# Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a currently dormant award given to the Pac-12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1975–76 season, when the conference was known as the Pacific-8, and was determined by voting from the Pac-12 media and coaches. On August 2, 2024, 10 of the 12 members departed from the conference. The Pac-12 continues to operate as a two-team conference for at least the 2024–25 academic year, sponsoring four sports – football, track & field, women's gymnastics and wrestling. On September 12, 2024, the Pac-12 announced the admission of four new universities effective July 2026: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, and San Diego State. According to the press release, "Oregon State University and Washington State University are currently operating as members of the Pac-12 Conference as part of an NCAA two-year grace period and will continue to do so for the 2025–26 academic season before the four new members officially join. The collective six universities will collaboratively chart additional membership and other future conference considerations."
In a span of less than three weeks in September 2024, the Pac-12 added six new members effective in 2026–27—Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, San Diego State, and Utah State. With eight confirmed members, conference play is expected to resume in 2026–27, with the award again being presented.
Two players were honored multiple times: David Greenwood of UCLA and Sean Elliott of Arizona. Four freshmen also won the award: Shareef Abdur-Rahim of California, Kevin Love of UCLA, Deandre Ayton of Arizona and Evan Mobley of USC. Between the arrival of Arizona and Arizona State in 1978 and the entry of Colorado and Utah in 2011, the conference was known as the Pacific–10.

## Key

| † | Co-Players of the Year |
| * | Awarded a national player of the year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present) |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Pac-12 Player of the Year award at that point |

## Winners

| Season | Player | School | Position | Class | Reference |
| 1975–76 | Ron Lee | Oregon | PG / SG | Senior | |
| 1976–77 | Marques Johnson* | UCLA | PF | Senior | |
| 1977–78 | David Greenwood | UCLA | PF | Junior | |
| 1978–79 | David Greenwood (2) | UCLA | PF | Senior | |
| 1979–80 | Don Collins | Washington State | SF | Senior | |
| 1980–81 | Steve Johnson | Oregon State | C | Senior | |
| 1981–82 | Lester Conner | Oregon State | PG | Senior | |
| 1982–83 | Kenny Fields | UCLA | SF | Junior | |
| 1983–84 | A.C. Green | Oregon State | PF | Junior | |
| 1984–85 | Wayne Carlander | USC | PF | Senior | |
| 1985–86 | Christian Welp | Washington | C | Junior | |
| 1986–87 | José Ortiz | Oregon State | C | Senior | |
| 1987–88 | Sean Elliott | Arizona | SF | Junior | |
| 1988–89 | Sean Elliott* (2) | Arizona | SF | Senior | |
| 1989–90 | Gary Payton | Oregon State | PG | Senior | |
| 1990–91 | Terrell Brandon | Oregon | PG | Junior | |
| 1991–92 | Harold Miner | USC | SG | Junior | |
| 1992–93 | Chris Mills | Arizona | SF | Senior | |
| 1993–94 | Jason Kidd | California | PG | Sophomore | |
| 1994–95$^†$ | Ed O'Bannon* | UCLA | SF | Senior | |
| 1994–95$^†$ | Damon Stoudamire | Arizona | PG | Senior | |
| 1995–96 | Shareef Abdur-Rahim | California | PF | Freshman | |
| 1996–97 | Ed Gray | California | SG | Senior | |
| 1997–98 | Mike Bibby | Arizona | PG | Sophomore | |
| 1998–99 | Jason Terry | Arizona | PG | Senior | |
| 1999–00 | Eddie House | Arizona State | SG | Senior | |
| 2000–01 | Sean Lampley | California | PF | Senior | |
| 2001–02 | Sam Clancy | USC | PF | Senior | |
| 2002–03 | Luke Ridnour | Oregon | PG | Junior | |
| 2003–04 | Josh Childress | Stanford | SG / SF | Junior | |
| 2004–05 | Ike Diogu | Arizona State | PF / C | Junior | |
| 2005–06 | Brandon Roy | Washington | SG | Senior | |
| 2006–07 | Arron Afflalo | UCLA | SG | Junior | |
| 2007–08 | Kevin Love | UCLA | PF | Freshman | |
| 2008–09 | James Harden | Arizona State | SG | Sophomore | |
| 2009–10 | Jerome Randle | California | PG | Senior | |
| 2010–11 | Derrick Williams | Arizona | SF / PF | Sophomore | |
| 2011–12 | Jorge Gutiérrez | California | PG | Senior | |
| 2012–13 | Allen Crabbe | California | SG | Junior | |
| 2013–14 | Nick Johnson | Arizona | PG / SG | Junior | |
| 2014–15 | Joe Young | Oregon | PG | Senior | |
| 2015–16 | Jakob Pöltl | Utah | C | Sophomore | |
| 2016–17 | Dillon Brooks | Oregon | SF | Junior | |
| 2017–18 | Deandre Ayton | Arizona | PF | Freshman | |
| 2018–19 | Jaylen Nowell | Washington | SG | Sophomore | |
| 2019–20 | Payton Pritchard | Oregon | PG | Senior | |
| 2020–21 | Evan Mobley | USC | F | Freshman | |
| 2021–22 | Bennedict Mathurin | Arizona | SG / SF | Sophomore | |
| 2022–23 | Jaime Jaquez Jr. | UCLA | SG / SF | Senior | |
| 2023–24 | Caleb Love | Arizona | SG | Senior | |
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| 2025–26 | Pac-12 basketball anticipated to resume in 2026–27 | Pac-12 basketball anticipated to resume in 2026–27 | Pac-12 basketball anticipated to resume in 2026–27 | Pac-12 basketball anticipated to resume in 2026–27 | Pac-12 basketball anticipated to resume in 2026–27 |

## Winners by school

| School (year joined)$^a$ | Winners | Years |
| Arizona (1978) | 11 | 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995$^†$, 1998, 1999, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2024 |
| UCLA (1959) | 8 | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1995$^†$, 2007, 2008, 2023 |
| California (1959) | 7 | 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013 |
| Oregon (1964) | 6 | 1976, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2017, 2020 |
| Oregon State (1964) | 5 | 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990 |
| USC (1959) | 4 | 1985, 1992, 2002, 2021 |
| Arizona State (1978) | 3 | 2000, 2005, 2009 |
| Washington (1959) | 3 | 1986, 2006, 2019 |
| Stanford (1959) | 1 | 2004 |
| Utah (2011) | 1 | 2016 |
| Washington State (1962) | 1 | 1980 |
| Colorado (2011) | 0 | — |
* $^a$ For purposes of this table, the "year joined" reflects the year that each team joined the conference now known as the Pac-12 as presently chartered. Although the Pac-12 claims the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), founded in 1915, as part of its own history, that conference disbanded in 1959 due to infighting and scandal. That same year, five PCC members established the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) under a new charter that functions to this day. The player of the year award was not established until 1976, by which time all of the final members of the PCC except for Idaho were reunited in what was then the Pac-8.