The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) Player of the Year, formerly known as the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) Most Valuable Player and the CBA Most Valuable Player, was an annual award given to the best player in the CBA. The winner was selected by a vote of the league's head coaches. Twenty-three of the winners have been guards, 30 have been forwards, and only four have been centers. There have been two players—Jack McCloskey and Vincent Askew—who were two time recipients of the award. The Scranton Miners/Apollos have had six players named the EBA Most Valuable Player. The league's name was changed from the Eastern Basketball Association to the Continental Basketball Association following the 1977–78 season. Since then the Quad City Thunder have had the most players to win the award with five. The Montana Golden Nuggets and the Yakima/Yakama Sun Kings are the only teams to have one of their players win the award for three seasons in a row.
Key
| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in professional basketball |
| † | Denotes player whose team won championship that year |
| Ref | Reference |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been named MVP |
| Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won |
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References
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- ^ Bradley, Robert; Pfander, Dick. "Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League / Eastern Professional Basketball League / Eastern Basketball Association History". apbr.org. Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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- Greene, Ryan (January 1, 2007). "Fab Fiver Jimmy King". McClatchy Tribune. Washington, D.C.
- "Griffin Is M.V.P. C.B.A". The New York Times. New York, New York. April 25, 1999. p. 368.
- White, Lonnie (February 18, 2001). "Clippers Report: A Chance to Build a Different Streak". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D10.
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