Basketligaen Most Valuable Player

The Basketligaen Most Valuable Player is an annual basketball award that is given by the Danish top tier Basketligaen. It is awarded to the player who was considered to be the best in a given regular season.

## Winners

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Danish-Israeli Chanan Colman won the award in 2012 Darko Jukić won the award in 2013 ^  | Denotes player who is still active in the Basketligaen

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*  | Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
†  | Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X)  | Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
Season  | Player  | Position  | Nationality  | Team  | Ref.

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2002–03  | Eric Bell |  |  United States  | Bakken Bears | [1]
2003–04  | Joshua Metzger |  |  United States  | Svendborg Rabbits | [1]
2004–05  | Eric Bell (2)  |  |  United States  | Horsens IC | [1]
2005–06  | Thomas Skotting |  |  Denmark  | Aabyhøj IF  | [1]
2006–07  | Joshua Buettner |  |  United States  | Svendborg Rabbits | [1]
2007–08  | Brandon Thomas |  |  United States  | Team FOG Næstved | [1]
2008–09  | Bonell Colas |  |  United States  | Randers Cimbria | [1]
2009–10†  | Johnell Smith |  |  United States  | Svendborg Rabbits | [1]
2010–11  | Nicolai Iversen |  |  Denmark  | Svendborg Rabbits | [1]
2011–12  | Chanan Colman | Guard |  Denmark[a] | Svendborg Rabbits | [1]
2012–13  | Darko Jukić^  | Forward |  Denmark  | Horsens IC | [1]
2013–14  | Johnell Smith | Guard |  United States  | Svendborg Rabbits | [1]
2014–15†  | Skyler Bowlin | Guard |  United States  | Horsens IC | [1]
2015–16 | Brandon Rozzell | Guard |  United States  | Svendborg Rabbits | [1]
2016–17†  | DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell | Forward |  Trinidad and Tobago[b] | Bakken Bears | [1]
2017–18 | Kevin Larsen | Center |  Denmark  | Horsens IC | [2]
2018–19†  | Ryan Evans^  | Forward |  United States  | Bakken Bears | [1]
2019–20 | Roberto Gallinat | Guard |  United States  | Horsens IC | [1]
2020–21†  | QJ Peterson | Guard |  United States  | Bakken Bears | [3]
2021–22 | Mike McGuirl | Guard |  United States  | Team FOG Næstved |
2022–23 | Gage Davis | Guard |  United States  | Horsens IC |

1. ^ Born in Denmark, Colman also owns the Israeli nationality, due to his Israeli mother.
2. ^ DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, born in Orlando, Florida, also owns the American nationality.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Basketligaen Priser" (in Danish). Basketligaen.dk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
2. ^ "Kevin Larsen er årets spiller i Basketligaen".
3. ^ Pfaff, Sebastian (8 April 2021). "Fullcourt Awards - Most Valuable Player: Q.J. Peterson | Fullcourt.dk". Fullcourt (in Danish). Retrieved 20 August 2021.

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* 2012 Colman
* 2013  Jukić
* 2014 Smith
* 2015 Bowlin
* 2016 Rozzell
* 2017 Akoon-Purcell
* 2018 Larsen
* 2019 Evans
* 2020 Gallinat
* 2021 Peterson
* 2022 McGuirl
* 2023 Davis

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Basketligaen

Seasons|

* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24

2020–21 clubs|

* Bakken Bears
* BC Copenhagen
* BK Amager
* Bears Academy
* BMS Herlev
* Horsens IC
* Værløse Blue Hawks
* Hørsholm 79ers
* Randers Cimbria
* Svendborg Rabbits
* Team FOG Næstved

Awards|

* Most Valuable Player
* Finals MVP
* Defender of the Year

Associated competitions|

* Danish Men's Basketball Cup

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