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DBL Most Valuable Player Award

The Dutch Basketball League Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to the most valuable player in the Dutch highest professional basketball league. The award is given after the regular season and was first handed out in 1974.

Six Dutch players have won the award so far, with Emmanuel Nzekwesi being the last winner in 2021. Kees Akerboom, Sr. (1980, 1981, 1985) and Leon Rodgers (2005–2007) are the all-time leaders in Dutch MVP awards.

Winners

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Wilson Washington was MVP in 1982
 
Mike Reddick (to the right of Aleksandar Đorđević) won MVP in 1988
 
Travis Reed won the award in 2004
 
Leiden's Danny Gibson was MVP in 2010.
 
Jason Dourisseau won the award in 2011.
 
Arvin Slagter won the award in the 2013–14 season.
 
Worthy de Jong was the Most Valuable Player in 2016.
 
Emmanuel Nzekwesi, winner in 2021.
Key
Player (X)
 Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Club (X)
 Name of the club and the number of times a player of it has won the award (if more than one)
†
 Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Denotes player who is still active in the DBL
Season Player Position Nationality Club Ref
1974–75† Harry Rogers Forward   United States Punch [1]
1975–76 Hank Smith Forward   Netherlands Canadians Amsterdam
1976–77 Jimmy Moore Forward   United States Arke Stars Enschede
1977–78† Art Collins Guard   United States Leiden
1978–79† James Lister Center   United States EBBC Den Bosch
1979–80 Kees Akerboom Sr. Guard   Netherlands EBBC Den Bosch (2)
1980–81† Kees Akerboom Sr. (2) Guard   Netherlands EBBC Den Bosch (3)
1981–82 Wilson Washington Center   United States BV Amstelveen
1982–83 David Lawrence Forward   United States Donar
1983–84 Jerry Beck Forward   United States Leiden (2)
1984–85† Kees Akerboom Sr. (3) Guard   Netherlands EBBC Den Bosch (4)
1985–86 Toon van Helfteren Forward   Netherlands Leiden (3)
1986–87 José Waitman Forward   United States Den Helder
1987–88† Mike Reddick Center   United States EBBC Den Bosch (5)
1988–89 Rob Jones Center   United States Red Giants Meppel
1989–90 Kevin McDuffie Center   United States BS Weert
1990–91 Lenzie Howell Forward   United States Red Giants Meppel (2)
1991–92 Lenzie Howell (2) Forward   United States Red Giants Meppel (3)
1992–93 Jack Jennings Forward   United States[a] Donar (2)
1993–94† Richard van Poelgeest Center   Netherlands BS Weert (2)
1994–95 Sonique Nixon Center   United States BS Weert (3)
1995–96 Michael Huger Guard   United States Rotterdam
1996–97† Marcel Huijbens Center   Netherlands EBBC Den Bosch (6)
1997–98 Donnell Thomas Forward   United States Donar (3)
1998–99 Ralph Biggs Forward   United States BS Weert (4)
1999–00† Joe Spinks Guard   United States[b] Astronauts Amsterdam (2)
2000–01† Chris McGuthrie Guard   United States Astronauts Amsterdam (3)
2001–02 Mack Tuck Forward   United States Donar (4)
2002–03 Joe Spinks (2) Guard   United States[b] Astronauts Amsterdam (4)
2003–04† Travis Reed Forward/center   United States Donar (5)
2004–05 Leon Rodgers Forward   United States[c] EiffelTowers Nijmegen
2005–06† Leon Rodgers (2) Forward   United States[c] Den Bosch (7)
2006–07† Leon Rodgers (3) Forward   United States[c] Den Bosch (8) [2]
2007–08† Peter van Paassen Center   Netherlands Amsterdam (5) [3]
2008–09† Peter van Paassen (2) Center   Netherlands Amsterdam (6) [4]
2009–10 Danny Gibson Guard   United States Leiden (4) [5]
2010–11 Jason Dourisseau Forward   United States[d] Donar (6) [6]
2011–12 Seamus Boxley Forward   United States Leiden (5) [7]
2012–13 Andre Young Guard   United States Den Bosch (9) [8]
2013–14† Arvin Slagter Guard   Netherlands Donar (7) [9]
2014–15 Lance Jeter Guard   United States Donar (8) [10]
2015–16 Worthy de Jong Guard   Netherlands ZZ Leiden (6) [11]
2016–17† Lance Jeter (2) Guard   United States Donar (9) [12]
2017–18† Brandyn Curry Guard   United States Donar (10) [13]
2018–19 Darius Thompson Guard   United States ZZ Leiden (7) [14]
2020–21† Emmanuel Nzekwesi Center   Netherlands ZZ Leiden (8) [15]
  1. ^ Jennings also held the Israeli nationality.
  2. ^ a b Spinks later became a Dutch citizen.
  3. ^ a b c Rodgers became a naturalised Venezuelan in 2016.
  4. ^ Dourisseau became Dutch citizen in 2015.

Awards by player

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Player Total
Kees Akerboom 3
Leon Rodgers 3
Lenzie Howell 2
Lance Jeter 2
Peter van Paassen 2
Joe Spinks 2

Awards won by nationality

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Country Total
  United States 34
  Netherlands 11

References

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  1. ^ "MVP Competitie (M) | Basketballhistorie". 2016-03-20. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2022-06-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Leon Rodgers weer beste basketballer". Nrc.nl. 2007-04-14. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  3. ^ "Van Paassen Mvp". Nusport.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  4. ^ "Peter van Paassen Crowned Most Valuable Player of the FEB". Sportando.net. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  5. ^ "Danny Gibson MVP". Nusport.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  6. ^ "Dourisseau gekozen tot MVP" (in Dutch). AD.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  7. ^ "Seamus Boxley MVP van de Dutch Basketball League". Basketball.nl. 2012-04-17. Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  8. ^ "Andre Young MVP van de DBL". Basketball.nl. 2013-04-16. Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  9. ^ "Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  10. ^ "Lance Jeter MVP van de DBL".
  11. ^ "Worthy de Jong uitgeroepen tot MVP". DBL. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  12. ^ "Jeter: MVP van het seizoen". Basketballleague.nl. 11 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Brandyn Curry gekozen tot MVP". DBL. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Darius Thompson is MVP van de DBL". basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Historische mega-prijzenoogst voor Nzekwesi". Dutch Basketball League (in Dutch). 23 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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