Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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 from the 2012–13 season to the 2015–16 season also presented awards from separate voting by the league's head coaches. The award was first given to Dickie Hemric of Wake Forest, and the coaches' award was first presented in 2013 to Shane Larkin of Miami.

Two players have won the award three times: David Thompson of NC State and Ralph Sampson of Virginia. 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, while in 2012–13 Erick Green of Virginia Tech and Larkin shared honors. 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).

Key † Co-Players of the Year* Awarded a national player of the year award that same season: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)Oscar Robertson Trophy (1958–59 to present)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

Season Player School Position Class Reference 1953–54 Wake Forest C 1954–55 (2) Wake Forest C 1955–56 NC State C 1956–57 * North Carolina PF 1957–58 North Carolina SF 1958–59 NC State PG 1959–60 North Carolina PF / C 1960–61 Wake Forest PF / C 1961–62 (2) Wake Forest PF / C 1962–63 * Duke SG / SF 1963–64 Duke SF 1964–65 North Carolina G / F 1965–66 Duke PG 1966–67 North Carolina SG 1967–68 (2) North Carolina SG 1968–69 South Carolina PG / SG 1969–70 (2) South Carolina PG / SG 1970–71 Wake Forest G 1971–72 Virginia SG 1972–73 NC State SG / SF 1973–74 (2) NC State SG / SF 1974–75 * (3) NC State SG / SF 1975–76 North Carolina PF 1976–77 Wake Forest PF 1977–78* North Carolina PG 1978–79 Duke C 1979–80 Maryland G / F 1980–81 * Virginia C 1981–82 * (2) Virginia C 1982–83 * (3)Virginia C 1983–84 * North Carolina SG 1984–85 Maryland SF 1985–86 (2) Maryland SF 1986–87 Clemson PF 1987–88 Duke C 1988–89 * (2) Duke C 1989–90 Georgia Tech SF 1990–91 NC State SG 1991–92 *Duke C 1992–93 Wake Forest SF 1993–94 Duke SG / SF 1994–95 * Maryland PF 1995–96 Wake Forest C 1996–97 * (2) Wake Forest C 1997–98 * North Carolina PF 1998–99 * Duke C 1999–00 Duke SG / SF 2000–01† * Duke SF North Carolina SG 2001–02 Maryland SG 2002–03 Wake Forest SF 2003–04 NC State G/F 2004–05 Duke SG 2005–06 * (2) Duke SG 2006–07 Boston College SF 2007–08 * North Carolina PF 2008–09 North Carolina PG 2009–10 Maryland PG 2010–11 Duke PG 2011–12 North Carolina C 2012–13† M Virginia Tech PG C Miami PG 2013–14 NC State SF 2014–15 Duke C 2015–16 Virginia SG 2016–17 North Carolina SF 2017–18 Duke PF 2018–19 * Duke PF 2019–20 Duke PG 2020–21 Georgia Tech PF 2021–22 Wake Forest PG 2022–23 Miami PG 2023–24 North Carolina PG 2024–25 * Duke SG / SF 2025–26 * Duke PF

Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years Duke (1953)20 1963, 1964, 1966, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001†, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2025, 2026 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)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)2 1969, 1970 Boston College (2005)1 2007 Clemson (1953)1 1987 Virginia Tech (2004)1 2013† California (2024)0 — Florida State (1991)0 — Louisville (2014) 0 — Notre Dame (2013) 0 — Pittsburgh (2013) 0 — SMU (2024) 0 — Stanford (2024) 0 — Syracuse (2013) 0 — Maryland left the ACC in 2014 to join the Big Ten Conference. South Carolina left the ACC in 1971.

See also Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams

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