The LNB Élite Awards are the individual awards of the top-tier level men's professional club basketball league in France, the LNB Élite. Maxi-Basket holds the vote, and calls it the referendum. The distinction of the Coach of the Year is awarded by the Coaches' Basketball Union.

Player of the Year awards (before 1983)

Before 1983, the title of the best player in the league was sometimes assigned by a panel of journalists, but the charts are incomplete.

  • Jean Degros (Denain) was voted the best player of the year in the 1962–63 season.
  • Alain Gilles (ASVEL) was voted the best player of the year in the 1964–65, 1966–67, and 1967–68 seasons.
  • Michel Le Ray (ABC Nantes) was voted the best player of the year in the 1965–66 season.
  • Pierre Galle (AS Berck) was voted the best player of the year in the 1972–73 and 1973–74 seasons.

Awards (since 1983)

Between 1983 and 2005, the monthly Maxi-Basket conducted a vote of the players and head coaches of the league. Since 2005, the coaches and captains of the LNB Élite clubs, and a panel of fifty journalists are asked to vote. Since the 2014–15 LNB Pro A season, the MVP award is a single unified award. Prior to that, it was divided into two separate awards, one for French players, and one for non-French players.

SeasonFrance French Domestic Player's MVPForeign Player's MVPBest Young PlayerBest DefenderMost Improved PlayerBest Sixth ManBest Coach
1982–83France Philip Szanyiel (ASVEL)United States Ed Murphy (Limoges)France Valéry Demory (Stade)UnassignedUnassignedUnassignedUnassigned
1983–84France Hervé Dubuisson (Stade)United States Ed Murphy (Limoges)France Stéphane Ostrowski (MSB)UnassignedUnassignedUnassignedUnassigned
1984–85France Richard Dacoury (Limoges)United States Ed Murphy (Limoges)France Valéry Demory (Stade)UnassignedUnassignedUnassignedUnassigned
1985–86France Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)United States Kevin Figaro (Challans)France Christian Garnier (Monaco)United States Allen Bunting (Antibes)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Michel Gomez (Challans)
1986–87France Freddy Hufnagel (Orthez)United States Bill Varner (Antibes)France Didier Gadou (Orthez)France Richard Dacoury (Limoges)UnassignedUnassignedUnited States George Fisher (Orthez)
1987–88France Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)United States Don Collins (Limoges)France Hugues Occansey (Limoges)France Richard Dacoury (Limoges)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Jean Galle (Cholet)
1988–89France Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)United States Don Collins (Limoges)France Jim Bilba (Cholet)France Richard Dacoury (Limoges)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Jean-Luc Monschau (Mulhouse)
1989–90France Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)United States Don Collins (Limoges)France Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)France Richard Dacoury (Limoges)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Michel Gomez (Limoges)
1990–91France Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)United States Michael Brooks (Limoges)France Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)France Richard Dacoury (Limoges)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Michel Gomez (Orthez)
1991–92France Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)United States Michael Brooks (Limoges)France Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)France Richard Dacoury (Limoges)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Alain Thinet (Roanne)
1992–93France Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)United States Michael Young (Limoges)France Yann Bonato (Antibes)France Richard Dacoury (Limoges)UnassignedUnassignedFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Božidar Maljković (Limoges)
1993–94France Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)United States Michael Young (Limoges)France Alain Digbeu (ASVEL)France Richard Dacoury (Limoges)UnassignedUnassignedFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Božidar Maljković (Limoges)
1994–95France Yann Bonato (Paris)United States David Rivers (Antibes)France Alain Digbeu (ASVEL)France Richard Dacoury (Limoges)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Jacques Monclar (Antibes)
1995–96France Antoine Rigaudeau (Orthez)United States Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)France Fabien Dubos (Orthez)France Arsène Ade-Mensah (Antibes)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Grégor Beugnot (ASVEL)
1996–97France Yann Bonato (Limoges)United States Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)France Frédéric Weis (Limoges)France Jim Bilba (ASVEL)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Grégor Beugnot (ASVEL)
1997–98France Jim Bilba (ASVEL)United States Jerry McCullough (BCM)France Willem Laure (Dijon)France Arsène Ade-Mensah (Paris)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Grégor Beugnot (ASVEL)
1998–99France Laurent Foirest (Orthez)United States Keith Jennings (MSB)France Frédéric Weis (Limoges)France Jim Bilba (ASVEL)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Claude Bergeaud (Orthez)
1999–00France Moustapha Sonko (ASVEL)United States Marcus Brown (Limoges)France David Gautier (Cholet)France Jim Bilba (ASVEL)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Christophe Vitoux (SIG) and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Duško Ivanović (Limoges)
2000–01France Jim Bilba (ASVEL)United States Bill Edwards (ASVEL)France Tony Parker (Paris)France Jim Bilba (ASVEL)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Vincent Collet (MSB)
2001–02France Cyril Julian (Nancy)Spain Roger Esteller (Orthez)France Boris Diaw (Orthez)France Florent Pietrus (Orthez)UnassignedUnassignedFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Savo Vucević (Cholet)
2002–03France Boris Diaw (Orthez)United States Rico Hill (MSB)France Pape-Philippe Amagou (MSB)France Makan Dioumassi (Toulon)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Frédéric Sarre (Orthez)
2003–04France Laurent Foirest (Orthez)United States Rick Hughes (SIG)France Pape-Philippe Amagou (MSB)France Thierry Rupert (SIG)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Vincent Collet (MSB)
2004–05France Laurent Sciarra (BCM)United States Jermaine Guice (STB)France Michael Mokongo (Chalon)France Michael Mokongo (Chalon)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Éric Girard (SIG)
2005–06France Cyril Julian (Nancy)United States Jason Rowe (Toulon)France Ian Mahinmi (STB)United States John Linehan (Paris) / (SIG)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Frédéric Sarre (JL Bourg)
2006–07France Cyril Julian (Nancy)United States Dewarick Spencer (Roanne)France Nicolas Batum (MSB)France Marc-Antoine Pellin (Roanne)UnassignedUnassignedFrance Jean-Denys Choulet (Roanne)
2007–08France Nando de Colo (Cholet)United States Marc Salyers (Roanne)France Nicolas Batum (MSB)France Dounia Issa (Vichy)France Nando de Colo (Cholet)UnassignedFrance Christian Monschau (STB)
2008–09France Alain Koffi (MSB)United States Austin Nichols (Toulon)France Thomas Heurtel (Orthez)Italy Tony Dobbins (Orléans)France Rodrigue Beaubois (Cholet)UnassignedFrance Philippe Hervé (Orléans)
2009–10France Ali Traoré (ASVEL)Dominican Republic Ricardo Greer (Nancy)France Andrew Albicy (Paris)United States John Linehan (Cholet)France Kevin Seraphin (Cholet)UnassignedFrance Ruddy Nelhomme (Poitiers)
2010–11France Mickaël Gelabale (ASVEL)Dominican Republic Sammy Mejia (Cholet)France Evan Fournier (Poitiers)United States John Linehan (Nancy)France Evan Fournier (Poitiers)UnassignedTurkey Erman Kunter (Cholet)
2011–12France Fabien Causeur (Cholet)Czech Republic Blake Schilb (Chalon)France Evan Fournier (Poitiers)France Andrew Albicy (BCM)France Evan Fournier (Poitiers)UnassignedFrance Grégor Beugnot (Chalon)
2012–13France Edwin Jackson (ASVEL)United States Dwight Buycks (BCM)France Livio Jean-Charles (ASVEL)Italy Tony Dobbins (Poitiers)France Edwin Jackson (ASVEL)UnassignedFrance Christian Monschau (BCM)
2013–14France Antoine Diot (SIG)United States Randal Falker (Nancy)Switzerland Clint Capela (Chalon)Italy Tony Dobbins (Dijon)Switzerland Clint Capela (Chalon)UnassignedFrance Jean-Louis Borg (Dijon)
2014–15France Adrien Moerman (Limoges)France Petr Cornelie (Le Mans)France Florent Piétrus (Nancy)France Benjamin Sene (Nancy)United States Jamar Smith (Limoges) and United States Darnell Harris (Orleans)France Vincent Collet (SIG)
2015–16United States Devin Booker (Chalon)France Frank Ntilikina (SIG)France Charles Kahudi (ASVEL)France Wilfried Yeguete (Orthez)United States Matt Howard (SIG) and France Mathias Lessort (Chalon)France Vincent Collet (SIG)
2016–17United States D.J. Cooper (Orthez)France Frank Ntilikina (SIG)France Moustapha Fall (Chalon)France Paul Lacombe (SIG)France Louis Labeyrie (Paris-Levallois)Montenegro Zvezdan Mitrović (Monaco)

L'Équipe awards (1994–2005)

Between 1994 and 2005, the French newspaper, L'Équipe, also conducted a selection of the best French and foreign players of the league, through a vote of journalists. These awards are also considered official by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB).

SeasonFrance French Domestic Player's MVPForeign Player's MVP
1993–94France Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)United States Michael Young (Limoges)
1994–95France Yann Bonato (Paris)United States David Rivers (Antibes)
1995–96France Antoine Rigaudeau (Orthez)United States Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1996–97France Jim Bilba (ASVEL)United States Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1997–98France Alain Digbeu (ASVEL)United States Jerry McCullough (BCM)
1998–99France Laurent Foirest (Orthez)United States Keith Jennings (MSB)
1999–00France Moustapha Sonko (ASVEL)United States Marcus Brown (Limoges)
2000–01France Jim Bilba (ASVEL)United States Bill Edwards (ASVEL)
2001–02France Cyril Julian (Nancy)United States-United Kingdom Tony Dorsey (Cholet)
2002–03France Laurent Sciarra (Paris)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Lukovski (Orthez)
2003–04France Laurent Foirest (Orthez)United States Rick Hughes (SIG)
2004–05France Laurent Sciarra (BCM)United States Jermaine Guice (STB)

LNB Élite MVP

LNB Élite Finals MVP

External links

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