Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year


The Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year award was established in 1961 to recognize the best men's college basketball player of the year, as voted upon by the Associated Press.

Key

†Co-Players of the Year
Player Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded at that point

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClass
1960–61Ohio StateF / C
1961–62 Ohio StateF / C
1962–63DukeG / F
1963–64Ohio StateF
1964–65PrincetonSF / SG
1965–66MichiganSG
1966–67UCLAC
1967–68HoustonF / C
1968–69 UCLAC
1969–70LSUG
1970–71Notre DameG
1971–72UCLAC
1972–73 UCLAC
1973–74NC StateSG / SF
1974–75 NC StateSG / SF
1975–76IndianaF
1976–77UCLAG / F
1977–78MarquettePG
1978–79Indiana StateSF
1979–80DePaulSF
1980–81VirginiaC
1981–82 VirginiaC
1982–83 VirginiaC
1983–84North CarolinaSG
1984–85GeorgetownC
1985–86St. John'sPF
1986–87NavyC
1987–88BradleySG
1988–89ArizonaSF
1989–90La SalleSF
1990–91LSUC
1991–92DukeF
1992–93IndianaSF
1993–94PurdueSF / PF
1994–95MarylandC
1995–96UMassC
1996–97Wake ForestC
1997–98North CarolinaSF
1998–99DukeC
1999–00CincinnatiPF
2000–01DukeSF / SG
2001–02DukePG
2002–03XavierPF
2003–04Saint Joseph'sPG
2004–05UtahC
2005–06DukeSG
2006–07TexasSF
2007–08North CarolinaPF
2008–09OklahomaPF
2009–10Ohio StateSG
2010–11BYUPG
2011–12KentuckyC
2012–13MichiganPG
2013–14CreightonSF
2014–15WisconsinPF
2015–16Michigan StateSG
2016–17KansasPG
2017–18VillanovaPG
2018–19DukeSF / PF
2019–20DaytonPF

Winners by school

Footnotes