The Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual award given to the Big South Conference's most outstanding player.

The award was first given following the 1985–86 season, the first year the league conducted basketball competition.

[a] A distinctive recipient of the Big South Player of the Year Award is Tony Dunkin.

Dunkin, a 6'7" (2.01 m) small forward, played for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers from 1989 to 1993 and won the award all four seasons.

[1][2][b] Coastal Carolina, which left the Big South for the Sun Belt Conference after the 2015–16 season,[7] has the most all-time awards with nine and individual winners with five.