DBL Most Valuable Player Award

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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

Wilson Washington was MVP in 1982
Mike Reddick (to the right of Aleksandar Đorđević) won MVP in 1988
Travis Reed won the award in 2004
Leiden's Danny Gibson was MVP in 2010.
Jason Dourisseau won the award in 2011.
Arvin Slagter won the award in the 2013–14 season.
Worthy de Jong was the Most Valuable Player in 2016.
Emmanuel Nzekwesi, winner in 2021.
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Player (X)
 Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Club (X)
 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
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More information Season, Player ...
Season Player Position Nationality Club Ref
1974–75† Harry Rogers Forward  United States Punch [1]
1975–76 Hank Smith Forward  Netherlands Canadians Amsterdam
1976–77 Jimmy Moore Forward  United States Arke Stars Enschede
1977–78† Art Collins Guard  United States Leiden
1978–79† James Lister Center  United States EBBC Den Bosch
1979–80 Kees Akerboom Sr. Guard  Netherlands EBBC Den Bosch (2)
1980–81† Kees Akerboom Sr. (2) Guard  Netherlands EBBC Den Bosch (3)
1981–82 Wilson Washington Center  United States BV Amstelveen
1982–83 David Lawrence Forward  United States Donar
1983–84 Jerry Beck Forward  United States Leiden (2)
1984–85† Kees Akerboom Sr. (3) Guard  Netherlands EBBC Den Bosch (4)
1985–86 Toon van Helfteren Forward  Netherlands Leiden (3)
1986–87 José Waitman Forward  United States Den Helder
1987–88† Mike Reddick Center  United States EBBC Den Bosch (5)
1988–89 Rob Jones Center  United States Red Giants Meppel
1989–90 Kevin McDuffie Center  United States BS Weert
1990–91 Lenzie Howell Forward  United States Red Giants Meppel (2)
1991–92 Lenzie Howell (2) Forward  United States Red Giants Meppel (3)
1992–93 Jack Jennings Forward  United States[a] Donar (2)
1993–94† Richard van Poelgeest Center  Netherlands BS Weert (2)
1994–95 Sonique Nixon Center  United States BS Weert (3)
1995–96 Michael Huger Guard  United States Rotterdam
1996–97† Marcel Huijbens Center  Netherlands EBBC Den Bosch (6)
1997–98 Donnell Thomas Forward  United States Donar (3)
1998–99 Ralph Biggs Forward  United States BS Weert (4)
1999–00† Joe Spinks Guard  United States[b] Astronauts Amsterdam (2)
2000–01† Chris McGuthrie Guard  United States Astronauts Amsterdam (3)
2001–02 Mack Tuck Forward  United States Donar (4)
2002–03 Joe Spinks (2) Guard  United States[b] Astronauts Amsterdam (4)
2003–04† Travis Reed Forward/center  United States Donar (5)
2004–05 Leon Rodgers Forward  United States[c] EiffelTowers Nijmegen
2005–06† Leon Rodgers (2) Forward  United States[c] Den Bosch (7)
2006–07† Leon Rodgers (3) Forward  United States[c] Den Bosch (8) [2]
2007–08† Peter van Paassen Center  Netherlands Amsterdam (5) [3]
2008–09† Peter van Paassen (2) Center  Netherlands Amsterdam (6) [4]
2009–10 Danny Gibson Guard  United States Leiden (4) [5]
2010–11 Jason Dourisseau Forward  United States[d] Donar (6) [6]
2011–12 Seamus Boxley Forward  United States Leiden (5) [7]
2012–13 Andre Young Guard  United States Den Bosch (9) [8]
2013–14† Arvin Slagter Guard  Netherlands Donar (7) [9]
2014–15 Lance Jeter Guard  United States Donar (8) [10]
2015–16 Worthy de Jong Guard  Netherlands ZZ Leiden (6) [11]
2016–17† Lance Jeter (2) Guard  United States Donar (9) [12]
2017–18† Brandyn Curry Guard  United States Donar (10) [13]
2018–19 Darius Thompson Guard  United States ZZ Leiden (7) [14]
2020–21† Emmanuel Nzekwesi Center  Netherlands ZZ Leiden (8) [15]
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  1. [a]
    Jennings also held the Israeli nationality.
  2. [b]
    Spinks later became a Dutch citizen.
  3. [c]
    Rodgers became a naturalised Venezuelan in 2016.
  4. [d]
    Dourisseau became Dutch citizen in 2015.

Awards by player

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Player Total Years
Netherlands Kees Akerboom 3 1980, 1981, 1985
United States Leon Rodgers 3 2005, 2006, 2007
United States Lenzie Howell 2 1991, 1992
Netherlands Lance Jeter 2 2015, 2017
Netherlands Peter van Paassen 2 2008, 2009
United States NetherlandsJoe Spinks 2 2000, 2003
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Awards won by nationality

More information Country, Total ...
Country Total
 United States 34
 Netherlands 11
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