NBL (United States) Most Valuable Player Award

National Basketball League awards and honors

Championship
Individual awards

* Coach of the Year
* Most Valuable Player

* Rookie of the Year

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Honors

* All-NBL Team

* Scoring leaders

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The National Basketball League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) was an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given to the best performing player of the regular season in each of the twelve years the league existed. The MVP was selected by sports writers, broadcasters, coaches, and managers.[1][2]

## Winners

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Bobby McDermott, Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, 1942 through 1946

George Mikan, Minneapolis Lakers, 1948

*  | Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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†  | Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X)  | Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
Team (X)  | Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
Season  | Player  | Position  | Team  | Reference

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1937–38 | Leroy Edwards | Center | Oshkosh All-Stars | [3]
1938–39 | Leroy Edwards (2)  | Center | Oshkosh All-Stars (2)  | [3]
1939–40 | Leroy Edwards (3)  | Center | Oshkosh All-Stars (3)  | [3]
1940–41 | Ben Stephens | Guard / forward | Akron Goodyear Wingfoots | [4]
1941–42 | Bobby McDermott*  | Guard | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons | [5]
1942–43 | Bobby McDermott* (2)  | Guard | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (2)  | [6]
1943–44†  | Bobby McDermott* (3)  | Guard | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (3)  | [7]
1944–45†  | Bobby McDermott* (4)  | Guard | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (4)  | [8]
1945–46 | Bobby McDermott* (5)  | Guard | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (5)  | [9]
1946–47 | Bob Davies*  | Guard | Rochester Royals | [10]
1947–48†  | George Mikan*  | Center | Minneapolis Lakers | [1]
1948–49 | Don Otten | Center | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | [2]

## See also

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* NBA Most Valuable Player

## References

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General

* "NBL – Most Valuable Player Award Winners". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2019.

Specific

1. ^ a b "George Mikan Voted Most Valuable Player Of National Court League". The Press of Atlantic City. Atlantic City, New Jersey. April 4, 1948. p. 16. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ a b "Otten Of Tri-Cities Named Top Player In National League". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. March 26, 1949. p. 20. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ a b c "Leroy Edwards NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. 2025. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
4. ^ "Ben Stephens NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. 2025. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
5. ^ "Bobby McDermott Is Most Valuable Player Of '41-42". The Sheboygan Press. Sheboygan, Wisconsin. November 17, 1942. p. 20. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Sport Shorts". Oshkosh Northwestern. Oshkosh, Wisconsin. March 5, 1943. p. 11. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Fort Wayne's Rise To Top In Pro Court Circles Swift". Wilmington Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. November 22, 1944. p. 14. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "2 Zollners on All-Star Team". Indianapolis News. Indianapolis, Indiana. March 10, 1945. p. 8. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "McDermott Tops Pro All-Stars". Standard-Speaker. Hazleton, Pennsylvania. March 20, 1946. p. 14. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Lewis On All-League Five". The Sheboygan Press. Sheboygan, Wisconsin. March 26, 1947. p. 20. Retrieved January 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

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National Basketball League (United States) Most Valuable Player Award

* 1938: Edwards
* 1939: Edwards
* 1940: Edwards
* 1941: Stephens
* 1942: McDermott
* 1943: McDermott
* 1944: McDermott
* 1945: McDermott
* 1946: McDermott
* 1947: Davies
* 1948: Mikan
* 1949: Otten

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