Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the most outstanding player in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The school with the most SEC Player of the Year award winners is Kentucky, with 18 total awards. The only current SEC members that have never had a winner are Missouri and Texas A&M, the conference's two newest members (both joining in 2012).

SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Southeastern Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1965
Most recent	Dalton Knecht, Tennessee

Three different organizations have given this award: United Press International (1965–1992), Associated Press (1965–present), and the SEC coaches (1987–present).

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)
A	Associated Press selection (1965–present)
C	SEC coaches' selection (1987–present)
U	United Press International selection (1965–1992)
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player received the SEC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

 

Clyde Lee, Vanderbilt, 1965 and 1966

 

Pat Riley, Kentucky, 1966

 

Ron Widby, Tennessee, 1967

 

Pete Maravich, LSU, 1968 through 1970

 

Johnny Neumann, Ole Miss, 1971

 

Kevin Grevey, Kentucky, 1973 and 1975

 

Jan van Breda Kolff, Vanderbilt, 1974

 

Bernard King, Tennessee, 1975 through 1977

 

Ernie Grunfeld, Tennessee, 1977

 

Kyle Macy, Kentucky, 1980

 

Charles Barkley, Auburn, 1984

 

Chris Jackson^[b], LSU, 1989 and 1990

 

Shaquille O'Neal, LSU, 1991 and 1992

 

Lawrence Roberts, Mississippi State, 2004

 

John Wall, Kentucky, 2010

 

Chandler Parsons, Florida, 2011

 

Grant Williams, Tennessee, 2018 and 2019

 

Herbert Jones, Alabama, 2021

 

Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky, 2022

 

Brandon Miller, Alabama, 2023

Season	Player^[a]	School	Position	Class	Reference
1964–65	Clyde Lee	Vanderbilt	C / PF	Junior	^[1]^[2]
1965–66^†	Clyde Lee^U (2)	Vanderbilt	C / PF	Senior	^[3]
	Pat Riley^A	Kentucky	SG / SF	Junior	^[4]
1966–67	Ron Widby	Tennessee	SF	Senior	^[5]^[6]
1967–68	Pete Maravich	LSU	PG	Sophomore	^[7]^[8]
1968–69	Pete Maravich (2)	LSU	PG	Junior	^[9]^[10]
1969–70	Pete Maravich* (3)	LSU	PG	Senior	^[11]^[12]
1970–71	Johnny Neumann	Ole Miss	SG / SF	Sophomore	^[13]^[14]
1971–72^†	Mike Edwards^U	Tennessee	SG	Junior	^[15]
	Tom Parker^A	Kentucky	PF	Senior	^[16]
1972–73^†	Kevin Grevey^A	Kentucky	SG / SF	Sophomore	^[17]
	Wendell Hudson^A, U	Alabama	SF	Senior	^[17]^[18]
1973–74	Jan van Breda Kolff	Vanderbilt	SG / SF	Senior	^[19]^[20]
1974–75^†	Kevin Grevey^A (2)	Kentucky	SG / SF	Senior	^[21]
	Bernard King^U	Tennessee	SF	Freshman	^[22]
1975–76	Bernard King (2)	Tennessee	SF	Sophomore	^[23]^[24]
1976–77^†	Ernie Grunfeld^A	Tennessee	SF	Senior	^[25]
	Bernard King^A, U (3)	Tennessee	SF	Junior	^[26]
1977–78	Reggie King	Alabama	SF	Junior	^[27]^[28]
1978–79	Reggie King (2)	Alabama	SF	Senior	^[29]^[30]
1979–80	Kyle Macy	Kentucky	G	Senior	^[31]^[32]
1980–81	Rudy Macklin	LSU	SF / SG	Senior	^[33]^[34]
1981–82	Dale Ellis	Tennessee	SG / SF	Junior	^[35]^[36]
1982–83^†	Dale Ellis^A (2)	Tennessee	SG / SF	Senior	^[37]
	Jeff Malone^U	Mississippi State	SG	Senior	^[38]
1983–84	Charles Barkley	Auburn	C	Junior	^[39]^[40]
1984–85	Kenny Walker	Kentucky	PF	Junior	^[41]^[42]
1985–86	Kenny Walker (2)	Kentucky	PF	Senior	^[43]^[44]
1986–87^†	Derrick McKey^A, C, U	Alabama	PF	Junior	^[45]
	Tony White^U	Tennessee	PG	Senior	^[46]
1987–88	Will Perdue	Vanderbilt	C	Senior	^[47]^[48]
1988–89	Chris Jackson^[b]	LSU	PG	Freshman	^[49]^[50]
1989–90	Chris Jackson^[b] (2)	LSU	PG	Sophomore	^[51]^[52]
1990–91	Shaquille O'Neal*	LSU	C	Sophomore	^[53]^[54]
1991–92	Shaquille O'Neal (2)	LSU	C	Junior	^[55]^[56]
1992–93^†	Billy McCaffrey^A	Vanderbilt	SG	Junior	^[57]
	Jamal Mashburn^A, C	Kentucky	SG / SF	Junior	^[58]
1993–94	Corliss Williamson	Arkansas	PF	Sophomore	^[59]^[60]
1994–95	Corliss Williamson (2)	Arkansas	PF	Junior	^[61]^[62]
1995–96	Tony Delk	Kentucky	PG	Senior	^[63]^[64]
1996–97	Ron Mercer	Kentucky	SF / SG	Sophomore	^[65]^[66]
1997–98	Ansu Sesay	Ole Miss	PF	Senior	^[67]^[68]
1998–99	Chris Porter	Auburn	SF / PF	Junior	^[69]^[70]
1999–00^†	Dan Langhi^A, C	Vanderbilt	SF	Senior	^[71]
	Stromile Swift^A	LSU	C	Sophomore	^[72]
2000–01	Tayshaun Prince	Kentucky	SF	Junior	^[73]^[74]
2001–02	Erwin Dudley	Alabama	PF / C	Junior	^[75]^[76]
2002–03^†	Keith Bogans^C	Kentucky	SG	Senior	^[77]
	Ron Slay^A	Tennessee	PF	Senior	^[78]
2003–04	Lawrence Roberts	Mississippi State	PF	Junior	^[79]^[80]
2004–05	Brandon Bass	LSU	PF	Sophomore	^[81]^[82]
2005–06	Glen Davis	LSU	C	Sophomore	^[83]^[84]
2006–07^†	Derrick Byars^C	Vanderbilt	SG / SF	Senior	^[85]
	Chris Lofton^A	Tennessee	SG	Junior	^[86]
2007–08	Shan Foster	Vanderbilt	SG / SF	Senior	^[87]^[88]
2008–09	Marcus Thornton	LSU	SG	Senior	^[89]^[90]
2009–10	John Wall	Kentucky	PG	Freshman	^[91]^[92]
2010–11	Chandler Parsons	Florida	SF	Senior	^[93]^[94]
2011–12	Anthony Davis*	Kentucky	C	Freshman	^[95]^[96]
2012–13	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Georgia	SG	Sophomore	^[97]^[98]
2013–14	Scottie Wilbekin	Florida	PG	Senior	^[99]^[100]
2014–15	Bobby Portis	Arkansas	PF	Sophomore	^[101]^[102]
2015–16	Tyler Ulis	Kentucky	PG	Sophomore	^[103]^[104]
2016–17^†	Malik Monk^A	Kentucky	SG	Freshman	^[105]
	Sindarius Thornwell^C	South Carolina	SG	Senior	^[106]
2017–18^†	Yante Maten^A	Georgia	PF	Senior	^[107]
	Grant Williams^C	Tennessee	PF	Sophomore	^[108]
2018–19	Grant Williams (2)	Tennessee	PF	Junior	^[109]^[110]
2019–20^†	Mason Jones^A	Arkansas	SG	Junior	^[111]
	Reggie Perry^A	Mississippi State	PF	Sophomore	^[111]
	Immanuel Quickley^C	Kentucky	SG	Sophomore	^[112]
2020–21	Herbert Jones	Alabama	SG / SF	Senior	^[113]^[114]
2021–22	Oscar Tshiebwe*	Kentucky	C	Junior	^[115]^[116]
2022–23	Brandon Miller	Alabama	SF	Freshman	^[117]^[118]
2023–24	Dalton Knecht	Tennessee	SG	Graduate	^[119]^[120]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Kentucky (1932)	18	1966^†, 1972^†, 1973^†, 1975^†, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003^†, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017^†, 2020^†, 2022
Tennessee (1932)	14	1967, 1972^†, 1975^†, 1976, 1977 (×2)^†, 1982, 1983^†, 1987^†, 2003^†, 2007^†, 2018^†, 2019, 2024
LSU (1932)	12	1968, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000^†, 2005, 2006, 2009
Vanderbilt (1932)	8	1965, 1966^†, 1974, 1988, 1993^†, 2000^†, 2007^†, 2008
Alabama (1932)	7	1973^†, 1978, 1979, 1987^†, 2002, 2021, 2023
Arkansas (1991)	4	1994, 1995, 2015, 2020^†
Mississippi State (1932)	3	1983^†, 2004, 2020^†
Auburn (1932)	2	1984, 1999
Florida (1932)	2	2011, 2014
Georgia (1932)	2	2013, 2018^†
Ole Miss (1932)	2	1971, 1998
South Carolina (1991)	1	2017^†
Missouri (2012)	0	—
Texas A&M (2012)	0	—

• ^a If no special demarcation indicates which voting body's award the player won that season, then he had earned all of the awards available for that year.
• ^b Chris Jackson changed his name to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf in 1991 after converting to Islam.^[121]

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