Korisliiga Most Valuable Player

Korisliiga awards and honours
Individual awards
MVP Finals MVP Defensive Player of Year Finnish Hall of Fame
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award. The first, the Player of the Year, goes to the best Finnish player in the league. The second, is the Best Foreigner (in Finnish, vuoden ulkomaalaisvahvistus).

*		Inducted into the Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame
Player (X)		Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that season
G	Guard		F	Forward	C	Center

Season	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	Ref(s)
1996–97	Kurk Lee	PG	United States	Torpan Pojat	[1]
1997–98	James Gatewood	F	United States	Torpan Pojat	[1]
1998–99	Faisal Abraham	F	U.S. Virgin Islands	Salon Vilpas	[1]
1999–00	Marcus Grant	F	United States	Namika Lahti	[1]
2000–01	Damon Williams	F	United States	Pyrbasket	[1]
2001–02	Lonnie Cooper	G	United States	Espoon Honka	[1]
2002–03	Marcus Grant (2×)	F	United States	Espoon Honka	[1]
2003–04	Marcus Grant (3×)	F	United States	Kouvot	[1]
2004–05	Tim Kisner	G	United States	Salon Vilpas	[1]
2005–06	Boakai Lalugba	F	Liberia[a]	UU Korihait	[1]
2006–07	Jerald Fields	F	United States	KTP-Basket	[1]
2007–08	Corey Smith	G	United States	Kouvot	[1]
2008–09	Ray Nixon	F	United States	Namika Lahti	[1]
2009–10	A. J. Moye	G	United States	Kouvot	[1]
2010–11	Damon Williams (2×)	F	United States	Tampereen Pyrintö	[1]
2011–12	Jeb Ivey	PG	United States	Nilan Bisons Loimaa	[1]
2012–13	Martin Zeno	G	United States	Nilan Bisons	[1]
2013–14	Kyle Fogg	PG	United States	Korikobrat	[2]
2014–15	Robert Arnold	SF	United States	Joensuun Kataja	[1]
2015–16	Lamont Jones	G	United States	Kobrat	[1]
2016–17	Juwan Staten	PG	United States	Vilpas Vikings	[3]
2017–18	Aaron Jones	C	United States	Vilpas Vikings	[4]
2018–19	René Rougeau	SF	United States	Kauhajoen Karhu	[4]
2020–21	Jeremiah Wood	F	United States	Salon Vilpas	[1]
2021–22	Cameron Jones	G	United States	Kauhajoen Karhu	[1]
2022–23	Jeffrey Carroll	F	United States	Helsinki Seagulls	[1]
2023–24	Both Gach	G	United States	BC Nokia	[1]

Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref(s)
1986–87	Mikael Salmi		Helsingin NMKY	[1]
1987–88	Sakari Pehkonen		Helsingin NMKY	[1]
1988–89	Pekka Markkanen		Urheilijat	[1]
1989–90	Petteri Nieminen		Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat	[1]
1990–91	Larry Pounds*		KTP-Basket	[1]
1991–92	Petri Niiranen		Helsingin NMKY	[1]
1992–93	Kari-Pekka Klinga*		Torpan Pojat	[1]
1993–94	Petri Niiranen (2)		Helsingin NMKY	[1]
1994–95	Kari-Pekka Klinga (2)*		Torpan Pojat	[1]
1995–96	Markku Larkio		New Wave	[1]
1996–97	Mika-Matti Tahvanainen		Lahden NMKY	[1]
1997–98	Pasi Riihelä		Kouvot	[1]
1998–99	Teemu Rannikko		Piiloset	[1]
1999–00	Teemu Rannikko (2)		Piiloset	[1]
2000–01	Roope Mäkelä		Espoon Honka	[1]
2001–02	Jukka Toijala		Joensuun Kataja	[1]
2002–03	Petri Virtanen		BC Jyväskylä	[1]
2003–04	Pasi Riihelä		Lappeenrannan NMKY	[1]
2004–05	Pasi Riihelä (2)		Lappeenrannan NMKY	[1]
2005–06	Petri Virtanen (2)		Joensuun Kataja	[1]
2006–07	Sami Lehtoranta (2)		Joensuun Kataja	[1]
2007–08	Petteri Koponen		Espoon Honka	[1]
2008–09	Antti Nikkilä		Tampereen Pyrintö	[1]
2009–10	Tuukka Kotti		Espoon Honka	[1]
2010–11	Ville Kaunisto		Kouvot	[1]
2011–12	Sami Lehtoranta (2)	PF	Joensuun Kataja	[1]
2012–13	Samuel Haanpää	SG	Korikobrat	[1]
2013–14	Antero Lehto	PG	Tampereen Pyrintö	[5]
2014–15	Teemu Rannikko (3)	PG	Joensuun Kataja	[1]
2015–16	Teemu Rannikko (4)	PG	Joensuun Kataja	[1]
2016–17	Antto Nikkarinen	PF	Helsinki Seagulls	[3]
2017–18	Tuukka Kotti	C	Helsinki Seagulls	[3]
2018–19	Topias Palmi	G	Joensuun Kataja	[6]
2020–21	Okko Järvi	G	Karhu Basket	[1]
2021–22	Remu Raitanen	F/C	KTP-Basket	[1]
2022–23	Severi Kaukiainen	G	Karhu Basket	[1]
2023–24	Topias Palmi (2)	G	Karhu Basket	[1]