Basketball Bundesliga Best Offensive Player

The Basketball Bundesliga Best Offensive Player (German: Bester Offensivspieler) is an annual Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) award that has been given since the 2003–04 season, to the league's best offensive player. The inaugural winner of the award was BJ McKie of TBB Trier. Julius Jenkins holds the record of most awards won, with three.

Winners

 

Brad Wanamaker won the award in 2016

 

Raymar Morgan won the award in the 2016–17 season

Key

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has won the award
Club (X)	Name of the club and the number of times a player of it has won the award (if more than one)
*	Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
^	Denotes player who is still active in the Bundesliga

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	Ref.
2003–04	BJ McKie	Guard	United States	TBB Trier
2004–05	Chuck Eidson	Forward	United States	Gießen 46ers
2005–06	Andrew Wisniewski	Guard	United States	Telekom Baskets Bonn
2006–07	Casey Jacobsen	Guard	United States	Brose Baskets
2007–08	Julius Jenkins^	Guard	United States	Alba Berlin
2008–09	Julius Jenkins (2)^	Guard	United States	Alba Berlin	^[1]
2009–10	Julius Jenkins (3)^	Guard	United States	Alba Berlin	^[1]
2010–11	DaShaun Wood	Guard	United States	Skyliners Frankfurt	^[2]
2011–12	DaShaun Wood (2)	Guard	United States	Alba Berlin	^[3]
2012–13	John Bryant^	Center	United States	ratiopharm ulm	^[4]
2013–14	Darius Adams	Guard	Bulgaria^[a]	Eisbären Bremerhaven	^[5]
2014–15	D. J. Kennedy	Guard/forward	United States	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	^[6]
2015–16	Brad Wanamaker	Guard	United States	Brose Baskets	^[7]
2016–17	Raymar Morgan	Forward/center	United States	ratiopharm Ulm	^[8]
2017–18	Philip Scrubb	Guard	Canada^[b]	Fraport Skyliners	^[9]
2018–19	John Bryant (2)^	Center	United States	Gießen 46ers	^[10]
2019–20	No award was given, due to the shortened season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11]
2020–21	Trae Bell-Haynes^	Point guard	Canada	Crailsheim Merlins	^[12]
2021–22	T. J. Shorts^	Point guard	United States	Crailsheim Merlins	^[13]
2022–23	DeWayne Russell^	Point guard	United States	Baskets Oldenburg	^[14]

1. Adams, born in Decatur, Illinois, is an American naturalized Bulgarian.
2. Philip Scrubb also owns the British nationality.

References

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7. . Beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
8. "Nächste Auszeichnung: Raymar Morgan ist „Bester Offensivspieler" / Daniel Theis zum „Besten Verteidiger" gekürt". easycredit-bbl.de. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
9. "easyCredit – Awards – Bester Angreifer und bester Verteidiger". Easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
10. "Nächster Award für Big John: John Bryant erhält Auszeichnung als „Bester Offensivspieler"". easycredit-bbl.de. 5 May 2019.
11. "Kapitäne wählen den Most Valuable Player des easyCredit BBL Final-Turniers 2020 / Keine anderen Awards" (in German). easycredit-bbl.de. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
12. "Awards 2021: Ludwigsburger Smith, Patrick und Polas-Bartolo räumen ab / Justus Hollatz und Trae Bell-Haynes geehrt". easycredit-bbl.de. 19 May 2021.
13. "NewsAwards für die Saison 2021/22: Erneut wird in Crailsheim und Ludwigsburg gejubelt". easycredit-bbl.de. 21 April 2022.
14. "easyCredit BBL-Awards 2022/2023: Erste Sieger kommen aus Rostock, Oldenburg und Berlin". easycredit-bbl.de. 3 May 2023.

External links

• German League official website 25 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in German)