# PLK Most Valuable Player

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The **PLK Most Valuable Player** award is given annually at the end of the regular season of the [Polish Basketball League](/source/Polish_Basketball_League) (PLK), the highest professional [basketball](/source/Basketball) league in Poland, to the [most valuable player](/source/Most_valuable_player) of the league. Originally, the award was given by the now defunct Polish I Liga (Polish League 1), and was called the Polish League 1 Player of the Year. The current award, given by the Polish PLK League, began when that league started, with the 1995–96 season.

## I Liga Player of the Year winners (1961–1995)

- Player nationalities by [national team](/source/National_sports_team):

Season Player Nationality Team 1960–61 Ryszard Olszewski Poland AZS Toruń 1961–62 Not awarded 1962–63 Not awarded 1963–64 Not awarded 1964–65 Mieczysław Łopatka Poland Śląsk Wrocław 1965–66 Not awarded 1966–67 Not awarded 1967–68 Wiesław Langiewicz Poland Wisła Kraków 1968–69 Mieczysław Łopatka (2) Poland Śląsk Wrocław 1969–70 Bolesław Kwiatkowski Poland AZS Warszawa 1970–71 Edward Jurkiewicz Poland Wybrzeże Gdańsk 1971–72 Not awarded 1972–73 Andrzej Seweryn Poland Wisła Kraków 1973–74 Andrzej Seweryn (2) Poland Wisła Kraków 1974–75 Zdzisław Myrda Poland Resovia Rzeszów 1975–76 Edward Jurkiewicz (2) Poland Wybrzeże Gdańsk 1976–77 Edward Jurkiewicz (3) Poland Wybrzeże Gdańsk 1977–78 Wojciech Fiedorczuk Poland ŁKS Łódź 1978–79 Eugeniusz Kijewski Poland Lech Poznań 1979–80 Kent Washington United States Start Lublin 1980–81 Mieczysław Młynarski Poland Górnik Wałbrzych 1981–82 Eugeniusz Kijewski (2) Poland Lech Poznań 1982–83 Dariusz Szczubiał Poland Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1983–84 Krzysztof Fikiel Poland Wisła Kraków 1984–85 Dariusz Zelig Poland Śląsk Wrocław 1985–86 Eugeniusz Kijewski (3) Poland Lech Poznań 1986–87 Dariusz Zelig (2) Poland Śląsk Wrocław 1987–88 Not awarded 1988–89 Not awarded 1989–90 Jarosław Jechorek Poland Lech Poznań 1990–91 Not awarded 1991–92 Maciej Zieliński Poland Śląsk Wrocław 1992–93 Igor Griszczuk Poland Anwil Włocławek [1] 1993–94 Keith Williams United States Śląsk Wrocław [2] 1994–95 Tyrice Walker United States MKS Znicz Pruszków [3][4]

## PLK MVP winners (1996–present)

[Adam Wójcik](/source/Adam_W%C3%B3jcik) is tied for the record of the most Player of the Year/MVP awards won, with three.

^ Denotes player who is still active in the PLK * Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame † Denotes player whose team won championship that year Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been named MVP Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

- Player nationalities by [national team](/source/National_sports_team):

Season Player Pos. Nationality Team Ref. 1995–96† Dominik Tomczyk PF/C Poland Śląsk Wrocław 1996–97 Maciej Zieliński (2) SG Poland Śląsk Wrocław (2) 1997–98† Adam Wójcik PF/C Poland Śląsk Wrocław (3) 1998–99† Maciej Zieliński (3) SG Poland Śląsk Wrocław (4) 1999–00 Not awarded 2000–01† Adam Wójcik (2) PF/C Poland Śląsk Wrocław (5) 2001–02† Dominik Tomczyk (2) PF/C Poland Śląsk Wrocław (6) 2002–03 Joe McNaull C United States Poland[5] Prokom Trefl Sopot 2003–04† Tomas Pačėsas PG Lithuania Prokom Trefl Sopot (2) 2004–05† Adam Wójcik (3) PF/C Poland Prokom Trefl Sopot (3) 2005–06† Goran Jagodnik PF Slovenia Prokom Trefl Sopot (4) 2006–07 Thomas Kelati SG/SF Poland BOT Turów Zgorzelec 2007–08 David Logan PG/SG Poland PGE Turów Zgorzelec (2) 2008–09 Not awarded [6] 2009–10† Qyntel Woods SF United States Asseco Prokom Gdynia (5) [7] 2010–11 Torey Thomas PG United States PGE Turów Zgorzelec (3) [8] 2011–12 Walter Hodge PG U.S. Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Stelmet Zielona Góra [9] 2012–13† Walter Hodge (2) PG U.S. Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Stelmet Zielona Góra (2) [9] 2013–14† J.P. Prince SG/SF United States PGE Turów Zgorzelec (4) [10] 2014–15 Damian Kulig^ PF/C Poland PGE Turów Zgorzelec (5) [11] 2015–16† Mateusz Ponitka SG/SF Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra (3) [12] 2016–17 Shawn King C Saint Vincent Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski [13] 2017–18† Ivan Almeida F Cape Verde Anwil Włocławek [14] 2018–19 James Florence PG United States Arka Gdynia (6) [15] 2019–20 Not awarded1 2020–21 Geoffrey Groselle C United States Zastal Zielona Góra (4) [16] 2021–22† Travis Trice PG United States WKS Śląsk Wrocław (7) [17] 2022–23 Andrzej Mazurczak^ PG Poland Wilki Morskie Szczecin [18] 2023–24 Victor Sanders SG United States Anwil Włocławek [19] 2024–25 Kameron McGusty SG United States Legia Warszawa [20] 2025–26 Andrzej Pluta Jr.^ PG Poland Legia Warszawa [21]

- **[^1](#ref_1)** There was no awarding in the [2019–20 season](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_PLK_season), because the season was cancelled due to the [coronavirus pandemic in Poland](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Poland).

## Multiple honors (1996–present)

### Players

Rank Player Trophies Years 1. Adam Wójcik 3 1998, 2001, 2005 Maciej Zieliński 3 1992, 1997, 1999 2. Dominik Tomczyk 2 1996, 2002 Walter Hodge 2 2012, 2013

### Player nationality

Rank Country Total 1. Poland 14 2. United States 8 3. U.S. Virgin Islands 2 4. Slovenia 1 Lithuania Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cape Verde

### Teams

Rank Team Total 1. WKS Śląsk Wrocław 7 2. Prokom Trefl Sopot / Arka Gdynia 6 3. PGE Turów Zgorzelec 5 4. Zastal Zielona Góra 4 5. Anwil Włocławek 2 Legia Warszawa 6. Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 1 Wilki Morskie Szczecin

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## External links

- [Polska Liga Koszykówki - Official Site](http://plk.pl/) (in Polish)

- [Polish League at Eurobasket.com](https://www.eurobasket.com/Poland/basketball.aspx)

v t e PLK Most Valuable Player Award Player of the Year 1961 Olszewski 1962 N/A 1963 N/A 1964 N/A 1965 Łopatka 1966 N/A 1967 N/A 1968 Langiewicz 1969 Łopatka 1970 Kwiatkowski 1971 Jurkiewicz 1972 N/A 1973 Seweryn 1974 Seweryn 1975 Myrda 1976 Jurkiewicz 1977 Jurkiewicz 1978 Fiedorczuk 1979 Kijewski 1980 Washington 1981 Młynarski 1982 Kijewski 1983 Szczubiał 1984 Fikiel 1985 Zelig 1986 Kijewski 1987 Zelig 1988 N/A 1989 N/A 1990 Jechorek 1991 N/A 1992 Zieliński 1993 Griszczuk 1994 Williams 1995 Walker Most Valuable Player 1996 Tomczyk 1997 McNaull 1998 Wójcik 1999 Zieliński 2000 N/A 2001 Wójcik 2002 Tomczyk 2003 McNaull 2004 Pačėsas 2005 Wójcik 2006 Jagodnik 2007 Kelati 2008 Logan 2009 N/A 2010 Woods 2011 Thomas 2012 Hodge 2013 Hodge 2014 Prince 2015 Kulig 2016 Ponitka 2017 King 2018 Almeida 2019 Florence 2020 N/A 2021 Groselle 2022 Trice 2023 Mazurczak 2024 Sanders 2025 McGusty 2026 Pluta

v t e European Basketball MVP awards Continental leagues Season EuroLeague (1st-tier) EuroCup (2nd-tier) Basketball Champions League (2nd-tier) Playoffs EuroLeague (1st-tier) EuroCup (2nd-tier) Basketball Champions League (2nd-tier) FIBA Europe Cup (4th-tier) Regional leagues Season VTB United League Adriatic League U19 BNXT League Playoffs VTB United League Adriatic League Domestic leagues Season Austria Belgium Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Iceland (Domestic & Foreign) Israel Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Romania Serbia First part Second part Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom Playoffs and Finals Austria Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Israel Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Romania Serbia Spain Sweden Turkey Defunct awards FIBA EuroLeague Player of the Year (1st-tier) EuroLeague Group Stage MVP (1st-tier) EuroLeague Top 16 Stage MVP (1st-tier) FIBA SuproLeague Season MVP (1st-tier) FIBA SuproLeague Final Four MVP (1st-tier) FIBA Saporta Cup Finals MVP (2nd-tier) FIBA EuroChallenge Final Four MVP (3rd-tier) FIBA EuroCup Challenge Finals MVP (4th-tier) Russia Super League A Season MVP Russia PBL season MVP Russia PBL playoffs MVP

v t e Polska Liga Koszykówki 2025–26 teams Arka Gdynia Anwil Włocławek Dziki Warsaw Czarni Słupsk Górnik Wałbrzych GTK Gliwice King Szczecin Legia Warsaw Miasto Szkła Krosno MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Start Lublin Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Śląsk Wrocław Trefl Sopot Twarde Pierniki Toruń Zastal Zielona Góra Seasons 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 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 Awards Most Valuable Player Finals MVP Top Scorer All-PLK Team Best Defender Most Improved Player Best Polish Player Rookie of the Year Best Young Player Best Coach Associated competitions Polish Cup Polish Supercup ★Polish All-Star Game Category Commons

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