page_title: Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
section_title: Player awards
hierarchical_section_title: Duke Blue Devils men's basketball / Player awards
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context_page_description: The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represents Duke University in NCAA Division I college basketball and competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team is fourth all-time in wins of any NCAA men's basketball program, and is coached by Mike Krzyzewski.
  Duke has won 5 NCAA Championships and appeared in 11 Championship Games and 16 Final Fours, and has an NCAA-best .755 NCAA tournament winning percentage. Eleven Duke players have been named the National Player of the Year, and 71 players have been selected in the NBA Draft. Additionally, Duke has 36 players named All-Americans and 14 Academic All-Americans. Duke has been the Atlantic Coast Conference Champions a record 21 times, and also lays claim to 19 ACC regular season titles. Prior to joining the ACC, Duke won the Southern Conference championships five times. Duke has also finished the season ranked No. 1 in the AP poll seven times and is the all-time leader in total weeks ranked as the number one team in the nation by the AP with 135 weeks.
context_section_description: National Players of the Year
  Dick Groat Helms, UPI
  Art Heyman AP, UPI, U.S. Basketball Writers
  Johnny Dawkins  Naismith
  Danny Ferry  Naismith, UPI, U.S. Basketball Writers
  Christian Laettner  AP, Basketball Times, NABC, Naismith, Rupp, U.S. Basketball Writers, Wooden
  Elton Brand  AP, NABC, Naismith, Rupp, U.S. Basketball Writers, Wooden, Sporting News
  Shane Battier  AP, Basketball Times, Naismith, Rupp, U.S. Basketball Writers, Wooden, Sporting News
  Jason Williams  AP, Basketball Times, NABC (2), Naismith, Rupp, U.S. Basketball Writers, Wooden, Sporting News
  JJ Redick AP, Basketball Times, NABC, Naismith, Rupp (2), U.S. Basketball Writers, Wooden, Sporting News
  Zion Williamson AP, NABC, Naismith, Sporting News, U.S. Basketball Writers, Wooden
  ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year
   
  Art Heyman (1963)
  Jeff Mullins (1964)
  Steve Vacendak (1966)
  Mike Gminski (1979)
  Danny Ferry (1988, 1989)
  Christian Laettner (1992)
  Grant Hill (1994)
  Elton Brand (1999)
  Chris Carrawell (2000)
  Shane Battier (2001)
  JJ Redick (2005, 2006)
  Nolan Smith (2011)
  Jahlil Okafor (2015)
  Marvin Bagley III (2018)
  Zion Williamson (2019)
  Tre Jones (2020)
  ACC Rookies of the Year
  Jim Spanarkel (1976)
  Mike Gminski (1977)
  Gene Banks (1978)
  Chris Duhon (2001)
  Kyle Singler (2008)
  Austin Rivers (2012)
  Jabari Parker (2014)
  Jahlil Okafor (2015)
  Brandon Ingram (2016)
  Marvin Bagley III (2018)
  Zion Williamson (2019)
  Vernon Carey Jr. (2020)
  National Defensive Player of the Year
  Billy King (1986)
  Tommy Amaker (1987)
  Grant Hill (1993)
  Steve Wojciechowski (1998)
  Shane Battier (1999, 2000, 2001)
  Shelden Williams (2005, 2006)
  ACC Defensive Player of the Year (since 2005)
  Shelden Williams (2005, 2006)
  DeMarcus Nelson (2008)
  Tre Jones (2020)
  Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 
  Mike Krzyzewski (2001)
  Grant Hill (2018)
caption: Zion Williamson was named ACC Player of the Year in 2019.
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