The West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the most outstanding men's basketball player in the West Coast Conference (WCC). The award was first given following the conference's inaugural 1952–53 season, when it was known as the California Basketball Association. The only season in which the award was not presented was the conference's second season of 1953–54. There have been six ties in the award's history, most recently in 2022–23 between Brandin Podziemski of Santa Clara and Drew Timme of Gonzaga. There have also been 13 repeat winners, but only one, Bill Cartwright of San Francisco, has been player of the year three times.

Four schools in the WCC have dominated the total awards distribution. Before 2000, Pepperdine, San Francisco and Santa Clara had earned the bulk of the awards. Since then, Gonzaga has had the overwhelming majority of selections. In the 26 seasons from 2000–01 to the Bulldogs' final WCC season in 2025–26, coinciding with the program's rise to national prominence, Gonzaga players have won or shared the award 18 times. Gonzaga now claims the most awards with 21 and most individual winners with 19. Santa Clara is second in awards with 12, and its nine individual winners give it a share of second place in that category with Pepperdine. The next closest school, Saint Mary's, has 10 awards. Among current WCC members, Portland is the only established member without a winner. Denver will play its first WCC season in 2026–27. In that same season, Gonzaga joined the reconfigured Pac-12 Conference alongside Oregon State and Washington State, which became multi-sport WCC associates, including basketball, after the 2024 collapse of the Pac-12. Neither Oregon State nor Washington State had a recipient during their two WCC seasons.

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) Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the WCC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season Player School Position ClassReference 1952–53 Santa Clara PF 1953–54 1954–55 (2) Santa Clara PF 1955–56 * San Francisco C 1956–57 San Francisco PF 1957–58† (2) San Francisco PF Pacific PF 1958–59† Saint Mary's PF (2) Pacific PF 1959–60 Loyola Marymount SG / PG 1960–61 Saint Mary's PF 1961–62† Pepperdine SF / SG Saint Mary's G 1962–63 (2) Saint Mary's G 1963–64 San Francisco C 1964–65 (2) San Francisco C 1965–66 Pacific F 1966–67 (2) Pacific F 1967–68 Loyola Marymount SG 1968–69 Santa Clara C 1969–70 (2) Santa Clara C 1970–71 Pacific C / PF 1971–72 Santa Clara C 1972–73 Pepperdine PG 1973–74 Seattle SG 1974–75 UNLV G 1975–76 Pepperdine PF 1976–77 San Francisco C 1977–78 (2) San Francisco C 1978–79 (3) San Francisco C 1979–80 Santa Clara SF 1980–81 San Francisco SG 1981–82 (2) San Francisco SG 1982–83† Pepperdine C Pepperdine G 1983–84 Gonzaga PG 1984–85 Pepperdine SF / SG 1985–86 (2) Pepperdine SF / SG 1986–87 San Diego C 1987–88 Pepperdine PF 1988–89 Loyola Marymount PF 1989–90 Loyola Marymount SG 1990–91 Pepperdine SG 1991–92 (2) Pepperdine SG 1992–93 Pepperdine SF 1993–94 Gonzaga PF 1994–95 Santa Clara PG 1995–96 (2) Santa Clara PG 1996–97 Santa Clara G 1997–98 Gonzaga PF 1998–99 Saint Mary's PF 1999–00 San Francisco C 2000–01 Gonzaga PF 2001–02 Gonzaga PG 2002–03 Gonzaga PG 2003–04 (2) Gonzaga PG 2004–05 Gonzaga C 2005–06 Gonzaga SF 2006–07† Santa Clara F Gonzaga PG / SG 2007–08 Gonzaga PG 2008–09 Santa Clara C 2009–10 Gonzaga SG 2010–11 Saint Mary's PG 2011–12 Saint Mary's PG 2012–13 Gonzaga C 2013–14 BYU SG 2014–15 Gonzaga PG 2015–16 BYU PG 2016–17 Gonzaga PG 2017–18 Saint Mary's C 2018–19 Gonzaga PF 2019–20 Gonzaga PF 2020–21 Gonzaga SF 2021–22 Gonzaga PF 2022–23† Santa Clara SG (2) Gonzaga PF 2023–24 Saint Mary's PG 2024–25 (2) Saint Mary's PG 2025–26 Gonzaga PF

Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years Gonzaga (1979) 21 1984, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007†, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023†, 2026 Santa Clara (1952) 12 1953, 1955, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007†, 2009, 2023† Pepperdine (1955) 11 1962†, 1973, 1976, 1983 (×2)†, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993 San Francisco (1952) 11 1956, 1957, 1958†, 1964, 1965, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 2000 Saint Mary's (1952) 10 1959†, 1961, 1962†, 1963, 1999, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2024, 2025 Pacific (1952/2013) 5 1958†, 1959†, 1966, 1967, 1971 Loyola Marymount (1955) 4 1960, 1968, 1989, 1990 BYU (2011) 2 2014, 2016 San Diego (1979) 1 1987 Seattle (1971/2025) 1 1974 UNLV (1969) 1 1975 Denver (2026) 0 — Fresno State (1955) 0 — Nevada (1969) 0 — Oregon State (2024) 0 — Portland (1976) 0 — San Jose State (1952) 0 — UC Santa Barbara (1964) 0 — Washington State (2024) 0 —

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