Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Big Ten Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1985
Most recentZach Edey, Purdue

The Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1984–85 season. Only four players have won the award multiple times: Jim Jackson of Ohio State (1991, 1992), Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State (1998, 1999), Luka Garza of Iowa (2020, 2021), and Zach Edey of Purdue (2023, 2024). Ten 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), Luka Garza of Iowa (2021), and Zach Edey of Purdue (2023 and 2024).

Michigan State has the record for the most winners with nine. Of current Big Ten Conference members, nine schools have never had a winner. 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, and by Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington in 2024.

Key

† Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national player of the year award:
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

Roy Tarpley, Michigan, 1985
Scott Skiles, Michigan State, 1986
Dennis Hopson, Ohio State, 1987
Glen Rice, Michigan, 1989
Jim Jackson, Ohio State, 1991 and 1992
Calbert Cheaney, Indiana, 1993
Glen Rice, Michigan, 1989
Jared Jeffries, Indiana, 2002
Kalin Lucas, Michigan State, 2009
JaJuan Johnson, Purdue, 2011
Trey Burke, Michigan, 2013
Cassius Winston, Michigan State, 2019
Johnny Davis, Wisconsin, 2022
Zach Edey, Purdue, 2023 and 2024
Season Player School Position Class Reference
1984–85 Roy Tarpley Michigan PF / C Junior [1]
1985–86 Scott Skiles Michigan State PG Senior [2]
1986–87 Dennis Hopson Ohio State SF Senior [3]
1987–88 Gary Grant Michigan PG Senior [4]
1988–89† Jay Edwards Indiana SG Sophomore [5]
Glen Rice Michigan SG / SF Senior [6]
1989–90 Steve Scheffler Purdue C Senior [7]
1990–91 Jim Jackson Ohio State SG Sophomore [8]
1991–92 Jim Jackson* (2) Ohio State SG Junior [9]
1992–93 Calbert Cheaney* Indiana SF Senior [10]
1993–94 Glenn Robinson* Purdue SF Junior [11]
1994–95 Shawn Respert Michigan State SG Senior [12]
1995–96 Brian Evans Indiana PF Senior [13]
1996–97 Bobby Jackson[a] Minnesota[a] PG Senior [14]
1997–98 Mateen Cleaves Michigan State PG Sophomore [15]
1998–99† Mateen Cleaves (2) Michigan State PG Junior [16]
Scoonie Penn Ohio State PG Junior [16]
1999–00† A. J. Guyton Indiana SG Senior [17]
Morris Peterson Michigan State SF Senior [17]
2000–01 Frank Williams Illinois PG Sophomore [18]
2001–02 Jared Jeffries Indiana C Sophomore [19]
2002–03 Brian Cook Illinois PF Senior [20]
2003–04 Devin Harris Wisconsin PG Junior [21]
2004–05 Dee Brown Illinois SG Junior [22]
2005–06 Terence Dials Ohio State PF Senior [23]
2006–07 Alando Tucker Wisconsin SF Senior [24]
2007–08 D. J. White Indiana PF Senior [25]
2008–09 Kalin Lucas Michigan State PG Sophomore [26]
2009–10 Evan Turner* Ohio State SG Junior [27]
2010–11 JaJuan Johnson Purdue C Senior [28]
2011–12 Draymond Green* Michigan State SF Senior [29]
2012–13 Trey Burke* Michigan PG Sophomore [30]
2013–14 Nik Stauskas Michigan SG Sophomore [31]
2014–15 Frank Kaminsky* Wisconsin PF Senior [32]
2015–16 Denzel Valentine* Michigan State SG Senior [33]
2016–17 Caleb Swanigan Purdue PF Sophomore [34]
2017–18 Keita Bates-Diop Ohio State SF Junior [35]
2018–19 Cassius Winston Michigan State PG Junior [36]
2019–20 Luka Garza Iowa C Junior [37]
2020–21 Luka Garza* (2) Iowa C Senior [37]
2021–22 Johnny Davis Wisconsin SG Sophomore [38]
2022–23 Zach Edey* Purdue C Junior [39]
2023–24 Zach Edey* (2) Purdue C Senior [40]

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.[41]

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
Purdue (1896) 6 1990, 1994, 2011, 2017, 2023, 2024
Michigan (1896) 5 1985, 1988, 1989†, 2013, 2014
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 —
Oregon (2024) 0 —
Penn State (1993) 0 —
Rutgers (2014) 0 —
UCLA (2024) 0 —
USC (2024) 0 —
Washington (2024) 0 —

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