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List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards

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This article lists U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards. Several organizations sponsor an award for the top men's college basketball player in the United States. Thirty (30) times since there have been six player of the year awards has a single player won all awards. These players are considered the consensus national player of the year.

Sponsoring organizations

Sponsoring organization	First awarded
Sporting News Player of the Year	The Sporting News	1943
Oscar Robertson Trophy	U.S. Basketball Writers Association	1959
Associated Press Player of the Year	Associated Press	1961
Naismith College Player of the Year	Atlanta Tipoff Club	1969
NABC Player of the Year	National Association of Basketball Coaches	1975
John R. Wooden Award	Los Angeles Athletic Club	1977

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Sponsoring organization	Years awarded
Helms Foundation Player of the Year	Helms Athletic Foundation	1905–1983
UPI Player of the Year	United Press International	1955–1996
Adolph Rupp Trophy	Commonwealth Athletic Club of Kentucky	1972–2015

Key

List of awardees

The below list includes winners from just the active national player of the year award sponsoring organizations.

Season	Player	School	Sporting News	Oscar Robertson	Associated Press	Naismith	NABC	John Wooden
1942–43		Illinois		No award	No award	No award	No award	No award
1943–44		Army
1944–45
1945–46		Oklahoma State
1946–47	No winners selected
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52	No winners selected
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59	(2)	Cincinnati
1959–60	(3)	Cincinnati
1960–61		Ohio State
1961–62	(2)	Ohio State
1962–63		Duke
1963–64†
	Princeton
	UCLA
1964–65	(2)	Princeton
1965–66		Michigan
1966–67		UCLA
1967–68†	(2)	UCLA
	Houston
1968–69†	(3)	UCLA
	LSU
1969–70	(2)	LSU
1970–71†		Notre Dame
	UCLA
1971–72		UCLA
1972–73	(2)	UCLA
1973–74†		NC State
(3)	UCLA
1974–75	(2)
1975–76†		Notre Dame
	Indiana
1976–77		UCLA
1977–78†		North Carolina
	Marquette
1978–79		Indiana State
1979–80†		DePaul
	La Salle
	Louisville
1980–81†	(2)	DePaul
	BYU
	Virginia
1981–82	(2)	Virginia
1982–83†		North Carolina
(3)	Virginia
1983–84	(2)	North Carolina
1984–85†		Georgetown
	St. John's
1985–86†		St. John's
	Duke
1986–87		Navy
1987–88†		Bradley
	Kansas
1988–89†		Arizona
	Duke
	Oklahoma
1989–90†		Georgia Tech
	La Salle
1990–91†		UNLV
	LSU
1991–92		Duke
1992–93		Indiana
1993–94		Purdue
1994–95†		UCLA
	Michigan State
	Maryland
1995–96		UMass
1996–97		Wake Forest
1997–98		North Carolina
1998–99		Duke
1999–00		Cincinnati
2000–01†		Duke
	Duke
2001–02†		Kansas					T
(2)	Duke					T
2002–03†		Kansas
	Texas
	Xavier
2003–04†		Saint Joseph's					T
	UConn					T
2004–05†		Utah
	Illinois
2005–06†		Gonzaga		T			T
	Duke		T			T
2006–07		Texas
2007–08		North Carolina
2008–09		Oklahoma
2009–10		Ohio State
2010–11		BYU
2011–12†		Kentucky
	Michigan State
2012–13†		Michigan
	Indiana
2013–14		Creighton
2014–15		Wisconsin
2015–16†		Oklahoma
	Michigan State
2016–17		Kansas
2017–18		Villanova
2018–19		Duke
2019–20†		Iowa
	Dayton
2020–21	(2)	Iowa
2021–22		Kentucky
2022–23		Purdue
2023–24	(2)	Purdue
2024–25†		Auburn
	Duke

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References

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