The Southern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Southern Conference's (SoCon) most outstanding player.

Fred Hetzel of Davidson is the only player to have won the award three times (1963–1965).

Sixteen other players have won the award twice, most recently done by Isaiah Miller of UNC Greensboro (2020, 2021).

That season was the first for two separate player of the year awards—one by the Southern Conference men's basketball coaches, and the other by conference media members.

The only current members that have never had a winner are Samford and Mercer.