KBL Most Valuable Player Award

The Korean Basketball League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) (Korean: 국내선수 MVP) is an annual Korean Basketball League (KBL) award given since 1997 to the best performing player of the regular season. It is only awarded to domestic players (registered as South Korean nationals) as there is a separate award for foreign import players.[1]

Joo Hee-jung, Shin Ki-sung, Kim Seung-hyun, Kim Joo-sung, Yang Dong-geun and Oh Se-keun are the only players to have won both the MVP and Rookie of the Year awards. Kim Seung-hyun is the only one to have won both within the same season.

Winners
^ Denotes player who is still active in the KBL
† Denotes player whose team won the KBL Championship that year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
Season Player Position Team
1997 †[fn 1] Kang Dong-hee Guard Busan Kia Enterprise
1997–98 † Lee Sang-min Guard Daejeon Hyundai Dynat
1998–99 † Lee Sang-min (2) Guard Daejeon Hyundai Dynat (2)
1999–00 † Seo Jang-hoon Center Cheongju SK Knights
2000–01 Cho Sung-won Forward Changwon LG Sakers
2001–02 † Kim Seung-hyun Guard Daegu Tongyang Orions
2002–03 Kim Byung-chul Guard Daegu Tongyang Orions (2)
2003–04 Kim Joo-sung Forward Wonju TG Sambo Xers
2004–05 † Shin Ki-sung Guard Wonju TG Sambo Xers (2)
2005–06 †[fn 2] Seo Jang-hoon (2) Center Seoul Samsung Thunders
2005–06[fn 2] Yang Dong-geun Guard Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (2)
2006–07 † Yang Dong-geun (2) Guard Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (3)
2007–08 † Kim Joo-sung (2) Forward Wonju Dongbu Promy (3)
2008–09 Joo Hee-jung Guard Anyang KT&G
2009–10 † Ham Ji-hoon^ Forward Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (4)
2010–11 Park Sang-oh Forward Busan KT Sonicboom
2011–12 Yoon Ho-young^ Forward Wonju Dongbu Promy (4)
2012–13 Kim Sun-hyung^ Guard Seoul SK Knights (2)
2013–14 Moon Tae-jong Forward Changwon LG Sakers (2)
2014–15 † Yang Dong-geun (3) Guard Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (5)
2015–16 Yang Dong-geun (4) Guard Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (6)
2016–17 † Oh Se-keun^ Center Anyang KGC (2)
2017–18 Doo Kyung-min^ Guard Wonju DB Promy (5)
2018–19 Lee Jung-hyun^ Guard Jeonju KCC Egis (3)
2019–20[fn 3] Heo Hoon^ Guard Busan KT Sonicboom (2)
2020–21 Song Kyo-chang^ Forward Jeonju KCC Egis (4)
2021–22 † Choi Jun-yong^ Guard Seoul SK Knights (3)

Multi-time winners
Awards Player Team(s) Years
4 Yang Dong-geun Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus 2006, 2007, 2015, 2016
2 Lee Sang-min Daejeon Hyundai Dynat 1998, 1999
Seo Jang-hoon Cheongju SK Knights / Seoul Samsung Thunders 2000, 2006
Kim Joo-sung Wonju TG Sambo Xers / Dongbu Promy 2004, 2008

Teams
Awards Teams Years
6 Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus[fn 4] 1997, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016
5 Wonju DB Promy[fn 5] 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2018
4 Jeonju KCC Egis[fn 6] 1998, 1999, 2019, 2021
3 Cheongju / Seoul SK Knights 2000, 2013, 2022
2 Goyang Orion Orions[fn 7] 2002, 2003
Anyang KT&G / KGC 2009, 2017
Busan / Suwon KT Sonicboom 2011, 2020

Notes
  1. Prior to the founding of the professional Korean Basketball League, the predecessor National Basketball Festival (농구대잔치) ended its final season in January 1997. The first season of the KBL began play in February 1997 to facilitate the transition. Since the 1997–98 season, the KBL season runs from October until April.
  2. Seo Jang-hoon and Yang Dong-geun were joint winners. This is the only instance of two joint winners of the MVP Award.
  3. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, the KBL board of directors voted to end the season early, in the middle of the fifth round, and cancel the play-offs. Instead the KBL board of directors declared Wonju DB Promy and Seoul SK Knights as joint first place on the league table.
  4. Formerly Busan Kia Enterprise and Ulsan Mobis Phoebus
  5. Formerly Wonju TG Sambo Xers and Wonju Dongbu Promy
  6. Formerly Daejeon Hyundai Dynat
  7. Formerly Daegu Tongyang Orions

References
  1. "2020-2021 현대모비스 프로농구 시상식 결과 안내" (in Korean). Korean Basketball League. April 7, 2021.
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