The National Basketball League Kiwi MVP was an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given to the best performing New Zealand player(s) of the regular season. The first Kiwi MVP was awarded in 1984. This was followed by the award being recognised every year between 1991 and 2018. It was discontinued in 2019. From 2003 onwards, the New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Award took preeminence.
Winners Denotes players that also won the overall MVP that season.Denotes the year a separate New Zealand player won the overall MVP.
Year Player Team 1984 John Rademakers Canterbury Rams 1985 N/A N/A 1986 N/A N/A 1987 N/A N/A 1988 N/A N/A 1989 N/A N/A 1990 N/A N/A 1991 Byron Vaetoe New Plymouth Bulls 1992 Neil Stephens Wellington Saints 1993 Pero Cameron Waikato Warriors 1994 Pero Cameron (2) Auckland Stars 1995 Pero Cameron (3) Auckland Stars 1996 Phill Jones Nelson Giants 1997 Pero Cameron (4) Auckland Rebels 1998 Phill Jones (2) Nelson Giants 1999 Pero Cameron (5) Auckland Rebels 2000 Tony Rampton Nelson Giants 2001 Phill Jones (3) Nelson Giants 2002 Terrence Lewis Canterbury Rams 2003 Dillon Boucher Waikato Titans 2004Adrian Majstrovich Hawke's Bay Hawks 2005Lindsay Tait Auckland Stars2006 Casey Frank Auckland Stars2007 Link Abrams Taranaki Mountainairs Paora Winitana Hawke's Bay Hawks 2008 Casey Frank (2) Auckland Stars 2009Phill Jones (4) Nelson Giants2010 Thomas Abercrombie Waikato Pistons 2011Alex Pledger Waikato Pistons 2012Nick Horvath Manawatu Jets 2013Lindsay Tait (2) Wellington Saints 2014Corey Webster Wellington Saints 2015 Lindsay Tait (3) Wellington Saints 2016 Marcel Jones Canterbury Rams 2017Corey Webster (2) Wellington Saints 2018Shea Ili Wellington Saints
Players with most awards
PlayerEditionsNotes Pero Cameron 5 1993–1995, 1997, 1999 Phill Jones 3 1996, 1998, 2001 Casey Frank 2 2006, 2008 Lindsay Tait 22005, 2013 Corey Webster 22014, 2017
See also List of National Basketball League (New Zealand) awards
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