Basketligaen Most Valuable Player

The Basketligaen Most Valuable Player is an annual basketball award that is given by the Danish top tier Basketligaen. It is awarded to the player who was considered to be the best in a given regular season.

Winners
Danish-Israeli Chanan Colman won the award in 2012
Darko Jukić won the award in 2013
^ Denotes player who is still active in the Basketligaen
* 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 received the award
Season Player Position Nationality Team Ref.
2002–03 Eric Bell  United States Bakken Bears [1]
2003–04 Joshua Metzger  United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2004–05 Eric Bell (2)  United States Horsens IC [1]
2005–06 Thomas Skotting  Denmark Aabyhøj IF [1]
2006–07 Joshua Buettner  United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2007–08 Brandon Thomas  United States Team FOG Næstved [1]
2008–09 Bonell Colas  United States Randers Cimbria [1]
2009–10† Johnell Smith  United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2010–11 Nicolai Iversen  Denmark Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2011–12 Chanan Colman Guard  Denmark[lower-alpha 1] Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2012–13 Darko Jukić^ Forward  Denmark Horsens IC [1]
2013–14 Johnell Smith Guard  United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2014–15† Skyler Bowlin Guard  United States Horsens IC [1]
2015–16 Brandon Rozzell Guard  United States Svendborg Rabbits [1]
2016–17† DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell Forward  Trinidad and Tobago[lower-alpha 2] Bakken Bears [1]
2017–18 Kevin Larsen Center  Denmark Horsens IC [2]
2018–19† Ryan Evans^ Forward  United States Bakken Bears [1]
2019–20 Roberto Gallinat Guard  United States Horsens IC [1]
2020–21† QJ Peterson Guard  United States Bakken Bears [3]
  1. Born in Denmark, Colman also owns the Israeli nationality, due to his Israeli mother.
  2. DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, born in Orlando, Florida, also owns the American nationality.

References
  1. "Basketligaen Priser" (in Danish). Basketligaen.dk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. "Kevin Larsen er årets spiller i Basketligaen".
  3. Pfaff, Sebastian (8 April 2021). "Fullcourt Awards - Most Valuable Player: Q.J. Peterson | Fullcourt.dk". Fullcourt (in Danish). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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