Naismith College Player of the Year

The Naismith College Player of the Year award, named for basketball inventor James Naismith, is given annually to college basketball's top male and female player. The first award was given to Lew Alcindor, now know as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in 1969. The first women's award was given in 1983.

Award winners - Men

• 1969 - Lew Alcindor, UCLA
• 1970 - Pete Maravich, LSU
• 1971 - Austin Carr, Notre Dame
• 1972 - Bill Walton, UCLA
• 1973 - Bill Walton, UCLA
• 1974 - Bill Walton, UCLA
• 1975 - David Thompson, NC State
• 1976 - Scott May, Indiana
• 1977 - Marques Johnson, UCLA
• 1978 - Butch Lee, Marquette
• 1979 - Larry Bird, Indiana State
• 1980 - Mark Aguirre, DePaul
• 1981 - Ralph Sampson, Virginia
• 1982 - Ralph Sampson, Virginia
• 1983 - Ralph Sampson, Virginia
• 1984 - Michael Jordan, North Carolina
• 1985 - Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
• 1986 - Johnny Dawkins, Duke
• 1987 - David Robinson, Navy
• 1988 - Danny Manning, Kansas
• 1989 - Danny Ferry, Duke
• 1990 - Lionel Simmons, La Salle
• 1991 - Larry Johnson, UNLV
• 1992 - Christian Laettner, Duke
• 1993 - Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
• 1994 - Glenn Robinson, Purdue
• 1995 - Joe Smith, Maryland
• 1996 - Marcus Camby, UMass
• 1997 - Tim Duncan, Wake Forest
• 1998 - Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
• 1999 - Elton Brand, Duke
• 2000 - Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
• 2001 - Shane Battier, Duke
• 2002 - Jason Williams, Duke
• 2003 - T. J. Ford, Texas
• 2004 - Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
• 2005 - Andrew Bogut, Utah