Karl Malone Award


The Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate power forward. 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 14-time NBA All-Star, 11-time All-NBA First Team player Karl Malone. The inaugural winner was Montrezl Harrell.

Winners

*Awarded a National Player of the Year award:
the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award
Player Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Karl Malone Award

SeasonPlayerSchoolClass
2014–15Louisville
2015–16Iowa State
2016–17Baylor
2017–18Arizona
2018–19*Duke
2019–20*Dayton

Winners by school