# Robert V. Geasey Trophy

The Robert V. Geasey Trophy is awarded to the most valuable men's basketball player in the Philadelphia Big 5, an informal association of college athletic programs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The trophy does not represent the entire regular season's most valuable player, the award goes simply to the best basketball player for Big 5 games played that season. It has been given since 1956 and is granted by the Herb Good Basketball Club, which is composed of local media members who cover the Big 5. The Philadelphia Big 5 includes La Salle University, the University of Pennsylvania, Saint Joseph's University, Temple University and Villanova University. Through at least the 1981–82 season, the most valuable player award was sometimes also known to be presented with the Michael Saxe Trophy, named after the first head coach in Villanova men's basketball history (1920–1926).

## Key

| † | Co-Players of the Year |
| * | 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 Robert V. Geasey Trophy at that point |

## Winners

| Season | Player | School | Position | Class |
| 1955–56 | Guy Rodgers | Temple | PG | Sophomore |
| 1956–57 | Guy Rodgers (2) | Temple | PG | Junior |
| 1957–58 | Guy Rodgers (3) | Temple | PG | Senior |
| 1958–59 | Joe Spratt | Saint Joseph's | PF | Senior |
| 1959–60 | Bill Kennedy | Temple | PG | Senior |
| 1960–61 | Bruce Drysdale | Temple | SG / PG | Junior |
| 1961–62 | Hubie White | Villanova | SG / PG | Senior |
| 1962–63$^†$ | Wali Jones | Villanova | SG | Junior |
| 1962–63$^†$ | Jim Lynam | Saint Joseph's | SG | Senior |
| 1963–64$^†$ | Steve Courtin | Saint Joseph's | SG | Senior |
| 1963–64$^†$ | Wali Jones (2) | Villanova | SG | Senior |
| 1964–65 | Jim Washington | Villanova | PF | Senior |
| 1965–66 | Bill Melchionni | Villanova | SG | Senior |
| 1966–67 | Cliff Anderson | Saint Joseph's | SG / SF | Senior |
| 1967–68 | Johnny Jones | Villanova | SG | Junior |
| 1968–69$^†$ | Ken Durrett | La Salle | PF / C | Sophomore |
| 1968–69$^†$ | Howard Porter | Villanova | C | Sophomore |
| 1969–70 | Ken Durrett (2) | La Salle | PF / C | Junior |
| 1970–71 | Ken Durrett (3) | La Salle | PF / C | Senior |
| 1971–72$^†$ | Corky Calhoun | Penn | SF | Senior |
| 1971–72$^†$ | Chris Ford | Villanova | SG | Senior |
| 1972–73 | Tom Ingelsby | Villanova | SG / PG | Senior |
| 1973–74 | Ron Haigler | Penn | PF | Junior |
| 1974–75 | Ron Haigler (2) | Penn | PF | Senior |
| 1975–76 | Charlie Wise | La Salle | SG | Senior |
| 1976–77 | Keven McDonald | Penn | SF | Junior |
| 1977–78 | Michael Brooks | La Salle | SF / PF | Sophomore |
| 1978–79$^†$ | Tony Price | Penn | SG | Senior |
| 1978–79$^†$ | Rick Reed | Temple | SG / SF | Junior |
| 1979–80 | Michael Brooks (2) | La Salle | SF / PF | Senior |
| 1980–81 | John Pinone | Villanova | PF | Sophomore |
| 1981–82$^†$ | Jeffery Clark | Saint Joseph's | SF | Senior |
| 1981–82$^†$ | John Pinone (2) | Villanova | PF | Junior |
| 1982–83$^†$ | John Pinone (3) | Villanova | PF | Senior |
| 1982–83$^†$ | Terence Stansbury | Temple | SG / PG | Junior |
| 1983–84 | Ralph Lewis | La Salle | SG | Junior |
| 1984–85 | Ed Pinckney | Villanova | PF | Senior |
| 1985–86 | Harold Pressley | Villanova | SG / SF | Senior |
| 1986–87 | Nate Blackwell | Temple | SG | Senior |
| 1987–88 | Lionel Simmons | La Salle | PF | Sophomore |
| 1988–89 | Lionel Simmons (2) | La Salle | PF | Junior |
| 1989–90 | Lionel Simmons* (3) | La Salle | PF | Senior |
| 1990–91 | Mark Macon | Temple | SG | Senior |
| 1991–92 | Randy Woods | La Salle | PG / SG | Senior |
| 1992–93 | Aaron McKie | Temple | SG | Junior |
| 1993–94 | Eddie Jones | Temple | SG | Senior |
| 1994–95 | Kerry Kittles | Villanova | SG | Junior |
| 1995–96 | Kerry Kittles (2) | Villanova | SG | Senior |
| 1996–97$^†$ | Rashid Bey | Saint Joseph's | PG / SG | Junior |
| 1996–97$^†$ | Alvin Williams | Villanova | PG | Senior |
| 1997–98 | Rashid Bey (2) | Saint Joseph's | PG / SG | Senior |
| 1998–99 | Pepe Sánchez | Temple | PG | Junior |
| 1999–00 | Pepe Sánchez (2) | Temple | PG | Senior |
| 2000–01$^†$ | Michael Bradley | Villanova | PF / C | Senior |
| 2000–01$^†$ | Marvin O'Connor | Saint Joseph's | SG | Senior |
| 2001–02 | Lynn Greer | Temple | PG / SG | Senior |
| 2002–03 | Jameer Nelson | Saint Joseph's | PG | Junior |
| 2003–04 | Jameer Nelson* (2) | Saint Joseph's | PG | Senior |
| 2004–05 | Pat Carroll | Saint Joseph's | SG / SF | Senior |
| 2005–06 | Randy Foye | Villanova | SG | Senior |
| 2006–07 | Ibrahim Jaaber | Penn | PG | Senior |
| 2007–08$^†$ | Pat Calathes | Saint Joseph's | SF / SG | Senior |
| 2007–08$^†$ | Mark Tyndale | Temple | PF | Senior |
| 2008–09 | Ahmad Nivins | Saint Joseph's | SF | Senior |
| 2009–10 | Scottie Reynolds | Villanova | PG / SG | Senior |
| 2010–11 | Lavoy Allen | Temple | PF / C | Senior |
| 2011–12 | Zack Rosen | Penn | PG | Senior |
| 2012–13 | Khalif Wyatt | Temple | SG | Senior |
| 2013–14 | James Bell | Villanova | SG | Senior |
| 2014–15 | Darrun Hilliard | Villanova | SG | Senior |
| 2015–16 | DeAndre' Bembry | Saint Joseph's | SF | Junior |
| 2016–17 | Josh Hart | Villanova | SG | Senior |
| 2017–18 | Jalen Brunson* | Villanova | PG | Junior |
| 2018–19 | Phil Booth | Villanova | PG | Senior |
| 2019–20 | Saddiq Bey | Villanova | SF | Sophomore |
| 2020–21 | Collin Gillespie | Villanova | PG | Senior |
| 2021–22 | Collin Gillespie (2) | Villanova | PG | Graduate |
| 2022–23 | Jordan Dingle | Penn | SG | Junior |
| 2023–24 | Eric Dixon | Villanova | PF | Senior |

## Winners by school

| School | Winners | Years |
| Villanova | 29 | 1962, 1963$^†$, 1964$^†$, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969$^†$, 1972$^†$, 1973, 1981, 1982$^†$, 1983$^†$, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 1997$^†$, 2001$^†$, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
| Temple | 17 | 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1979$^†$, 1983$^†$, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008$^†$, 2011, 2013 |
| Saint Joseph's | 14 | 1959, 1963$^†$, 1964$^†$, 1967, 1982$^†$, 1997$^†$, 1998, 2001$^†$, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008$^†$, 2009, 2016 |
| La Salle | 11 | 1969$^†$, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 |
| Penn | 8 | 1972$^†$, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979$^†$, 2007, 2012, 2023 |