Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the most outstanding player in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The school with the most SEC Player of the Year award winners is Kentucky, with 18 total awards. The only current SEC members that have never had a winner are Missouri, Texas A&M, Texas, and Oklahoma, who are the conference's two newest members (the first two joining in 2012 and the latter two in 2024).

SEC Men's Basketball
Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Southeastern Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1965
Most recent	Dalton Knecht, Tennessee

Three different organizations have given this award: United Press International (1965–1992), Associated Press (1965–present), and the SEC coaches (1987–present).

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national player of the year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
A	Associated Press selection (1965–present)
C	SEC coaches' selection (1987–present)
U	United Press International selection (1965–1992)
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player received the SEC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Clyde Lee, Vanderbilt, 1965 and 1966

Pat Riley, Kentucky, 1966

Ron Widby, Tennessee, 1967

Pete Maravich, LSU, 1968 through 1970

Johnny Neumann, Ole Miss, 1971

Kevin Grevey, Kentucky, 1973 and 1975

Jan van Breda Kolff, Vanderbilt, 1974

Bernard King, Tennessee, 1975 through 1977

Ernie Grunfeld, Tennessee, 1977

Kyle Macy, Kentucky, 1980

Charles Barkley, Auburn, 1984

Chris Jackson^[b], LSU, 1989 and 1990

Shaquille O'Neal, LSU, 1991 and 1992

Lawrence Roberts, Mississippi State, 2004

John Wall, Kentucky, 2010

Chandler Parsons, Florida, 2011

Grant Williams, Tennessee, 2018 and 2019

Herbert Jones, Alabama, 2021

Brandon Miller, Alabama, 2023

Dalton Knecht, Tennessee, 2024

Season	Player[a]	School	Position	Class	Reference
1964–65	Clyde Lee	Vanderbilt	C / PF	Junior	[1][2]
1965–66†	Clyde LeeU (2)	Vanderbilt	C / PF	Senior	[3]
	Pat RileyA	Kentucky	SG / SF	Junior	[4]
1966–67	Ron Widby	Tennessee	SF	Senior	[5][6]
1967–68	Pete Maravich	LSU	PG	Sophomore	[7][8]
1968–69	Pete Maravich (2)	LSU	PG	Junior	[9][10]
1969–70	Pete Maravich* (3)	LSU	PG	Senior	[11][12]
1970–71	Johnny Neumann	Ole Miss	SG / SF	Sophomore	[13][14]
1971–72†	Mike EdwardsU	Tennessee	SG	Junior	[15]
	Tom ParkerA	Kentucky	PF	Senior	[16]
1972–73†	Kevin GreveyA	Kentucky	SG / SF	Sophomore	[17]
	Wendell HudsonA, U	Alabama	SF	Senior	[17][18]
1973–74	Jan van Breda Kolff	Vanderbilt	SG / SF	Senior	[19][20]
1974–75†	Kevin GreveyA (2)	Kentucky	SG / SF	Senior	[21]
	Bernard KingU	Tennessee	SF	Freshman	[22]
1975–76	Bernard King (2)	Tennessee	SF	Sophomore	[23][24]
1976–77†	Ernie GrunfeldA	Tennessee	SF	Senior	[25]
	Bernard KingA, U (3)	Tennessee	SF	Junior	[26]
1977–78	Reggie King	Alabama	SF	Junior	[27][28]
1978–79	Reggie King (2)	Alabama	SF	Senior	[29][30]
1979–80	Kyle Macy	Kentucky	G	Senior	[31][32]
1980–81	Rudy Macklin	LSU	SF / SG	Senior	[33][34]
1981–82	Dale Ellis	Tennessee	SG / SF	Junior	[35][36]
1982–83†	Dale EllisA (2)	Tennessee	SG / SF	Senior	[37]
	Jeff MaloneU	Mississippi State	SG	Senior	[38]
1983–84	Charles Barkley	Auburn	C	Junior	[39][40]
1984–85	Kenny Walker	Kentucky	PF	Junior	[41][42]
1985–86	Kenny Walker (2)	Kentucky	PF	Senior	[43][44]
1986–87†	Derrick McKeyA, C, U	Alabama	PF	Junior	[45]
	Tony WhiteU	Tennessee	PG	Senior	[46]
1987–88	Will Perdue	Vanderbilt	C	Senior	[47][48]
1988–89	Chris Jackson[b]	LSU	PG	Freshman	[49][50]
1989–90	Chris Jackson[b] (2)	LSU	PG	Sophomore	[51][52]
1990–91	Shaquille O'Neal*	LSU	C	Sophomore	[53][54]
1991–92	Shaquille O'Neal (2)	LSU	C	Junior	[55][56]
1992–93†	Billy McCaffreyA	Vanderbilt	SG	Junior	[57]
	Jamal MashburnA, C	Kentucky	SG / SF	Junior	[58]
1993–94	Corliss Williamson	Arkansas	PF	Sophomore	[59][60]
1994–95	Corliss Williamson (2)	Arkansas	PF	Junior	[61][62]
1995–96	Tony Delk	Kentucky	PG	Senior	[63][64]
1996–97	Ron Mercer	Kentucky	SF / SG	Sophomore	[65][66]
1997–98	Ansu Sesay	Ole Miss	PF	Senior	[67][68]
1998–99	Chris Porter	Auburn	SF / PF	Junior	[69][70]
1999–00†	Dan LanghiA, C	Vanderbilt	SF	Senior	[71]
	Stromile SwiftA	LSU	C	Sophomore	[72]
2000–01	Tayshaun Prince	Kentucky	SF	Junior	[73][74]
2001–02	Erwin Dudley	Alabama	PF / C	Junior	[75][76]
2002–03†	Keith BogansC	Kentucky	SG	Senior	[77]
	Ron SlayA	Tennessee	PF	Senior	[78]
2003–04	Lawrence Roberts	Mississippi State	PF	Junior	[79][80]
2004–05	Brandon Bass	LSU	PF	Sophomore	[81][82]
2005–06	Glen Davis	LSU	C	Sophomore	[83][84]
2006–07†	Derrick ByarsC	Vanderbilt	SG / SF	Senior	[85]
	Chris LoftonA	Tennessee	SG	Junior	[86]
2007–08	Shan Foster	Vanderbilt	SG / SF	Senior	[87][88]
2008–09	Marcus Thornton	LSU	SG	Senior	[89][90]
2009–10	John Wall	Kentucky	PG	Freshman	[91][92]
2010–11	Chandler Parsons	Florida	SF	Senior	[93][94]
2011–12	Anthony Davis*	Kentucky	C	Freshman	[95][96]
2012–13	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Georgia	SG	Sophomore	[97][98]
2013–14	Scottie Wilbekin	Florida	PG	Senior	[99][100]
2014–15	Bobby Portis	Arkansas	PF	Sophomore	[101][102]
2015–16	Tyler Ulis	Kentucky	PG	Sophomore	[103][104]
2016–17†	Malik MonkA	Kentucky	SG	Freshman	[105]
	Sindarius ThornwellC	South Carolina	SG	Senior	[106]
2017–18†	Yante MatenA	Georgia	PF	Senior	[107]
	Grant WilliamsC	Tennessee	PF	Sophomore	[108]
2018–19	Grant Williams (2)	Tennessee	PF	Junior	[109][110]
2019–20†	Mason JonesA	Arkansas	SG	Junior	[111]
	Reggie PerryA	Mississippi State	PF	Sophomore	[111]
	Immanuel QuickleyC	Kentucky	SG	Sophomore	[112]
2020–21	Herbert Jones	Alabama	SG / SF	Senior	[113][114]
2021–22	Oscar Tshiebwe*	Kentucky	C	Junior	[115][116]
2022–23	Brandon Miller	Alabama	SF	Freshman	[117][118]
2023–24	Dalton Knecht	Tennessee	SG	Graduate	[119][120]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Kentucky (1932)	18	1966†, 1972†, 1973†, 1975†, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003†, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017†, 2020†, 2022
Tennessee (1932)	14	1967, 1972†, 1975†, 1976, 1977 (×2)†, 1982, 1983†, 1987†, 2003†, 2007†, 2018†, 2019, 2024
LSU (1932)	12	1968, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000†, 2005, 2006, 2009
Vanderbilt (1932)	8	1965, 1966†, 1974, 1988, 1993†, 2000†, 2007†, 2008
Alabama (1932)	7	1973†, 1978, 1979, 1987†, 2002, 2021, 2023
Arkansas (1991)	4	1994, 1995, 2015, 2020†
Mississippi State (1932)	3	1983†, 2004, 2020†
Auburn (1932)	2	1984, 1999
Florida (1932)	2	2011, 2014
Georgia (1932)	2	2013, 2018†
Ole Miss (1932)	2	1971, 1998
South Carolina (1991)	1	2017†
Missouri (2012)	0	—
Oklahoma (2024)	0	—
Texas (2024)	0	—
Texas A&M (2012)	0	—

• ^a If no special demarcation indicates which voting body's award the player won that season, then he had earned all of the awards available for that year.
• ^b Chris Jackson changed his name to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf in 1991 after converting to Islam.^[121]