Poland PLK awards and honours
Individual awards

The PLK Most Valuable Player award is given annually at the end of the regular season of the Polish Basketball League (PLK), the highest professional basketball league in Poland, to the most valuable player of the league. Originally, the award was given by the now defunct Polish I Liga (Polish League 1), and was called the Polish League 1 Player of the Year. The current award, given by the Polish PLK League, began when that league started, with the 1995–96 season.

I Liga Player of the Year winners (1961–1995)

Season Player Nationality Team
1960–61 Ryszard Olszewski  Poland AZS Toruń
1961–62
Not awarded
1962–63
Not awarded
1963–64
Not awarded
1964–65 Mieczysław Łopatka  Poland Śląsk Wrocław
1965–66
Not awarded
1966–67
Not awarded
1967–68 Wiesław Langiewicz  Poland Wisła Kraków
1968–69 Mieczysław Łopatka (2)  Poland Śląsk Wrocław
1969–70 Bolesław Kwiatkowski  Poland AZS Warszawa
1970–71 Edward Jurkiewicz  Poland Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1971–72
Not awarded
1972–73 Andrzej Seweryn  Poland Wisła Kraków
1973–74 Andrzej Seweryn (2)  Poland Wisła Kraków
1974–75 Zdzisław Myrda  Poland Resovia Rzeszów
1975–76 Edward Jurkiewicz (2)  Poland Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1976–77 Edward Jurkiewicz (3)  Poland Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1977–78 Wojciech Fiedorczuk  Poland ŁKS Łódź
1978–79 Eugeniusz Kijewski  Poland Lech Poznań
1979–80 Kent Washington  United States Start Lublin
1980–81 Mieczysław Młynarski  Poland Górnik Wałbrzych
1981–82 Eugeniusz Kijewski (2)  Poland Lech Poznań
1982–83 Dariusz Szczubiał  Poland Zagłębie Sosnowiec
1983–84 Krzysztof Fikiel  Poland Wisła Kraków
1984–85 Dariusz Zelig  Poland Śląsk Wrocław
1985–86 Eugeniusz Kijewski (3)  Poland Lech Poznań
1986–87 Dariusz Zelig (2)  Poland Śląsk Wrocław
1987–88
Not awarded
1988–89
Not awarded
1989–90 Jarosław Jechorek  Poland Lech Poznań
1990–91
Not awarded
1991–92 Maciej Zieliński  Poland Śląsk Wrocław
1992–93 Igor Griszczuk  Poland Anwil Włocławek [1]
1993–94 Keith Williams  United States Śląsk Wrocław [2]
1994–95 Tyrice Walker  United States MKS Znicz Pruszków [3][4]

PLK MVP winners (1996–present)

Adam Wójcik is tied for the record of the most Player of the Year/MVP awards won, with three.
^ Denotes player who is still active in the PLK
* 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 Pos. Nationality Team Ref.
1995–96† Dominik Tomczyk PF/C  Poland Śląsk Wrocław
1996–97 Maciej Zieliński (2) SG  Poland Śląsk Wrocław (2)
1997–98† Adam Wójcik PF/C  Poland Śląsk Wrocław (3)
1998–99† Maciej Zieliński (3) SG  Poland Śląsk Wrocław (4)
1999–00
Not awarded
2000–01† Adam Wójcik (2) PF/C  Poland Śląsk Wrocław (5)
2001–02† Dominik Tomczyk (2) PF/C  Poland Śląsk Wrocław (6)
2002–03 Joe McNaull C  United States
 Poland[5] 		Prokom Trefl Sopot
2003–04† Tomas Pačėsas PG  Lithuania Prokom Trefl Sopot (2)
2004–05† Adam Wójcik (3) PF/C  Poland Prokom Trefl Sopot (3)
2005–06† Goran Jagodnik PF  Slovenia Prokom Trefl Sopot (4)
2006–07 Thomas Kelati SG/SF  Poland BOT Turów Zgorzelec
2007–08 David Logan PG/SG  Poland PGE Turów Zgorzelec (2)
2008–09
Not awarded
 [6]
2009–10† Qyntel Woods SF  United States Asseco Prokom Gdynia (5) [7]
2010–11 Torey Thomas PG  United States PGE Turów Zgorzelec (3) [8]
2011–12 Walter Hodge PG  U.S. Virgin Islands Stelmet Zielona Góra [9]
2012–13† Walter Hodge (2) PG  U.S. Virgin Islands Stelmet Zielona Góra (2) [9]
2013–14† J.P. Prince SG/SF  United States PGE Turów Zgorzelec (4) [10]
2014–15 Damian Kulig^ PF/C  Poland PGE Turów Zgorzelec (5) [11]
2015–16† Mateusz Ponitka SG/SF  Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra (3) [12]
2016–17 Shawn King C  Saint Vincent Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski [13]
2017–18† Ivan Almeida F  Cape Verde Anwil Włocławek
[14]
2018–19 James Florence^ PG  United States Arka Gdynia (6)
[15]
2019–20
Not awarded1
2020–21 Geoffrey Groselle^ C  United States Zastal Zielona Góra (4)
[16]
2021–22† Travis Trice PG  United States WKS Śląsk Wrocław (7)
[17]
2022–23 Andrzej Mazurczak^ PG  Poland Wilki Morskie Szczecin
[18]
^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20 season, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Poland.

Multiple honors (1996–present)

Players

Rank Player Trophies
1.
 Poland Adam Wójcik
3
2.
 Poland Dominik Tomczyk
2
Poland Maciej Zieliński
United States Virgin Islands Walter Hodge

Player nationality

Rank Country Total
1.
  Poland
13
2.
  United States
6
3.
  U.S. Virgin Islands
2
4.
  Slovenia
1
 Lithuania
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Cape Verde

Teams

Rank Team Total
1.
 WKS Śląsk Wrocław
7
2.
 Prokom Trefl Sopot / Arka Gdynia
6
3.
 PGE Turów Zgorzelec
5
4.
 Zastal Zielona Góra
4
5.
 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
1
Anwil Włocławek
Wilki Morskie Szczecin

References

  1. ^ "Igor Griszczuk trenerem reprezentacji koszykarzy" (in Polish). polskieradio.pl. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Z historii Meczu Gwiazd: Lublin 1994" (in Polish). plk.pl. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Mecze Gwiazd Polskiej Ekstraklasy" (in Polish). mks.pl. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Z historii Meczu Gwiazd: Stalowa Wola 1995" (in Polish). plk.pl. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  5. ^ McNaull acquired Polish citizenship in 2001.
  6. ^ "Złote Kosze dla Gortata i TVP - SPORT.TVP.PL". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  7. ^ "Amerykanin Qyntel Woods MVP sezonu - Sport". polskieradio.pl. 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  8. ^ "MVP and Coach of the year – both from Zgorzelec". GoTorey.com. 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  9. ^ a b "Najbardziej wartościowy zawodnik: Walter Hodge". plk.pl. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  10. ^ "Polish Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings". Eurobasket. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  11. ^ "Najbardziej wartościowy zawodnik: Damian Kulig". Plk.pl. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  12. ^ "Najbardziej Wartościowy Zawodnik: Mateusz Ponitka" (in Polish). Tauron Basket Liga. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  13. ^ "NAJLEPSI ODEBRALI NAGRODY" (in Polish). plk.pl. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2017/18". plk.pl. 2018-04-28.
  15. ^ "Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2018/2019". plk.pl. 2019-05-09.
  16. ^ "Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2020/21". plk.pl. 2021-03-23.
  17. ^ "Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2021/22". plk.pl. 2022-04-14.
  18. ^ "Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2022/23". plk.pl. 2023-05-04.

External links

PLK Most Valuable Player Award
European Basketball MVP Awards
Polska Liga Koszykówki
Categories