Oscar Robertson Trophy

Not to be confused with the Oscar Robertson Trophy awarded to the Western Conference champions of the NBA Conference Finals.

The Oscar Robertson Trophy is given out annually to the most outstanding NCAA Division I men's basketball player by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), first presented in 1959.^[1] It is one of the oldest national player of the year awards in college basketball, behind only The Sporting News' award (1943), the Helms award (1944)^[a], and the UPI award (1955). The original name was the USBWA College Player of the Year, but the men's player of the year award has been called the Oscar Robertson Trophy since 1998.^[2][3] It was renamed to honor the college and professional legend, and first-ever recipient, Oscar Robertson.^[3] Five nominees are presented and the individual with the most votes receives the award during the NCAA tournament.^[4]

Oscar Robertson Trophy

Awarded for	the most outstanding NCAA Division I men's basketball player
Country	United States
Presented by	USBWA
History
First award	1959
Most recent	Cooper Flagg, Duke
Website	Official website

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Oscar Robertson Trophy at that point

Winners

Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati, 1959 and 1960

Jerry Lucas, Ohio State, 1961 and 1962

Bill Bradley, Princeton, 1965

Cazzie Russell, Michigan, 1966

Pete Maravich, LSU, 1969 and 1970

Bill Walton, UCLA, 1972 through 1974

David Thompson, NC State, 1975

Phil Ford, North Carolina, 1978

Chris Mullin, St. John's, 1985

Danny Ferry, Duke, 1989

Ed O'Bannon, UCLA, 1995

Tim Duncan, Wake Forest, 1997

Buddy Hield, Oklahoma, 2016

Frank Mason III, Kansas, 2017

Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky, 2022

Zach Edey, Purdue, 2023 and 2024

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1958–59	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati	PG	Junior	[5]
1959–60	Oscar Robertson (2)	Cincinnati	PG	Senior	[6]
1960–61	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State	F / C	Junior	[7]
1961–62	Jerry Lucas (2)	Ohio State	F / C	Senior	[8]
1962–63	Art Heyman	Duke	G / F	Senior	[9]
1963–64	Walt Hazzard	UCLA	SG / PG	Senior	[10]
1964–65	Bill Bradley	Princeton	SF / SG	Senior	[11]
1965–66	Cazzie Russell	Michigan	SG	Senior	[12]
1966–67	Lew Alcindor[b]	UCLA	C	Sophomore	[13]
1967–68	Lew Alcindor[b] (2)	UCLA	C	Junior	[13]
1968–69	Pete Maravich	LSU	PG	Junior	[13]
1969–70	Pete Maravich (2)	LSU	PG	Senior	[14]
1970–71	Sidney Wicks	UCLA	PF	Senior	[15]
1971–72	Bill Walton	UCLA	C	Sophomore	[16]
1972–73	Bill Walton (2)	UCLA	C	Junior	[17]
1973–74	Bill Walton (3)	UCLA	C	Senior	[18]
1974–75	David Thompson	NC State	SG / SF	Senior	[19]
1975–76	Adrian Dantley	Notre Dame	SF	Junior	[20]
1976–77	Marques Johnson	UCLA	G / F	Senior	[21]
1977–78	Phil Ford	North Carolina	PG	Senior	[22]
1978–79	Larry Bird	Indiana State	SF	Senior	[23]
1979–80	Mark Aguirre	DePaul	SF	Sophomore	[24]
1980–81	Ralph Sampson	Virginia	C	Sophomore	[25]
1981–82	Ralph Sampson (2)	Virginia	C	Junior	[26]
1982–83	Ralph Sampson (3)	Virginia	C	Senior	[27]
1983–84	Michael Jordan	North Carolina	SG	Junior	[28]
1984–85	Chris Mullin	St. John's	SF / SG	Senior	[13]
1985–86	Walter Berry	St. John's	PF	Senior	[29]
1986–87	David Robinson	Navy	C	Senior	[30]
1987–88	Hersey Hawkins	Bradley	SG	Senior	[31]
1988–89	Danny Ferry	Duke	PF / C	Senior	[32]
1989–90	Lionel Simmons	La Salle	SF	Senior	[33]
1990–91	Larry Johnson	UNLV	PF	Senior	[34]
1991–92	Christian Laettner	Duke	PF / C	Senior	[35]
1992–93	Calbert Cheaney	Indiana	SF	Senior	[36]
1993–94	Glenn Robinson	Purdue	SF	Junior	[13]
1994–95	Ed O'Bannon	UCLA	PF	Senior	[37]
1995–96	Marcus Camby	UMass	C	Junior	[38]
1996–97	Tim Duncan	Wake Forest	C	Senior	[39]
1997–98	Antawn Jamison	North Carolina	SF	Junior	[40]
1998–99	Elton Brand	Duke	C	Sophomore	[41]
1999–00	Kenyon Martin	Cincinnati	PF	Senior	[42]
2000–01	Shane Battier	Duke	SF / SG	Senior	[43]
2001–02	Jason Williams	Duke	PG	Junior	[43]
2002–03	David West	Xavier	PF	Senior	[44]
2003–04	Jameer Nelson	Saint Joseph's	PG	Senior	[45]
2004–05	Andrew Bogut	Utah	C	Sophomore	[13]
2005–06†	Adam Morrison	Gonzaga	SF	Junior	[46]
	JJ Redick	Duke	SG	Senior	[46]
2006–07	Kevin Durant	Texas	SF	Freshman	[47]
2007–08	Tyler Hansbrough	North Carolina	PF	Junior	[48]
2008–09	Blake Griffin	Oklahoma	PF	Sophomore	[49]
2009–10	Evan Turner	Ohio State	SG	Junior	[50]
2010–11	Jimmer Fredette	BYU	SG	Senior	[51]
2011–12	Anthony Davis	Kentucky	C	Freshman	[52]
2012–13	Trey Burke	Michigan	PG	Sophomore	[53]
2013–14	Doug McDermott	Creighton	SF	Senior	[54]
2014–15	Frank Kaminsky	Wisconsin	PF	Senior	[55]
2015–16	Buddy Hield	Oklahoma	SG	Senior	[56]
2016–17	Frank Mason III	Kansas	PG	Senior	[57]
2017–18	Jalen Brunson	Villanova	PG	Junior	[58]
2018–19	Zion Williamson	Duke	PF	Freshman	[59]
2019–20	Obi Toppin	Dayton	PF	Sophomore	[60]
2020–21	Luka Garza	Iowa	C	Senior	[61]
2021–22	Oscar Tshiebwe	Kentucky	C	Junior	[62]
2022–23	Zach Edey	Purdue	C	Junior	[63]
2023–24	Zach Edey (2)	Purdue	C	Senior	[64]
2024–25	Cooper Flagg	Duke	SG / SF	Freshman	[65]

• ^a The Helms Foundation Player of the Year was first presented in 1944, when the Helms Athletic Foundation announced organization founder Bill Schroeder's player of the year selection for the 1943–44 season as well as his retroactive picks for each season from 1904–05 to 1942–43.^[66] Since all awards from 1905 through 1943 were retroactive, the Oscar Robertson Trophy is only 15 years behind it as a major national player of the year award, not 54 years.^[66]
• ^b Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971 after converting to Islam.^[67]

See also

• List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards
• USBWA National Freshman of the Year