View source for AP College Basketball Player of the Year Award (men)

The '''AP College Basketball Player of the Year''' is a men's college basketball award, given each year to the nation's most outstanding player as voted on by a a panel of AP sportswriters.

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|1961
|Jerry Lucas
|[[Ohio State]]
|C
|-
|1962
|Jerry Lucas (2)
|Ohio State
|C
|-
|1963
|Art Heyman
|Duke
|F/G
|-
|1964
|Gary Bradds
|Ohio State
|F
|-
|1965
|Bill Bradley
|[[Princeton]]
|F
|-
|1966
|Cazzie Russell
|[[Michigan]]
|F
|-
|1967
|Lew Alcindor
|[[Cal-Los Angeles]]
|C
|-
|1968
|Elvin Hayes
|[[Houston]]
|C
|-
|1969
|Lew Alcindor (2)
|Cal-Los Angeles
|C
|-
|1970
|Pete Maravich
|[[Louisiana State]]
|G
|-
|1971
|Austin Carr
|[[Notre Dame]]
|G
|-
|1972
|Bill Walton
|Cal-Los Angeles
|C
|-
|1973
|Bill Walton (2)
|Cal-Los Angeles
|C
|-
|1974
|David Thompson
|[[North Carolina State]]
|G/F
|-
|1975
|David Thompson (2)
|North Carolina State
|G/F
|-
|1976
|Scott May
|[[Indiana]]
|F
|-
|1977
|Marques Johnson
|Cal-Los Angeles
|G/F
|-
|1978
|Butch Lee
|[[Marquette]]
|G
|-
|1979
|Larry Bird
|[[Indiana State]]
|F
|-
|1980
|Mark Aguirre
|[[DePaul]]
|F
|-
|1981
|Ralph Sampson
|[[Virginia]]
|C
|-
|1982
|Ralph Sampson (2)
|Virginia
|C
|-
|1983
|Ralph Sampson (3)
|Virginia
|C
|-
|1984
|Michael Jordan
|[[North Carolina]]
|G
|-
|1985
|Patrick Ewing
|[[Georgetown]]
|C
|-
|1986
|Walter Berry
|[[Saint John's (NY)]]
|F
|-
|1987
|David Robinson
|[[Navy]]
|C
|-
|1988
|Hersey Hawkins
|[[Bradley]]
|G
|-
|1989
|Sean Elliott
|[[Arizona]]
|F
|-
|1990
|Lionel Simmons
|[[La Salle]]
|F
|-
|1991
|Shaquille O'Neal
|Louisiana State
|C
|-
|1992
|Christian Laettner
|Duke
|F
|-
|1993
|Calbert Cheaney
|Indiana
|F
|-
|1994
|Glenn Robinson
|[[Purdue]]
|F
|-
|1995
|Joe Smith
|[[Maryland]]
|C
|-
|1996
|Marcus Camby
|[[Massachusetts]]
|C
|-
|1997
|Tim Duncan
|[[Wake Forest]]
|C
|-
|1998
|Antawn Jamison
|North Carolina
|F
|-
|1999
|Elton Brand
|Duke
|C
|-
|2000
|Kenyon Martin
|[[Cincinnati]]
|F
|-
|2001
|Shane Battier
|Duke
|F/G
|-
|2002
|Jay Williams
|Duke
|G
|-
|2003
|David West
|[[Xavier]]
|F
|-
|2004
|Jameer Nelson
|[[Saint Joseph's (PA)]]
|G
|-
|2005
|Andrew Bogut
|[[Utah]]
|C
|-
|2006
|J.J. Redick
|Duke
|G
|-
|2007
|Kevin Durant
|[[Texas]]
|F
|-
|2008
|Tyler Hansbrough
|North Carolina
|F
|-
|2009
|Blake Griffin
|[[Oklahoma]]
|F
|-
|2010
|Evan Turner
|Ohio State
|F
|-
|2011
|Jimmer Fredette
|[[Brigham Young]]
|G
|-
|2012
|Anthony Davis
|[[Kentucky]]
|C
|-
|2013
|Trey Burke
|Michigan
|G
|-
|2014
|Doug McDermott
|[[Creighton]]
|F
|-
|2015
|Frank Kaminsky
|[[Wisconsin]]
|F
|}

[[category:National Individual Men's Basketball Awards]]