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PLK awards and honours

Individual awards

The PLK Most Valuable Player award is given annually at the end of the regular season of the Polish Basketball League (PLK), the highest professional basketball league in Poland, to the most valuable player of the league. Originally, the award was given by the now defunct Polish I Liga (Polish League 1), and was called the Polish League 1 Player of the Year. The current award, given by the Polish PLK League, began when that league started, with the 1995–96 season.

I Liga Player of the Year winners (1961–1995)

Player nationalities by national team:

Season	Player	Nationality	Team
1960–61	Ryszard Olszewski	Poland	AZS Toruń
1961–62	Not awarded
1962–63	Not awarded
1963–64	Not awarded
1964–65	Mieczysław Łopatka	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław
1965–66	Not awarded
1966–67	Not awarded
1967–68	Wiesław Langiewicz	Poland	Wisła Kraków
1968–69	Mieczysław Łopatka (2)	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław
1969–70	Bolesław Kwiatkowski	Poland	AZS Warszawa
1970–71	Edward Jurkiewicz	Poland	Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1971–72	Not awarded
1972–73	Andrzej Seweryn	Poland	Wisła Kraków
1973–74	Andrzej Seweryn (2)	Poland	Wisła Kraków
1974–75	Zdzisław Myrda	Poland	Resovia Rzeszów
1975–76	Edward Jurkiewicz (2)	Poland	Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1976–77	Edward Jurkiewicz (3)	Poland	Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1977–78	Wojciech Fiedorczuk	Poland	ŁKS Łódź
1978–79	Eugeniusz Kijewski	Poland	Lech Poznań
1979–80	Kent Washington	United States	Start Lublin
1980–81	Mieczysław Młynarski	Poland	Górnik Wałbrzych
1981–82	Eugeniusz Kijewski (2)	Poland	Lech Poznań
1982–83	Dariusz Szczubiał	Poland	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
1983–84	Krzysztof Fikiel	Poland	Wisła Kraków
1984–85	Dariusz Zelig	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław
1985–86	Eugeniusz Kijewski (3)	Poland	Lech Poznań
1986–87	Dariusz Zelig (2)	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław
1987–88	Not awarded
1988–89	Not awarded
1989–90	Jarosław Jechorek	Poland	Lech Poznań
1990–91	Not awarded
1991–92	Maciej Zieliński	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław
1992–93	Igor Griszczuk	Poland	Anwil Włocławek
1993–94	Keith Williams	United States	Śląsk Wrocław
1994–95	Tyrice Walker	United States	MKS Znicz Pruszków

PLK MVP winners (1996–present)

^	Denotes player who is still active in the PLK
*	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 been named MVP
Team (X)	Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

Player nationalities by national team:

Season	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team
1995–96†	Dominik Tomczyk	PF/C	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław
1996–97	Maciej Zieliński (2)	SG	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław (2)
1997–98†	Adam Wójcik	PF/C	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław (3)
1998–99†	Maciej Zieliński (3)	SG	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław (4)
1999–00	Not awarded
2000–01†	Adam Wójcik (2)	PF/C	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław (5)
2001–02†	Dominik Tomczyk (2)	PF/C	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław (6)
2002–03	Joe McNaull	C	United States Poland	Prokom Trefl Sopot
2003–04†	Tomas Pačėsas	PG	Lithuania	Prokom Trefl Sopot (2)
2004–05†	Adam Wójcik (3)	PF/C	Poland	Prokom Trefl Sopot (3)
2005–06†	Goran Jagodnik	PF	Slovenia	Prokom Trefl Sopot (4)
2006–07	Thomas Kelati	SG/SF	Poland	BOT Turów Zgorzelec
2007–08	David Logan	PG/SG	Poland	PGE Turów Zgorzelec (2)
2008–09	Not awarded
2009–10†	Qyntel Woods	SF	United States	Asseco Prokom Gdynia (5)
2010–11	Torey Thomas	PG	United States	PGE Turów Zgorzelec (3)
2011–12	Walter Hodge	PG	U.S. Virgin Islands	Stelmet Zielona Góra
2012–13†	Walter Hodge (2)	PG	U.S. Virgin Islands	Stelmet Zielona Góra (2)
2013–14†	J.P. Prince	SG/SF	United States	PGE Turów Zgorzelec (4)
2014–15	Damian Kulig^	PF/C	Poland	PGE Turów Zgorzelec (5)
2015–16†	Mateusz Ponitka	SG/SF	Poland	Stelmet Zielona Góra (3)
2016–17	Shawn King	C	Saint Vincent	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
2017–18†	Ivan Almeida	F	Cape Verde	Anwil Włocławek
2018–19	James Florence	PG	United States	Arka Gdynia (6)
2019–20	Not awarded
2020–21	Geoffrey Groselle^	C	United States	Zastal Zielona Góra (4)
2021–22†	Travis Trice	PG	United States	WKS Śląsk Wrocław (7)
2022–23	Andrzej Mazurczak^	PG	Poland	Wilki Morskie Szczecin
2023–24	Victor Sanders^	SG	United States	Anwil Włocławek

^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20 season, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Poland.

Multiple honors (1996–present)

Players

Rank	Player	Trophies
1.	Adam Wójcik	3
2.	Dominik Tomczyk	2
	Maciej Zieliński
	Walter Hodge

Player nationality

Rank	Country	Total
1.	Poland	13
2.	United States	7
3.	U.S. Virgin Islands	2
4.	Slovenia	1
	Lithuania
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Cape Verde

Teams

Rank	Team	Total
1.	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	7
2.	Prokom Trefl Sopot / Arka Gdynia	6
3.	PGE Turów Zgorzelec	5
4.	Zastal Zielona Góra	4
5.	Anwil Włocławek	2
6.	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	1
6.	Wilki Morskie Szczecin	1

References

"Igor Griszczuk trenerem reprezentacji koszykarzy" (in Polish). polskieradio.pl. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
"Z historii Meczu Gwiazd: Lublin 1994" (in Polish). plk.pl. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
"Mecze Gwiazd Polskiej Ekstraklasy" (in Polish). mks.pl. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
"Z historii Meczu Gwiazd: Stalowa Wola 1995" (in Polish). plk.pl. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
McNaull acquired Polish citizenship in 2001.
"Złote Kosze dla Gortata i TVP - SPORT.TVP.PL". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
"Amerykanin Qyntel Woods MVP sezonu - Sport". polskieradio.pl. 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
"MVP and Coach of the year – both from Zgorzelec". GoTorey.com. 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
^ "Najbardziej wartościowy zawodnik: Walter Hodge". plk.pl. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
"Polish Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings". Eurobasket. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
"Najbardziej wartościowy zawodnik: Damian Kulig". Plk.pl. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
"Najbardziej Wartościowy Zawodnik: Mateusz Ponitka" (in Polish). Tauron Basket Liga. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
"NAJLEPSI ODEBRALI NAGRODY" (in Polish). plk.pl. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
"Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2017/18". plk.pl. 2018-04-28.
"Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2018/2019". plk.pl. 2019-05-09.
"Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2020/21". plk.pl. 2021-03-23.
"Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2021/22". plk.pl. 2022-04-14.
"Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2022/23". plk.pl. 2023-05-04.
"MVP sezonu zasadniczego OBL 23/24". plk.pl (in Polish). April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.

External links

Polska Liga Koszykówki - Official Site (in Polish)
Polish League at Eurobasket.com

v t e PLK Most Valuable Player Award
Player of the Year	1961 Olszewski 1962 N/A 1963 N/A 1964 N/A 1965 Łopatka 1966 N/A 1967 N/A 1968 Langiewicz 1969 Łopatka 1970 Kwiatkowski 1971 Jurkiewicz 1972 N/A 1973 Seweryn 1974 Seweryn 1975 Myrda 1976 Jurkiewicz 1977 Jurkiewicz 1978 Fiedorczuk 1979 Kijewski 1980 Washington 1981 Młynarski 1982 Kijewski 1983 Szczubiał 1984 Fikiel 1985 Zelig 1986 Kijewski 1987 Zelig 1988 N/A 1989 N/A 1990 Jechorek 1991 N/A 1992 Zieliński 1993 Griszczuk 1994 Williams 1995 Walker
Most Valuable Player	1996 Tomczyk 1997 McNaull 1998 Wójcik 1999 Zieliński 2000 N/A 2001 Wójcik 2002 Tomczyk 2003 McNaull 2004 Pačėsas 2005 Wójcik 2006 Jagodnik 2007 Kelati 2008 Logan 2009 N/A 2010 Woods 2011 Thomas 2012 Hodge 2013 Hodge 2014 Prince 2015 Kulig 2016 Ponitka 2017 King 2018 Almeida 2019 Florence 2020 N/A 2021 Groselle 2022 Trice 2023 Mazurczak 2024 Sanders

PLK Most Valuable Player Award

Player of the Year

1961 Olszewski
1962 N/A
1963 N/A
1964 N/A
1965 Łopatka
1966 N/A
1967 N/A
1968 Langiewicz
1969 Łopatka
1970 Kwiatkowski
1971 Jurkiewicz
1972 N/A
1973 Seweryn
1974 Seweryn
1975 Myrda
1976 Jurkiewicz
1977 Jurkiewicz
1978 Fiedorczuk
1979 Kijewski
1980 Washington
1981 Młynarski
1982 Kijewski
1983 Szczubiał
1984 Fikiel
1985 Zelig
1986 Kijewski
1987 Zelig
1988 N/A
1989 N/A
1990 Jechorek
1991 N/A
1992 Zieliński
1993 Griszczuk
1994 Williams
1995 Walker

Most Valuable Player

1996 Tomczyk
1997 McNaull
1998 Wójcik
1999 Zieliński
2000 N/A
2001 Wójcik
2002 Tomczyk
2003 McNaull
2004 Pačėsas
2005 Wójcik
2006 Jagodnik
2007 Kelati
2008 Logan
2009 N/A
2010 Woods
2011 Thomas
2012 Hodge
2013 Hodge
2014 Prince
2015 Kulig
2016 Ponitka
2017 King
2018 Almeida
2019 Florence
2020 N/A
2021 Groselle
2022 Trice
2023 Mazurczak
2024 Sanders

European Basketball MVP Awards

Continental leagues

Season	EuroLeague (1st-tier) EuroCup (2nd-tier) Basketball Champions League (2nd-tier)
Playoffs	EuroLeague (1st-tier) EuroCup (2nd-tier) Basketball Champions League (2nd-tier) FIBA Europe Cup (4th-tier)

Regional leagues

Season	VTB United League Adriatic League U19 BNXT League
Playoffs	VTB United League Adriatic League

Domestic leagues

Season	Austria Belgium Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Iceland (Domestic & Foreign) Israel Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Romania Serbia First part Second part Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom
Playoffs and Finals	Austria Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Israel Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Romania Serbia Spain Sweden Turkey

Defunct awards

v t e Polska Liga Koszykówki
2024–25 Clubs	Arka Gdynia Anwil Włocławek Dziki Warsaw Czarni Słupsk Górnik Wałbrzych GTK Gliwice King Szczecin Legia Warsaw MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Spójnia Stargard Start Lublin Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Śląsk Wrocław Trefl Sopot Twarde Pierniki Toruń Zastal Zielona Góra
Seasons	1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Awards	Most Valuable Player Finals MVP Top Scorer All-PLK Team Best Defender Most Improved Player Best Polish Player Rookie of the Year Best Young Player Best Coach
Associated competitions	Polish Cup Polish Supercup
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