The VTB United League Most Valuable Player award is an annual award that is given to the most valuable player of the Northeast European regional VTB United League, which is the 1st-tier professional basketball league of Russia. The award has been given since the 2009–10 VTB United League season.
Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) | ||
Indicates multiple award winners in the same season | ||
Indicates player also won the FIBA Europe Player of the Year in the same season | ||
§ | Denotes the club was VTB United League champions in the same season |
+ VTB United League MVP Award Winners | ||||||||
Season | Player | Nationality | Team | Ref(s) | ||||
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2009–10 | scope=row | bgcolor=#ffb | CSKA Moscow§ | [1] | ||||
2010–11 | scope=row | Azovmash | [2] | |||||
2011–12 | bgcolor=#ffb | CSKA Moscow§ | [3] | |||||
2012–13 | scope=row | VEF Rīga | [4] | |||||
2013–14 | scope=row | UNICS Kazan | align=center | [5] | ||||
2014–15 | scope=row | bgcolor=#ffb | CSKA Moscow§ | align=center | [6] | |||
2015–16 | scope=row | (2) | bgcolor=#ffb | CSKA Moscow§ | align=center | [7] | ||
2016–17 | scope=row | Khimki | align=center | [8] | ||||
2017–18 | scope=row | (3) | bgcolor=#ffb | CSKA Moscow§ | Web site: League Announces Individual Awards At Gala. 9 June 2018. 10 June 2018. vtb-league.com. | |||
2018–19 | scope=row | (2) | Khimki | [9] | ||||
2019–20 | Not awarded | |||||||
2020–21 | scope=row | Lokomotiv Kuban | [10] | |||||
2021–22 | scope=row | UNICS Kazan | [11] | |||||
2022–23 | Nikola Milutinov | C | Serbia | CSKA Moscow | [12] |
E.J. Rowland owns American nationality as well, as he was a naturalized player of Bulgaria.
There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.