Serbian Basketball Player of the Year

The Serbian Basketball Player of the Year award is established in 2015 to recognize the best basketball player of the year from Serbia. The winners are men's and women's basketball players who have Serbian citizenship, and whose performances with its basketball club and/or national team throughout the year has reached the highest level of excellence. All players with Serbian citizenship, regardless of where they play in the world, qualify for the award. The winners are selected by the Basketball Federation of Serbia.

Serbian Basketball Player of the Year
Sonja Vasić and Nikola Jokić have won the award a record three times.
SportBasketball
Awarded foroutstanding playing performance in a calendar year
LocationBelgrade
Country Serbia
Presented byBasketball Federation of Serbia
History
First award2015
Editions7
First winnerNemanja Bjelica
Ana Dabović
Most wins3 (two-way tie)
Sonja Vasić
Nikola Jokić
Most recentNikola Jokić
Tina Krajišnik

All-time award winners
YearMenWomenRef.
PlayerClub(s)PlayerClub(s)
2015Nemanja Bjelica Fenerbahçe Ülker
Minnesota Timberwolves		 Ana Dabović Ormanspor
Los Angeles Sparks
Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi		 [1][2]
2016Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow Sonja Petrović[lower-alpha 1] USK Praha
Phoenix Mercury		 [1][3][4]
2017Bogdan Bogdanović Fenerbahçe
Sacramento Kings		 Jelena Milovanović[lower-alpha 2] Perfumerías Avenida
UNIQA Sopron		 [1][5]
2018Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets Aleksandra Crvendakić UNIQA Sopron [6][7]
2019Bogdan Bogdanović Sacramento Kings Sonja Petrović[lower-alpha 1] Dynamo Kursk
Spar CityLift Girona		 [8][9][10]
2020No award—No award—
2021 Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets Sonja Vasić Spar CityLift Girona[lower-alpha 3] [11][12]
2022 Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets Tina Krajišnik Galatasaray
Chicago Sky
UMMC Ekaterinburg		 [13]

Multiple winners
NumberPlayersPos.FirstLast
3Nikola JokićC20182022
Sonja Vasić (née Petrović)SF20162021
2Bogdan BogdanovićSG20172019

Special award winners

See also

Notes
  1. Petrović god married in 2019 and changed her surname to Vasić.
  2. Milovanović god married in 2019 and changed her surname to Brooks.
  3. In August 2021, Vasić retired from her basketball career at age 32.

References
  1. "Jelena Milovanović i Bogdan Bogdanović najbolji u 2017!". kss.rs. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. "Nemanja Bjelica i Ana Dabović bez premca u 2015: Velika čast je biti najbolji u zemlji košarke!". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. "KSS: Miloš Teodosić i Sonja Petrović najbolji u 2016!". novosti.rs. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. "KSS: Miloš Teodosić i Sonja Petrović najbolji u 2016. godini". rts.rs. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. "KOŠARKAŠKO SLAVLJE Bogdan i Jelena - stvarno najbolji /VIDEO/". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  6. "KSS DODELIO NAGRADE: Jokić i Crvendakić najbolji u 2018. godini". novosti.rs. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  7. "KSS: Jokić i Crvendakićeva najbolji u 2018". b92.net. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  8. "Sonja Petrović je najbolja srpska košarkašica u 2019. godini". b92.net. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  9. "KSS: Bogdan Bogdanović igrač godine". b92.net. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  10. "Sonja Petrović i Bogdan Bogdanović najbolji u 2019, specijalno priznanje Bulutu!". kss.rs. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  11. "KSS dodelio specijalne nagrade: Nikola Jokić i Sonja Vasić najbolji u 2021. godini". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  12. "KSS: Jokić igrač godine". b92.net. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  13. "KSS i novinari izabrali: Tina Krajišnik i Nikola Jokić najbolji u 2022. godini". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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