Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Big Ten Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1985
Currently held by	Luka Garza, Iowa

The Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1984–85 season even though the conference itself was established in 1899. As of 2020, only two players have won the award multiple times: Jim Jackson of Ohio State (1991, 1992) and Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State (1998, 1999). Eight 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: 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), and Denzel Valentine of Michigan State (2016).

Michigan State has the most winners, with eight players who combined for nine awards. Of current Big Ten Conference members, five schools have never had a winner: Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Penn State, and Rutgers. These schools include all four of the conference's newest members—Penn State joined in 1990 and played its first Big Ten season in 1992–93, Nebraska joined in 2011, and Maryland and Rutgers joined in 2014.

Key

Devin Harris was the first winner for Wisconsin (2004).

†	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

Winners

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1984–85	Tarpley, RoyRoy Tarpley	Michigan	Power forward/Center	Junior
1985–86	Skiles, ScottScott Skiles	Michigan State	Point guard	Senior
1986–87	Hopson, DennisDennis Hopson	Ohio State	Small forward	Senior
1987–88	Grant, GaryGary Grant	Michigan	Point guard	Senior
1988–89†	Edwards, JayJay Edwards	Indiana	Shooting guard	Sophomore
1988–89†	Rice, GlenGlen Rice	Michigan	Shooting guard/Small forward	Senior
1989–90	Scheffler, SteveSteve Scheffler	Purdue	Center	Senior
1990–91	Jackson, JimJim Jackson	Ohio State	Shooting guard	Sophomore
1991–92	Jackson, JimJim Jackson (2)	Ohio State	Shooting guard	Junior
1992–93	Cheaney, CalbertCalbert Cheaney*	Indiana	Small forward	Senior
1993–94	Robinson, GlennGlenn Robinson*	Purdue	Small forward	Sophomore
1994–95	Respert, ShawnShawn Respert	Michigan State	Shooting guard	Senior
1995–96	Evans, BrianBrian Evans	Indiana	Power forward	Senior
1996–97	Jackson, BobbyBobby Jackson	Minnesota	Point guard	Senior
1997–98	Cleaves, MateenMateen Cleaves	Michigan State	Point guard	Sophomore
1998–99†	Cleaves, MateenMateen Cleaves (2)	Michigan State	Point guard	Junior
1998–99†	Penn, ScoonieScoonie Penn	Ohio State	Point guard	Junior
1999–00†	Guyton, A. J.A. J. Guyton	Indiana	Shooting guard	Senior
1999–00†	Peterson, MorrisMorris Peterson	Michigan State	Small forward	Senior
2000–01	Williams, FrankFrank Williams	Illinois	Point guard	Sophomore
2001–02	Jeffries, JaredJared Jeffries	Indiana	Center	Sophomore
2002–03	Cook, BrianBrian Cook	Illinois	Power forward	Senior
2003–04	Harris, DevinDevin Harris	Wisconsin	Point guard	Junior
2004–05	Brown, DeeDee Brown	Illinois	Shooting guard	Junior
2005–06	Dials, TerenceTerence Dials	Ohio State	Power forward	Senior
2006–07	Tucker, AlandoAlando Tucker	Wisconsin	Small forward	Senior
2007–08	White, D. J.D. J. White	Indiana	Power forward	Senior
2008–09	Lucas, KalinKalin Lucas	Michigan State	Point guard	Sophomore
2009–10	Turner, EvanEvan Turner*	Ohio State	Shooting guard	Junior
2010–11	Johnson, JaJuanJaJuan Johnson	Purdue	Center	Senior
2011–12	Green, DraymondDraymond Green*	Michigan State	Small forward	Senior
2012–13	Burke, TreyTrey Burke*	Michigan	Point guard	Sophomore
2013–14	Stauskas, NikNik Stauskas	Michigan	Shooting guard	Sophomore
2014–15	Kaminsky, FrankFrank Kaminsky*	Wisconsin	Power forward	Senior
2015–16	Valentine, DenzelDenzel Valentine*	Michigan State	Shooting guard	Senior
2016–17	Swanigan, CalebCaleb Swanigan	Purdue	Power forward	Sophomore
2017–18	Bates-Diop, KeitaKeita Bates-Diop	Ohio State	Small forward	Junior
2018–19	Winston, CassiusCassius Winston	Michigan State	Point guard	Junior
2019–20	Garza, LukaLuka Garza	Iowa	Center	Junior

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Michigan State (1953)	9	1986, 1995, 1998, 1999†, 2000†, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2019
Ohio State (1912)	6	1987, 1991, 1992, 1999†, 2006, 2010, 2018
Indiana (1900)	6	1989†, 1993, 1996, 2000†, 2002, 2008
Michigan (1896)	5	1985, 1988, 1989†, 2013, 2014
Purdue (1896)	4	1990, 1994, 2011, 2017
Illinois (1896)	3	2001, 2003, 2005
Wisconsin (1896)	3	2004, 2007, 2015
Iowa (1900)	1	2020
Minnesota (1896)	1	1997
Maryland (2014)	0	—
Nebraska (2014)	0	—
Northwestern (1896)	0	—
Penn State (1992)b	0	—
Rutgers (2014)	0	—

Footnotes

• ^a 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.
• ^b Penn State officially joined the Big Ten in 1990, but did not play its first Big Ten men's basketball season until 1992–93..

See also

• Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball

References

• "2008–09 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide" (pdf). Big Ten Conference. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2008btmbbguide.pdf. Retrieved 7 September 2009. .

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