DBL Most Valuable Player Award

The Dutch Basketball League Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to the most valuable player in the Dutch highest professional basketball league.

The award is given after the regular season and was first handed out in 1974.

Six Dutch players have won the award so far, with Emmanuel Nzekwesi being the last winner in 2021.

Kees Akerboom, Sr. (1980, 1981, 1985) and Leon Rodgers (2005–2007) are the all-time leaders in Dutch MVP awards.

Wilson Washington was MVP in 1982
Mike Reddick (to the right of Aleksandar Đorđević ) won MVP in 1988
Travis Reed won the award in 2004
Leiden's Danny Gibson was MVP in 2010.
Jason Dourisseau won the award in 2011.
Arvin Slagter won the award in the 2013–14 season.
Worthy de Jong was the Most Valuable Player in 2016.
Emmanuel Nzekwesi , winner in 2021.