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Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
American collegiate award
American collegiate award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Big 12 Men's Basketball Player of the Year |
| image | Big 12 Conference.svg |
| imagesize | 150px |
| description | the most outstanding basketball player in the Big 12 Conference |
| presenter | Phillips 66 |
| country | United States |
| year | 1997 |
| holder | JT Toppin, Texas Tech |
The Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Big 12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1996–97 season, the first year of conference competition but three years after the conference's official formation. It is selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players. Kansas has had the most individual winners of the award with 12.
Only two players have won the award multiple times: Raef LaFrentz of Kansas, who won the first two awards in 1997 and 1998, and Buddy Hield of Oklahoma, who won the award in 2015 and 2016.
Four freshmen have won the award: Kevin Durant of Texas, Michael Beasley of Kansas State, Marcus Smart of Oklahoma State, and Cade Cunningham of Oklahoma State.
Ten current Big 12 institutions have yet to have a winner. Baylor is the only continuously present charter member without a winner. Another charter member, Colorado, left for the Pac-12 Conference in 2011 but returned in 2024. Two others joined in the 2010s: TCU in 2011 and West Virginia in 2012. The other six made their Big 12 debuts in the 2020s: BYU, Cincinnati, and UCF in 2023–24, and Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah in 2024–25.
In addition, two former Big 12 institutions never had a winner of the award during their tenure in the Big 12: Missouri and Texas A&M.
Key
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Big 12 Player of the Year award at that point |
|---|
Winners
| Season | Player | School | Position | Class | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | Kansas | PF | |||
| 1997–98 | (2) | Kansas | PF | ||
| 1998–99 | Nebraska | C | |||
| 1999–00 | Iowa State | PF | |||
| 2000–01 | Iowa State | PG | |||
| 2001–02 | Kansas | PF | |||
| 2002–03 | Kansas | PF | |||
| 2003–04 | Oklahoma State | SG | |||
| 2004–05 | Kansas | PF | |||
| 2005–06 | Texas | SF | |||
| 2006–07 | * | Texas | SF | ||
| 2007–08 | Kansas State | PF | |||
| 2008–09 | * | Oklahoma | PF | ||
| 2009–10 | Oklahoma State | SG | |||
| 2010–11 | Kansas | PF | |||
| 2011–12 | Kansas | PF | |||
| 2012–13 | Oklahoma State | PG | |||
| 2013–14 | Iowa State | SF | |||
| 2014–15 | Oklahoma | SG | |||
| 2015–16 | * (2) | Oklahoma | SG | ||
| 2016–17 | * | Kansas | PG | ||
| 2017–18 | Kansas | PG | |||
| 2018–19 | Texas Tech | SG | |||
| 2019–20 | Kansas | C | |||
| 2020–21 | Oklahoma State | G | |||
| 2021–22 | Kansas | SG | |||
| 2022–23 | Kansas | F | |||
| 2023–24 | Houston | PG | |||
| 2024–25 | Texas Tech | PF |
Winners by school
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas (1996) | 12 | 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 |
| Oklahoma State (1996) | 4 | 2004, 2010, 2013, 2021 |
| Iowa State (1996) | 3 | 2000, 2001, 2014 |
| Oklahoma (1996) | 3 | 2009, 2015, 2016 |
| Texas (1996) | 2 | 2006, 2007 |
| Texas Tech (1996) | 2 | 2019, 2025 |
| Houston (2023) | 1 | 2024 |
| Kansas State (1996) | 1 | 2008 |
| Nebraska (1996) | 1 | 1999 |
| Arizona (2024) | 0 | — |
| Arizona State (2024) | 0 | — |
| Baylor (1996) | 0 | — |
| BYU (2023) | 0 | — |
| Cincinnati (2023) | 0 | — |
| Colorado (1996) | 0 | — |
| Missouri (1996) | 0 | — |
| TCU (2012) | 0 | — |
| Texas A&M (1996) | 0 | — |
| UCF (2023) | 0 | — |
| Utah (2024) | 0 | — |
| West Virginia (2012) | 0 | — |
References
References
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- (March 5, 1998). "LaFrentz sweeps awards". The Kansas City Star.
- (March 4, 1999). "NU's Hamilton named Big 12 Player of the Year". [[Kearney Hub]].
- (March 14, 2000). "Honors roll in for Fizer". [[Quad-City Times]].
- (March 8, 2001). "Big 12 player of the year". [[Salina Journal]].
- Bagnato, Andrew. (March 14, 2002). "Despite Gooden's accolades, Hinrich may be Jayhawk MVP". [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].
- Tucker, Doug. (March 11, 2003). "Four Big 12 players are unanimous picks". [[Lincoln Journal Star]].
- (March 11, 2004). "Coaches tab OSU's Allen the Big 12 player of year". [[The Victoria Advocate]].
- (March 10, 2005). "Rock-Chalk unanimous: Simien AP Big 12 player of the year". [[Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
- (March 7, 2006). "UT's Tucker the Big 12 Player of Year". Salina Journal.
- (March 5, 2007). "2006–07 All-Big 12 Men's Basketball Awards". [[The Oklahoman.
- Haisten, Bill. (March 11, 2008). "Griffin, Dove are honored". [[Tulsa World]].
- (March 9, 2009). "Griffin Big 12 player of the year". Tulsa World.
- Rohde, John. (March 8, 2010). "Big 12 teams and awards". The Daily Oklahoman.
- Hawkins, Stephen. (March 9, 2011). "Jayhawks Morris tabbed Big 12 Player of Year". [[Longview News-Journal]].
- Hawkins, Stephen. (March 6, 2012). "Kansas Jayhawks' Thomas Robinson named AP Big 12 player of the year". [[Longview News-Journal]].
- (March 14, 2013). "Smart wins Tisdale Award". Tulsa World.
- Hawkins, Stephen. (March 11, 2014). "Iowa State's Melvin Ejim AP Big 12 Player of Year". [[Sioux City Journal]].
- (March 27, 2015). "1. Buddy Hield, Jr., G, Oklahoma". [[Daily Record (New Jersey).
- (March 8, 2016). "Hield repeats as Big 12 Player of the Year". Tulsa World.
- Auerbach, Nicole. (March 7, 2017). "Kansas' Mason seems destined for greatness". The News-Star.
- (March 15, 2018). "Players to Watch – Devonte' Graham, Kansas". [[The News Virginian]].
- Hawkins, Stephen. (March 13, 2019). "Culver AP Big 12 top player, Beard top coach". [[The Monitor (Texas).
- (March 9, 2020). "Big 12 coaches: Udoka Azubuike is player of year". [[The Montana Standard]].
- (March 9, 2021). "Cowboys freshman is MVP of Big 12". Quad-City Times.
- Bedore, Gary. (March 9, 2022). "Kansas Jayhawks' Ochai Agbaji wins another Big 12 basketball player of the year award". [[The Wichita Eagle]].
- Hawkins, Stephen. (March 8, 2023). "Wilson named AP Big 12 player of the year". [[Vincennes Sun-Commercial]].
- (March 31, 2024). "Blue Devils take advantage of Jamal Shead's injury". [[Asheville Citizen-Times]].
- . (March 10, 2025). ["Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Men's Basketball Awards Announced"](https://big12sports.com/news/2025/3/10/phillips-66-all-big-12-mens-basketball-awards-announced.aspx). *[[Big 12 Conference]]*.
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