DBL Most Valuable Player Award

The Dutch Basketball League Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to the most valuable player in the Dutch highest professional basketball league. The award is given after the regular season and was first handed out in 1974. Six Dutch players have won the award so far, with Arvin Slagter being the last in 2014. Kees Akerboom, Sr. (1980, 1981, 1985) and Leon Rodgers (2005–2007) are the all-time leaders in Dutch MVP awards.

Netherlands
Dutch Basketball League awards, honours, and leaders
Individual awards
Honors
Statistical leaders

Winners
Wilson Washington was MVP in 1982
Mike Reddick (to the right of Aleksandar Đorđević) won MVP in 1988
Travis Reed won the award in 2004
Leiden's Danny Gibson was MVP in 2010.
Jason Dourisseau won the award in 2011.
Arvin Slagter won the award in the 2013–14 season.
Worthy de Jong was the Most Valuable Player in 2016.
Emmanuel Nzekwesi, winner in 2021.
Key
Player (X)
 Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Club (X)
 Name of the club and the number of times a player of it has won the award (if more than one)
†
 Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Denotes player who is still active in the DBL
Season Player Position Nationality Club Ref
1974–75† Harry Rogers Forward  United States Punch [1]
1975–76 Hank Smith Forward  Netherlands Canadians Amsterdam
1976–77 Jimmy Moore Forward  United States Arke Stars Enschede
1977–78† Art Collins Guard  United States Leiden
1978–79† James Lister Center  United States EBBC Den Bosch
1979–80 Kees Akerboom Sr. Guard  Netherlands EBBC Den Bosch (2)
1980–81† Kees Akerboom Sr. (2) Guard  Netherlands EBBC Den Bosch (3)
1981–82 Wilson Washington Center  United States BV Amstelveen
1982–83 David Lawrence Forward  United States Donar
1983–84 Jerry Beck Forward  United States Leiden (2)
1984–85† Kees Akerboom Sr. (3) Guard  Netherlands EBBC Den Bosch (4)
1985–86 Toon van Helfteren Forward  Netherlands Leiden (3)
1986–87 José Waitman Forward  United States Den Helder
1987–88† Mike Reddick Center  United States EBBC Den Bosch (5)
1988–89 Rob Jones Center  United States Red Giants Meppel
1989–90 Kevin McDuffie Center  United States BS Weert
1990–91 Lenzie Howell Forward  United States Red Giants Meppel (2)
1991–92 Lenzie Howell (2) Forward  United States Red Giants Meppel (3)
1992–93 Jack Jennings Forward  United States[lower-alpha 1] Donar (2)
1993–94† Richard van Poelgeest Center  Netherlands BS Weert (2)
1994–95 Sonique Nixon Center  United States BS Weert (3)
1995–96 Michael Huger Guard  United States Rotterdam
1996–97† Marcel Huijbens Center  Netherlands EBBC Den Bosch (6)
1997–98 Donnell Thomas Forward  United States Donar (3)
1998–99 Ralph Biggs Forward  United States BS Weert (4)
1999–00† Joe Spinks Guard  United States[lower-alpha 2] Astronauts Amsterdam (2)
2000–01† Chris McGuthrie Guard  United States Astronauts Amsterdam (3)
2001–02 Mack Tuck Forward  United States Donar (4)
2002–03 Joe Spinks (2) Guard  United States[lower-alpha 2] Astronauts Amsterdam (4)
2003–04† Travis Reed Forward/center  United States Donar (5)
2004–05 Leon Rodgers Forward  United States[lower-alpha 3] EiffelTowers Nijmegen
2005–06† Leon Rodgers (2) Forward  United States[lower-alpha 3] Den Bosch (7)
2006–07† Leon Rodgers (3) Forward  United States[lower-alpha 3] Den Bosch (8) [2]
2007–08† Peter van Paassen Center  Netherlands Amsterdam (5) [3]
2008–09† Peter van Paassen (2) Center  Netherlands Amsterdam (6) [4]
2009–10 Danny Gibson Guard  United States Leiden (4) [5]
2010–11 Jason Dourisseau Forward  United States[lower-alpha 4] Donar (6) [6]
2011–12 Seamus Boxley Forward  United States Leiden (5) [7]
2012–13 Andre Young Guard  United States Den Bosch (9) [8]
2013–14† Arvin Slagter Guard  Netherlands Donar (7) [9]
2014–15 Lance Jeter Guard  United States Donar (8) [10]
2015–16 Worthy de Jong Guard  Netherlands ZZ Leiden (6) [11]
2016–17† Lance Jeter (2) Guard  United States Donar (9) [12]
2017–18† Brandyn Curry Guard  United States Donar (10) [13]
2018–19 Darius Thompson Guard  United States ZZ Leiden (7) [14]
2020–21† Emmanuel Nzekwesi Center  Netherlands ZZ Leiden (8) [15]
  1. Jennings also held the Israeli nationality.
  2. Spinks later became a Dutch citizen.
  3. Rodgers became a naturalised Venezuelan in 2016.
  4. Dourisseau became Dutch citizen in 2015.

Awards by player
Player Total
Kees Akerboom 3
Leon Rodgers 3
Lenzie Howell 2
Lance Jeter 2
Peter van Paassen 2
Joe Spinks 2

Awards won by nationality
Country Total
 United States 34
 Netherlands 11

References
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  7. "Seamus Boxley MVP van de Dutch Basketball League". Basketball.nl. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  8. "Andre Young MVP van de DBL". Basketball.nl. 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  9. "Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
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  11. "Worthy de Jong uitgeroepen tot MVP". DBL. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  12. "Jeter: MVP van het seizoen". Basketballleague.nl. 11 April 2017.
  13. "Brandyn Curry gekozen tot MVP". DBL. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  14. "Darius Thompson is MVP van de DBL". basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  15. "Historische mega-prijzenoogst voor Nzekwesi". Dutch Basketball League (in Dutch). 23 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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