Basketball Bundesliga Best German Young Player

Basketball Bundesliga awards, honours, and stats leaders

Individual awards

The Basketball Bundesliga Best German Young Player (German: Bester Deutscher Nachwuchsspieler) is an annual Basketball Bundesliga award that goes to the league's most valuable player who is under age 22, and has German nationality. The award was handed out for the first time in the 2001–02 season, as the Rookie of the Year award.

Winners

Player (X)

Denotes the number of times the player has won the award

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Season	Player	Pos.	Team	Ref
Rookie of the Year (2001–02 to 2009–10)
2001–02	Marcus Goree	C	Skyliners Frankfurt
2002–03	Szymon Szewczyk	PF	Braunschweig
2003–04	Aleksandar Ćapin	PG	Telekom Baskets Bonn
2004–05	Koko Archibong	SF	Brose Baskets
2005–06	Anton Gavel	SG	Gießen 46ers
2006–07	Nicolai Simon	SG	ALBA Berlin
2007–08	Philipp Schwethelm	SF	Köln 99ers
2008–09	Per Günther	PG	ratiopharm Ulm
2009–10	Tibor Pleiß	C	Brose Baskets
Best German Player Under–24 (2010–11 to 2012–13)
2010–11	Tibor Pleiß (2)	C	Brose Baskets
2011–12	Maik Zirbes	C	TBB Trier	^[1]
2012–13	Dennis Schröder	PG	New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig	^[2]
Best German Player Under–23 (2013–14 to 2014–15)
2013–14	Daniel Theis	C	ratiopharm ulm	^[3]
2014–15	Johannes Voigtmann	C	Fraport Skyliners	^[4]
Best German Player Under–22 (2015–16 to present)
2015–16	Paul Zipser	SF	Bayern Munich	^[5]
2016–17	İsmet Akpınar	PG	ALBA Berlin	^[6]
2017–18	Andreas Obst	G	Rockets
2018–19	Franz Wagner	F	Alba Berlin	^[7]
2019–20	No award was given, due to the shortened season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]
2020–21	Justus Hollatz	PG	Hamburg Towers	^[9]
2021–22	Justus Hollatz (2)	PG	Hamburg Towers	^[10]
2022–23	Malte Delow	G/F	Alba Berlin	^[11]

References

^ "Zirbes als bester Nachwuchsspieler ausgezeichnet". Rp-online.de. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^ "Dennis Schröder ist der "Beste deutsche Nachwuchsspieler" und zugleich der "MIP"". Schoenen-dunk.de (in German). 12 April 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^ "Daniel Theis ist 'Bester deutscher Nachwuchsspieler'". Courtreview.de. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^ "Beko BBL - Awards: MVP / Coach". www.beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015.
^ "Beko BBL - Awards Herbert und Zipser". www.beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016.
^ "easyCredit - Award Nummer drei und Krönung: Raymar Morgan ist neuer MVP". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017.
^ "17-Jähriger gewinnt den Titel: Franz Wagner ist "Bester deutscher Nachwuchsspieler U22"". easycredit-bbl.de. 8 May 2019.
^ "Kapitäne wählen den Most Valuable Player des easyCredit BBL Final-Turniers 2020 / Keine anderen Awards" (in German). easycredit-bbl.de. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "Awards 2021: Ludwigsburger Smith, Patrick und Polas-Bartolo räumen ab / Justus Hollatz und Trae Bell-Haynes geehrt". easycredit-bbl.de. 19 May 2021.
^ "Awards für die Saison 2021/22: Doppelte Freude in Bonn und Hamburg". easycredit-bbl.de. 28 April 2022.
^ "easyCredit BBL-Awards 2022/2023: Erste Sieger kommen aus Rostock, Oldenburg und Berlin". easycredit-bbl.de. 3 May 2023.

External links

German League official website Archived 25 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in German)

v t e BBL Best Young German Player
Rookie of the Year	2002: Goree 2003: Szewczyk 2004: Ćapin 2005: Archibong 2006: Gavel 2007: Simon 2008: Schwethelm 2009: Günther 2010: Pleiß
Best German Young Player	2011: Pleiß 2012: Zirbes 2013: Schröder 2014: Theis 2015: Voigtmann 2016: Zipser 2017: Akpinar 2018: Obst 2019: Wagner ~~2020~~ 2021 Hollatz 2022 Hollatz 2023 Delow

v t e Basketball Bundesliga
Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 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
Playoffs	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
2023–24 clubs	Brose Bamberg Alba Berlin Telekom Baskets Bonn Löwen Braunschweig Niners Chemnitz Crailsheim Merlins BG Göttingen Veolia Towers Hamburg USC Heidelberg Riesen Ludwigsburg Mitteldeutscher BC Bayern Munich Baskets Oldenburg Rostock Seawolves Tigers Tübingen ratiopharm Ulm Rasta Vechta s.Oliver Würzburg
Awards	Most Valuable Player Finals MVP Coach of the Year Most Improved Player Best German Young Player Best Offensive Player Best Defensive Player All-BBL Team Most Effective Player Top Scorer
Other articles	Basketball in Germany German Cup German Supercup List of German basketball champions BBL All-Star Game German League System
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