The Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the most outstanding men's basketball player in the Sun Belt Conference (SBC).

The award was first given following the conference's first basketball season of 1976–77.

Four players have been selected twice (Terry Catledge, Chris Gatling, Chico Fletcher, and R. J.

Western Kentucky, which left the SBC for Conference USA in 2014, has the most all-time winners with seven.

Among schools remaining in the SBC beyond 2014, South Alabama, the only charter member that has continuously been in the conference, has the most winners with six.