Korisliiga Most Valuable Player

In the Korisliiga, the top Finnish professional basketball league, two awards are considered the Most Valuable Player award. The first, the Player of the Year, goes to the best Finnish player in the league. The second, is the Best Foreigner (in Finnish, vuoden ulkomaalaisvahvistus).

Key

*Inducted into the Finnish Basketball Hall of FamePlayer (X)Denotes the number of times the player had been the scoring leader up to and including that seasonGGuardFForwardCCenter

Import Players

Season Player Nationality Team Ref(s) 1996–97 Torpan Pojat 1997–98 Torpan Pojat 1998–99 Salon Vilpas 1999–00 Namika Lahti 2000–01 Pyrbasket 2001–02 Espoon Honka 2002–03 Espoon Honka 2003–04 Kouvot 2004–05 Salon Vilpas 2005–06 UU Korihait 2006–07 KTP-Basket 2007–08 Kouvot 2008–09 Namika Lahti 2009–10 Kouvot 2010–11 Tampereen Pyrintö 2011–12 Nilan Bisons Loimaa 2012–13 Nilan Bisons 2013–14 Korikobrat 2014–15 Joensuun Kataja 2015–16 Kobrat 2016–17 Vilpas Vikings 2017–18 Vilpas Vikings 2018–19 Kauhajoen Karhu 2020–21Jeremiah WoodFSalon Vilpas2021–22Cameron JonesGKauhajoen Karhu2022–23Jeffrey CarrollFHelsinki Seagulls2023–24Both GachGBC Nokia2024–25René Rougeau SF Helsinki Seagulls

Finnish Players

Season Player Team Ref(s) 1986–87 Helsingin NMKY 1987–88 Helsingin NMKY 1988–89 Urheilijat 1989–90 Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat 1990–91 * KTP-Basket 1991–92 Helsingin NMKY 1992–93 * Torpan Pojat 1993–94 (2) Helsingin NMKY 1994–95 (2)* Torpan Pojat 1995–96 New Wave 1996–97 Lahden NMKY 1997–98 Kouvot 1998–99 Piiloset 1999–00 (2) Piiloset 2000–01 Espoon Honka 2001–02 Joensuun Kataja 2002–03 BC Jyväskylä 2003–04 Lappeenrannan NMKY 2004–05 (2) Lappeenrannan NMKY 2005–06 (2) Joensuun Kataja 2006–07 (2) Joensuun Kataja 2007–08 Espoon Honka 2008–09 Tampereen Pyrintö 2009–10 Espoon Honka 2010–11 Kouvot 2011–12 (2) Joensuun Kataja 2012–13 Korikobrat 2013–14 Tampereen Pyrintö 2014–15 (3) Joensuun Kataja 2015–16 (4) Joensuun Kataja 2016–17 Helsinki Seagulls 2017–18 Helsinki Seagulls 2018–19 Joensuun Kataja 2020–21Okko JärviGKarhu Basket2021–22Remu RaitanenF/CKTP-Basket2022–23Severi KaukiainenGKarhu Basket2023–24Topias Palmi (2)GKarhu Basket2024-25Lassi NikkarinenPGHelsinki Seagulls

Players with most awards

PlayerEditionsNotes Teemu Rannikko 4 1999, 2000, 2O15, 2016 Damon Williams 2 2001, 2011 Marcus Grant 2 2003, 2004 René Rougeau 2 2019, 2025 Petri Niiranen 2 1992, 1994 Sami Lehtoranta 2 2007, 2012 Topias Palmi 2 2019, 2024 Petri Virtanen 2 2003, 2006 Kari-Pekka Klinga 2 1993, 1995 Pasi Riihelä 2 2004, 2005

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