The LNB Pro A Awards are the individual awards of the top-tier level men's professional club basketball league in France, the LNB Pro A. Maxi-Basket holds the vote, and calls it the referendum. The distinction of the Coach of the Year is awarded by the Coaches' Basketball Union.

Player of the Year awards (before 1983)

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Before 1983, the title of the best player in the league was sometimes assigned by a panel of journalists, but the charts are incomplete.

  • Jean Degros (Denain) was voted the best player of the year in the 1962–63 season.
  • Alain Gilles (ASVEL) was voted the best player of the year in the 1964–65, 1966–67, and 1967–68 seasons.
  • Michel Le Ray (ABC Nantes) was voted the best player of the year in the 1965–66 season.
  • Pierre Galle (AS Berck) was voted the best player of the year in the 1972–73 and 1973–74 seasons.

Awards (since 1983)

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Between 1983 and 2005, the monthly Maxi-Basket conducted a vote of the players and head coaches of the league. Since 2005, the coaches and captains of the LNB Pro A clubs, and a panel of fifty journalists are asked to vote.[1] Since the 2014–15 LNB Pro A season, the MVP award is a single unified award. Prior to that, it was divided into two separate awards, one for French players, and one for non-French players.

Season   French Domestic Player's MVP Foreign Player's MVP Best Young Player Best Defender Most Improved Player Best Sixth Man Best Coach
1982–83   Philip Szanyiel (ASVEL)   Ed Murphy (Limoges)   Valéry Demory (Stade) Unassigned Unassigned Unassigned Unassigned
1983–84   Hervé Dubuisson (Stade)   Ed Murphy (Limoges)   Stéphane Ostrowski (MSB) Unassigned Unassigned Unassigned Unassigned
1984–85   Richard Dacoury (Limoges)   Ed Murphy (Limoges)   Valéry Demory (Stade) Unassigned Unassigned Unassigned Unassigned
1985–86   Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)   Kevin Figaro (Challans)   Christian Garnier (Monaco)   Allen Bunting (Antibes) Unassigned Unassigned   Michel Gomez (Challans)
1986–87   Freddy Hufnagel (Orthez)   Bill Varner (Antibes)   Didier Gadou (Orthez)   Richard Dacoury (Limoges) Unassigned Unassigned   George Fisher (Orthez)
1987–88   Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)   Don Collins (Limoges)   Hugues Occansey (Limoges)   Richard Dacoury (Limoges) Unassigned Unassigned   Jean Galle (Cholet)
1988–89   Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)   Don Collins (Limoges)   Jim Bilba (Cholet)   Richard Dacoury (Limoges) Unassigned Unassigned   Jean-Luc Monschau (Mulhouse)
1989–90   Stéphane Ostrowski (Limoges)   Don Collins (Limoges)   Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)   Richard Dacoury (Limoges) Unassigned Unassigned   Michel Gomez (Limoges)
1990–91   Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)   Michael Brooks (Limoges)   Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)   Richard Dacoury (Limoges) Unassigned Unassigned   Michel Gomez (Orthez)
1991–92   Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)   Michael Brooks (Limoges)   Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)   Richard Dacoury (Limoges) Unassigned Unassigned   Alain Thinet (Roanne)
1992–93   Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)   Michael Young (Limoges)   Yann Bonato (Antibes)   Richard Dacoury (Limoges) Unassigned Unassigned   Božidar Maljković (Limoges)
1993–94   Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)   Michael Young (Limoges)   Alain Digbeu (ASVEL)   Richard Dacoury (Limoges) Unassigned Unassigned   Božidar Maljković (Limoges)
1994–95   Yann Bonato (Paris)   David Rivers (Antibes)   Alain Digbeu (ASVEL)   Richard Dacoury (Limoges) Unassigned Unassigned   Jacques Monclar (Antibes)
1995–96   Antoine Rigaudeau (Orthez)   Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)   Fabien Dubos (Orthez)   Arsène Ade-Mensah (Antibes) Unassigned Unassigned   Grégor Beugnot (ASVEL)
1996–97   Yann Bonato (Limoges)   Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)   Frédéric Weis (Limoges)   Jim Bilba (ASVEL) Unassigned Unassigned   Grégor Beugnot (ASVEL)
1997–98   Jim Bilba (ASVEL)   Jerry McCullough (BCM)   Willem Laure (Dijon)   Arsène Ade-Mensah (Paris) Unassigned Unassigned   Grégor Beugnot (ASVEL)
1998–99   Laurent Foirest (Orthez)   Keith Jennings (MSB)   Frédéric Weis (Limoges)   Jim Bilba (ASVEL) Unassigned Unassigned   Claude Bergeaud (Orthez)
1999–00   Moustapha Sonko (ASVEL)   Marcus Brown (Limoges)   David Gautier (Cholet)   Jim Bilba (ASVEL) Unassigned Unassigned   Christophe Vitoux (SIG) and
  Duško Ivanović (Limoges)
2000–01   Jim Bilba (ASVEL)   Bill Edwards (ASVEL)   Tony Parker (Paris)   Jim Bilba (ASVEL) Unassigned Unassigned   Vincent Collet (MSB)
2001–02   Cyril Julian (Nancy)   Roger Esteller (Orthez)   Boris Diaw (Orthez)   Florent Pietrus (Orthez) Unassigned Unassigned   Savo Vucević (Cholet)
2002–03   Boris Diaw (Orthez)   Rico Hill (MSB)   Pape-Philippe Amagou (MSB)   Makan Dioumassi (Toulon) Unassigned Unassigned   Frédéric Sarre (Orthez)
2003–04   Laurent Foirest (Orthez)   Rick Hughes (SIG)   Pape-Philippe Amagou (MSB)   Thierry Rupert (SIG) Unassigned Unassigned   Vincent Collet (MSB)
2004–05   Laurent Sciarra (BCM)   Jermaine Guice (STB)   Michael Mokongo (Chalon)   Michael Mokongo (Chalon) Unassigned Unassigned   Éric Girard (SIG)
2005–06   Cyril Julian (Nancy)   Jason Rowe (Toulon)   Ian Mahinmi (STB)   John Linehan (Paris) / (SIG) Unassigned Unassigned   Frédéric Sarre (JL Bourg)
2006–07   Cyril Julian (Nancy)   Dewarick Spencer (Roanne)   Nicolas Batum (MSB)   Marc-Antoine Pellin (Roanne) Unassigned Unassigned   Jean-Denys Choulet (Roanne)
2007–08   Nando de Colo (Cholet)   Marc Salyers (Roanne)   Nicolas Batum (MSB)   Dounia Issa (Vichy)   Nando de Colo (Cholet) Unassigned   Christian Monschau (STB)
2008–09   Alain Koffi (MSB)   Austin Nichols (Toulon)   Thomas Heurtel (Orthez)   Tony Dobbins (Orléans)   Rodrigue Beaubois (Cholet) Unassigned   Philippe Hervé (Orléans)
2009–10   Ali Traoré (ASVEL)   Ricardo Greer (Nancy)   Andrew Albicy (Paris)   John Linehan (Cholet)   Kevin Seraphin (Cholet) Unassigned   Ruddy Nelhomme (Poitiers)
2010–11   Mickaël Gelabale (ASVEL)   Sammy Mejia (Cholet)   Evan Fournier (Poitiers)   John Linehan (Nancy)   Evan Fournier (Poitiers) Unassigned   Erman Kunter (Cholet)
2011–12   Fabien Causeur (Cholet)   Blake Schilb (Chalon)   Evan Fournier (Poitiers)   Andrew Albicy (BCM)   Evan Fournier (Poitiers) Unassigned   Grégor Beugnot (Chalon)
2012–13   Edwin Jackson (ASVEL)   Dwight Buycks (BCM)   Livio Jean-Charles (ASVEL)   Tony Dobbins (Poitiers)   Edwin Jackson (ASVEL) Unassigned   Christian Monschau (BCM)
2013–14   Antoine Diot (SIG)   Randal Falker (Nancy)   Clint Capela (Chalon)   Tony Dobbins (Dijon)   Clint Capela (Chalon) Unassigned   Jean-Louis Borg (Dijon)
2014–15   Adrien Moerman (Limoges)   Petr Cornelie (Le Mans)   Florent Piétrus (Nancy)   Benjamin Sene (Nancy)   Jamar Smith (Limoges) and
  Darnell Harris (Orleans)
  Vincent Collet (SIG)
2015–16   Devin Booker (Chalon)   Frank Ntilikina (SIG)   Charles Kahudi (ASVEL)   Wilfried Yeguete (Orthez)   Matt Howard (SIG) and
  Mathias Lessort (Chalon)
  Vincent Collet (SIG)
2016–17   D.J. Cooper (Orthez)   Frank Ntilikina (SIG)   Moustapha Fall (Chalon)   Paul Lacombe (SIG)   Louis Labeyrie (Paris-Levallois)   Zvezdan Mitrović (Monaco)

L'Équipe awards (1994–2005)

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Between 1994 and 2005, the French newspaper, L'Équipe, also conducted a selection of the best French and foreign players of the league, through a vote of journalists. These awards are also considered official by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB).

Season   French Domestic Player's MVP Foreign Player's MVP
1993–94   Antoine Rigaudeau (Cholet)   Michael Young (Limoges)
1994–95   Yann Bonato (Paris)   David Rivers (Antibes)
1995–96   Antoine Rigaudeau (Orthez)   Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1996–97   Jim Bilba (ASVEL)   Delaney Rudd (ASVEL)
1997–98   Alain Digbeu (ASVEL)   Jerry McCullough (BCM)
1998–99   Laurent Foirest (Orthez)   Keith Jennings (MSB)
1999–00   Moustapha Sonko (ASVEL)   Marcus Brown (Limoges)
2000–01   Jim Bilba (ASVEL)   Bill Edwards (ASVEL)
2001–02   Cyril Julian (Nancy)  -  Tony Dorsey (Cholet)
2002–03   Laurent Sciarra (Paris)   Dragan Lukovski (Orthez)
2003–04   Laurent Foirest (Orthez)   Rick Hughes (SIG)
2004–05   Laurent Sciarra (BCM)   Jermaine Guice (STB)

LNB Pro A MVP

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LNB Pro A Finals MVP

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References

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