LKL Most Valuable Player Award

The LKL Most Valuable Player Award is the annual award that is given by the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL), the top-tier professional basketball league in Lithuania, to its Most Valuable Player of each regular season. The award was presented by LKL for the first time after 1993–94 LKL season. Since 1993–94 LKL season, four players have won the award more than once: Tanoka Beard (4-time winner), Gintaras Einikis, Andrius Giedraitis and Ramūnas Šiškauskas (2-time winners). Lithuanian players won the most MVPs. The MVP is being awarded after regular season, the player is elected by the league.

Lithuanian Basketball League awards
Team award
Individual awards

LKL Season MVPs
† Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
Season Player Position Nationality Team
1993–94†Gintaras EinikisCenter LithuaniaŽalgiris
1994–95†Gintaras Einikis (2)Center LithuaniaŽalgiris
1995–96†Rimas KurtinaitisGuard LithuaniaŽalgiris
1996–97Andrius GiedraitisGuard LithuaniaSakalai
1997–98Andrius Giedraitis (2)Guard LithuaniaSakalai
1998–99N/A———
1999–00Mindaugas TiminskasForward LithuaniaŽalgiris
2000–01Ramūnas ŠiškauskasGuard/forward LithuaniaLietuvos rytas
2001–02†Ramūnas Šiškauskas (2)Guard/forward LithuaniaLietuvos rytas
2002–03†Tanoka BeardForward/center United StatesŽalgiris
2003–04†Tanoka Beard (2)Forward/center United StatesŽalgiris
2004–05†Tanoka Beard (3)Forward/center United StatesŽalgiris
2005–06Darjuš LavrinovičForward/center LithuaniaŽalgiris
2006–07†Tanoka Beard (4)Forward/center United StatesŽalgiris
2007–08Donatas ZavackasForward LithuaniaŠiauliai
2008–09†Chuck EidsonForward/guard United StatesLietuvos rytas
2009–10Egidijus DimšaCenter LithuaniaNevėžis
2010–11Aurimas KiežaForward LithuaniaJuventus
2011–12Jonas ValančiūnasCenter LithuaniaLietuvos rytas
2012–13Gediminas OrelikForward LithuaniaPrienai
2013–14Juan PalaciosForward/center ColombiaLietuvos rytas
2014–15Antanas KavaliauskasForward/center LithuaniaLietuvos rytas
2015–16Vytautas ŠulskisForward LithuaniaVytautas
2016–17Jamar DiggsGuard United StatesJuventus
2017–18Laurynas BirutisCenter LithuaniaŠiauliai
2018–19Martinas Geben[1]Center LithuaniaJuventus
2019–20N/A———
2020–21Elvar Már Friðriksson[2]Guard IcelandŠiauliai
2021–22Ivan Buva[3]Center CroatiaRytas
2022–23Ahmad Caver[4]Guard United StatesWolves
2023–24Ąžuolas Tubelis[5]Forward LithuaniaNeptūnas
Source for the MVPs since the 2009–10 LKL season.[6]

Awards won by club
Country Total
Žalgiris 9
Lietuvos rytas / Rytas 7
Šiauliai 3
Juventus 3
Sakalai 2
Prienai / Vytautas 2
Nevėžis 1
Wolves 1
Neptūnas 1

Awards won by nationality
Country Total
 Lithuania 19
 United States 7
 Colombia 1
 Iceland 1
 Croatia 1

See also

References list
  1. ""Žalgiriui" priklausantis Gebenas – LKL sezono MVP". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (13 May 2021). "Elvar Már valinn mikilvægastur í Litháen". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. "Regular season MVP statuette travels to Vilnius". en.lkl.lt. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  4. "Playoff matchups confirmed as Betsafe-LKL regular season wraps up". en.lkl.lt. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. "LKL sezono MVP – Ąžuolas Tubelis". basketnews.lt. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  6. Vanagas, Tomas. "Kaip klostosi LKL MVP tapusių krepšininkų karjeros?". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 15 May 2019.
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