 2008, 2010[l]
Florida	Eastern	6	2011	1994[l], 2000[l], 2001[l], 2002[l], 2007, 2011
Ole Miss	Western	5	2010	1997, 1998, 2001, 2007[l], 2010[l]
Tennessee	Eastern	5	2008	1999, 2000[l], 2006, 2008, 2009[l]
Arkansas	Western	4	1995	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995[l]
LSU	Western	4	2009	2000, 2005[l], 2006, 2009
Alabama	Western	3	2011	2002, 2005[l], 2011
South Carolina	Eastern	2	2009	1997, 2009[l]
Auburn	Western	1	1999	1999
Vanderbilt	Eastern	1	1993	1993
Georgia	Eastern	0[k]	—

Tournament championships by school

School	Number	Last	List
Kentucky	31[f]	2018	1933, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Alabama	8	2023	1934, 1982, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2021, 2023
Florida	5	2025	2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2025
Tennessee	5	2022	1936, 1941, 1943, 1979, 2022
Auburn	3	2024	1985, 2019, 2024
Mississippi State	3	2009	1996, 2002, 2009
Ole Miss	2	2013	1981, 2013
Vanderbilt	2	2012	1951, 2012
Georgia	2	2008	1983, 2008
Arkansas	1	2000	2000
LSU	1	1980	1980
Georgia Tech[m]	1	1938	1938
Missouri	0	—
Oklahoma	0	—
Sewanee[o]	0	—
South Carolina	0	—
Texas	0	—
Texas A&M	0	—
Tulane[n]	0	—

Player of the year award winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Kentucky	18	1966[p], 1972[p], 1973[p], 1975[p], 1980, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003[p], 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017[p], 2020[p], 2022
Tennessee	14	1967, 1972[p], 1975[p], 1976, 1977 (×2)[p], 1982, 1983[p], 1987[p], 2003[p], 2007[p], 2018[p], 2019, 2024
LSU	11	1968, 1969, 1970, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000[p], 2005, 2006, 2009
Vanderbilt	8	1965, 1966†, 1974, 1988, 1993[p], 2000[p], 2007[p], 2008
Alabama	7	1973[p], 1978, 1979, 1987[p], 2002, 2021, 2023
Arkansas	4	1994, 1995, 2015, 2020[p]
Auburn	3	1984, 1999, 2025
Mississippi State	3	1983[p], 2004, 2020[p]
Georgia	3	1981, 2013, 2018[p]
Florida	2	2011, 2014
Ole Miss	2	1971, 1998
South Carolina	1	2017[p]
Missouri	0
Oklahoma	0
Texas	0
Texas A&M	0
Tulane[n]	0

Notes

1. Kyle Macy played for runner-up Kentucky
2. Dominique Wilkins played for runner-up Georgia
3. Dirk Minniefield played for runner-up Kentucky
4. Charles Barkley played for runner-up Auburn
5. John Williams played for semifinalist LSU
6. The presidents of the Southeastern Conference voted to strip Kentucky of their 1988 regular season and conference tournament championships due to NCAA violations. Note that these games were not vacated by the NCAA; only Kentucky's 1988 NCAA Tournament games were vacated.
7. Livingston Chatman played for runner-up Florida
8. Kentucky had the best conference record at 14–4, one game ahead of the co-champions, but they were not eligible for the championship due to NCAA sanctions.
9. Allan Houston played for runner-up Tennessee
10. The tournament was cancelled before the start of the second day due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kentucky, the regular season champions, was awarded the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, but that was subsequently cancelled as well. Two first round games were completed on the first day.
11. Georgia later vacated their Eastern Division Co-Championship
12. Co-champions
13. Georgia Tech was a member of the SEC from 1932 to 1964.
14. Tulane was a member of the SEC from 1932 to 1966.
15. Sewanee was a member of the SEC from 1932 to 1940.
16. Co-player of the year