# Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an annual award given to the Southwest Conference (SWC)'s most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1957–58 season and concluded after the 1995–96 season (the SWC disbanded with four members establishing the Big 12 Conference, three members joining the Western Athletic Conference, and one joining Conference USA).

## 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 Southwest Player of the Year award at that point |

## Winners

| Season | Player | Team | Position | Class |
| 1957–58 | Rick Herrscher | SMU | G / F | Senior |
| 1958–59 | H. E. Kirchner | TCU | C | Senior |
| 1959–60 | Jay Arnette | Texas | G | Senior |
| 1960–61 | Carroll Broussard | Texas A&M | F | Junior |
| 1961–62 | Carroll Broussard (2) | Texas A&M | F | Senior |
| 1962–63 | Bennie Lenox | Texas A&M | G | Junior |
| 1963–64 | Bennie Lenox (2) | Texas A&M | G | Senior |
| 1964–65 | John Beasley | Texas A&M | C | Junior |
| 1965–66 | John Beasley (2) | Texas A&M | C | Senior |
| 1966–67 | Denny Holman | SMU | G | Senior |
| 1967–68 | Billy Arnold | Texas | G | Senior |
| 1968–69$^†$ | Ronnie Peret | Texas A&M | C | Senior |
| 1968–69$^†$ | Greg Williams | Rice | G | Senior |
| 1969–70 | Gene Phillips | SMU | F | Junior |
| 1970–71 | Goo Kennedy | TCU | F | Junior |
| 1971–72 | Larry Robinson | Texas | F | Sophomore |
| 1972–73 | Martin Terry | Arkansas | G | Senior |
| 1973–74 | Larry Robinson (2) | Texas | F | Senior |
| 1974–75 | Rick Bullock | Texas Tech | F | Junior |
| 1975–76 | Ira Terrell | SMU | C | Senior |
| 1976–77 | Otis Birdsong | Houston | G | Senior |
| 1977–78 | Ron Brewer | Arkansas | G | Senior |
| 1978–79 | Sidney Moncrief | Arkansas | G | Senior |
| 1979–80 | Terry Teagle | Baylor | G / F | Sophomore |
| 1980–81 | Rob Williams | Houston | G | Sophomore |
| 1981–82 | Ricky Pierce | Rice | F | Senior |
| 1982–83$^†$ | Clyde Drexler | Houston | G / F | Junior |
| 1982–83$^†$ | Darrell Walker | Arkansas | G | Senior |
| 1983–84 | Akeem Olajuwon | Houston | C | Junior |
| 1984–85 | Bubba Jennings | Texas Tech | G | Senior |
| 1985–86 | John Brownlee | Texas | F / C | Senior |
| 1986–87 | Carven Holcombe | TCU | G | Senior |
| 1987–88 | Darryl Middleton | Baylor | C | Senior |
| 1988–89 | Travis Mays | Texas | G | Junior |
| 1989–90 | Travis Mays (2) | Texas | G | Senior |
| 1990–91 | Oliver Miller | Arkansas | C | Junior |
| 1991–92 | Will Flemons | Texas Tech | F | Junior |
| 1992–93 | Mike Wilson | SMU | G | Senior |
| 1993–94 | B. J. Tyler | Texas | G | Senior |
| 1994–95 | Kurt Thomas | TCU | C | Senior |
| 1995–96 | Jason Sasser | Texas Tech | F | Senior |

## Winners by school

| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| Texas (1915) | 8 | 1960, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994 |
| Texas A&M (1915) | 7 | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969$^†$ |
| Arkansas (1915) | 5 | 1973, 1978, 1979, 1983$^†$, 1991 |
| SMU (1918) | 5 | 1958, 1967, 1970, 1976, 1993 |
| Houston (1971) | 4 | 1977, 1981, 1983$^†$, 1984 |
| TCU (1923) | 4 | 1959, 1971, 1987, 1995 |
| Texas Tech (1956) | 4 | 1975, 1985, 1992, 1996 |
| Baylor (1915) | 2 | 1980, 1988 |
| Rice (1918) | 2 | 1969$^†$, 1982 |