Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

A–10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Atlantic 10 Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1977
Currently held by	Obi Toppin, Dayton

The Atlantic 10 (A-10) Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Atlantic 10 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1976–77 season. David West of Xavier is the only player to have won the award three times (2001–03). Four other players—James Bailey, Earl Belcher, Greg Jones and Steven Smith—have won the award twice. Three players—Marcus Camby (1996), Jameer Nelson (2004), and Obi Toppin (2020)—have also won the award in the same season that they were named the Naismith College Player of the Year or received the John R. Wooden Award, the nation's two most prestigious college basketball awards.

As of 2020, Temple has the most all-time winners with 10, but the Owls left for the American Athletic Conference in 2013. Among current members, Saint Joseph's and UMass have the most winners with five each. There have been three ties in the award's history (1983, 2005, 2018). Three current A-10 have had no winners: Fordham, George Mason and VCU. However, Fordham is the only one of these schools that was an A-10 member before 2012.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Jameer Nelson (left) won in 2004 while at Saint Joseph's.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class
1976–77	Nixon, NormNorm Nixon	Duquesne	Point guard	Senior
1977–78	Bailey, JamesJames Bailey	Rutgers	Forward / Center	Junior
1978–79	Bailey, JamesJames Bailey (2)	Rutgers	Forward / Center	Senior
1979–80	Belcher, EarlEarl Belcher	St. Bonaventure	Forward	Junior
1980–81	Belcher, EarlEarl Belcher (2)	St. Bonaventure	Forward	Senior
1981–82	Jones, GregGreg Jones	West Virginia	Point guard	Junior
1982–83†	Hinson, RoyRoy Hinson	Rutgers	Center	Senior
1982–83†	Jones, GregGreg Jones (2)	West Virginia	Point guard	Senior
1983–84	Stansbury, TerenceTerence Stansbury	Temple	Shooting guard	Senior
1984–85	Hall, GrangerGranger Hall	Temple	Center	Senior
1985–86	Martin, MauriceMaurice Martin	Saint Joseph's	Small forward / Shooting guard	Senior
1986–87	Blackwell, NateNate Blackwell	Temple	Guard	Senior
1987–88	Perry, TimTim Perry	Temple	Power forward	Senior
1988–89	Macon, MarkMark Macon	Temple	Shooting guard	Sophomore
1989–90	Green, KennyKenny Green	Rhode Island	Center	Senior
1990–91	Hughes, KeithKeith Hughes	Rutgers	Power forward	Senior
1991–92	Williams, HarperHarper Williams	Massachusetts	Power forward / Center	Junior
1992–93	McKie, AaronAaron McKie	Temple	Point guard / Shooting guard	Junior
1993–94	Jones, EddieEddie Jones	Temple	Shooting guard	Senior
1994–95	Roe, LouLou Roe	Massachusetts	Forward	Senior
1995–96	Camby, MarcusMarcus Camby*	Massachusetts	Center	Junior
1996–97	Jackson, MarcMarc Jackson	Temple	Center	Senior
1997–98	Mobley, CuttinoCuttino Mobley	Rhode Island	Point guard / Shooting guard	Senior
1998–99	Rogers, ShawntaShawnta Rogers	George Washington	Point guard	Senior
1999–00	Sánchez, PepePepe Sánchez	Temple	Point guard	Senior
2000–01	West, DavidDavid West	Xavier	Power forward	Sophomore
2001–02	West, DavidDavid West (2)	Xavier	Power forward	Junior
2002–03	West, DavidDavid West (3)	Xavier	Power forward	Senior
2003–04	Nelson, JameerJameer Nelson*	Saint Joseph's	Point guard	Senior
2004–05†	Carroll, PatPat Carroll	Saint Joseph's	Shooting guard	Senior
2004–05†	Smith, StevenSteven Smith	La Salle	Small forward	Junior
2005–06	Smith, StevenSteven Smith (2)	La Salle	Small forward	Senior
2006–07	Lasme, StephaneStephane Lasme	Massachusetts	Power forward	Senior
2007–08	Forbes, GaryGary Forbes	Massachusetts	Small forward / Shooting guard	Senior
2008–09	Nivins, AhmadAhmad Nivins	Saint Joseph's	Power forward / Center	Senior
2009–10	Anderson, KevinKevin Anderson	Richmond	Point guard	Junior
2010–11	Holloway, TuTu Holloway	Xavier	Point guard	Junior
2011–12	Nicholson, AndrewAndrew Nicholson	St. Bonaventure	Power forward	Senior
2012–13	Wyatt, KhalifKhalif Wyatt	Temple	Shooting guard	Senior
2013–14	Jett, JordairJordair Jett	Saint Louis	Shooting guard	Senior
2014–15	Kalinoski, TylerTyler Kalinoski	Davidson	Point guard	Senior
2015–16	Bembry, DeAndre'DeAndre' Bembry	Saint Joseph's	Forward	Junior
2016–17	Cline, T. J.T. J. Cline	Richmond	Forward-center	Senior
2017–18	Adams, JaylenJaylen Adams	St. Bonaventure	Point guard	Senior
2017–18	Aldridge, PeytonPeyton Aldridge	Davidson	Small forward	Senior
2018–19	Jon Axel Jón Axel Guðmundsson	Davidson	Shooting guard	Junior
2019–20	Toppin, ObiObi Toppin*	Dayton	Forward	Sophomore

• The 2019 winner is properly referred to by his given names of Jón Axel. He is a citizen of Iceland, a country whose standard naming system has no family names. The vast majority of Icelanders, himself included, have one or more given names followed by a patronymic (or sometimes a matronymic).

Winners by school

Years of joining are the calendar years of entry into the conference.

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Temple (1982)	10	1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2013
Saint Joseph's (1982)	5	1986, 2004, 2005†, 2009, 2016
Massachusetts (1976)	5	1992, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2008
Rutgers (1976)	4	1978, 1979, 1983†, 1991
St. Bonaventure (1979)	4	1980, 1981, 2012, 2018†
Xavier (1995)	4	2001, 2002, 2003, 2011
Davidson (2014)	3	2015, 2018†, 2019
La Salle (1995)	2	2005†, 2006
Rhode Island (1980)	2	1990, 1998
Richmond (2001)	2	2010, 2017
West Virginia (1976)	2	1982, 1983
Dayton (1995)	1	2020
Duquesne (1976)	1	1977
George Washington (1976)	1	1999
Saint Louis (2005)	1	2014
Butler (2012)	0	—
Charlotte (2005)	0	—
Fordham (1995)	0	—
George Mason (2013)	0	—
VCU (2012)	0	—

Footnotes

• ^a Temple left in 2013 to join what is now known as the American Athletic Conference.
• ^d Rutgers and West Virginia left in 1995. Respectively, they are current members of the Big Ten Conference and Big 12 Conference.
• ^c Xavier and Butler left in 2013 to join the current Big East Conference, with the latter leaving after only one season in the A-10.
• ^d Duquesne left the A-10 for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference during the 1992–93 academic year but returned in 1993–94.
• ^e Charlotte left the A-10 for Conference USA in 2013.