NCAA Men's Division I MOP Award
A Most Outstanding Player has been selected every year of the NCAA tournament by the Associated Press. Winners who did not play for the tournament champion are listed in bold type. The 1939 and 1951 winners are unofficial and not recognized by the NCAA.
Multiple winners: Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)(3); Alex Groza, Bob Kurland, Jerry Lucas and Bill Walton (2).
* 1939 -- Jimmy Hull, Ohio State
* 1940 -- Marvin Huffman, Indiana
* 1941 -- John Kotz, Wisconsin
* 1942 -- Howie Dallmar, Stanford
* 1943 -- Ken Sailors, Wyoming
* 1944 -- Arnie Ferrin, Utah
* 1945 -- Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M
* 1946 -- Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A&M
* 1947 -- George Kaftan, Holy Cross
* 1948 -- Alex Groza, Kentucky
* 1949 -- Alex Groza, Kentucky
* 1950 -- Irwin Dambrot, CCNY
* 1951 -- Bill Spivey, Kentucky
* 1952 -- Clyde Lovellette, Kansas
* 1953 -- B. H. Born, Kansas
* 1954 -- Tom Gola, La Salle
* 1955 -- Bill Russell, San Francisco
* 1956 -- Hal Lear, Temple
* 1957 -- Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas
* 1958 -- Elgin Baylor, Seattle
* 1959 -- Jerry West, West Virginia
* 1960 -- Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
* 1961 -- Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
* 1962 -- Paul Hogue, Cincinnati
* 1963 -- Art Heyman, Duke
* 1964 -- Walt Hazzard, UCLA
* 1965 -- Bill Bradley, Princeton
* 1966 -- Jerry Chambers, Utah
* 1967 -- Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), UCLA
* 1968 -- Lew Alcindor, UCLA
* 1969 -- Lew Alcindor, UCLA
* 1970 -- Sidney Wicks, UCLA
* 1971 -- (none) (Howard Porter, Villanova - later ruled ineligible)
* 1972 -- Bill Walton, UCLA
* 1973 -- Bill Walton, UCLA
* 1974 -- David Thompson, NC State
* 1975 -- Richard Washington, UCLA
* 1976 -- Kent Benson, Indiana
* 1977 -- Butch Lee, Marquette
* 1978 -- Jack Givens, Kentucky
* 1979 -- Earvin Johnson, Michigan State
* 1980 -- Darrell Griffith, Louisville
* 1981 -- Isiah Thomas, Indiana
* 1982 -- James Worthy, North Carolina
* 1983 -- Akeem Olajuwon, Houston
* 1984 -- Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
* 1985 -- Ed Pinckney, Villanova
* 1986 -- Pervis Ellison, Louisville
* 1987 -- Keith Smart, Indiana
* 1988 -- Danny Manning, Kansas
* 1989 -- Glen Rice, Michigan
* 1990 -- Anderson Hunt, UNLV
* 1991 -- Christian Laettner, Duke
* 1992 -- Bobby Hurley, Duke
* 1993 -- Donald Williams, North Carolina
* 1994 -- Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
* 1995 -- Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
* 1996 -- Tony Delk, Kentucky
* 1997 -- Miles Simon, Arizona
* 1998 -- Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky
* 1999 -- Richard Hamilton, UConn
* 2000 -- Mateen Cleaves, Michigan State
* 2001 -- Shane Battier, Duke
* 2002 -- Juan Dixon, Maryland
* 2003 -- Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse
* 2004 -- Emeka Okafor, UConn
* 2005 -- Sean May, North Carolina
* 2006 -- Joakim Noah, Florida
* 2007 -- Corey Brewer, Florida
