# LBA Most Valuable Player

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Basketball award in Italy

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The **Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP)** is an annual [award](/source/Lega_Basket_Serie_A_awards) of the [1st-tier](/source/Italian_basketball_league_system) professional [basketball](/source/Basketball) league in Italy, the [Lega Basket Serie A](/source/Lega_Basket_Serie_A) (LBA), given since the 1993–94 season, to the league's [most valuable player](/source/Most_valuable_player) in a given regular season.

## Winners

[Manu Ginóbili](/source/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili) won the MVP award two times, in 2001 and 2002.

[Danilo Gallinari](/source/Danilo_Gallinari) was named the MVP in 2008.

[Luigi Datome](/source/Luigi_Datome) won the award in 2013.

Key Player (X) 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

- Player nationalities by [national team](/source/National_team).

Season Player Pos. Nationality Team Ref(s) 1993–94 Carlton Myers SG Italy[a] Scavolini Pesaro 1994–95 Stefano Rusconi C Italy Benetton Treviso 1995–96 Henry Williams SG United States Benetton Treviso 1996–97 Carlton Myers (2×) SG Italy[a] Teamsystem Bologna 1997–98 Sasha Danilović SG/SF FR Yugoslavia Kinder Bologna 1998–99 Vincenzo Esposito SG Italy Termal Imola 1999–00 Vincenzo Esposito (2×) SG Italy Lineltex Imola 2000–01 Manu Ginóbili SG Argentina Kinder Bologna 2001–02 Manu Ginóbili (2×) SG Argentina Kinder Bologna 2002–03 Massimo Bulleri PG/SG Italy Benetton Treviso 2003–04 Gianluca Basile SG Italy Skipper Bologna 2004–05 Massimo Bulleri (2×) PG/SG Italy Benetton Treviso 2005–06 Lynn Greer PG/SG United States Carpisa Napoli 2006–07 Terrell McIntyre PG United States Montepaschi Siena 2007–08 Danilo Gallinari SF/PF Italy Armani Jeans Milano 2008–09 Terrell McIntyre (2×) PG United States Montepaschi Siena 2009–10 Romain Sato SG/SF Central African Republic Montepaschi Siena 2010–11 Omar Thomas SG/SF United States Air Avellino 2011–12 Bo McCalebb PG North Macedonia[b] Montepaschi Siena [1] 2012–13 Luigi Datome SF/PF Italy Acea Roma [2] 2013–14 Drake Diener SG United States Banco di Sardegna Sassari [3] 2014–15 Tony Mitchell SF United States Dolomiti Energia Trento [4] 2015–16 James Nunnally SF United States Sidigas Avellino [5] 2016–17 Marcus Landry SF United States Brescia Leonessa [6] 2017–18 Jason Rich G United States Sidigas Avellino [7] 2018–19 Drew Crawford SF United States Vanoli Cremona [8] 2019–20 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21 Stefano Tonut G Italy Reyer Venezia [9] 2021–22 Amedeo Della Valle G Italy Basket Brescia Leonessa 2022–23 Colbey Ross PG United States Openjobmetis Varese [10] 2023–24 Marco Belinelli SG Italy Virtus Bologna 2024–25 Miro Bilan C Croatia Pallacanestro Brescia [11] 2025–26 Armoni Brooks SG United States Olimpia Milano [12]

## Players with most awards

Player Editions Notes Manu Ginóbili 2 2001, 2002 Terrell McIntyre 2 2007, 2009 Massimo Bulleri 2 2003, 2005 Carlton Myers 2 1994, 1997 Vincenzo Esposito 2 1999, 2000

## See also

- [Lega Basket Serie A Finals MVP](/source/Lega_Basket_Serie_A_Finals_MVP)

- [Lega Basket Serie A awards](/source/Lega_Basket_Serie_A_awards)

## Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-myers_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-myers_1-1) Carlton Myers played for the Italian national team, and was raised in the United Kingdom.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Bo McCalebb played for the Macedonian national team, and was born in the USA.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["McCalebb Named MVP in Leading Italian Squad to League Title"](http://www.unoprivateers.com/news/2011/6/19/MBB_0619114927.aspx). *Unoprivateers.com*. 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2014-06-19.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Azzurri's Datome named MVP"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160305033822/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/55421/arti.html). *Fiba.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/55421/arti.html) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 2014-06-19.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Serie A, Drake Diener l'Mvp della stagione"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140808190941/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/serie_a/2014/05/15-361331/Serie+A,+Drake+Diener+l%26apos%3BMvp+della+stagione). *Corrieredellosport.it*. Archived from [the original](http://www.corrieredellosport.it/serie_a/2014/05/15-361331/Serie+A,+Drake+Diener+l%26apos%3BMvp+della+stagione) on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-06-19.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Tony Mitchell MVP della Serie A, una grande vittoria per il Basketacazzo"](https://basketacazzo.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/tony-mitchell-mvp-della-serie-a-una-grande-vittoria-per-il-basketacazzo/). *Basket Acazzo*. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2015-06-15.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The Legabasket awards with Nunnally being the MVP"](http://www.eurohoops.net/legabasket/237226/the-legabasket-awards-with-nunnally-being-the-mvp). *Eurohoops*. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Marcus Landry named Serie A MVP. Vincenzo Esposito is Coach of the Year"](http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a/234036/marcus-landry-named-serie-a-mvp-vincenzo-esposito-is-coach-of-the-year.html). *Sportando.com*. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Jason Rich of Scandone Avellino named Serie A MVP of the season"](https://sportando.basketball/en/italy/serie-a/273609/jason-rich-of-scandone-avellino-named-serie-a-mvp-of-the-season.html#refresh_ce). *Sportando.com*. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Carchia, Emiliano (13 May 2019). ["Andrew Crawford eletto MVP della stagione"](https://sportando.basketball/andrew-crawford-eletto-mvp-della-stagione/) [Andrew Crawford named MVP of the season]. *Sportando* (in Italian). Retrieved 13 May 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["LBA Awards: Stefano Tonut named MVP and Best Italian Player, Kyle Hines is the Best Defender"](https://sportando.basketball/en/lba-awards-stefano-tonut-named-mvp-and-best-italian-player-kyle-hines-is-the-best-defender/). *Sportando*. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Colbey Ross named 2022-2023 Italian LBA Serie A MVP"](https://sportando.basketball/en/colbey-ross-named-2022-2023-italian-lba-serie-a-mvp). *Sportando*. 11 May 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["LBA Awards - I vincitori dell'edizione 2025: A Miro Bilan il titolo MVP "Dino Meneghin Trophy""](https://www.legabasket.it/news/135334/lba-awards-2025). *legabasket.it* (in Italian). 2025-05-21. Retrieved 2025-06-17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["LBA Awards 2026 - Armoni Brooks (EA7 Emporio Armani Milano) vince l'MVP Dino Meneghin Trophy - Unipol | LBA"](https://www.legabasket.it/news/138600/lba-awards-2026-mvp-dino-meneghin). *www.legabasket.it* (in Italian). 2026-05-14. Retrieved 2026-05-14.

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v t e LBA Most Valuable Player 1994: Myers 1995: Rusconi 1996: Williams 1997: Myers 1998: Danilović 1999: Esposito 2000: Esposito 2001: Ginóbili 2002: Ginóbili 2003: Bulleri 2004: Basile 2005: Bulleri 2006: Greer 2007: McIntyre 2008: Gallinari 2009: McIntyre 2010: Sato 2011: Thomas 2012: McCalebb 2013: Datome 2014: Diener 2015: Mitchell 2016: Nunnally 2017: Landry 2018: Rich 2019: Crawford 2020: N/A 2021: Tonut 2022: Della Valle 2023: Ross 2024: Belinelli 2025: Bilan 2026: Brooks

v t e Lega Basket Serie A 2025–26 teams Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù APU Old Wild West Udine Banco di Sardegna Sassari Bertram Derthona Tortona Dolomiti Energia Trento EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Germani Brescia Napoli Basket NutriBullet Treviso Basket Openjobmetis Varese Pallacanestro Trieste Trapani Shark Umana Reyer Venezia Una Hotels Reggio Emilia Vanoli Cremona Virtus Olidata Bologna Seasons ...1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 ... 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26 Finals 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Awards Most Valuable Player Finals MVP LBA Best Defender Best Player Under 22 Best Coach Best Executive Premio Reverberi Statistical leaders Stats leaders Scoring Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Other articles Italian Cup Italian Supercup Italian clubs in competitions All Star Game Italian Basketball Hall of Fame Lega Basket Italian League System Category

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