ACB Best Young Player Award

The ACB Best Young Player Award, previously known as the ACB Rising Star Award, from 2005 to 2013, is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. The award has been given since the 2004–05 ACB season.

Spain
Liga ACB awards and honours
Individual awards

Currently, to be eligible for the award, players must be 22 years old or younger, and must have played in at least half of the league's games during the season, with an average playing time per game of at least 10 minutes.[1] An All-ACB Best Young Players Team is also chosen.

Rising Star award winners (2004–13)
Sergio Rodríguez was the Liga ACB Rising Star in 2005.
Ricky Rubio was the Liga ACB Rising Star in 2007.

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Rising Star Award winners.

SeasonPlayerTeam
2004–05Spain Sergio RodríguezAdecco Estudiantes
2005–06Spain Carlos SuárezAdecco Estudiantes
2006–07Spain Ricky RubioDKV Joventut
2007–08Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza TeletovićTAU Cerámica
2008–09Spain Brad OlesonAlta Gestión Fuenlabrada
2009–10North Macedonia Richard HendrixCB Granada
2010–11Mexico Gustavo AyónBaloncesto Fuenlabrada
2011–12United States Micah DownsAssignia Manresa
2012–13Tunisia Salah MejriBlu:sens Monbús

Best Young Player award winners (2013–present)

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Best Young Player Award winners.

SeasonPlayerTeamRef.
2013–14Spain Guillem VivesFIATC Joventut[2]
2014–15Spain Dani DíezGipuzkoa Basket[3]
2015–16Spain Juancho HernangómezMovistar Estudiantes[4]
2016–17Slovenia Luka DončićReal Madrid[5]
2017–18Slovenia Luka Dončić (2)Real Madrid[6]
2018–19Spain Carlos AlocénTecnyconta Zaragoza
2019–20Spain Carlos Alocén (2)Casademont Zaragoza
2020–21Spain Usman GarubaReal Madrid
2021–22Spain Joel ParraJoventut Badalona
2022–23Dominican Republic Jean MonteroReal Betis

All-ACB Best Young Players Team
SeasonPlayersTeams
2013–14[7] Spain Guillem VivesFIATC Joventut
Spain Álex AbrinesFC Barcelona
Sweden Markus ErikssonLa Bruixa d'Or
Latvia Kristaps PorziņģisCajasol
Cape Verde Walter TavaresHerbalife Gran Canaria
2014–15[8] Spain Guillem Vives (2)Valencia Basket
Spain Álex Abrines (2)FC Barcelona
Spain Dani DíezGipuzkoa Basket
Latvia Kristaps Porziņģis (2)Baloncesto Sevilla
Spain Willy HernangómezBaloncesto Sevilla
2015–16[9] Sweden Ludde HåkansonBaloncesto Sevilla
Slovenia Luka DončićReal Madrid
Spain Santiago YustaRio Natura Monbus Obradoiro
Spain Juancho HernangómezMovistar Estudiantes
Spain Willy Hernangómez (2)Real Madrid
2016–17[10] Slovenia Luka Dončić (2)Real Madrid
Spain Alberto AbaldeDivina Seguros Joventut
Latvia Rolands ŠmitsMontakit Fuenlabrada
Bulgaria Sasha VezenkovFC Barcelona Lassa
Latvia Anžejs PasečņiksHerbalife Gran Canaria
2017–18 Spain Sergi GarcíaValencia Basket
Slovenia Luka Dončić (3)Real Madrid
Spain Xabier López-ArosteguiDivina Seguros Joventut
Spain Jonathan BarreiroTecnyconta Zaragoza
Sweden Simon BirganderDivina Seguros Joventut
2018–19 Spain Carlos AlocénTecnyconta Zaragoza
Spain Santiago Yusta (2)Real Madrid
Spain Xabier López-Arostegui (2)Divina Seguros Joventut
Slovenia Vlatko ČančarSan Pablo Burgos
Democratic Republic of the Congo Jordan SakhoBaxi Manresa
2019–20 Spain Carlos Alocén (2)Casademont Zaragoza
North Macedonia Nenad DimitrijevićClub Joventut Badalona
Czech Republic Vít KrejčíCasademont Zaragoza
Lithuania Arnoldas KulbokaRETAbet Bilbao Basket
Spain Usman GarubaReal Madrid
2020–21 Spain Carlos Alocén (3)Real Madrid
Argentina Leandro BolmaroFC Barcelona Lassa
Montenegro Dino RadončićAcunsa GBC
Democratic Republic of the Congo Yannick NzosaUnicaja
Spain Usman Garuba (2)Real Madrid
2021–22 Lithuania Rokas JokubaitisFC Barcelona
Slovenia Žiga SamarUrbas Fuenlabrada
Spain Jaime PradillaValencia Basket
Spain Joel ParraJoventut Badalona
Senegal Khalifa DiopHerbalife Gran Canaria
2022–23 Germany Justus HollatzRío Breogán
Dominican Republic Jean MonteroReal Betis
Spain Michael CaicedoCovirán Granada
Senegal Khalifa Diop (2)Gran Canaria
Spain Aday MaraCasademont Zaragoza

See also

References
  1. Ya puedes votar el MVP Orange y el Mejor Joven Archived 2014-06-29 at the Wayback Machine; ACB.com, 30 April 2014
  2. "Guillem Vives, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2013-14" [Guillem Vives, Best Young of 2013-14 Endesa League]. acb.com (in Spanish). 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. "Dani Díez, Mejor Jugador Joven de la Liga Endesa 2014-15" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 19 May 2015. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  4. "Juancho Hernangómez, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2015-16" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 May 2016. Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. "Luka Doncic, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2016-17" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  6. "Luka Doncic, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2017-18" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 23 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2013-14 Archived 2014-07-26 at the Wayback Machine; ACB.com, 20 May 2014
  8. Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2014-15 Archived 2015-05-21 at the Wayback Machine; ACB.com, 19 May 2015
  9. Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2015-16 Archived 2016-05-23 at the Wayback Machine; ACB.com, 16 May 2016
  10. "Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2016-17" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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