LNB Pro A MVP
The LNB Pro A Most Valuable Player Award is the most valuable player award of the top-tier level men's professional club basketball league in France, the LNB Pro A. Maxi-Basket holds the vote, and calls it the referendum. The record for most MVP awards is hold by Antoine Rigaudeau who won five awards. Victor Wembanyama is the youngest player to ever win the award, as he won it at age 19, in 2023.[1] Player of the Year awards (before 1983)Before 1983, the title of the best player in the league was sometimes assigned by a panel of journalists, but the charts are incomplete.
Two awards (1983–2014)Between 1983 and 2005, the monthly Maxi-Basket conducted a vote of the players and head coaches of the league. Since 2005, the coaches and captains of the LNB Pro A clubs, and a panel of fifty journalists are asked to vote.[2] Since the 2014–15 LNB Pro A season, the MVP award is a single unified award. Prior to that, it was divided into two separate awards, one for French players, and one for non-French players. LNB Pro A Unified MVP award (2015–present)Since from the 2015–16 season, no differentiation was made between French and foreign players, and one award was given for the best player of the league.
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L'Équipe awards (1994–2005)Between 1994 and 2005, the French newspaper, L'Équipe, also conducted a selection of the best French and foreign players of the league, through a vote of journalists. These awards are also considered official by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB).
Players with the most French MVPs won by year
Players with the most Foreign MVPs won by year
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