The Dutch Basketball League Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to the most valuable player in the Dutch highest professional basketball league. The award is given after the regular season and was first handed out in 1974.
Six Dutch players have won the award so far, with Emmanuel Nzekwesi being the last winner in 2021. Kees Akerboom, Sr. (1980, 1981, 1985) and Leon Rodgers (2005–2007) are the all-time leaders in Dutch MVP awards.
Winners
+Key Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)Name of the club and the number of times a player of it has won the award (if more than one)Denotes player whose team won championship that year Denotes player who is still active in the DBL Season Player Position Nationality Club 1974–75 Forward Punch 1975–76 Forward Canadians Amsterdam 1976–77 Forward Arke Stars Enschede1977–78 Guard Leiden1978–79 Center EBBC Den Bosch1979–80 GuardEBBC Den Bosch (2)1980–81 (2) Guard EBBC Den Bosch (3) 1981–82 Center BV Amstelveen 1982–83 Forward Donar 1983–84 Forward Leiden (2)1984–85 (3) Guard EBBC Den Bosch (4) 1985–86 Forward Leiden (3) 1986–87 Forward Den Helder1987–88 Center EBBC Den Bosch (5) 1988–89 Center Red Giants Meppel 1989–90 Center BS Weert 1990–91 Forward Red Giants Meppel (2) 1991–92 (2) Forward Red Giants Meppel (3) 1992–93 Forward Donar (2)1993–94 Center BS Weert (2) 1994–95 Center BS Weert (3) 1995–96 Guard Rotterdam1996–97 Center EBBC Den Bosch (6) 1997–98 Forward Donar (3) 1998–99 Forward BS Weert (4)1999–00 Guard Astronauts Amsterdam (2)2000–01 Guard Astronauts Amsterdam (3) 2001–02 Forward Donar (4) 2002–03 (2) Guard Astronauts Amsterdam (4)2003–04 Forward/center Donar (5) 2004–05 Forward EiffelTowers Nijmegen2005–06 (2) Forward Den Bosch (7)2006–07 (3) Forward Den Bosch (8) 2007–08 Center Amsterdam (5) 2008–09 (2) Center Amsterdam (6) 2009–10 Guard Leiden (4) 2010–11 Forward Donar (6) 2011–12 Forward Leiden (5) 2012–13 Guard Den Bosch (9) 2013–14 Guard Donar (7) 2014–15 Guard Donar (8) 2015–16 Guard ZZ Leiden (6) 2016–17 (2) Guard Donar (9) 2017–18 Guard Donar (10) 2018–19 Guard ZZ Leiden (7) 2020–21 Center ZZ Leiden (8)
Awards by player Player TotalYears Kees Akerboom 1980, 1981, 1985 Leon Rodgers 2005, 2006, 2007 Lenzie Howell 1991, 1992 Lance Jeter 2015, 2017 Peter van Paassen 2008, 2009 Joe Spinks 2000, 2003
Awards won by nationality CountryTotal
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