# Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1984–85 season. Only four players have won the award multiple times: Jim Jackson of Ohio State (1991, 1992), Mateen Cleaves of Michigan State (1998, 1999), Luka Garza of Iowa (2020, 2021), and Zach Edey of Purdue (2023, 2024). Ten players who won the Big Ten Player of the Year award were also named the national player of the year by one or more major voting bodies: Jim Jackson (1992), Calbert Cheaney of Indiana (1993), Glenn Robinson of Purdue (1994), Evan Turner of Ohio State (2010), Draymond Green of Michigan State (2012), Trey Burke of Michigan (2013), Frank Kaminsky of Wisconsin (2015), Denzel Valentine of Michigan State (2016), Luka Garza of Iowa (2021), and Zach Edey of Purdue (2023 and 2024).
Michigan State has the record for the most winners with nine. Of current Big Ten Conference members, nine schools have never had a winner. Of these, only Northwestern was in the conference since the inception of this award—Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1991, Nebraska joined in 2011, followed by Maryland and Rutgers in 2014, and by Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington in 2024.

## Key

| † | Co-Players of the Year |
| * | Awarded a national player of the year award: 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 Big Ten Player of the Year award at that point |

## Winners

| Season | Player | School | Position | Class |
| 1984–85 | Roy Tarpley | Michigan | PF / C | Junior |
| 1985–86 | Scott Skiles | Michigan State | PG | Senior |
| 1986–87 | Dennis Hopson | Ohio State | SF | Senior |
| 1987–88 | Gary Grant | Michigan | PG | Senior |
| 1988–89$^†$ | Jay Edwards | Indiana | SG | Sophomore |
| 1988–89$^†$ | Glen Rice | Michigan | SG / SF | Senior |
| 1989–90 | Steve Scheffler | Purdue | C | Senior |
| 1990–91 | Jim Jackson | Ohio State | SG | Sophomore |
| 1991–92 | Jim Jackson* (2) | Ohio State | SG | Junior |
| 1992–93 | Calbert Cheaney* | Indiana | SF | Senior |
| 1993–94 | Glenn Robinson* | Purdue | SF | Junior |
| 1994–95 | Shawn Respert | Michigan State | SG | Senior |
| 1995–96 | Brian Evans | Indiana | PF | Senior |
| 1996–97 | Bobby Jackson | Minnesota | PG | Senior |
| 1997–98 | Mateen Cleaves | Michigan State | PG | Sophomore |
| 1998–99$^†$ | Mateen Cleaves (2) | Michigan State | PG | Junior |
| 1998–99$^†$ | Scoonie Penn | Ohio State | PG | Junior |
| 1999–00$^†$ | A. J. Guyton | Indiana | SG | Senior |
| 1999–00$^†$ | Morris Peterson | Michigan State | SF | Senior |
| 2000–01 | Frank Williams | Illinois | PG | Sophomore |
| 2001–02 | Jared Jeffries | Indiana | C | Sophomore |
| 2002–03 | Brian Cook | Illinois | PF | Senior |
| 2003–04 | Devin Harris | Wisconsin | PG | Junior |
| 2004–05 | Dee Brown | Illinois | SG | Junior |
| 2005–06 | Terence Dials | Ohio State | PF | Senior |
| 2006–07 | Alando Tucker | Wisconsin | SF | Senior |
| 2007–08 | D. J. White | Indiana | PF | Senior |
| 2008–09 | Kalin Lucas | Michigan State | PG | Sophomore |
| 2009–10 | Evan Turner* | Ohio State | SG | Junior |
| 2010–11 | JaJuan Johnson | Purdue | C | Senior |
| 2011–12 | Draymond Green* | Michigan State | SF | Senior |
| 2012–13 | Trey Burke* | Michigan | PG | Sophomore |
| 2013–14 | Nik Stauskas | Michigan | SG | Sophomore |
| 2014–15 | Frank Kaminsky* | Wisconsin | PF | Senior |
| 2015–16 | Denzel Valentine* | Michigan State | SG | Senior |
| 2016–17 | Caleb Swanigan | Purdue | PF | Sophomore |
| 2017–18 | Keita Bates-Diop | Ohio State | SF | Junior |
| 2018–19 | Cassius Winston | Michigan State | PG | Junior |
| 2019–20 | Luka Garza | Iowa | C | Junior |
| 2020–21 | Luka Garza* (2) | Iowa | C | Senior |
| 2021–22 | Johnny Davis | Wisconsin | SG | Sophomore |
| 2022–23 | Zach Edey* | Purdue | C | Junior |
| 2023–24 | Zach Edey* (2) | Purdue | C | Senior |
| 2024–25 | Braden Smith | Purdue | PG | Junior |
$^a$ Bobby Jackson's selection was later vacated (along with that season's win total and all other accolades) due to an academic fraud scandal that ruled the entire team ineligible.

## Winners by school

| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| Michigan State (1953) | 9 | 1986, 1995, 1998, 1999$^†$, 2000$^†$, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2019 |
| Ohio State (1912) | 7 | 1987, 1991, 1992, 1999$^†$, 2006, 2010, 2018 |
| Purdue (1896) | 7 | 1990, 1994, 2011, 2017, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Indiana (1900) | 6 | 1989$^†$, 1993, 1996, 2000$^†$, 2002, 2008 |
| Michigan (1896) | 5 | 1985, 1988, 1989$^†$, 2013, 2014 |
| Wisconsin (1896) | 4 | 2004, 2007, 2015, 2022 |
| Illinois (1896) | 3 | 2001, 2003, 2005 |
| Iowa (1900) | 2 | 2020, 2021 |
| Minnesota (1896) | 0 | 1997 vacated |
| Maryland (2014) | 0 | — |
| Nebraska (2011) | 0 | — |
| Northwestern (1896) | 0 | — |
| Oregon (2024) | 0 | — |
| Penn State (1993) | 0 | — |
| Rutgers (2014) | 0 | — |
| UCLA (2024) | 0 | — |
| USC (2024) | 0 | — |
| Washington (2024) | 0 | — |