Estonian Basketball Player of the Year

The Estonian Basketball Player of the Year is an annual award given to the best Estonian basketballer. The award was launched in 1995. Martin Müürsepp has won the award a record seven times.

Until the year 2000 only players who held the Estonian citizenship and had played in the Estonian Basketball League (KML) during the respective season were eligible to compete for the award. Since 2000, the domestic league clause was dropped and Estonian players who played abroad were also added to the vote.

Award winners

Martin Müürsepp has won the award a record seven times.
Kristjan Kangur is the most recent winner.

The following is a list of the Estonian Basketball Player of the Year Award winners.

^ Denotes player who is still active
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has won the award
Year Player Position Team(s) Ref.
1995 Margus Metstak Center Estonia BC Kalev [1]
1996 Martin Müürsepp Forward Estonia BC Kalev
1997 Margus Metstak (2) Center Estonia BC Tallinn
1998 Margus Metstak (3) Center Estonia BC Tallinn [2]
1999 Gert Kullamäe Guard Estonia BC Kalev [3]
2000 Martin Müürsepp (2) Forward Greece AEK Athens
2001 Martin Müürsepp (3) Forward Greece AEK Athens [4]
2002 Martin Müürsepp (4) Forward Russia UNICS Kazan / Russia Dynamo Moscow
2003 Martin Müürsepp (5) Forward Russia Ural Great Perm
2004 Martin Müürsepp (6) Forward Russia UNICS Kazan [5]
2005 Martin Müürsepp (7) Forward Russia CSKA Moscow [6]
2006 Gert Kullamäe (2) Guard Netherlands EiffelTowers [7]
2007 Valmo Kriisa^ Guard Estonia Kalev/Cramo [8]
2008 Tanel Tein Guard Estonia Tartu Ülikool/Rock [9]
2009 Kristjan Kangur^ Forward Estonia Kalev/cramo [10]
2010 Kristjan Kangur^ (2) Forward France ASVEL Basket / Italy Virtus Bologna [11]
2011 Kristjan Kangur^ (3) Forward Italy Pallacanestro Varese [12]
2012 Kristjan Kangur^ (4) Forward Italy Pallacanestro Varese [13]
2013 Kristjan Kangur^ (5) Forward Italy Montepaschi Siena [14]
2014 Kristjan Kangur^ (6) Forward Italy Emporio Armani Milano [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Tulemusi Eestist". Eesti Päevaleht (1996-03-02). Retrieved on 2011-07-02 (Estonian)
  2. ↑ "1998. aasta parim korvpallur on Margus Metstak". neljas.ee (1999-03-01). Retrieved on 2011-07-02 (Estonian)
  3. ↑ "1999. aasta parim korvpallur on Gert Kullamäe". neljas.ee (2000-04-01). Retrieved on 2011-07-02 (Estonian)
  4. ↑ "Parim korvpallur hooajal 2000/2001 on Martin Müürsepp". neljas.ee (2001-06-01). Retrieved on 2011-07-02 (Estonian)
  5. ↑ "Korvpallihooaja parimad". Eesti Korvpalliliit (2004-06-07). Retrieved on 2011-07-02 (Estonian)
  6. ↑ "Korvpallihooaja 2004/2005 parimad". Eesti Korvpalliliit (2005-06-09). Retrieved on 2011-07-02 (Estonian)
  7. ↑ "Korvpallihooaja 2005/2006 parimad". Eesti Korvpalliliit (2006-06-01). Retrieved on 2011-07-02 (Estonian)
  8. ↑ "Korvpallihooaja 2006/2007 parimad". Eesti Korvpalliliit (2007-06-05). Retrieved on 2011-07-02 (Estonian)
  9. ↑ "Korvpallihooaja 2007/2008 parimad ". Eesti Korvpalliliit (2008-06-04). Retrieved on 2011-07-02 (Estonian)
  10. ↑ "Kristjan Kangur". Eesti Spordi Biograafiline Leksikon. Retrieved on 2012-03-04 (Estonian)
  11. ↑ "Hooaja parimad". Eesti Korvpalliliit (2010-06-03). Retrieved on 2011-07-02 (Estonian)
  12. ↑ "Hooaja parimad 2010/2011". Eesti Korvpalliliit (2011-06-01). Retrieved on 2011-07-02 (Estonian)
  13. ↑ "Kangur valiti neljandat aastat järjest Eesti parimaks meeskorvpalluriks". Eesti Korvpalliliit (2012-06-05). Retrieved on 2012-06-06 (Estonian)
  14. ↑ "Eesti parimateks korvpalluriteks valiti Kangur ja Anderson". Eesti Korvpalliliit (2013-05-24). Retrieved on 2013-05-27 (Estonian)
  15. ↑ "Eesti Korvpalliliit lõpetas hooaja ning tunnustas parimaid". Eesti Korvpalliliit (2014-06-05). Retrieved on 2014-06-06 (Estonian)