Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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. Only three players have won the award multiple times: Jim Jackson of Ohio State (1991, 1992), Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State (1998, 1999) and Luka Garza of Iowa (2020, 2021). Nine 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: Jim 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), Denzel Valentine of Michigan State (2016), and Luka Garza of Iowa (2021).

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
History
First award	1985
Most recent	Johnny Davis, Wisconsin

Michigan State has the record for the most winners with nine. Of current Big Ten Conference members, five schools have never had a winner: Maryland, Nebraska, Northwestern, Penn State, and Rutgers. Of these, only Northwestern was in the conference since the inception of this award—Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1991, Nebraska joined in 2011, followed by Maryland and Rutgers in 2014.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Big Ten Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

 

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

 

Dee Brown was selected the player of the year in 2005.

 

Trey Burke won in 2013 while also winning national Player of the Year honors.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1984–85	Roy Tarpley	Michigan	PF/C	Junior
1985–86	Scott Skiles	Michigan State	PG	Senior
1986–87	Dennis Hopson	Ohio State	SF	Senior
1987–88	Gary Grant	Michigan	PG	Senior
1988–89^†	Jay Edwards	Indiana	SG	Sophomore
	Glen Rice	Michigan	SG/SF	Senior
1989–90	Steve Scheffler	Purdue	C	Senior
1990–91	Jim Jackson	Ohio State	SG	Sophomore
1991–92	Jim Jackson* (2)	Ohio State	SG	Junior
1992–93	Calbert Cheaney*	Indiana	SF	Senior
1993–94	Glenn Robinson*	Purdue	SF	Sophomore
1994–95	Shawn Respert	Michigan State	SG	Senior
1995–96	Brian Evans	Indiana	PF	Senior
1996–97	Bobby Jackson^[a]	Minnesota	PG	Senior
1997–98	Mateen Cleaves	Michigan State	PG	Sophomore
1998–99^†	Mateen Cleaves (2)	Michigan State	PG	Junior
	Scoonie Penn	Ohio State	PG	Junior
1999–00^†	A. J. Guyton	Indiana	SG	Senior
	Morris Peterson	Michigan State	SF	Senior
2000–01	Frank Williams	Illinois	PG	Sophomore
2001–02	Jared Jeffries	Indiana	C	Sophomore
2002–03	Brian Cook	Illinois	PF	Senior
2003–04	Devin Harris	Wisconsin	PG	Junior
2004–05	Dee Brown	Illinois	SG	Junior
2005–06	Terence Dials	Ohio State	PF	Senior
2006–07	Alando Tucker	Wisconsin	SF	Senior
2007–08	D. J. White	Indiana	PF	Senior
2008–09	Kalin Lucas	Michigan State	PG	Sophomore
2009–10	Evan Turner*	Ohio State	SG	Junior
2010–11	JaJuan Johnson	Purdue	C	Senior
2011–12	Draymond Green*	Michigan State	SF	Senior
2012–13	Trey Burke*	Michigan	PG	Sophomore
2013–14	Nik Stauskas	Michigan	SG	Sophomore	^[1]
2014–15	Frank Kaminsky*	Wisconsin	PF	Senior	^[2]
2015–16	Denzel Valentine*	Michigan State	SG	Senior	^[3]
2016–17	Caleb Swanigan	Purdue	PF	Sophomore	^[4]
2017–18	Keita Bates-Diop	Ohio State	SF	Junior	^[5]
2018–19	Cassius Winston	Michigan State	PG	Junior	^[6]
2019–20	Luka Garza	Iowa	C	Junior	^[7]
2020–21	Luka Garza* (2)	Iowa	C	Senior	^[8]
2021–22	Johnny Davis	Wisconsin	SG	Sophomore	^[9]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Michigan State (1953)	9	1986, 1995, 1998, 1999^†, 2000^†, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2019
Ohio State (1912)	7	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
Wisconsin (1896)	4	2004, 2007, 2015, 2022
Illinois (1896)	3	2001, 2003, 2005
Iowa (1900)	2	2020, 2021
Minnesota (1896)	0	1997 vacated^[a]
Maryland (2014)	0	—
Nebraska (2011)	0	—
Northwestern (1896)	0	—
Penn State (1993)	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.

References

• "2008–09 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide" (pdf). Big Ten Conference. Retrieved September 7, 2009..

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