VTB United League Top Player

The VTB United League Top Player is an annual VTB United League award that is given to one player from each country that is represented by the league's clubs. The award has been handed out since the 2012–13 season, and it is awarded by the player's citizenship, regardless of the player's club's location.^[1]

In the league's countries with just one club, currently six (Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, and Finland), along with Poland in the past, the league itself gives the award. In Russia, which has 10 clubs, Russian news agency TASS (replacing RIA Novosti, from 2014–15), partners with the league to name the top Russian player. In the past, for clubs from Lithuania (three) and Ukraine (two), the league partnered with, respectively, basketnews.lt and basket-planet.com.^[1][2]

Current awards

Top Belarusian Player

The best player from  Belarus

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Vladimir Veremeenko	PF	UNICS Kazan	[3]
2013–14	Vladimir Veremeenko (2×)	PF	UNICS Kazan	[4]
2014–15	Artsiom Parakhouski	C	Nizhny Novgorod	[5]
2015–16	Artsiom Parakhouski (2×)	C	UNICS Kazan	[6]

Top Estonian Player

The best player from  Estonia

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Tanel Sokk	PG	Kalev/Cramo	[7]
2013–14	Rain Veideman	SG	Kalev/Cramo	[8]
2014–15	Rain Veideman (2×)	SG	Kalev/Cramo	[9]
2015–16	Gregor Arbet	SG	Kalev/Cramo	[10]

Top Kazakh Player

The best player from  Kazakhstan

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Anton Ponomarev	PF	Astana	[11]
2013–14	Anatoly Kolesnikov	SF	Astana	[12]
2014–15	Anatoly Kolesnikov (2×)	SF	Astana	[13]
2015–16	Anton Ponomarev (2×)	PF	Astana	[14]

Top Latvian Player

The best player from  Latvia

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Kristaps Janičenoks	SF	VEF Rīga	[15]
2013–14	Jānis Blūms	SG	Astana	[16]
2014–15	Jānis Timma	SF	VEF Rīga	[17]
2015–16	Jānis Timma (2×)	SF	Zenit	[18]

Top Russian Player

The best player from  Russia

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Victor Khryapa	PF	CSKA Moscow	[19]
2013–14	Semyon Antonov	SF	Nizhny Novgorod	[20]
2014–15	Andrey Vorontsevich	PF	CSKA Moscow	[21]
2015–16	Alexey Shved	SG	Khimki	[22]

Past awards

Top Czech Player

The best player from the  Czech Republic

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Petr Benda	C	ČEZ Nymburk	[23]
2013–14	Vojtěch Hruban	SF	ČEZ Nymburk	[24]
2014–15	Jiří Welsch	SF	ČEZ Nymburk	[25]
2015–16	Vojtěch Hruban (2×)	SF	ČEZ Nymburk	[26]

Top Finnish Player

The best player from  Finland

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2014–15	Petteri Koponen	SG	Khimki	[27]
2015–16	Petteri Koponen (2×)	SG	Khimki	[28]

Top Georgian Player

The best player from  Georgia

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2015–16	Irakli Chlaidze	SG	VITA Tbilisi	[29]

Top Lithuanian Player

The best player from  Lithuania

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Mantas Kalnietis	PG	Lokomotiv Kuban	[30]
2013–14	Martynas Gecevičius	SG	Lietuvos rytas	[31]

Top Polish Player

The best player from  Poland

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Aaron Cel	PF	Turów Zgorzelec	[32]
2013–14	Damian Kulig	C	Turów Zgorzelec	[33]

Top Ukrainian Player

The best player from  Ukraine

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Oleksiy Pecherov	C	Azovmash Mariupol	[34]
2013–14	Kyrylo Natyazhko	C	Azovmash Mariupol	[35]

References

1. "Tanel Sokk – League's top Estonian player". VTB United League. 23 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
2. "Jiri Welsch named League's top Czech player". VTB United League. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
3. "Vladimir Veremeenko – League's top Belarusian player". VTB United League. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
4. "Vladimir Veremeenko named League's top Belarusian player". VTB United League. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
5. "Artsiom Parakhouski named league's top Belarusian player". VTB United League. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
6. "Artsiom Parakhouski Named League's Top Belarusian Player". VTB United League. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
7. "Tanel Sokk – League's top Estonian player". VTB United League. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
8. "Rain Veideman named League's Top Estonian Player". VTB United League. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
9. "Rain Veideman named League's Top Estonian Player". VTB United League. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
10. "Gregor Arbet Named League's Top Estonian Player". VTB United League. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
11. "Anton Ponomarev – League's top Kazakh player". VTB United League. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
12. "Anatoly Kolesnikov named League's Top Kazakh Player". VTB United League. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
13. "Anatoly Kolesnikov named League's top Kazakh player". VTB United League. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
14. "Anton Ponomarev Named League's Top Kazakh Player". VTB United League. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
15. "Kristaps Janicenoks – League's top Latvian player". VTB United League. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
16. "Janis Blums named League's top Latvian player". VTB United League. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
17. "Janis Timma named League's top Latvian player". VTB United League. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
18. "Janis Timma Named League's Top Latvian Player". VTB United League. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
19. "Victor Khryapa – League's top Russian player". VTB United League. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
20. "Semen Antonov named League's top Russian player". VTB United League. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
21. "Andrey Vorontsevich named league's top Russian player". VTB United League. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
22. "Alexey Shved Named League's Top Russian Player". VTB United League. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
23. "Petr Benda – League's top Czech player". VTB United League. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
24. "Vojtech Hruban named top Czech player". VTB United League. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
25. "Jiri Welsch named League's top Czech player". VTB United League. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
26. "Vojtech Hruban Named League's Top Czech Player". VTB United League. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
27. "Petteri Koponen named VTB United League's Top Finnish Player". VTB United League. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
28. "Petteri Koponen Named League's Top Finnish Player". VTB United League. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
29. "Irakly Chlaidze Named League's Top Georgian Player". VTB United League. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
30. "Mantas Kalnietis – League's top Lithuanian player". VTB United League. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
31. "Martynas Gecevicius named League's top Lithuanian player". VTB United League. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
32. "Aaron Cel – League's top Polish player". VTB United League. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
33. "Damian Kulig named League's Top Polish Player". VTB United League. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
34. "Oleksiy Pecherov – League's top Ukrainian player". VTB United League. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
35. "Kyrylo Natyazhko named League's Top Ukrainian Player". VTB United League. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

External links

• VTB United League Official Website (in Russian)
• VTB United League Official Website (in English)