The Basketball Champions League MVP, or Basketball Champions League MVP of the Season, is the annual award bestowed to the player that is deemed to be the "Most Valuable Player" during the full season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL). The Basketball Champions League is the third-tier level European-wide men's professional club basketball league in Europe. The award is given by FIBA. The award has existed since the Basketball Champions's League inaugural season 2016–17 season.

Voting criteria

The Basketball Champions League MVP is chosen by a vote of the fans online, a vote of media journalists and representatives, and a vote of all of the head coaches of all of the teams in each season of the league. The fans, the media, and the league's head coaches each get 1/3 of the vote distribution.

Winners

^ Denotes player who is still active in the BCL
* 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 received the award
Season Player Position Nationality Club Ref.
2016–17 Jordan Theodore Point guard  North Macedonia[lower-alpha 1] Turkey Banvit
2017–18† Manny Harris Small forward  United States Greece AEK Athens
2018–19 Tyrese Rice Point guard  Montenegro[lower-alpha 2] Germany Brose Bamberg
2019–20 Keith Langford Shooting guard  United States Greece AEK Athens
2020–21 Bonzie Colson Small forward  United States France SIG Strasbourg
2021–22 Chima Moneke Small forward  Nigeria Spain Baxi Manresa
2022–23^† T. J. Shorts Point guard  North Macedonia Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn

Notes

  1. ↑ Theodore, born in Englewood, New Jersey, is an American citizen. However he received a Macedonian passport in 2017 and represents the North Macedonia national basketball team in international competition.
  2. ↑ Rice, born in Richmond, Virginia, is an American citizen. However he received a Montenegrin passport in 2013 and represents the Montenegrin national basketball team in international competition.

References

  1. ↑ Theodore named MVP of the Season.
  2. ↑ Harris named MVP of the Season.
  3. ↑ "Rice named MVP of the Season". championsleague.basketball. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Langford named MVP of the Season". champions league.basketball. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Colson named MVP of the Season". Basketball Champions League. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Moneke named MVP of the Season". Basketball Champions League. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "MVP Shorts headlines BCL season seven award winners". Basketball Champions League. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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