ACB Best Young Player Award

The ACB Best Young Player Award, previously known as the ACB Rising Star Award, from 2005 to 2013, is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. The award has been given since the 2004–05 ACB season.

Currently, to be eligible for the award, players must be 22 years old or younger, and must have played in at least half of the league's games during the season, with an average playing time per game of at least 10 minutes.^[1] An All-ACB Best Young Players Team is also chosen.

Rising Star award winners (2004–13)

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Rising Star Award winners.

Season	Player	Team
2004–05	Sergio Rodríguez	Adecco Estudiantes
2005–06	Carlos Suárez	Adecco Estudiantes
2006–07	Ricky Rubio	DKV Joventut
2007–08	Mirza Teletović	TAU Cerámica
2008–09	Brad Oleson	Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada
2009–10	Richard Hendrix	CB Granada
2010–11	Gustavo Ayón	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
2011–12	Micah Downs	Assignia Manresa
2012–13	Salah Mejri	Blu:sens Monbús

Best Young Player award winners (2013–present)

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Best Young Player Award winners.

Season	Player	Team	Ref.
2013–14	Guillem Vives	FIATC Joventut	^[2]
2014–15	Dani Díez	Gipuzkoa Basket	^[3]

All-ACB Best Young Players Team

Season	Players	Teams
2013–14^[4]	Guillem Vives	FIATC Joventut
	Álex Abrines	FC Barcelona
	Markus Eriksson	La Bruixa d'Or
	Kristaps Porziņģis	Cajasol
	Walter Tavares	Herbalife Gran Canaria
2014–15^[5]	Guillem Vives (2)	Valencia Basket
	Álex Abrines (2)	FC Barcelona
	Dani Díez	Gipuzkoa Basket
	Kristaps Porziņģis (2)	Baloncesto Sevilla
	Guillermo Hernangómez	Baloncesto Sevilla
2014–15^[6]	Kevin Pangos	Herbalife Gran Canaria
	Darío Brizuela	Movistar Estudiantes

	Juancho Hernangómez	Movistar Estudiantes
	Ilimane Diop	Laboral Kutxa

References

↑ Ya puedes votar el MVP Orange y el Mejor Joven; ACB.com, 30 April 2014
↑ "Guillem Vives, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2013-14" [Guillem Vives, Best Young of 2013-14 Endesa League]. acb.com (in Spanish). 20 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
↑ "Dani Díez, Mejor Jugador Joven de la Liga Endesa 2014-15" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 19 May 2015.
↑ Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2013-14; ACB.com, 20 May 2014
↑ Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2014-15; ACB.com, 19 May 2015
↑ Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2015-16; ACB.com, 19 May 2015

External links

Spanish League Official Website (Spanish)

ACB Best Young Player Award

Rising Star Award	2005: Rodríguez 2006: Suárez 2007: Rubio 2008: Teletović 2009: Oleson 2010: Hendrix 2011: Ayón 2012: Downs 2013: Mejri

Best Young Player Award	2014: Vives 2015: Díez

Liga ACB

ACB Spanish League Pyramid ACB MVP ACB Finals MVP All-ACB Team ACB Best Young Player ACB Player of the Month ACB contests

2015–16 Liga ACB teams	Baloncesto Sevilla CAI Zaragoza Dominion Bilbao Basket FC Barcelona Lassa FIATC Joventut Herbalife Gran Canaria Iberostar Tenerife ICL Manresa Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Montakit Fuenlabrada MoraBanc Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Real Madrid RETAbet.es GBC Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Universidad Católica de Murcia Unicaja Valencia Basket

Liga ACB seasons	1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Liga ACB playoffs	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Other competitions	Copa del Rey Supercopa

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