LNB Pro A MVP

LNB Pro A Most Valuable Player Award

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The LNB Pro A Most Valuable Player Award is the

. Maxi-Basket holds the vote, and calls it the referendum.

The record for most MVP awards is hold by Antoine Rigaudeau who won five awards. Victor Wembanyama is the youngest player to ever win the award, as he won it at age 19, in 2023.^[1]

Player of the Year awards (before 1983)

Before 1983, the title of the best player in the league was sometimes assigned by a panel of

, but the charts are incomplete.

• Denain
  ) was voted the best player of the year in the 1962–63 season.
• ASVEL
  ) was voted the best player of the year in the 1964–65, 1966–67, and 1967–68 seasons.
• Michel Le Ray (ABC Nantes) was voted the best player of the year in the 1965–66 season.
• Pierre Galle (AS Berck) was voted the best player of the year in the 1972–73 and 1973–74 seasons.

Two awards (1983–2014)

Between 1983 and 2005, the monthly Maxi-Basket conducted a vote of the players and

Since the

2014–15 LNB Pro A season

, the MVP award is a single unified award. Prior to that, it was divided into two separate awards, one for French players, and one for non-French players.

Season	French Domestic Player's MVP	Foreign Player's MVP
1982–83	Philip Szanyiel (ASVEL )	Ed Murphy (Limoges)
1983–84	Stade )	Ed Murphy (Limoges)
1984–85	Richard Dacoury (Limoges)	Ed Murphy (Limoges)
1985–86	Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)	Kevin Figaro (Challans)
1986–87	Orthez )	Antibes )
1987–88	Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)	Don Collins (Limoges)
1988–89	Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)	Don Collins (Limoges)
1989–90	Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)	Don Collins (Limoges)
1990–91	Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)	Michael Brooks (Limoges)
1991–92	Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)	Michael Brooks (Limoges)
1992–93	Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)	Michael Young (Limoges)
1993–94	Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)	Michael Young (Limoges)
1994–95	Yann Bonato (Paris)	Antibes )
1995–96	Orthez )	Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1996–97	Yann Bonato (Limoges)	Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1997–98	Jim Bilba (ASVEL)	BCM )
1998–99	Orthez )	Keith Jennings (MSB)
1999–00	Moustapha Sonko (ASVEL)	Marcus Brown (Limoges)
2000–01	Jim Bilba (ASVEL)	Bill Edwards (ASVEL)
2001–02	Cyril Julian (Nancy)	Orthez )
2002–03	Orthez )	Rico Hill (MSB)
2003–04	Orthez )	SIG )
2004–05	BCM )	Jermaine Guice (STB)
2005–06	Cyril Julian (Nancy)	Toulon )
2006–07	Cyril Julian (Nancy)	Roanne )
2007–08	Nando de Colo (Cholet)	Roanne )
2008–09	Alain Koffi (MSB)	Toulon )
2009–10	Ali Traoré (ASVEL)	Ricardo Greer (Nancy)
2010–11	Mickaël Gelabale (ASVEL)	Sammy Mejia (Cholet )
2011–12	Fabien Causeur (Cholet)	Blake Schilb (Chalon)
2012–13	Edwin Jackson (ASVEL)	BCM )
2013–14	SIG )	Randal Falker (Nancy)

LNB Pro A Unified MVP award (2015–present)

Since from the 2015–16 season, no differentiation was made between French and foreign players, and one award was given for the best player of the league.

• 
  Devin Booker was the second Chalon player to win MVP, in 2016.
• 
  D. J. Cooper holding the MVP award trophy in 2017.

^	Denotes player who is still active in the Pro A
*	Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
†	Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been named MVP
Team (X)	Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Club	Ref(s)
2014–15 †	Adrien Moerman	PF	France	Limoges CSP (18)	[3]
2015–16	Devin Booker	PF	United States	Élan Chalon (2)	[4]
2016–17	D. J. Cooper	PG	United States	Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez	[5]
2017–18	Zachery Peacock	PF	United States	JL Bourg	[6]
2018–19	David Holston	PG	United States	JDA Dijon	[7]
2019–20	Not awarded 1
2020–21	Bonzie Colson	PF	United States	SIG Strasbourg	[8]
2021–22	Will Cummings	PG	United States	Metropolitans 92	[9]
2022–23	Victor Wembanyama	F/C	France	Metropolitans 92 (2)	[1]

L'Équipe awards (1994–2005)

Between 1994 and 2005, the French newspaper,

.

Season	French Domestic Player's MVP	Foreign Player's MVP
1993–94	Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)	Michael Young (Limoges)
1994–95	Yann Bonato (Paris)	Antibes )
1995–96	Orthez )	Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1996–97	Jim Bilba (ASVEL)	Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1997–98	Alain Digbeu (ASVEL)	BCM )
1998–99	Orthez )	Keith Jennings (MSB)
1999–00	Moustapha Sonko (ASVEL)	Marcus Brown (Limoges)
2000–01	Jim Bilba (ASVEL)	Bill Edwards (ASVEL)
2001–02	Cyril Julian (Nancy)	- Tony Dorsey (Cholet)
2002–03	Laurent Sciarra (Paris)	Orthez )
2003–04	Orthez )	SIG )
2004–05	BCM )	Jermaine Guice (STB)

Players with the most French MVPs won by year

• French Player's MVP and L'Équipe MVP awards combined. When the player won both awards in the same year, it is counted as a single MVP for the year.

Player	Club(s)	Number of MVPs	Years Won
Antoine Rigaudeau	Pau-Orthez (1)	5	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
Stéphane Ostrowski	Limoges	4	1986, 1988, 1989, 1990
Cyril Julian	Nancy	3	2002, 2006, 2007
Jim Bilba	ASVEL	3	1997, 1998, 2001
Yann Bonato	Paris, Limoges	2	1995, 1997
Laurent Foirest	Pau-Orthez	2	1999, 2004
Laurent Sciarra	Gravelines	2	2003, 2005

Players with the most Foreign MVPs won by year

• Foreign Player's MVP and L'Équipe MVP awards combined. When the player won both awards in the same year, it is counted as a single MVP for the year.

Player	Club(s)	Number of MVPs	Years Won
Don Collins	Limoges	3	1988, 1989, 1990
Ed Murphy	Limoges	3	1983, 1984, 1985
Michael Brooks	Limoges	2	1991, 1992
Delaney Rudd	ASVEL	2	1996, 1997
Michael Young	Limoges	2	1993, 1994

See also

• LNB Pro A Finals MVP
• LNB Pro A Awards

References

External links

• Official Site (in French)