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Oscar Robertson Trophy

Award for best college basketball player

Award for best college basketball player

FieldValue
nameOscar Robertson Trophy
descriptionthe most outstanding NCAA Division I men's basketball player
presenterUSBWA
countryUnited States
year1959
holderCooper Flagg, Duke
website

The Oscar Robertson Trophy is given out annually to the most outstanding NCAA Division I men's basketball player by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), first presented in 1959. It is one of the oldest national player of the year awards in college basketball, behind only The Sporting News award (1943), the Helms award (1944), and the UPI award (1955). The original name was the USBWA College Player of the Year, but the men's player of the year award has been called the Oscar Robertson Trophy since 1998. It was renamed to honor the college and professional legend, and first-ever recipient, Oscar Robertson.

Key

Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Oscar Robertson Trophy at that point

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1958–59CincinnatiPG
1959–60(2)CincinnatiPG
1960–61Ohio StateF / C
1961–62(2)Ohio StateF / C
1962–63DukeG / F
1963–64UCLASG / PG
1964–65PrincetonSF / SG
1965–66MichiganSG
1966–67UCLACauthor=date=2024title=All-Time Oscar Robertson Trophy Winners (USBWA Player of the Year)url=https://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/awards/oscar-robertson-trophywebsite=Sportswriters.netlocation=Indianapolis, Indianapublisher=USBWAaccess-date=March 16, 2025}}
1967–68(2)UCLAC
1968–69LSUPG
1969–70(2)LSUPG
1970–71UCLAPF
1971–72UCLAC
1972–73(2)UCLAC
1973–74(3)UCLAC
1974–75SG / SF
1975–76Notre DameSF
1976–77UCLAG / F
1977–78North CarolinaPG
1978–79Indiana StateSF
1979–80DePaulSF
1980–81VirginiaC
1981–82(2)VirginiaC
1982–83(3)VirginiaC
1983–84North CarolinaSG
1984–85St. John'sSF / SG
1985–86St. John'sPF
1986–87NavyC
1987–88BradleySG
1988–89DukePF / C
1989–90La SalleSF
1990–91UNLVPF
1991–92DukePF / C
1992–93IndianaSF
1993–94PurdueSF
1994–95UCLAPF
1995–96UMassC
1996–97Wake ForestC
1997–98North CarolinaSF
1998–99DukeC
1999–00CincinnatiPF
2000–01DukeSF / SGlast =first =title=Duke's Williams earns USBWA honorurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/795554071newspaper=The Herald-Sunlocation=Durham, North Carolinadate=March 27, 2002page= 47via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = March 19, 2025}}
2001–02DukePG
2002–03XavierPF
2003–04Saint Joseph'sPG
2004–05UtahC
2005–06†GonzagaSFlast =first =title=Morrison, Redick to share player of the year honorurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/308114034newspaper=Quad-City Timeslocation=Davenport, Iowadate=March 31, 2006page= 44via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = March 19, 2025}}
DukeSG
2006–07TexasSF
2007–08North CarolinaPF
2008–09OklahomaPF
2009–10Ohio StateSG
2010–11BYUSG
2011–12KentuckyC
2012–13MichiganPG
2013–14CreightonSF
2014–15WisconsinPF
2015–16OklahomaSG
2016–17KansasPG
2017–18VillanovaPG
2018–19DukePF
2019–20DaytonPF
2020–21IowaC
2021–22KentuckyC
2022–23PurdueC
2023–24(2)PurdueC
2024–25DukeSG / SF
  • The Helms Foundation Player of the Year was first presented in 1944, when the Helms Athletic Foundation announced organization founder Bill Schroeder's player of the year selection for the 1943–44 season as well as his retroactive picks for each season from 1904–05 to 1942–43. Since all awards from 1905 through 1943 were retroactive, the Oscar Robertson Trophy is only 15 years behind it as a major national player of the year award, not 54 years.
  • Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971 after converting to Islam.

References

References

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  7. (March 27, 1961). "Lucas Gets Award". Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum.
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  29. (March 11, 1986). "Berry-Berry good day for Walter". [[Staten Island Advance]].
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  31. (March 16, 1988). "Hawkins voted USBWA Player of Year". Streator Times-Press.
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  51. (March 29, 2011). "BYU's Fredette wins Oscar Robertson Trophy". [[Idaho Statesman]].
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  53. (April 6, 2013). "Michigan's Burke honored". [[The Oklahoman]].
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  65. Moran, Malcolm. (March 25, 2025). "Duke's Flagg Wins 2024–25 Oscar Robertson Trophy, Wayman Tisdale Award". USBWA.
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