Serbian Basketball Player of the Year
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SportBasketball
Awarded foroutstanding playing performance in a calendar year
LocationBelgrade
Country
Serbia
SerbiaNikola Jokić has won the award a record five times. | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | outstanding playing performance in a calendar year |
| Location | Belgrade |
| Country | Serbia |
| Presented by | Basketball Federation of Serbia |
| History | |
| First award | 2015 |
| Editions | 10 |
| First winner | Nemanja Bjelica Ana Dabović |
| Most wins | 5 Nikola Jokić |
| Most recent | Nikola Jokić Jovana Nogić |
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The Serbian Basketball Player of the Year award is established in 2015 to recognize the best basketball player of the year from Serbia. The winners are men's and women's basketball players who have Serbian citizenship, and whose performances with its basketball club and/or national team throughout the year has reached the highest level of excellence. All players with Serbian citizenship, regardless of where they play in the world, qualify for the award. The inaugural recipients were Nemanja Bjelica and Ana Dabović. The winners are selected by the Basketball Federation of Serbia.
Multiple winners
| Number | Players | Pos. | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Nikola Jokić | C | 2018 | 2025 |
| 3 | Sonja Vasić (née Petrović) | SF | 2016 | 2021 |
| Bogdan Bogdanović | SG | 2017 | 2023 | |
| 2 | Aleksandra Crvendakić | PF | 2018 | 2023 |
| 2 | Jovana Nogić | SF | 2024 | 2025 |
Special award winners
- 3×3 Player of the Year: Dušan Domović Bulut (2019)[10]
- 2021 Greatest Achievements: Men's national 3x3 team and Women's national team[11][12]
- 2023 Greatest Achievements: Men's national 3x3 team, Men's national under-18 team, and Dragan Radovanović
