Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the men's basketball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) voted as the most outstanding player. It has been presented since the league's first season, 1953–54, by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association, and beginning in 2012–13 has also been presented in separate voting by the league's head coaches.^[1] The award was first given to Dickie Hemric of Wake Forest, and the coaches' award was first presented in 2013 to Shane Larkin of Miami.^[2][3]

ACC Men's Basketball
Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding male basketball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference
Country	United States
Presented by	Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (1954–present); ACC head coaches (2013–2016)
History
First award	1954
Most recent	Cooper Flagg, Duke

Two players have won the award three times: David Thompson of NC State and Ralph Sampson of Virginia.^[4][5] Hemric, Len Chappell, Larry Miller, John Roche, Len Bias, Danny Ferry, Tim Duncan and JJ Redick have won the award twice.^[1] There have been two ties in the award's history, which occurred at the end of the 2000–01 and 2012–13 seasons: In 2000–01 Joseph Forte of North Carolina and Shane Battier of Duke shared the award, while in 2012–13 Erick Green of Virginia Tech and Larkin shared honors.^[1] Green and Larkin split the honor in the first year that the ACC began voting for players of the year by the conference's coaches and media separately (the media chose Green while the coaches chose Larkin).^[3][6]

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national player of the year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
M	ACC media's selection (2013–2016)
C	ACC coaches' selection (2013–2016)
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the ACC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Dickie Hemric, Wake Forest, 1954 and 1955

Ronnie Shavlik, NC State, 1956

Lennie Rosenbluth, North Carolina, 1957

Len Chappell, Wake Forest, 1961 and 1962

Art Heyman, Duke, 1963

Jeff Mullins (r), Duke, 1964

Larry Miller, North Carolina, 1967 and 1968

John Roche, South Carolina, 1968 and 1969

Charlie Davis, Wake Forest, 1971

Barry Parkhill, Virginia, 1972

David Thompson, NC State, 1973 through 1975

Mike Gminski, Duke, 1979

Ralph Sampson, Virginia, 1981 through 1983

Michael Jordan, North Carolina, 1984

Len Bias, Maryland, 1985 and 1986

Danny Ferry, Duke, 1988 and 1989

Jared Dudley, Boston College, 2007

Erick Green, Virginia Tech, 2013

Jahlil Okafor, Duke, 2015

Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia, 2016

Zion Williamson, Duke, 2019

R. J. Davis, North Carolina, 2024

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1953–54	Dickie Hemric	Wake Forest	C	Junior	[2]
1954–55	Dickie Hemric (2)	Wake Forest	C	Senior	[7]
1955–56	Ronnie Shavlik	NC State	C	Senior	[8]
1956–57	Lennie Rosenbluth*	North Carolina	PF	Senior	[9]
1957–58	Pete Brennan	North Carolina	SF	Senior	[10]
1958–59	Lou Pucillo	NC State	PG	Senior	[11]
1959–60	Lee Shaffer	North Carolina	PF / C	Senior	[12]
1960–61	Len Chappell	Wake Forest	PF / C	Junior	[13]
1961–62	Len Chappell (2)	Wake Forest	PF / C	Senior	[13]
1962–63	Art Heyman*	Duke	SG / SF	Senior	[14]
1963–64	Jeff Mullins	Duke	SF	Senior	[15]
1964–65	Billy Cunningham	North Carolina	G / F	Senior	[16]
1965–66	Steve Vacendak	Duke	PG	Senior	[17]
1966–67	Larry Miller	North Carolina	SG	Junior	[18]
1967–68	Larry Miller (2)	North Carolina	SG	Senior	[18]
1968–69	John Roche	South Carolina	PG / SG	Sophomore	[19]
1969–70	John Roche (2)	South Carolina	PG / SG	Junior	[20]
1970–71	Charlie Davis	Wake Forest	G	Senior	[21]
1971–72	Barry Parkhill	Virginia	SG	Junior	[22]
1972–73	David Thompson	NC State	SG / SF	Sophomore	[4]
1973–74	David Thompson (2)	NC State	SG / SF	Junior	[4]
1974–75	David Thompson* (3)	NC State	SG / SF	Senior	[4]
1975–76	Mitch Kupchak	North Carolina	PF	Senior	[23]
1976–77	Rod Griffin	Wake Forest	PF	Junior	[24]
1977–78	Phil Ford*	North Carolina	PG	Senior	[25]
1978–79	Mike Gminski	Duke	C	Junior	[26]
1979–80	Albert King	Maryland	G / F	Junior	[27]
1980–81	Ralph Sampson*	Virginia	C	Sophomore	[5]
1981–82	Ralph Sampson* (2)	Virginia	C	Junior	[5]
1982–83	Ralph Sampson* (3)	Virginia	C	Senior	[5]
1983–84	Michael Jordan*	North Carolina	SG	Junior	[28]
1984–85	Len Bias	Maryland	SF	Junior	[29]
1985–86	Len Bias (2)	Maryland	SF	Senior	[29]
1986–87	Horace Grant	Clemson	PF	Senior	[30]
1987–88	Danny Ferry	Duke	C	Junior	[31]
1988–89	Danny Ferry* (2)	Duke	C	Senior	[31]
1989–90	Dennis Scott	Georgia Tech	SF	Junior	[32]
1990–91	Rodney Monroe	NC State	SG	Senior	[33]
1991–92	Christian Laettner*	Duke	C	Senior	[34]
1992–93	Rodney Rogers	Wake Forest	SF	Junior	[35]
1993–94	Grant Hill	Duke	SG / SF	Senior	[36]
1994–95	Joe Smith*	Maryland	PF	Sophomore	[37]
1995–96	Tim Duncan	Wake Forest	C	Junior	[38]
1996–97	Tim Duncan* (2)	Wake Forest	C	Senior	[38]
1997–98	Antawn Jamison*	North Carolina	PF	Junior	[39]
1998–99	Elton Brand*	Duke	C	Sophomore	[40]
1999–00	Chris Carrawell	Duke	SG / SF	Senior	[41]
2000–01†	Shane Battier*	Duke	SF	Senior	[42]
	Joseph Forte	North Carolina	SG	Sophomore	[42]
2001–02	Juan Dixon	Maryland	SG	Senior	[43]
2002–03	Josh Howard	Wake Forest	SF	Senior	[44]
2003–04	Julius Hodge	NC State	G/F	Junior	[45]
2004–05	JJ Redick	Duke	SG	Junior	[46]
2005–06	JJ Redick* (2)	Duke	SG	Senior	[46]
2006–07	Jared Dudley	Boston College	SF	Senior	[47]
2007–08	Tyler Hansbrough*	North Carolina	PF	Junior	[48]
2008–09	Ty Lawson	North Carolina	PG	Junior	[49]
2009–10	Greivis Vásquez	Maryland	PG	Senior	[50]
2010–11	Nolan Smith	Duke	PG	Senior	[51]
2011–12	Tyler Zeller	North Carolina	C	Senior	[52]
2012–13†	Erick GreenM	Virginia Tech	PG	Senior	[6]
	Shane LarkinC	Miami	PG	Sophomore	[3]
2013–14	T. J. Warren	NC State	SF	Sophomore	[53]
2014–15	Jahlil Okafor	Duke	C	Freshman	[54]
2015–16	Malcolm Brogdon	Virginia	SG	Senior	[55]
2016–17	Justin Jackson	North Carolina	SF	Junior	[56]
2017–18	Marvin Bagley III	Duke	PF	Freshman	[57]
2018–19	Zion Williamson*	Duke	PF	Freshman	[58]
2019–20	Tre Jones	Duke	PG	Sophomore	[59]
2020–21	Moses Wright	Georgia Tech	PF	Senior	[60]
2021–22	Alondes Williams	Wake Forest	PG	Graduate	[61]
2022–23	Isaiah Wong	Miami	PG	Senior	[62]
2023–24	R. J. Davis	North Carolina	PG	Senior	[63]
2024–25	Cooper Flagg*	Duke	SG / SF	Freshman	[64]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Duke (1953)	19	1963, 1964, 1966, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001†, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2025
North Carolina (1953)	16	1957, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1998, 2001†, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2024
Wake Forest (1953)	11	1954, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2022
NC State (1953)	8	1956, 1959, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1991, 2004, 2014
Maryland (1953)[a]	6	1980, 1985, 1986, 1995, 2002, 2010
Virginia (1953)	5	1972, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2016
Georgia Tech (1978)	2	1990, 2021
Miami (2004)	2	2013†, 2023
South Carolina (1953)[b]	2	1969, 1970
Boston College (2005)	1	2007
Clemson (1953)	1	1987
Virginia Tech (2004)	1	2013†
California (2024)	0	—
Florida State (1991)	0	—
Louisville (2014)	0	—
Notre Dame (2013)	0	—
Pittsburgh (2013)	0	—
SMU (2024)	0	—
Stanford (2024)	0	—
Syracuse (2013)	0	—

• ^a Maryland left the ACC in 2014 to join the Big Ten Conference.^[65]
• ^b South Carolina left the ACC in 1971.^[66]

See also

• Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
• List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams