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Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Pac-12 Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1976
Final awardAnticipated to resume
in 2026–27

The Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a currently dormant award given to the Pac-12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1975–76 season, when the conference was known as the Pacific-8, and was determined by voting from the Pac-12 media and coaches. On August 2, 2024, 10 of the 12 members departed from the conference. The Pac-12 continues to operate as a two-team conference for at least the 2024–25 academic year, sponsoring four sports – football, track & field, women's gymnastics and wrestling. On September 12, 2024, the Pac-12 announced the admission of four new universities effective July 2026: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, and San Diego State. According to the press release, "Oregon State University and Washington State University are currently operating as members of the Pac-12 Conference as part of an NCAA two-year grace period and will continue to do so for the 2025–26 academic season before the four new members officially join. The collective six universities will collaboratively chart additional membership and other future conference considerations."

In a span of less than three weeks in September 2024, the Pac-12 added six new members effective in 2026–27—Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, San Diego State, and Utah State. With eight confirmed members, conference play is expected to resume in 2026–27, with the award again being presented.

Two players were honored multiple times: David Greenwood of UCLA and Sean Elliott of Arizona. Four freshmen also won the award: Shareef Abdur-Rahim of California, Kevin Love of UCLA, Deandre Ayton of Arizona and Evan Mobley of USC. Between the arrival of Arizona and Arizona State in 1978 and the entry of Colorado and Utah in 2011, the conference was known as the Pacific–10.

Key

Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national player of the year award:
Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79)
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 Pac-12 Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Marques Johnson, UCLA, 1977David Greenwood, UCLA, 1978 and 1979Steve Johnson, Oregon State, 1981Sean Elliott, Arizona, 1988 and 1989 Gary Payton, Oregon State, 1990Harold Miner, USC, 1992Jason Kidd, California, 1994Shareef Abdur-Rahim, California, 1996 Luke Ridnour, Oregon, 2003Ike Diogu, Arizona State, 2005Nick Johnson, Arizona, 2014Deandre Ayton, Arizona, 2018 Payton Pritchard, Oregon, 2020Bennedict Mathurin, Arizona, 2021Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA, 2023Caleb Love, Arizona, 2024
Season Player School Position Class Reference
1975–76 Ron Lee Oregon PG / SG Senior
1976–77 Marques Johnson* UCLA PF Senior
1977–78 David Greenwood UCLA PF Junior
1978–79 David Greenwood (2) UCLA PF Senior
1979–80 Don Collins Washington State SF Senior
1980–81 Steve Johnson Oregon State C Senior
1981–82 Lester Conner Oregon State PG Senior
1982–83 Kenny Fields UCLA SF Junior
1983–84 A.C. Green Oregon State PF Junior
1984–85 Wayne Carlander USC PF Senior
1985–86 Christian Welp Washington C Junior
1986–87 José Ortiz Oregon State C Senior
1987–88 Sean Elliott Arizona SF Junior
1988–89 Sean Elliott* (2) Arizona SF Senior
1989–90 Gary Payton Oregon State PG Senior
1990–91 Terrell Brandon Oregon PG Junior
1991–92 Harold Miner USC SG Junior
1992–93 Chris Mills Arizona SF Senior
1993–94 Jason Kidd California PG Sophomore
1994–95 Ed O'Bannon* UCLA SF Senior
Damon Stoudamire Arizona PG Senior
1995–96 Shareef Abdur-Rahim California PF Freshman
1996–97 Ed Gray California SG Senior
1997–98 Mike Bibby Arizona PG Sophomore
1998–99 Jason Terry Arizona PG Senior
1999–00 Eddie House Arizona State SG Senior
2000–01 Sean Lampley California PF Senior
2001–02 Sam Clancy USC PF Senior
2002–03 Luke Ridnour Oregon PG Junior
2003–04 Josh Childress Stanford SG / SF Junior
2004–05 Ike Diogu Arizona State PF / C Junior
2005–06 Brandon Roy Washington SG Senior
2006–07 Arron Afflalo UCLA SG Junior
2007–08 Kevin Love UCLA PF Freshman
2008–09 James Harden Arizona State SG Sophomore
2009–10 Jerome Randle California PG Senior
2010–11 Derrick Williams Arizona SF / PF Sophomore
2011–12 Jorge Gutiérrez California PG Senior
2012–13 Allen Crabbe California SG Junior
2013–14 Nick Johnson Arizona PG / SG Junior
2014–15 Joe Young Oregon PG Senior
2015–16 Jakob Pöltl Utah C Sophomore
2016–17 Dillon Brooks Oregon SF Junior
2017–18 Deandre Ayton Arizona PF Freshman
2018–19 Jaylen Nowell Washington SG Sophomore
2019–20 Payton Pritchard Oregon PG Senior
2020–21 Evan Mobley USC F Freshman
2021–22 Bennedict Mathurin Arizona SG / SF Sophomore
2022–23 Jaime Jaquez Jr. UCLA SG / SF Senior
2023–24 Caleb Love Arizona SG Senior
2024–25 Pac-12 basketball anticipated to resume in 2026–27
2025–26

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
Arizona (1978) 11 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2024
UCLA (1959) 8 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2023
California (1959) 7 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013
Oregon (1964) 6 1976, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2017, 2020
Oregon State (1964) 5 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990
USC (1959) 4 1985, 1992, 2002, 2021
Arizona State (1978) 3 2000, 2005, 2009
Washington (1959) 3 1986, 2006, 2019
Stanford (1959) 1 2004
Utah (2011) 1 2016
Washington State (1962) 1 1980
Colorado (2011) 0
  • For purposes of this table, the "year joined" reflects the year that each team joined the conference now known as the Pac-12 as presently chartered. Although the Pac-12 claims the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), founded in 1915, as part of its own history, that conference disbanded in 1959 due to infighting and scandal. That same year, five PCC members established the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) under a new charter that functions to this day. The player of the year award was not established until 1976, by which time all of the final members of the PCC except for Idaho were reunited in what was then the Pac-8.

See also

References

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