NBA Rookie of the Year Award
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Award details | |
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Sport | Basketball |
Given for | Best first year player in regular season of the National Basketball Association |
History | |
First award | 1952–53 |
Most recent | Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic) |
The National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the top rookie(s) of the regular season. Initiated following the 1952–53 NBA season, it confers the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy, named after the former Philadelphia Warriors head coach. Since the 2022–23 NBA season, winners receive the Wilt Chamberlain Trophy, named after the former Rookie of the Year winner.
The winner is selected by a panel of United States and Canadian sportswriters and broadcasters,[1] each casting first-, second-, and third-place votes (worth five points, three points, and one point, respectively). The player(s) with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.[2]
The most recent Rookie of the Year winner is Paolo Banchero of the Orlando Magic. Twenty-two winners were drafted first overall. Sixteen winners have also won the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in their careers with Wilt Chamberlain and Wes Unseld earning both honors the same season. Thirty of the non-active winners have been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Three seasons had joint winners—Dave Cowens and Geoff Petrie in the 1970–71 season, Grant Hill and Jason Kidd in the 1994–95 season, and Elton Brand and Steve Francis in the 1999–2000 season.[3] Five players won the award unanimously (by capturing all of the first-place votes)—Ralph Sampson, David Robinson, Blake Griffin, Damian Lillard, and Karl-Anthony Towns.[4]
Patrick Ewing of Jamaica,[5] Pau Gasol of Spain, Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons of Australia, Andrew Wiggins of Canada, and Luka Dončić of Slovenia are the only winners not born in the United States. Three of these individuals have dual nationality by birth—Wiggins and Simmons have American fathers, and both of Irving's parents are Americans. Ewing immigrated to the Boston area at age 11, Irving moved to the United States at age 2, and Wiggins and Simmons moved to the U.S. while in high school. Gasol and Dončić are the only winners trained entirely outside the United States.
Chamberlain (Harlem Globetrotters), Gasol (FC Barcelona of Liga ACB and EuroLeague), Dončić (Real Madrid of Liga ACB and EuroLeague), and LaMelo Ball (BC Prienai of the Lithuanian Basketball League, the Los Angeles Ballers of the JBA, and the Illawarra Hawks of the NBL) all had professional careers outside the NBA prior to being drafted. Ball also had previously won the NBL Rookie of the Year Award.
Winners
^ | Denotes player who is still active in the NBA |
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* | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as player |
Denotes unanimous winners | |
DP # | Draft pick number |
DY | Draft year |
T | Territorial pick |
Unofficial winners
Prior to the 1952–53 season, the Rookie of the Year was selected by newspaper writers;[18] however, the NBA does not officially recognize those players as winners. The league did publish the pre-1953 winners in their 1994–95 edition of the Official NBA Guide and the 1994 Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia, but those winners have not been listed in subsequent publications.[18][19][20]
Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | DP # | DY |
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1947–48 | Paul Hoffman | Guard/Forward | United States | Baltimore Bullets | 70 | 1947 |
1948–49 | Howie Shannon | Guard/Forward | United States | Providence Steamrollers | 1 | 1949 |
1949–50 | Alex Groza | Center | United States | Indianapolis Olympians | 2 | 1949 |
1950–51 | Paul Arizin* | Forward/Guard | United States | Philadelphia Warriors | T | 1950 |
1951–52[lower-alpha 3] | Bill Tosheff | Guard | United States | Indianapolis Olympians | 32 | 1951 |
Mel Hutchins | Forward/Center | United States | Milwaukee Hawks | 2 | 1951 |
Teams
See also
- NBA G League Rookie of the Year Award
- NBA Rookie of the Month Award
- NBL (United States) Rookie of the Year Award
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in same year.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Though drafted in 1962 by the Cincinnati Royals, Jerry Lucas did not sign with the team until 1963 when he tried to sign with the Cleveland Pipers of the American Basketball League instead. He ended up sitting out the year when the deal fell through. His rookie season with the Royals began in the 1963–64 season.[6]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Denotes seasons in which joint winners were named
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Though drafted in 1978 by the Boston Celtics, Larry Bird opted to stay in college for his senior year and did not play in the NBA until 1979. His rookie season with the Celtics began in the 1979–80 season.[7]
- ↑ Patrick Ewing was born in Jamaica, but had become a naturalized United States citizen while playing college basketball at Georgetown.[8] He represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[9]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Though drafted in 1987 by the San Antonio Spurs, David Robinson did not play in the NBA until 1989 due to commitments to the United States Navy.[10] His rookie season with the Spurs began in the 1989–90 season.[11]
- ↑ Because Tim Duncan is a United States citizen by birth, as are all natives of the U.S. Virgin Islands,[12] he was able to play for the U.S. internationally. He represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics[13]
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Though drafted in 2009 by the Los Angeles Clippers, Blake Griffin missed the entire 2009–10 season due to a knee injury. His rookie season with the Clippers was the 2010–11 season.[14]
- ↑ Karl-Anthony Towns was born and raised in the United States to an American father and a Dominican mother.[15] He has represented the Dominican Republic internationally since 2012.[16]
- ↑ Though drafted in 2016 by the Philadelphia 76ers, Ben Simmons missed the entire 2016–17 season due to a broken right foot. His rookie season with the Sixers was the 2017–18 season.[17]
- ↑ Born and raised in the United States, Banchero intends to represent Italy at the international level. He was selected for the 24-man roster for EuroBasket 2022 qualification games but did not play. He is eligible to play for either the United States or Italy and is a dual citizen.
References
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