Serbian Basketball Player of the Year
Sonja Vasić and Nikola Jokić have won the award a record three times.
SportBasketball
Awarded foroutstanding playing performance in a calendar year
LocationBelgrade
CountrySerbia Serbia
Presented byBasketball Federation of Serbia
History
First award2015
Editions8
First winnerNemanja Bjelica
Ana Dabović
Most wins3 (three-way tie)
Sonja Vasić
Nikola Jokić
Bogdan Bogdanović
Most recentBogdan Bogdanović
Aleksandra Crvendakić

The Serbian Basketball Player of the Year award is established in 2015 to recognize the best basketball player of the year from Serbia. The winners are men's and women's basketball players who have Serbian citizenship, and whose performances with its basketball club and/or national team throughout the year has reached the highest level of excellence. All players with Serbian citizenship, regardless of where they play in the world, qualify for the award. The inaugural recipients were Nemanja Bjelica and Ana Dabović. The winners are selected by the Basketball Federation of Serbia.

All-time award winners

Year Men Women Ref.
Player Club(s) Player Club(s)
2015 Nemanja Bjelica Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker
United States Minnesota Timberwolves 		Ana Dabović Turkey Ormanspor
United States Los Angeles Sparks
Turkey Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi 		[1][2]
2016 Miloš Teodosić Russia CSKA Moscow Sonja Petrović[a] Czech Republic USK Praha
United States Phoenix Mercury 		[1][3][4]
2017 Bogdan Bogdanović Turkey Fenerbahçe
United States Sacramento Kings 		Jelena Milovanović[b] Spain Perfumerías Avenida
Hungary UNIQA Sopron 		[1][5]
2018 Nikola Jokić United States Denver Nuggets Aleksandra Crvendakić Hungary UNIQA Sopron [6][7]
2019 Bogdan Bogdanović United States Sacramento Kings Sonja Petrović[a] Russia Dynamo Kursk
Spain Spar CityLift Girona 		[8][9][10]
2020 No award — No award —
2021 Nikola Jokić United States Denver Nuggets Sonja Vasić Spain Spar CityLift Girona[c] [11][12]
2022 Nikola Jokić United States Denver Nuggets Tina Krajišnik Turkey Galatasaray
United States Chicago Sky
Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg 		[13]
2023 Bogdan Bogdanović United States Atlanta Hawks Aleksandra Crvendakić France ASVEL Féminin [14]

Multiple winners

Number Players Pos. First Last
3 Nikola Jokić C 2018 2022
Sonja Vasić (née Petrović) SF 2016 2021
Bogdan Bogdanović SG 2017 2023
2 Aleksandra Crvendakić PF 2018 2023

Special award winners

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Petrović married in 2019 and changed her surname to Vasić.
  2. ^ Milovanović married in 2019 and changed her surname to Brooks.
  3. ^ In August 2021, Vasić retired from her basketball career at age 32.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jelena Milovanović i Bogdan Bogdanović najbolji u 2017!". kss.rs. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Nemanja Bjelica i Ana Dabović bez premca u 2015: Velika čast je biti najbolji u zemlji košarke!". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ^ "KSS: Miloš Teodosić i Sonja Petrović najbolji u 2016!". novosti.rs. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ^ "KSS: Miloš Teodosić i Sonja Petrović najbolji u 2016. godini". rts.rs. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. ^ "KOŠARKAŠKO SLAVLJE Bogdan i Jelena - stvarno najbolji /VIDEO/". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  6. ^ "KSS DODELIO NAGRADE: Jokić i Crvendakić najbolji u 2018. godini". novosti.rs. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  7. ^ "KSS: Jokić i Crvendakićeva najbolji u 2018". b92.net. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Sonja Petrović je najbolja srpska košarkašica u 2019. godini". b92.net. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  9. ^ "KSS: Bogdan Bogdanović igrač godine". b92.net. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Sonja Petrović i Bogdan Bogdanović najbolji u 2019, specijalno priznanje Bulutu!". kss.rs. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  11. ^ a b "KSS dodelio specijalne nagrade: Nikola Jokić i Sonja Vasić najbolji u 2021. godini". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  12. ^ a b "KSS: Jokić igrač godine". b92.net. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  13. ^ "KSS i novinari izabrali: Tina Krajišnik i Nikola Jokić najbolji u 2022. godini". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Bogdanović ispred Jokića: Kapiten najbolji košarkaš Srbije VIDEO". b92.net. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

External links

Serbian Basketball Player of the Year
Basketball in Serbia
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