The Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the most outstanding player in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The school with the most SEC Player of the Year award winners is Kentucky, with 18 total awards. The only current SEC members that have never had a winner are Missouri, Texas A&M, Texas, and Oklahoma, who are the conference's two newest members (the first two joining in 2012 and the latter two in 2024).

Three different organizations have given this award: United Press International (1965–1992), Associated Press (1965–present), and the SEC coaches (1987–present).

Key † Co-Players of the Year* Awarded a national player of the year award that same season: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) Oscar Robertson Trophy (1958–59 to present) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present) A Associated Press selection (1965–present) C SEC coaches' selection (1987–present) U United Press International selection (1965–1992) Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player received the SEC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season Player School Position Class Reference 1964–65 Vanderbilt C / PF 1965–66† U (2) Vanderbilt C / PF A Kentucky SG / SF 1966–67 Tennessee SF 1967–68 LSU PG 1968–69 * (2) LSU PG 1969–70 * (3) LSU PG 1970–71 Ole Miss SG / SF 1971–72† U Tennessee SG A Kentucky PF 1972–73† A Kentucky SG / SF A, U Alabama SF 1973–74 Vanderbilt SG / SF 1974–75† A (2) Kentucky SG / SF U Tennessee SF 1975–76 (2) Tennessee SF 1976–77† A Tennessee SF A, U (3) Tennessee SF 1977–78 Alabama SF 1978–79 (2) Alabama SF 1979–80 Kentucky G 1980–81 LSU SF / SG 1981–82 Tennessee SG / SF 1982–83† A (2) Tennessee SG / SF U Mississippi State SG 1983–84 Auburn C 1984–85 Kentucky PF 1985–86 (2) Kentucky PF 1986–87† A, C, U Alabama PF U Tennessee PG 1987–88 Vanderbilt C 1988–89 LSU PG 1989–90 (2) LSU PG 1990–91 * LSU C 1991–92 (2) LSU C 1992–93† A Vanderbilt SG A, C Kentucky SG / SF 1993–94 Arkansas PF 1994–95 (2) Arkansas PF 1995–96 Kentucky PG 1996–97 Kentucky SF / SG 1997–98 Ole Miss PF 1998–99 Auburn SF / PF 1999–00† A, C Vanderbilt SF A LSU C 2000–01 Kentucky SF 2001–02 Alabama PF / C 2002–03† C Kentucky SG A Tennessee PF 2003–04 Mississippi State PF 2004–05 LSU PF 2005–06 LSU C 2006–07† C Vanderbilt SG / SF A Tennessee SG 2007–08 Vanderbilt SG / SF 2008–09 LSU SG 2009–10 Kentucky PG 2010–11 Florida SF 2011–12 * Kentucky C 2012–13 Georgia SG 2013–14 Florida PG 2014–15 Arkansas PF 2015–16 Kentucky PG 2016–17† A Kentucky SG C South Carolina SG 2017–18† A Georgia PF C Tennessee PF 2018–19 (2) Tennessee PF 2019–20† A Arkansas SG A Mississippi State PF C Kentucky SG 2020–21 Alabama SG / SF 2021–22 * Kentucky C 2022–23 Alabama SF 2023–24 Tennessee SG 2024–25 Auburn PF / C 2025–26 Arkansas PG

Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years Kentucky (1932) 18 1966†, 1972†, 1973†, 1975†, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003†, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017†, 2020†, 2022 Tennessee (1932) 14 1967, 1972†, 1975†, 1976, 1977 (×2)†, 1982, 1983†, 1987†, 2003†, 2007†, 2018†, 2019, 2024 LSU (1932) 12 1968, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000†, 2005, 2006, 2009 Vanderbilt (1932) 8 1965, 1966†, 1974, 1988, 1993†, 2000†, 2007†, 2008 Alabama (1932) 7 1973†, 1978, 1979, 1987†, 2002, 2021, 2023 Arkansas (1991) 5 1994, 1995, 2015, 2020†, 2026 Auburn (1932) 3 1984, 1999, 2025 Mississippi State (1932) 3 1983†, 2004, 2020† Florida (1932) 2 2011, 2014 Georgia (1932) 2 2013, 2018† Ole Miss (1932) 2 1971, 1998 South Carolina (1991) 1 2017† Missouri (2012) 0 — Oklahoma (2024) 0 — Texas (2024) 0 — Texas A&M (2012) 0 — If no special demarcation indicates which voting body's award the player won that season, then he had earned all of the awards available for that year. Chris Jackson changed his name to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf in 1991 after converting to Islam.

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