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| A–10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year | |
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| Awarded for | the most outstanding basketball player in the Atlantic 10 Conference |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1977 |
| Currently held by | Obi Toppin, Dayton |
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The Atlantic 10 (A-10) Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Atlantic 10 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1976–77 season. David West of Xavier is the only player to have won the award three times (2001–03). Four other players—James Bailey, Earl Belcher, Greg Jones and Steven Smith—have won the award twice. Three players—Marcus Camby (1996), Jameer Nelson (2004), and Obi Toppin (2020)—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 college basketball awards.
As of 2020, Temple has the most all-time winners with 10, but the Owls left for the American Athletic Conference in 2013. Among current members, Saint Joseph's and UMass have the most winners with five each. There have been three ties in the award's history (1983, 2005, 2018). Three current A-10 have had no winners: Fordham, George Mason and VCU. However, Fordham is the only one of these schools that was an A-10 member before 2012.
Key[]
| † | Co-Players of the Year |
| * | Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point |
Winners[]
Marcus Camby won in 1996 while at Massachusetts.
At Temple, Juan "Pepe" Sánchez won the award in 2000.
Jameer Nelson (left) won in 2004 while at Saint Joseph's.
| Season | Player | School | Position | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976–77 | Norm Nixon | Duquesne | Point guard | Senior |
| 1977–78 | James Bailey | Rutgers | Forward / Center | Junior |
| 1978–79 | James Bailey (2) | Rutgers | Forward / Center | Senior |
| 1979–80 | Earl Belcher | St. Bonaventure | Forward | Junior |
| 1980–81 | Earl Belcher (2) | St. Bonaventure | Forward | Senior |
| 1981–82 | Greg Jones | West Virginia | Point guard | Junior |
| 1982–83† | Roy Hinson | Rutgers | Center | Senior |
| 1982–83† | Greg Jones (2) | West Virginia | Point guard | Senior |
| 1983–84 | Terence Stansbury | Temple | Shooting guard | Senior |
| 1984–85 | Granger Hall | Temple | Center | Senior |
| 1985–86 | Maurice Martin | Saint Joseph's | Small forward / Shooting guard | Senior |
| 1986–87 | Nate Blackwell | Temple | Guard | Senior |
| 1987–88 | Tim Perry | Temple | Power forward | Senior |
| 1988–89 | Mark Macon | Temple | Shooting guard | Sophomore |
| 1989–90 | Kenny Green | Rhode Island | Center | Senior |
| 1990–91 | Keith Hughes | Rutgers | Power forward | Senior |
| 1991–92 | Harper Williams | Massachusetts | Power forward / Center | Junior |
| 1992–93 | Aaron McKie | Temple | Point guard / Shooting guard | Junior |
| 1993–94 | Eddie Jones | Temple | Shooting guard | Senior |
| 1994–95 | Lou Roe | Massachusetts | Forward | Senior |
| 1995–96 | Marcus Camby* | Massachusetts | Center | Junior |
| 1996–97 | Marc Jackson | Temple | Center | Senior |
| 1997–98 | Cuttino Mobley | Rhode Island | Point guard / Shooting guard | Senior |
| 1998–99 | Shawnta Rogers | George Washington | Point guard | Senior |
| 1999–00 | Pepe Sánchez | Temple | Point guard | Senior |
| 2000–01 | David West | Xavier | Power forward | Sophomore |
| 2001–02 | David West (2) | Xavier | Power forward | Junior |
| 2002–03 | David West (3) | Xavier | Power forward | Senior |
| 2003–04 | Jameer Nelson* | Saint Joseph's | Point guard | Senior |
| 2004–05† | Pat Carroll | Saint Joseph's | Shooting guard | Senior |
| 2004–05† | Steven Smith | La Salle | Small forward | Junior |
| 2005–06 | Steven Smith (2) | La Salle | Small forward | Senior |
| 2006–07 | Stephane Lasme | Massachusetts | Power forward | Senior |
| 2007–08 | Gary Forbes | Massachusetts | Small forward / Shooting guard | Senior |
| 2008–09 | Ahmad Nivins | Saint Joseph's | Power forward / Center | Senior |
| 2009–10 | Kevin Anderson | Richmond | Point guard | Junior |
| 2010–11 | Tu Holloway | Xavier | Point guard | Junior |
| 2011–12 | Andrew Nicholson | St. Bonaventure | Power forward | Senior |
| 2012–13 | Khalif Wyatt | Temple | Shooting guard | Senior |
| 2013–14 | Jordair Jett | Saint Louis | Shooting guard | Senior |
| 2014–15 | Tyler Kalinoski | Davidson | Point guard | Senior |
| 2015–16 | DeAndre' Bembry | Saint Joseph's | Forward | Junior |
| 2016–17 | T. J. Cline | Richmond | Forward-center | Senior |
| 2017–18 | Jaylen Adams | St. Bonaventure | Point guard | Senior |
| 2017–18 | Peyton Aldridge | Davidson | Small forward | Senior |
| 2018–19 | Jón Axel Guðmundsson | Davidson | Shooting guard | Junior |
| 2019–20 | Obi Toppin* | Dayton | Forward | Sophomore |
- The 2019 winner is properly referred to by his given names of Jón Axel. He is a citizen of Iceland, a country whose standard naming system has no family names. The vast majority of Icelanders, himself included, have one or more given names followed by a patronymic (or sometimes a matronymic).
Winners by school[]
Years of joining are the calendar years of entry into the conference.
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Temple (1982)[a] | 10 | 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2013 |
| Saint Joseph's (1982) | 5 | 1986, 2004, 2005†, 2009, 2016 |
| Massachusetts (1976) | 5 | 1992, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2008 |
| Rutgers (1976)[b] | 4 | 1978, 1979, 1983†, 1991 |
| St. Bonaventure (1979) | 4 | 1980, 1981, 2012, 2018† |
| Xavier (1995)[c] | 4 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011 |
| Davidson (2014) | 3 | 2015, 2018†, 2019 |
| La Salle (1995) | 2 | 2005†, 2006 |
| Rhode Island (1980) | 2 | 1990, 1998 |
| Richmond (2001) | 2 | 2010, 2017 |
| West Virginia (1976)[b] | 2 | 1982, 1983 |
| Dayton (1995) | 1 | 2020 |
| Duquesne (1976)[d] | 1 | 1977 |
| George Washington (1976) | 1 | 1999 |
| Saint Louis (2005) | 1 | 2014 |
| Butler (2012)[c] | 0 | — |
| Charlotte (2005)[e] | 0 | — |
| Fordham (1995) | 0 | — |
| George Mason (2013) | 0 | — |
| VCU (2012) | 0 | — |
Footnotes[]
- a Temple left in 2013 to join what is now known as the American Athletic Conference.
- d Rutgers and West Virginia left in 1995. Respectively, they are current members of the Big Ten Conference and Big 12 Conference.
- c Xavier and Butler left in 2013 to join the current Big East Conference, with the latter leaving after only one season in the A-10.
- d Duquesne left the A-10 for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference during the 1992–93 academic year but returned in 1993–94.
- e Charlotte left the A-10 for Conference USA in 2013.
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