Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award


The Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate center. Following the success of the Bob Cousy Award which had been awarded since 2004, the award was one of four new awards created as part of the inaugural College Basketball Awards show in 2015. It is named after three-time NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Champion, three-time NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player, and three-time National Player of the Year Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The inaugural winner was Frank Kaminsky.

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolClass
2014–15Wisconsin
2015–16Utah
2016–17Gonzaga
2017–18Seton Hall
2018–19Wisconsin
2019–20Iowa

Winners by school