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Pro Basketball League Rising Star

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The Pro Basketball League (PBL) Rising Star is an annual Pro Basketball League (PBL) award given to the best young player in the top tier domestic basketball league in Belgium. Formerly, the award was named the PBL Most Promising Player of the Year. Maxime De Zeeuw was the inaugural winner in 2009.

Winners

Quentin Serron won the Rising Star award in 2011
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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 PBL
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Season Player Position Nationality Team Ref(s)
2008–09 Maxime De Zeeuw Power forward Belgium Antwerp Giants [1]
2009–10 Jorn Steinbach Point guard  Belgium Okapi Aalstar [2]
2010–11† Quentin Serron Shooting guard  Belgium Telenet Oostende [3]
2011–12 Jean-Marc Mwema^ Power forward  Belgium[a] Antwerp Giants [4]
2012–13† Jean Salumu Shooting guard  Belgium Telenet Oostende [5]
2013–14† Pierre-Antoine Gillet Power forward  Belgium Telenet Oostende [6]
2014–15 Vincent Kesteloot^ Small forward  Belgium Okapi Aalstar [7]
2015–16 Hans Vanwijn Power forward  Belgium Limburg United [8]
2016–17 Ismaël Bako Center  Belgium Leuven Bears [9]
2017–18 Thomas Akyazili Point guard  Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp [10]
2018–19 Sigfredo Casero-Ortiz Point guard  Belgium Okapi Aalstar [11]
2019–20 Seppe D'Espalier^ Point guard  Belgium Leuven Bears [12]
2020–21 Vrenz Bleijenbergh Guard  Belgium Antwerp Giants
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Awards by club

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Player Total
Antwerp Giants 4
Oostende 3
Okapi Aalstar 3
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Jean-Marc Mwema also owns the Ugandan nationality.

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