# Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Atlantic 10 Conference's (A-10) most outstanding player. The award was first given following the conference's inaugural 1976–77 season, when the conference was officially known as the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League but popularly known as the Eastern 8. David West of Xavier is the only player to have won the award three times (2001–2003). Four other players (James Bailey, Earl Belcher, Greg Jones and Steven Smith) have won the award twice. Three players have also won the award in the same season that they were named the Naismith College Player of the Year or received the John R. Wooden Award, the nation's two most prestigious men's college basketball awards: Marcus Camby in 1996, Jameer Nelson in 2004, and Obi Toppin in 2020.
As of 2025, Temple has the most all-time winners with 10, but the Owls left for the American Athletic Conference in July 2013. Among schools remaining in the conference beyond 2013, Saint Joseph's and UMass have the most winners, with five each. There have been four ties in the award's history (1983, 2005, 2018, 2024). Three current member schools have had no winners—Fordham, George Mason, and the league's newest member Loyola Chicago, which joined in 2022.

## 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 A-10 Player of the Year award at that point |

## Winners

| Season | Player | School | Position | Class |
| 1976–77 | Norm Nixon | Duquesne | PG | Senior |
| 1977–78 | James Bailey | Rutgers | F / C | Junior |
| 1978–79 | James Bailey (2) | Rutgers | F / C | Senior |
| 1979–80 | Earl Belcher | St. Bonaventure | F | Junior |
| 1980–81 | Earl Belcher (2) | St. Bonaventure | F | Senior |
| 1981–82 | Greg Jones | West Virginia | PG | Junior |
| 1982–83$^†$ | Roy Hinson | Rutgers | C | Senior |
| 1982–83$^†$ | Greg Jones (2) | West Virginia | PG | Senior |
| 1983–84 | Terence Stansbury | Temple | SG | Senior |
| 1984–85 | Granger Hall | Temple | C | Senior |
| 1985–86 | Maurice Martin | Saint Joseph's | SF / SG | Senior |
| 1986–87 | Nate Blackwell | Temple | G | Senior |
| 1987–88 | Tim Perry | Temple | PF | Senior |
| 1988–89 | Mark Macon | Temple | SG | Sophomore |
| 1989–90 | Kenny Green | Rhode Island | C | Senior |
| 1990–91 | Keith Hughes | Rutgers | PF | Senior |
| 1991–92 | Harper Williams | UMass | PF / C | Junior |
| 1992–93 | Aaron McKie | Temple | PG / SG | Junior |
| 1993–94 | Eddie Jones | Temple | SG | Senior |
| 1994–95 | Lou Roe | UMass | F | Senior |
| 1995–96 | Marcus Camby* | UMass | C | Junior |
| 1996–97 | Marc Jackson | Temple | C | Senior |
| 1997–98 | Cuttino Mobley | Rhode Island | PG / SG | Senior |
| 1998–99 | Shawnta Rogers | George Washington | PG | Senior |
| 1999–00 | Pepe Sánchez | Temple | PG | Senior |
| 2000–01 | David West | Xavier | PF | Sophomore |
| 2001–02 | David West (2) | Xavier | PF | Junior |
| 2002–03 | David West (3) | Xavier | PF | Senior |
| 2003–04 | Jameer Nelson* | Saint Joseph's | PG | Senior |
| 2004–05$^†$ | Pat Carroll | Saint Joseph's | SG | Senior |
| 2004–05$^†$ | Steven Smith | La Salle | SF | Junior |
| 2005–06 | Steven Smith (2) | La Salle | SF | Senior |
| 2006–07 | Stéphane Lasme | UMass | PF | Senior |
| 2007–08 | Gary Forbes | UMass | SF / SG | Senior |
| 2008–09 | Ahmad Nivins | Saint Joseph's | PF / C | Senior |
| 2009–10 | Kevin Anderson | Richmond | PG | Junior |
| 2010–11 | Tu Holloway | Xavier | PG | Junior |
| 2011–12 | Andrew Nicholson | St. Bonaventure | PF | Senior |
| 2012–13 | Khalif Wyatt | Temple | SG | Senior |
| 2013–14 | Jordair Jett | Saint Louis | SG | Senior |
| 2014–15 | Tyler Kalinoski | Davidson | PG | Senior |
| 2015–16 | DeAndre' Bembry | Saint Joseph's | F | Junior |
| 2016–17 | T. J. Cline | Richmond | F / C | Senior |
| 2017–18$^†$ | Jaylen Adams | St. Bonaventure | PG | Senior |
| 2017–18$^†$ | Peyton Aldridge | Davidson | SF | Senior |
| 2018–19 | Jón Axel Guðmundsson | Davidson | G | Junior |
| 2019–20 | Obi Toppin* | Dayton | F | Sophomore |
| 2020–21 | Bones Hyland | VCU | G | Sophomore |
| 2021–22 | Luka Brajkovic | Davidson | PF | Senior |
| 2022–23 | Ace Baldwin Jr. | VCU | PG | Junior |
| 2023–24$^†$ | DaRon Holmes II | Dayton | PF | Junior |
| 2023–24$^†$ | Jordan King | Richmond | PG | Graduate |
| 2024–25 | Max Shulga | VCU | PG / SG | Graduate |

## Winners by school

| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| Temple (1982) | 10 | 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2013 |
| Saint Joseph's (1982) | 5 | 1986, 2004, 2005$^†$, 2009, 2016 |
| UMass (1976) | 5 | 1992, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2008 |
| Davidson (2014) | 4 | 2015, 2018$^†$, 2019, 2022 |
| Rutgers (1976) | 4 | 1978, 1979, 1983$^†$, 1991 |
| St. Bonaventure (1979) | 4 | 1980, 1981, 2012, 2018$^†$ |
| Xavier (1995) | 4 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011 |
| Richmond (2001) | 3 | 2010, 2017, 2024$^†$ |
| VCU (2012) | 3 | 2021, 2023, 2025 |
| Dayton (1995) | 2 | 2020, 2024$^†$ |
| La Salle (1995) | 2 | 2005$^†$, 2006 |
| Rhode Island (1980) | 2 | 1990, 1998 |
| West Virginia (1976) | 2 | 1982, 1983 |
| Duquesne (1976) | 1 | 1977 |
| George Washington (1976) | 1 | 1999 |
| Saint Louis (2005) | 1 | 2014 |
| Butler (2012) | 0 | — |
| Charlotte (2005) | 0 | — |
| Fordham (1995) | 0 | — |
| George Mason (2013) | 0 | — |
| Loyola Chicago (2022) | 0 | — |
* ↑ The 2018–19 award winner is properly referred to as Jón Axel. He is a native of Iceland, in which the standard naming system does not include family names, instead using one or more given names followed by a patronymic (as in his case) or sometimes a matronymic.
* ↑ Temple University left in 2013 to join the American Athletic Conference (The American).
* 1 2 Rutgers University and West Virginia University left in 1995 to join their football teams in the original Big East. Rutgers remained in The American in the 2013–14 season before leaving for the Big Ten Conference. West Virginia left in 2012 to join the Big 12 Conference.
* 1 2 Xavier University and Butler University left in July 2013 to join the current Big East Conference, the latter after only one season in the A–10.
* ↑ Duquesne University left the A–10 for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference during the 1992–93 academic year, but returned the following season.
* ↑ The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, known for sports purposes as Charlotte, left in 2013 for Conference USA.