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 18 in 2023.[1]
Player of the Year awards (before 1983)
Alain Gilles was a 3 time Player of the Year (1965, 1967, 1968).
Before 1983, the title of the best player in the league was sometimes assigned by a panel of journalists, but the charts are incomplete.
Jean Degros (Denain) was voted the best player of the year in the 1962–63 season.
Alain Gilles (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 headcoaches of the league. Since 2005, the coaches and captains of the LNB Pro A clubs, and a panel of fifty journalists are asked to vote.[2]
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.
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.
Between 1994 and 2005, the French newspaper, L'Équipe, also conducted a selection of the best French and foreign players of the league, through a vote of journalists. These awards are also considered official by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB).
