NBL Most Valuable Player Award

The National Basketball League Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the 1979 NBL season.

At the conclusion of each NBL game, both coaches award votes to the best players from that game. Each coach has 10 votes to allocate, with no more than 5 to be awarded to one player by each coach.

At the end of each season, the player(s) with the most votes is awarded the NBL Most Valuable Player for that season.

The award has recently become known as the Andrew Gaze Trophy.

Winners

Year Player Nationality Team 1979 Ken Richardson  Australia West Adelaide Bearcats 1980 Rocky Smith  United States St. Kilda Saints 1981 Mike Jones  Australia Illawarra Hawks 1982 Al Green  United States West Adelaide Bearcats 1983 Owen Wells  United States Sydney Supersonics 1984 Leroy Loggins  United States Brisbane Bullets 1985 Ray Borner  Australia Coburg Giants 1986 Leroy Loggins  United States Brisbane Bullets 1987 Mark Davis Leroy Loggins  Australia  United States Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Bullets 1988 Joe Hurst  United States Hobart Devils 1989 Scott Fisher  United States North Melbourne Giants 1990 Derek Rucker  United States Brisbane Bullets 1991 Andrew Gaze  Australia Melbourne Tigers 1992 Scott Fisher Andrew Gaze  United States  Australia North Melbourne Giants Melbourne Tigers 1993 Robert Rose  United States South East Melbourne Magic 1994 Andrew Gaze  Australia Melbourne Tigers 1995 Andrew Gaze  Australia Melbourne Tigers 1996 Andrew Gaze  Australia Melbourne Tigers 1997 Andrew Gaze  Australia Melbourne Tigers 1998 Andrew Gaze  Australia Melbourne Tigers 1998–99 Steve Woodberry  United States Brisbane Bullets 1999–00 Paul Rogers  Australia Perth Wildcats 2000–01 Robert Rose  United States Townsville Crocodiles 2001–02 Mark Bradtke  Australia Melbourne Tigers 2002–03 Chris Williams  United States Sydney Kings 2003–04 Matthew Nielsen  Australia Sydney Kings 2004–05 Brian Wethers  United States Hunter Pirates 2005–06 Chris Anstey  Australia Melbourne Tigers 2006–07 Sam Mackinnon  Australia Brisbane Bullets 2007–08 Chris Anstey  Australia Melbourne Tigers 2008–09 Kirk Penney  New Zealand New Zealand Breakers 2009–10 Corey Williams  United States Townsville Crocodiles 2010–11 Gary Ervin  United States Wollongong Hawks 2011–12 Kevin Lisch  United States Perth Wildcats 2012–13 Cedric Jackson  United States New Zealand Breakers 2013–14 Rotnei Clarke  United States Wollongong Hawks 2014–15 Brian Conklin  United States Townsville Crocodiles Multiple winners The following players have won the NBL Most Valuable Player award multiple times. Medals Player Team Seasons 7 Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 3 Leroy Loggins Brisbane Bullets 1984, 1986, 1987 2 Scott Fisher North Melbourne Giants 1989, 1992 Robert Rose South East Melbourne Magic, Townsville Crocodiles 1993, 2000–01 Chris Anstey Melbourne Tigers 2005–06, 2007–08 See also List of National Basketball League (Australia) awards New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Award NBL Most Valuable Player Award 1979: Richardson 1980: Smith 1981: Jones 1982: Green 1983: Wells 1984: Loggins 1985: Borner 1986: Loggins 1987: Davis & Loggins 1988: Hurst 1989: Fisher 1990: Rucker 1991: Gaze 1992: Fisher & Gaze 1993: Rose 1994: Gaze 1995: Gaze 1996: Gaze 1997: Gaze 1998: Gaze 1999: Woodberry 2000: Rogers 2001: Rose 2002: Bradtke 2003: Ch. Williams 2004: Nielsen 2005: Wethers 2006: Anstey 2007: Mackinnon 2008: Anstey 2009: Penney 2010: Co. Williams 2011: Ervin 2012: Lisch 2013: Jackson 2014: Clarke 2015: Conklin