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PBA Rookie of the Year award

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The Philippine Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year award is an annual Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) award given to the top rookie(s) of the regular season. The award was first given in .

The award is decided using criteria introduced for the 2011–12 season, which include accumulated statistical points, votes from media, players and the league's Commissioner's Office.

The most recent Rookie of the Year winner is RJ Abarrientos. Twelve winners were drafted first overall (the league started its draft in the season). Six winners have also won the PBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in their careers; with Benjie Paras earning the honors the same season. Three winners have been elected to the PBA Hall of Fame.

Winners

^	*	DP #	DY	D
Denotes player who is still active in the PBA
Elected to the PBA Hall of Fame
Draft pick number
Draft year
direct hire

Player	Position	Country of birth	Team	School	DP #	DY
	Center / Power forward	Philippines	Toyota Super Corollas	San Beda	n/a	n/a
	Center / Power forward	Philippines	Tanduay Rhum Makers	San Beda	n/a	n/a
	Shooting guard / Small forward	Philippines	Tanduay Rhum Makers	UE	n/a	n/a
	Small forward	Philippines	Toyota Super Corollas	UV	n/a	n/a
	Point guard	Philippines	Gilbey's Gin	UV	n/a	n/a
	Shooting guard	Philippines	Presto Fun Drinks	Ateneo de Davao	n/a	n/a
	Point guard	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen	FEU	n/a	n/a
Point guard		Great Taste Coffee Makers	Pepperdine	n/a	n/a
	Shooting guard / Small forward		Crispa Redmanizers	Chaminade	n/a	n/a
	Point guard	Philippines	Shell Azodrin Bugbusters	Lyceum		1985
	Power forward	Philippines	Ginebra San Miguel	USJ-R		1986
Shooting guard	Philippines	Great Taste Coffee Makers	UE		1987
	Shooting guard	Philippines	Purefoods Hotdogs	Ateneo/USJ-R		1988
Center	Philippines	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	UP Diliman		1989
	Point guard	Philippines	Presto Tivolis	FEU		1990
	Point guard	Philippines	Alaska Milkmen	San Sebastian		1991
	Shooting guard / Small forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen	UE		1992
	Center	Philippines	Sta. Lucia Realtors	De La Salle		1993
	Point guard	Philippines	Swift Mighty Meaties	San Beda		1994
	Shooting guard / Small forward		Alaska Milkmen	Sonoma State		1995
	Center	Philippines	Ginebra San Miguel	Adamson		1996
	Center		Mobiline Phone Pals	New Orleans		1997
	Center		San Miguel Beermen	NU		1998
	Small forward		San Miguel Beermen	Wagner		1999
	Center		Batang Red Bull Energizers	Kutztown		2000
	Shooting guard		Barangay Ginebra Kings	Glendale Community College		2001
	Shooting guard		FedEx Express	De La Salle		2002
	Point guard		Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	Cal State San Bernardino		2003
	Power forward / Small forward		Shell Turbo Chargers	Ateneo		2004
	Shooting guard / Small forward		Red Bull Barako	Ateneo		2005
^	Power forward		Sta. Lucia Realtors	Oakland		2006
	Shooting guard		Sta. Lucia Realtors	Cal State Fullerton		2007
^	Small forward		Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	George Mason		2008
	Power forward		B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	De La Salle		2009
	Center		Petron Blaze Boosters	Ateneo		2010
^	Point guard / Shooting guard		Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	UE		2011
^	Small forward / Power forward		Alaska Aces	San Sebastian		2012
	Center		Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Ateneo		2013
^	Point guard / Shooting guard		GlobalPort Batang Pier	Penn State		2014
^	Shooting guard / Small forward		Meralco Bolts	Ateneo		2015
^	Shooting guard / Small forward		TNT KaTropa	FEU	n/a	2016
^	Power forward		Phoenix Fuel Masters	De La Salle		2017
^	Shooting guard / Small forward		Columbian Dyip	Lyceum/San Sebastian		2018
^	Point guard / Shooting guard		Meralco Bolts	Ateneo		2019
	Point guard / Shooting guard		TNT Tropang Giga	Cal State Fullerton		2020
^	Center		Converge FiberXers	Arellano/UST		2021
^	Shooting guard / Small forward		Terrafirma Dyip	Saint Mary's		2023
^	Point guard		Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	FEU		2024

Notes

References

(November 5, 2023). "Fajardo leads list of winners in PBA Leo Awards". PBA.ph.
Micaller, Bea. (August 18, 2024). "June Mar Fajardo wins 8th PBA MVP award". GMANetwork.com.
Ballesteros, Jan. (October 5, 2025). "Ginebra ace RJ Abarrientos is PBA Season 49 Rookie of the Year". One Sports.

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