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Prestigious National Player of the Year honor first awarded in 1996 and retroactively selected back to 1954-55 (Wilt Chamberlain). Selections since 2007-08 season are made through a season-long balloting process of a 10-member expert panel with a final year-end ballot to determine the annual honoree.

National Player of the Year

Est. 1955

number of nba players66

number of nba players per year0.97

Notable Players

Andrew Wiggins

6'7" - SF - 2013
OJ Mayo

6'5" - SG - 2007
Dajuan Wagner

6'2" - SG - 2001
Sebastian Telfair

5'11" - PG - 2004
Harrison Barnes

6'7" - SF - 2010
Darius Miles

6'10" - PF - 2000
Shabazz Muhammad

6'6" - SF - 2012
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

6'7" - SF - 2011
Ben Simmons

6'9" - SF - 2015
Derrick Favors

6'9" - C - 2009
Brandon Jennings

6'1" - PG - 2008
Monta Ellis

6'3" - SG - 2005
LeBron James

6'8" - SF - 2003
Isaiah Stewart

6'9" - C - 2019
Greg Oden

7'0" - C - 2006
RJ Barrett

6'7" - SG - 2018
Michael Porter Jr.

6'10" - SF - 2017
Cliff Alexander

6'8" - PF - 2014
Lonzo Ball

6'6" - PG - 2016
Jonathan Bender

6'10" - PF - 1999
Cade Cunningham

6'7" - PG - 2020
Jason Kidd

6'4" - PG - 1992

number of lotto picks53

number of lotto picks per year0.78

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