ACB Most Valuable Player

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ACB Most Valuable Player is an annual award of the Liga ACB, the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain. The ACB handed out the award first after the 1991–92 ACB season. Since then, seven players have won the award more than once: Darryl Middleton (3-time winner), Arvydas Sabonis, Tanoka Beard, Luis Scola, Felipe Reyes, Nikola Mirotić, and Giorgi Shermadini (2-time winners). Additionally, only six Spanish players have won the award: Juan Carlos Navarro, Marc Gasol, Felipe Reyes, Fernando San Emeterio, Sergio Llull and naturalized Spanish player Nikola Mirotić. The winner of the award is determined by voting by coaches, players, fans (through online voting), and the media.

All-time award winners

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Darryl Middleton was a three-time Liga ACB MVP (1992, 1993, 2000)
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Arvydas Sabonis was a two time Liga ACB MVP, in 1994 and 1995
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Luka Dončić was the youngest player ever to win the award, at age 19
^ Denotes player who is still active in the Liga ACB
* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
Season Player Position Nationality Team
1991–92 Darryl Middleton Forward File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Valvi Girona
1992–93 Darryl Middleton (2) Forward File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Caja San Fernando
1993–94 Arvydas Sabonis* Center File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Real Madrid
1994–95 Arvydas Sabonis* (2) Center File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Real Madrid
1995–96 Michael Anderson Guard File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Caja San Fernando
1996–97 Kenny Green Forward/center File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Taugrés Baskonia
1997–98 Dejan Bodiroga Forward File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg FR Yugoslavia[a] Real Madrid
1998–99 Tanoka Beard Forward/center File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Real Madrid
1999–00 Darryl Middleton (3) Forward File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Casademont Girona
2000–01 Lou Roe Forward File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Gijón Baloncesto
2001–02 Tanoka Beard (2) Forward/center File:Flag of the United States.svg United States DKV Joventut
2002–03 Walter Herrmann Forward File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Jabones Pardo Fuenlabrada
2003–04 Andrés Nocioni Forward File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina TAU Cerámica Baskonia
2004–05 Luis Scola Forward File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina TAU Cerámica Baskonia
2005–06 Juan Carlos Navarro Guard  Spain FC Barcelona
2006–07 Luis Scola (2) Forward File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina TAU Cerámica Baskonia
2007–08 Marc Gasol Center  Spain Akasvayu Girona
2008–09 Felipe Reyes Forward  Spain Real Madrid
2009–10 Tiago Splitter Center File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Caja Laboral Baskonia
2010–11 Fernando San Emeterio^ Forward  Spain Caja Laboral Baskonia
2011–12 Andy Panko Forward File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Lagun Aro GBC
2012–13 Nikola Mirotić Forward  Spain[b] Real Madrid
2013–14 Justin Doellman^ Forward File:Flag of the United States.svg United States[c] Valencia
2014–15 Felipe Reyes (2) Forward  Spain Real Madrid
2015–16 Ioannis Bourousis Center File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Laboral Kutxa Baskonia
2016–17 Sergio Llull^ Guard  Spain Real Madrid
2017–18 Luka Dončić Guard File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Real Madrid
2018–19 Nicolás Laprovíttola^ Guard File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Divina Seguros Joventut
2019–20 Nikola Mirotić (2) Forward  Spain FC Barcelona
2020–21 Giorgi Shermadini Center File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Lenovo Tenerife
2021–22 Džanan Musa Forward File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Río Breogán
2022–23 Giorgi Shermadini (2) Center File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Lenovo Tenerife
2023–24 Facundo Campazzo^ Guard File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Real Madrid
2024–25 Marcelinho Huertas Guard File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil La Laguna Tenerife
  1. ^ Since the breakup of FR Yugoslavia, later known as Serbia and Montenegro, Bodiroga has held Serbian nationality.
  2. ^ Mirotić, born in Titograd (now Podgorica), also holds Montenegrin nationality. He represents Spain in international competitions.
  3. ^ Born an American citizen, Doellman gained Kosovar citizenship in 2017, and represents that country in international competitions.[1]

Players with most awards

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Player Editions Notes
United States Spain Darryl Middleton 3 1992, 1993, 2000
Lithuania Arvydas Sabonis 2 1994, 1995
Argentina Luis Scola 2 2005, 2007
Montenegro Spain Nikola Mirotić 2 2013, 2020
Spain Felipe Reyes 2 2009, 2015
United States Tanoka Beard 2 1999, 2002
Georgia (country) Giorgi Shermadini 2 2021, 2023

Awards won by club

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Country Total
Real Madrid 10
Baskonia 7
Girona 3
Tenerife 3
Real Betis 2
Joventut Badalona 2
FC Barcelona 2
Gijon 1
Fuenlabrada 1
Gipuzkoa Basket 1
Valencia 1
Breogán 1

Awards won by nationality

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Country Total
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 10
 Spain 8
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 6
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 2
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 2
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 1

See also

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References

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