KBL Most Valuable Player Award

The Korean Basketball League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) (Korean: 국내선수 MVP) is an annual Korean Basketball League (KBL) award given since 1997 to the best performing player of the regular season. It is only awarded to domestic players (registered as South Korean nationals) as there is a separate award for foreign import players.^[1]

Joo Hee-jung, Shin Ki-sung, Kim Seung-hyun, Kim Joo-sung, Yang Dong-geun and Oh Se-keun are the only players to have won both the MVP and Rookie of the Year awards. Kim Seung-hyun is the only one to have won both within the same season.

Winners

^	Denotes player who is still active in the KBL
†	Denotes player whose team won the KBL Championship that year
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
Team (X)	Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time

Season	Player	Position	Team
1997 †^{[fn 1]}	Kang Dong-hee	Guard	Busan Kia Enterprise
1997–98 †	Lee Sang-min	Guard	Daejeon Hyundai Dynat
1998–99 †	Lee Sang-min (2)	Guard	Daejeon Hyundai Dynat (2)
1999–00 †	Seo Jang-hoon	Center	Cheongju SK Knights
2000–01	Cho Sung-won	Forward	Changwon LG Sakers
2001–02 †	Kim Seung-hyun	Guard	Daegu Tongyang Orions
2002–03	Kim Byung-chul	Guard	Daegu Tongyang Orions (2)
2003–04	Kim Joo-sung	Forward	Wonju TG Sambo Xers
2004–05 †	Shin Ki-sung	Guard	Wonju TG Sambo Xers (2)
2005–06 †^{[fn 2]}	Seo Jang-hoon (2)	Center	Seoul Samsung Thunders
2005–06^{[fn 2]}	Yang Dong-geun	Guard	Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (2)
2006–07 †	Yang Dong-geun (2)	Guard	Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (3)
2007–08 †	Kim Joo-sung (2)	Forward	Wonju Dongbu Promy (3)
2008–09	Joo Hee-jung	Guard	Anyang KT&G
2009–10 †	Ham Ji-hoon^	Forward	Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (4)
2010–11	Park Sang-oh	Forward	Busan KT Sonicboom
2011–12	Yoon Ho-young^	Forward	Wonju Dongbu Promy (4)
2012–13	Kim Sun-hyung^	Guard	Seoul SK Knights (2)
2013–14	Moon Tae-jong	Forward	Changwon LG Sakers (2)
2014–15 †	Yang Dong-geun (3)	Guard	Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (5)
2015–16	Yang Dong-geun (4)	Guard	Ulsan Mobis Phoebus (6)
2016–17 †	Oh Se-keun^	Center	Anyang KGC (2)
2017–18	Doo Kyung-min^	Guard	Wonju DB Promy (5)
2018–19	Lee Jung-hyun^	Guard	Jeonju KCC Egis (3)
2019–20^{[fn 3]}	Heo Hoon^	Guard	Busan KT Sonicboom (2)
2020–21	Song Kyo-chang^	Forward	Jeonju KCC Egis (4)
2021–22 †	Choi Jun-yong^	Guard	Seoul SK Knights (3)
2023–2024	Ethan Alvano	Guard	Wonju DB Promy

Multi-time winners

Awards	Player	Team(s)	Years
4	Yang Dong-geun	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus	2006, 2007, 2015, 2016
2	Lee Sang-min	Daejeon Hyundai Dynat	1998, 1999
	Seo Jang-hoon	Cheongju SK Knights / Seoul Samsung Thunders	2000, 2006
	Kim Joo-sung	Wonju TG Sambo Xers / Dongbu Promy	2004, 2008

Teams

Awards	Teams	Years
6	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus^{[fn 4]}	1997, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016
5	Wonju DB Promy^{[fn 5]}	2004, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2018
4	Jeonju KCC Egis^{[fn 6]}	1998, 1999, 2019, 2021
3	Cheongju / Seoul SK Knights	2000, 2013, 2022
2	Goyang Orion Orions^{[fn 7]}	2002, 2003
	Anyang KT&G / KGC	2009, 2017
	Busan / Suwon KT Sonicboom	2011, 2020

Notes

^ Prior to the founding of the professional Korean Basketball League, the predecessor National Basketball Festival (농구대잔치) ended its final season in January 1997. The first season of the KBL began play in February 1997 to facilitate the transition. Since the 1997–98 season, the KBL season runs from October until April.
^ ^a ^b Seo Jang-hoon and Yang Dong-geun were joint winners. This is the only instance of two joint winners of the MVP Award.[1][2]
^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, the KBL board of directors voted to end the season early, in the middle of the fifth round, and cancel the play-offs. Instead the KBL board of directors declared Wonju DB Promy and Seoul SK Knights as joint first place on the league table.[3]
^ Formerly Busan Kia Enterprise and Ulsan Mobis Phoebus
^ Formerly Wonju TG Sambo Xers and Wonju Dongbu Promy
^ Formerly Daejeon Hyundai Dynat
^ Formerly Daegu Tongyang Orions

References

^ "2020-2021 현대모비스 프로농구 시상식 결과 안내" (in Korean). Korean Basketball League. April 7, 2021.

External links

Records: Past records / 주요기록: 역대수상현황 on the Korean Basketball League official website (in Korean)

KBL Most Valuable Player Award

1990s

1997: Kang Dong-hee
1998: Lee Sang-min
1999: Lee Sang-min

2000s

2000: Seo Jang-hoon
2001: Cho Sung-won
2002: Kim Seung-hyun
2003: Kim Byung-chul
2004: Kim Joo-sung
2005: Shin Ki-sung
2006: Seo Jang-hoon, Yang Dong-geun
2007: Yang Dong-geun
2008: Kim Joo-sung
2009: Joo Hee-jung

2010s

2010: Ham Ji-hoon
2011: Park Sang-oh
2012: Yun Ho-young
2013: Kim Sun-hyung
2014: Moon Tae-jong
2015: Yang Dong-geun
2016: Yang Dong-geun
2017: Oh Se-keun
2018: Doo Kyung-min
2019: Lee Jung-hyun

2020s

v t e Korean Basketball League
Teams	Anyang Jung Kwan Jang Red Boosters Busan KCC Egis Changwon LG Sakers Daegu KOGAS Pegasus Goyang Sono Skygunners Seoul Samsung Thunders Seoul SK Knights Suwon KT Sonicboom Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus Wonju DB Promy
Seasons	1997 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
Draft	1998 2007 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Awards	Most Valuable Player Rookie of the Year Best 5 Most Improved Player Defensive Best 5 Defensive Player of the Year Playoffs Most Valuable Player Award
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