Karl Malone Award

Karl Malone Award
Awarded for	The nation's top male power forward in NCAA basketball
Country	United States
Presented by	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
History
First award	2015
Most recent	Cameron Boozer, Duke
Website	Official website

The Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate power forward. Following the success of the Bob Cousy Award which had been awarded since 2004, the award was one of four new awards (along with the Jerry West Award, Julius Erving Award, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award) created as part of the inaugural College Basketball Awards show in 2015.^[1] It is named after Karl Malone, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who played the position. The inaugural winner was Montrezl Harrell of Louisville.^[2]

Awarded forThe nation's top male power forward in NCAA basketball

CountryUnited States

First award2015

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Season	Player	School	Class	Reference
2014–15	Montrezl Harrell	Louisville	Junior	^[2]
2015–16	Georges Niang	Iowa State	Senior	^[3]
2016–17	Johnathan Motley	Baylor	Junior	^[4]
2017–18	Deandre Ayton	Arizona	Freshman	^[5]
2018–19	Zion Williamson*	Duke	Freshman	^[6]
2019–20	Obi Toppin*	Dayton	Sophomore	^[7]
2020–21	Drew Timme	Gonzaga	Sophomore	^[8]
2021–22	Keegan Murray	Iowa	Sophomore	^[9]
2022–23	Trayce Jackson-Davis	Indiana	Senior	^[10]
2023–24	Jaedon LeDee	San Diego State	Graduate	^[11]
2024–25	Johni Broome*	Auburn	Senior	^[12]
2025–26	Cameron Boozer*	Duke	Freshman	^[13]

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*	Awarded a national player of the year award: Sporting News; Oscar Robertson Trophy; Associated Press; NABC; Naismith; Wooden
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Karl Malone Award at that point