Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Mountain West Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1999–2000 season, the first year of the conference's existence. As of 2023, no player has received the award multiple times. Two winners of the conference award were consensus national players of the year: Andrew Bogut of Utah (2005) and Jimmer Fredette of BYU (2011).

Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in Mountain West Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	2000
Most recent	Donovan Dent, New Mexico

Among current conference members, San Diego State has the most winners with five, with New Mexico in second place with five and Colorado State in third place with two. Other current conference members with a winner include Air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, San Jose State, and Nevada with one each. The remaining three current all-sports members are yet to have a winner—charter members UNLV and Wyoming, and Grand Canyon, which plays its first MW season in 2025–26. Former conference members BYU and Utah had five and four players who won the award, respectively — both schools left for other conferences in 2011.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national player of the year award: Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Mountain West Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Nick Welch, Air Force, 2004

Andrew Bogut, Utah, 2005

J. R. Giddens, New Mexico, 2008

Darington Hobson, New Mexico, 2010

Jimmer Fredette, BYU, 2011

Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State, 2012

Marvelle Harris, Fresno State, 2016

Caleb Martin, Nevada, 2018

Matt Mitchell, San Diego State, 2021

David Roddy, Colorado State, 2022

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1999–00	Alex Jensen	Utah	F	Senior	[1]
2000–01	Mekeli Wesley	BYU	F	Senior	[2]
2001–02	Britton Johnsen	Utah	F	Junior	[3]
2002–03	Ruben Douglas	New Mexico	PG/SG	Senior	[4]
2003–04†	Rafael Araújo	BYU	C	Senior	[5]
	Nick Welch	Air Force	C	Sophomore	[5]
2004–05	Andrew Bogut*	Utah	PF/C	Sophomore	[6]
2005–06	Brandon Heath	San Diego State	SG	Junior	[7]
2006–07	Keena Young	BYU	G	Senior	[8]
2007–08†	Lee Cummard	BYU	SF	Junior	[9]
	J. R. Giddens	New Mexico	SG	Senior	[9]
2008–09	Luke Nevill	Utah	C	Senior	[10]
2009–10	Darington Hobson	New Mexico	SF	Junior	[11]
2010–11	Jimmer Fredette*	BYU	PG	Senior	[12]
2011–12	Jamaal Franklin	San Diego State	SG	Sophomore	[13]
2012–13	Kendall Williams	New Mexico	SG	Junior	[14]
2013–14	Xavier Thames	San Diego State	SG	Senior	[15]
2014–15	Derrick Marks	Boise State	SG	Senior	[16]
2015–16	Marvelle Harris	Fresno State	SG	Senior	[17]
2016–17	Gian Clavell	Colorado State	SG	Senior	[18]
2017–18	Caleb Martin	Nevada	SF	Junior	[19]
2018–19	Sam Merrill	Utah State	PG	Junior	[20]
2019–20	Malachi Flynn	San Diego State	PG	Junior	[21]
2020–21	Matt Mitchell	San Diego State	SF	Senior	[22]
2021–22	David Roddy	Colorado State	SF	Junior	[23]
2022–23	Omari Moore	San Jose State	PG/SG	Senior	[24]
2023–24	Great Osobor	Utah State	PF	Junior	[25]
2024–25	Donovan Dent	New Mexico	PG	Junior	[26]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
BYU (1999)[a 1]	5	2001, 2004†, 2007, 2008†, 2011
New Mexico (1999)	5	2003, 2008†, 2010, 2013, 2025
San Diego State (1999)[a 2]	5	2006, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2021
Utah (1999)[a 3]	4	2000, 2002, 2005, 2009
Colorado State (1999)[a 2]	2	2017, 2022
Utah State (2013)[a 2]	2	2019, 2024
Air Force (1999)	1	2004†
Boise State (2011)[a 2]	1	2015
Fresno State (2012)[a 2]	1	2016
Nevada (2012)	1	2018
San Jose State (2013)	1	2023
Grand Canyon (2025)	0	—
UNLV (1999)	0	—
Wyoming (1999)	0	—

1. BYU left in 2011 to join the West Coast Conference, and moved from there to the Big 12 Conference in 2023.
2. Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, and Utah State will leave in 2026 for the Pac-12 Conference.
3. Utah left in 2011 to join what is now the Pac-12, and moved to the Big 12 in 2024.