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Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Basketball award to best player in Big Ten

Field	Value
name	Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
image	Big Ten Conference logo (2012).svg
imagesize	150px
description	the most outstanding basketball player in the Big Ten Conference
country	United States
year	1985
holder	Braden Smith, Purdue

The Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1984–85 season. Only four players have won the award multiple times: Jim Jackson of Ohio State (1991, 1992), Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State (1998, 1999), Luka Garza of Iowa (2020, 2021), and Zach Edey of Purdue (2023, 2024). Ten players who won the Big Ten Player of the Year award were also named the national player of the year by one or more major voting bodies: Jim Jackson (1992), Calbert Cheaney of Indiana (1993), Glenn Robinson of Purdue (1994), Evan Turner of Ohio State (2010), Draymond Green of Michigan State (2012), Trey Burke of Michigan (2013), Frank Kaminsky of Wisconsin (2015), Denzel Valentine of Michigan State (2016), Luka Garza of Iowa (2021), and Zach Edey of Purdue (2023 and 2024).

Michigan State has the record for the most winners with nine. Of current Big Ten Conference members, nine schools have never had a winner. Of these, only Northwestern was in the conference since the inception of this award—Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1991, Nebraska joined in 2011, followed by Maryland and Rutgers in 2014, and by Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington in 2024. With Braden Smith winning the 2025 award, the Purdue Boilermakers became the first program to have conference players of the year in three consecutive seasons (2023–2025).

Key

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Big Ten Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season	Player	School	Position	Reference
1984–85		Michigan	PF / C
1985–86		Michigan State	PG
1986–87		Ohio State	SF
1987–88		Michigan	PG
1988–89†		Indiana	SG
	Michigan	SG / SF
1989–90		Purdue	C
1990–91		Ohio State	SG
1991–92	* (2)	Ohio State	SG
1992–93	*	Indiana	SF
1993–94	*	Purdue	SF
1994–95		Michigan State	SG
1995–96		Indiana	PF
1996–97	**	Minnesota	PG
1997–98		Michigan State	PG
1998–99†	(2)	Michigan State	PG	last =	first =	title=Moore defense	url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/649324159	newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram	location=Fort Worth, Texas	date=March 28, 1999	page= 60	via =Newspapers.com	accessdate = January 21, 2024}}
	Ohio State	PG
1999–00†		Indiana	SG	last =	first =	title=All-Big Ten selections	url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/17743321	newspaper=Daily Herald	location=Arlington Heights, Illinois	date=March 7, 2000	page= 163	via =Newspapers.com	accessdate = January 21, 2024}}
	Michigan State	SF
2000–01		Illinois	PG
2001–02		Indiana	C
2002–03		Illinois	PF
2003–04		Wisconsin	PG
2004–05		Illinois	SG
2005–06		Ohio State	PF
2006–07		Wisconsin	SF
2007–08		Indiana	PF
2008–09		Michigan State	PG
2009–10	*	Ohio State	SG
2010–11		Purdue	C
2011–12	*	Michigan State	SF
2012–13	*	Michigan	PG
2013–14		Michigan	SG
2014–15	*	Wisconsin	PF
2015–16	*	Michigan State	SG
2016–17		Purdue	PF
2017–18		Ohio State	SF
2018–19		Michigan State	PG
2019–20		Iowa	C	last =Olson	first =Eric	title=Iowa center Garza repeats as Big Ten player of year	url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/719921382	newspaper=The Herald	location=Jasper, Indiana	date=March 10, 2021	page= A6	via =Newspapers.com	accessdate = January 21, 2024}}
2020–21	* (2)	Iowa	C
2021–22		Wisconsin	SG
2022–23	*	Purdue	C
2023–24	* (2)	Purdue	C
2024–25		Purdue	PG

Bobby Jackson's selection was later vacated (along with that season's win total and all other accolades) due to an academic fraud scandal that ruled the entire team ineligible.

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Michigan State (1953)	9	1986, 1995, 1998, 1999†, 2000†, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2019
Ohio State (1912)	7	1987, 1991, 1992, 1999†, 2006, 2010, 2018
Purdue (1896)	7	1990, 1994, 2011, 2017, 2023, 2024, 2025
Indiana (1900)	6	1989†, 1993, 1996, 2000†, 2002, 2008
Michigan (1896)	5	1985, 1988, 1989†, 2013, 2014
Wisconsin (1896)	4	2004, 2007, 2015, 2022
Illinois (1896)	3	2001, 2003, 2005
Iowa (1900)	2	2020, 2021
Minnesota (1896)	0	1997 vacated
Maryland (2014)	0	—
Nebraska (2011)	0	—
Northwestern (1896)	0	—
Oregon (2024)	0	—
Penn State (1993)	0	—
Rutgers (2014)	0	—
UCLA (2024)	0	—
USC (2024)	0	—
Washington (2024)	0	—

References

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(March 10, 2015). "Wisconsin's Kaminsky Big Ten Player of the Year". [[Star Tribune]].
(March 8, 2016). "Spartans' Valentine the Big Ten player of year". [[St. Cloud Times]].
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(March 1, 2018). "AP picks Bates-Diop Big Ten player of year". Star Tribune.
Solari, Chris. (March 12, 2019). "Winston named B1G player of year". Lansing State Journal.
Olson, Eric. (March 10, 2021). "Iowa center Garza repeats as Big Ten player of year". The Herald.
Megargee, Steve. (March 17, 2022). "Fast rise to stardom for Wisconsin's Davis". Herald & Review.
Olson, Eric. (March 8, 2023). "Purdue's Edey named AP Big Ten player of year". [[The Star Democrat]].
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(March 11, 2025). "Big Ten Announces 2025 Men's Basketball Postseason Honors". Big Ten Conference.
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