DBL Most Valuable Player Award

The Dutch Basketball League Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to the most valuable player in the Dutch highest professional basketball league. The award is given after the regular season and was first handed out in 1974. Six Dutch players have won the award so far, with Arvin Slagter being the last in 2014. Kees Akerboom, Sr. (1980, 1981, 1985) and Leon Rodgers (2005–2007) are the all-time leaders in Dutch MVP awards.


Dutch Basketball League awards, honours, and leaders
Individual awards
Honors
Statistical leaders

Winners
Travis Reed won the award in 2004
Leiden's Danny Gibson was MVP in 2010.
Jason Dourisseau won the award in 2011.
Arvin Slagter won the award in the 2013–14 season.
Worthy de Jong was the Most Valuable Player in 2016.
Darius Thompson, winner in 2019.
Key
Player (X)
 Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Club (X)
 Name of the club and the number of times a player of it has won the award (if more than one)
 Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Denotes player who is still active in the DBL
Season Player Position Nationality Club Ref
1974–75 Harry Rogers Forward  United States Punch Delft [1]
1975–76 Hank Smith Forward  United States Delta Lloyd Amsterdam [1]
1976–77 Jimmy Moore Forward  United States Arke Stars Enschede [1]
1977–78 Art Collins Guard  United States Parker Leiden [1]
1978–79 James Lister Center  United States EBBC Den Bosch [1]
1980–81 Kees Akerboom Sr. Guard  Netherlands Nashua Den Bosch (2) [1]
1981–82 Kees Akerboom Sr. (2) Guard  Netherlands Nashua Den Bosch (3) [1]
1982–83 David Lawrence Forward  United States Nationale-Nederlanden Donar [1]
1983–84 Jerry Beck Forward  United States Elmex Leiden (2) [1]
1984–85 Kees Akerboom Sr. (3) Guard  Netherlands Nashua Den Bosch (4) [1]
1985–86 Toon van Helfteren Forward  Netherlands BS Leiden (3) [1]
1986–87 Jose Waitman Forward  United States Direktbank Den Helder [1]
1987–88 Mike Reddick Center  United States Nashua Den Bosch (5) [1]
1988–89 Rob Jones Center  United States Computerij Meppel [1]
1989–90 Kevin McDuffie Center  United States Miniware Weert [1]
1990–91 Lenzie Howell Forward  United States Computerij Meppel (2) [1]
1991–92 Lenzie Howell (2) Forward  United States Computerij Meppel (3) [1]
1992–93 Jack Jennings Forward  United States VGNN Donar (2) [1]
1993–94 Richard van Poelgeest Center  Netherlands Lanèche Weert (2) [1]
1994–95 Sonique Nixon Center  United States Lanèche Weert (3) [1]
1995–96 Michael Huger Guard  United States De Schietstreek Rotterdam [1]
1996–97 Marcel Huijbens Center  Netherlands Libertel EBBC Den Bosch (6) [1]
1997–98 Donell Lee Thomas Forward  United States RZG Celeritas/Donar (3) [1]
1998–99 Ralph Biggs Forward  United States BSW Weert (3) [1]
1999–00 Joe Spinks Guard  United States Ricoh Astronauts Amsterdam (2) [1]
2000–01 Chris McGuthrie Guard  United States Ricoh Astronauts Amsterdam (3) [1]
2001–02 Mack Tuck Forward  United States MPC Donar (4) [1]
2002–03 Joe Spinks (2) Guard  United States Ricoh Astronauts Amsterdam (4) [1]
2003–04 Travis Reed Forward/Center  United States MPC Capitals (5) [1]
2004–05 Leon Rodgers Forward  United States EiffelTowers Nijmegen [1]
2005–06 Leon Rodgers (2) Forward  United States EiffelTowers Den Bosch (7) [1]
2006–07 Leon Rodgers (3) Forward  United States EiffelTowers Den Bosch (8) [2]
2007–08 Peter van Paassen Center  Netherlands MyGuide Amsterdam (5) [3]
2008–09 Peter van Paassen (2) Center  Netherlands MyGuide Amsterdam (6) [4]
2009–10 Danny Gibson Guard  United States Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden (4) [5]
2010–11 Jason Dourisseau Forward  United States GasTerra Flames (6) [6]
2011–12 Seamus Boxley Forward  United States Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden (5) [7]
2012–13 Andre Young Guard  United States EiffelTowers Den Bosch (9) [8]
2013–14 Arvin Slagter Guard  Netherlands GasTerra Flames (7) [9]
2014–15 Lance Jeter Guard  United States Donar (8) [10]
2015–16 Worthy de Jong^ Guard  Netherlands ZZ Leiden (6) [11]
2016–17 Lance Jeter (2) Guard  United States Donar (9) [12]
2017–18 Brandyn Curry Guard  United States Donar (10) [13]
2018–19 Darius Thompson Guard  United States ZZ Leiden (7) [14]

Awards by player
Player Total
Kees Akerboom 3
Leon Rodgers 3
Lenzie Howell 2
Lance Jeter 2
Peter van Paassen 2
Joe Spinks 2

Awards won by nationality
Country Total
 United States 34
 Netherlands 10

Notes

    References
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    6. "Dourisseau gekozen tot MVP" (in Dutch). AD.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
    7. "Seamus Boxley MVP van de Dutch Basketball League". Basketball.nl. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
    8. "Andre Young MVP van de DBL". Basketball.nl. 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
    9. "Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
    10. "Lance Jeter MVP van de DBL".
    11. "Worthy de Jong uitgeroepen tot MVP". DBL. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    12. "Jeter: MVP van het seizoen". Basketballleague.nl. 11 April 2017.
    13. "Brandyn Curry gekozen tot MVP". DBL. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
    14. "Darius Thompson is MVP van de DBL". basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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