Player of the Year

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Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year. In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.

Association football

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In association football, this award is held on both an international and national level.

Baseball

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In baseball, publications sometimes issue awards with this name:

Several awards for amateur baseball also exist:

Publications also issue annual player of the year awards, including Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, and the American Baseball Coaches Association.

Basketball

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In American basketball, several such awards are given:

Cricket

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In cricket, awards for the leading international player are the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World and the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.

Gaelic football

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In Gaelic football, it may mean Donegal GAA#Player of the Year.

Ice hockey

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In ice hockey, in the United Kingdom the Player of the Year Trophy is awarded by Ice Hockey Journalists UK.

Lacrosse

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In lacrosse, two awards are given with this name, the Major League Lacrosse Offensive player of the Year Award and the Major League Lacrosse Defensive player of the Year Award.

Rugby league

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In rugby league, player of the year awards include the Man of Steel in the Super League and the Dally M Medal in the National Rugby League.[12][13]

See also

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References

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