BAL Most Valuable Player

The Basketball Africa League Hakeem Olajuwon Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Basketball Africa League (BAL) award given to the best player of a given season.

The award is named after all-time great Hakeem Olajuwon.

The award was first handed out in the inaugural season to Walter Hodge.

Fans could vote on a selected pool of players.

Nuni Omot from South Sudan is the only African player to have won the award.

Nuni Omot with the MVP award in 2023. He was the first African player to win the award.