The Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the men's basketball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) voted as the most outstanding player. It has been presented since the league's first season, 1953–54, by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association, and beginning in 2012–13 has also been presented in separate voting by the league's head coaches. The award was first given to Dickie Hemric of Wake Forest,[1] and the coaches' award was first presented in 2013 to Shane Larkin of Miami.[2]
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| Awarded for | the most outstanding male basketball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference |
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| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (1954–present) ACC head coaches (2013–2016) |
| History | |
| First award | 1954 |
| Most recent | R. J. Davis, North Carolina |
Two players have won the award three times: David Thompson of North Carolina State and Ralph Sampson of Virginia.[3] Hemric, Len Chappell, Larry Miller, John Roche, Len Bias, Danny Ferry, Tim Duncan and JJ Redick have won the award twice. There have been two ties in the award's history, which occurred at the end of the 2000–01 and 2012–13 seasons: In 2000–01 Joseph Forte of North Carolina and Shane Battier of Duke shared the award;[4] and Erick Green of Virginia Tech and Larkin shared honors in 2012–13. Green and Larkin split the honor in the first year that the ACC began voting for players of the year by the conference's coaches and media separately (the media chose Green while the coaches chose Larkin).[2][5]
Sixteen players have received either the Naismith or Wooden National Player of the Year awards in the same season that they received an ACC Player of the Year award. Duke's Zion Williamson is the most recent player to achieve this (2019). Each of the original 1953 ACC members has had at least one of its players win the award. Five ACC members have not had a winner: Florida State, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse. However, of these schools, only Florida State joined the ACC before 2013.
Key
| † | Co-Players of the Year |
| * | Awarded a national player of the year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present) |
| M | ACC media's selection (2013–2016) |
| C | ACC coaches' selection (2013–2016) |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the ACC Player of the Year award at that point |
Winners
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Winners by school
| School (year joined)[39] | Winners | Years |
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| Duke (1953) | 18 | 1963, 1964, 1966, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001†, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| North Carolina (1953) | 16 | 1957, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1998, 2001†, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2024 |
| Wake Forest (1953) | 11 | 1954, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2022 |
| NC State (1953) | 8 | 1956, 1959, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1991, 2004, 2014 |
| Maryland (1953)[b] | 6 | 1980, 1985, 1986, 1995, 2002, 2010 |
| Virginia (1953) | 5 | 1972, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2016 |
| Georgia Tech (1978) | 2 | 1990, 2021 |
| Miami (2004) | 2 | 2013†, 2023 |
| South Carolina (1953)[c] | 2 | 1969, 1970 |
| Boston College (2005) | 1 | 2007 |
| Clemson (1953) | 1 | 1987 |
| Virginia Tech (2004) | 1 | 2013† |
| Florida State (1991) | 0 | — |
| Louisville (2014) | 0 | — |
| Notre Dame (2013) | 0 | — |
| Pittsburgh (2013) | 0 | — |
| Syracuse (2013) | 0 | — |
- a The "Class" column refers to United States terminology indicating that student's year of athletic eligibility, which usually (but not always) corresponds to the year of study. For example, a freshman is in his first year (of four) of eligibility, followed by sophomore, junior and senior.
- b The University of Maryland left the ACC to join the Big Ten in 2014.[40]
- c The University of South Carolina left the ACC in 1971.[39]