The LNB Pro B Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is an annual professional basketball award that is given by the second tier division in France, the LNB Pro B. It is awarded to the best player in a given regular season. The unified award was introduced in the 2014–15 season, as before there were awards for a French MVP and a Foreign MVP.

Separated awards (1992–2014) edit

LNB Pro B MVP Awards[1]
Year   French Player's MVP Foreign Player's MVP
1992   Patrick Cham (Levallois)   Terence Stansbury (Levallois)
1993   Moustapha Sonko (Sceaux)   Winston Crite (Sceaux)
1994   Bruno Hamm (Strasbourg)   James Banks (Nancy)
1995   Frédéric Hufnagel (La Rochelle)   James Banks (Caen)
1996   Karim Gharbi (Hyères Toulon)   David Booth (Toulouse)
1997   David Condouant (Vichy)   Geoff Lear (Hyères Toulon)
1998   Jimmy Vérove (Brest)   Larry Terry (Mulhouse)
1999   Ahmadou Keita (Strasbourg)   Jarod Stevenson (Strasbourg)
2000   Charles-Henri Grétouce (Bondy)   Elliot Hatcher (Vichy)
2001   Laurent Cazalon (Roanne)   Floyd Miller (Hyères Toulon)
2002   Jean-Philippe Tailleman (Golbey-Epinal)   Rahshon Turner (Vichy)
2003   Cyril Akpomedah (Châlons-en-Champagne)   Mike Jones (Reims / Saint-Quentin)
2004   David Melody (Clermont-Ferrand)   Ondřej Starosta (Saint-Quentin)
2005   Stephen Brun (Brest)   Tyson Patterson (Brest)
2006   Raphaël Desroses (Angers)   Cedrick Banks (Besançon)
2007   Joachim Ekanga-Ehawa (Nanterre)   Jimmal Ball (Vichy)
2008   Adrien Moerman (Nanterre)   Rashaun Freeman (Nantes)
2009   Jimmal Ball (Paris-Levallois)   Errick Craven (Clermont)
2010   Moussa Badiane (Aix-les-Bains)   Teddy Gipson (Pau-Lacq-Orthez)
2011   Philippe da Silva (ALM Évreux)   Nate Carter (Nanterre)
2012   Joseph Gomis (Limoges)   Chris Massie (Limoges)
2013   Mam Jaiteh (Boulogne-sur-Mer)   Jeremiah Wood (Évreux)
2014   Michel Morandais (Châlons-Reims)   Zachery Peacock (Boulogne-sur-Mer)

Unified award (2014–present) edit

 
Zachery Peacock won the award in 2017, while leading his team to the Pro B championship.
^ Denotes player who is still active in the Pro B
* Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
Season Player Position Nationality Team Ref.
2014–15 Davante Gardner   United States HTV [2]
2015–16 Joe Burton   United States ALM Évreux [3]
2016–17† Zachery Peacock   United States JL Bourg [4]
2017–18 Tyren Johnson   United States ADA Blois [5]
2018–19 Brandon Jefferson   United States Orléans Loiret [6]
2019–20
Not awarded 1
2020–21 Parker Jackson-Cartwright   United States Saint-Quentin [7]
2021–22 James Batemon III   United States Tours [8]
2022–23 Mathis Dossou-Yovo   France Saint-Quentin [9]
^1 There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

References edit

  1. ^ Basket News, LNB, 20 years of pro basketball, Calmann-Lévy , October 2007, hardcover, 240 p. (ISBN 978-2-7021-3871-7)
  2. ^ "Davante Gardner élu MVP".
  3. ^ "MVP de Pro B en 2016, Joe Burton nous raconte sa nouvelle vie au Japon". 19 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Zachery Peacock, de MVP de Pro B à meilleur marqueur de Pro A | Basket Europe". 27 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Accueil - Betclic ELITE".
  6. ^ "Orléans Loiret Basket : Brandon Jefferson, élu meilleur joueur de Pro B cette saison". 21 May 2019.
  7. ^ Pascoe, Bruce (June 14, 2021). "Former Wildcat guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright named MVP of France's Pro B league". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  8. ^ "French LNB Pro B Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  9. ^ "Mathis Dossou-Yovo MVP de la saison 2022-2023 de Pro B". bebasket.fr. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

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