CBA Most Valuable Player

Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP) is the annual award that is handed out at the end of each Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) regular season to the league's most valuable player. From the league's inaugural 1995–96 season until the 2011–12 season, only Chinese/Taiwanese players were eligible to win the award. Since the 2012–13 season, separate awards for both domestic and international players have been handed out. Domestic players are eligible to win the CBA Domestic Most Valuable Player award, while international players are eligible to win the CBA International Most Valuable Player award.

Award winners

Yi Jianlian, shown here during his NBA days, is a five-time CBA MVP award winner.

Just one Most Valuable Player award was given out at the conclusion of each of the first 17 Chinese Basketball Association seasons. To reflect the league's growing internationalization, however, the honor was split into domestic and International awards as of the 2012–13 season.

Key
Denotes the team won the CBA title in the same season the individual was selected as MVP
CBA Domestic MVP award winners
SeasonPlayerNationalityPositionTeamRef(s)
CBA Regular Season MVP Award (1995–96 to 2011–12)
1995–96Hu Weidong  ChinaPG/SGJiangsu Dragons
1996–97Hu Weidong (×2)  ChinaPG/SGJiangsu Dragons
1997–98Gong Xiaobin  ChinaF/CShandong Flaming Bulls
1998–99Sun Jun  ChinaSFJilin Northeast Tigers
1999–00Wang Zhizhi  ChinaF/CBayi Rockets
2000–01Yao Ming  ChinaCShanghai Sharks
2001–02Liu Yudong  ChinaPFBayi Rockets
2002–03Sun Jun (×2)  ChinaSFJilin Northeast Tigers
2003–04Tang Zhengdong  ChinaCJiangsu Dragons
2004–05Tang Zhengdong (×2)  ChinaCJiangsu Dragons
2005–06 1Mengke Bateer STRIPPED  ChinaCBeijing Ducks
2006–07Tang Zhengdong (×3)  ChinaCJiangsu Dragons
2007–08Zhu Fangyu  ChinaSFGuangdong Southern Tigers
2008–09Mengke Bateer  ChinaCXinjiang Flying Tigers
2009–10Mengke Bateer (×2)  ChinaCXinjiang Flying Tigers
2010–11Mengke Bateer (×3)  ChinaCXinjiang Flying Tigers
2011–12Zhu Fangyu (×2)  ChinaSFGuangdong Southern Tigers
CBA Regular Season Domestic MVP Award (2012–13 to Present)
2012–13Yi Jianlian  ChinaF/CGuangdong Southern Tigers
2013–14Yi Jianlian (×2)  ChinaF/CGuangdong Southern Tigers
2014–15Yi Jianlian (×3)  ChinaF/CGuangdong Southern Tigers
2015–16Yi Jianlian (×4)  ChinaF/CGuangdong Southern Tigers[1]
2016–17Ding Yanyuhang  ChinaSG/SFShandong Golden Stars[2]
2017–18Ding Yanyuhang (×2)  ChinaSG/SFShandong Golden Stars[3]
2018–19Wang Zhelin  ChinaCFujian Sturgeons[4]
2019–20Yi Jianlian (×5)  ChinaF/CGuangdong Southern Tigers
2020–21Wu Qian  ChinaSGZhejiang Golden Bulls
2021–22Hu Jinqiu  ChinaF/CZhejiang Guangsha Lions
2022–23Wang Zhelin  ChinaCShanghai Sharks
2023–24Abdusalam Abdurixit  ChinaSFXinjiang Flying Tigers
Notes
^1 Mengke Bateer of the Beijing Ducks was originally chosen as the 2005–06 CBA Regular Season MVP, but he was later stripped of the honor as a disciplinary punishment for arguing with a referee, which led to a suspension.[5]
CBA International MVP award winners
SeasonPlayerNationalityPositionTeamRef(s)
CBA Regular Season International MVP Award (2012–13 to Present)
2012–13Stephon Marbury  United StatesPGBeijing Ducks
2013–14Lester Hudson  United StatesPG/SGXinjiang Flying Tigers[6]
2014–15Lester Hudson (×2)  United StatesPG/SGLiaoning Flying Leopards[7]
2015–16Michael Beasley  United StatesSF/PFShandong Golden Stars[1]
2016–17Jimmer Fredette  United StatesPG/SGShanghai Sharks[8]
2017–18Courtney Fortson  United StatesPGZhejiang Guangsha Lions[9]
2018–19Darius Adams  United States
 Bulgaria
PGXinjiang Flying Tigers[10]
2019–20Joe Young  United StatesPG/SGNanjing Monkey Kings
2020–21MarShon Brooks  United StatesSGGuangdong Southern Tigers
2021–22Kay Felder  United StatesPGShanxi Loongs
2022–23Dominique Jones  United StatesPG/SGJilin Northeast Tigers
2023–24Jared Sullinger  United StatesPFShenzhen Leopards

See also

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