VTB United League Top Player

The VTB United League Top Player is an annual VTB United League award that is given to one player from each country that is represented by the league's clubs. The award has been handed out since the 2012–13 season, and it is awarded by the player's citizenship, regardless of the player's club's location.^[1]

In the league's countries with just one club, currently six (Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, and Finland), along with Poland in the past, the league itself gives the award. In Russia, which has 10 clubs, Russian news agency TASS (replacing RIA Novosti, from 2014–15), partners with the league to name the top Russian player. In the past, for clubs from Lithuania (three) and Ukraine (two), the league partnered with, respectively, basketnews.lt and basket-planet.com.^[1][2]

Current awards

Top Belarusian Player

The best player from Belarus

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Vladimir Veremeenko	PF	UNICS Kazan	[3]
2013–14	Vladimir Veremeenko (2×)	PF	UNICS Kazan	[4]
2014–15	Artsiom Parakhouski	C	Nizhny Novgorod	[5]
2015–16	Artsiom Parakhouski (2×)	C	UNICS Kazan	[6]

Top Estonian Player

The best player from Estonia

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Tanel Sokk	PG	Kalev/Cramo	[7]
2013–14	Rain Veideman	SG	Kalev/Cramo	[8]
2014–15	Rain Veideman (2×)	SG	Kalev/Cramo	[9]
2015–16	Gregor Arbet	SG	Kalev/Cramo	[10]

Top Kazakh Player

The best player from Kazakhstan

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Anton Ponomarev	PF	Astana	[11]
2013–14	Anatoly Kolesnikov	SF	Astana	[12]
2014–15	Anatoly Kolesnikov (2×)	SF	Astana	[13]
2015–16	Anton Ponomarev (2×)	PF	Astana	[14]

Top Latvian Player

The best player from Latvia

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Kristaps Janičenoks	SF	VEF Rīga	[15]
2013–14	Jānis Blūms	SG	Astana	[16]
2014–15	Jānis Timma	SF	VEF Rīga	[17]
2015–16	Jānis Timma (2×)	SF	Zenit	[18]

Top Russian Player

The best player from Russia

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Victor Khryapa	PF	CSKA Moscow	[19]
2013–14	Semyon Antonov	SF	Nizhny Novgorod	[20]
2014–15	Andrey Vorontsevich	PF	CSKA Moscow	[21]
2015–16	Alexey Shved	SG	Khimki	[22]

Past awards

Top Czech Player

The best player from the Czech Republic

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Petr Benda	C	ČEZ Nymburk	[23]
2013–14	Vojtěch Hruban	SF	ČEZ Nymburk	[24]
2014–15	Jiří Welsch	SF	ČEZ Nymburk	[25]
2015–16	Vojtěch Hruban (2×)	SF	ČEZ Nymburk	[26]

Top Finnish Player

The best player from Finland

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2014–15	Petteri Koponen	SG	Khimki	[27]
2015–16	Petteri Koponen (2×)	SG	Khimki	[28]

Top Georgian Player

The best player from Georgia

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2015–16	Irakli Chlaidze	SG	VITA Tbilisi	[29]

Top Lithuanian Player

The best player from Lithuania

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Mantas Kalnietis	PG	Lokomotiv Kuban	[30]
2013–14	Martynas Gecevičius	SG	Lietuvos rytas	[31]

Top Polish Player

The best player from Poland

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Aaron Cel	PF	Turów Zgorzelec	[32]
2013–14	Damian Kulig	C	Turów Zgorzelec	[33]

Top Ukrainian Player

The best player from Ukraine

Season	Player	Primary position	Team	References
2012–13	Oleksiy Pecherov	C	Azovmash Mariupol	[34]
2013–14	Kyrylo Natyazhko	C	Azovmash Mariupol	[35]