Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

LNB Pro A Best Young Player

The LNB Pro A Best Young Player Award (French: Meilleur Jeune de LNB Pro A) is an annual LNB Pro A award given to the top player under the age of 22 years old.

Antoine Rigaudeau and Victor Wembanyama jointly hold the record for most awards as they both won three awards.[1]

Winners

Yann Bonato won the award in 1993
Guard Evan Fournier won the award in 2011 and 2012
Clint Capela was the first Swiss player to win the award in 2014
Frank Ntilikina won the award in 2017 and 2018
^ Denotes player who is still active in the Pro A
* Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame or the French Basketball Academy
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
Season Player Position Nationality Team
1982–83 Valéry Demory Guard  France Stade Français
1983–84 Stéphane Ostrowski* Forward  France Le Mans
1984–85 Valéry Demory (2) Guard  France Stade Français
1985–86 Christian Garnier Forward  France Monaco
1986–87 Didier Gadou Forward  France Pau-Orthez
1987–88 Hugues Occansey Forward  France Limoges CSP
1988–89 Jim Bilba Forward  France Cholet
1989–90 Antoine Rigaudeau* Guard  France Cholet
1990–91 Antoine Rigaudeau* (2) Guard  France Cholet
1991–92 Antoine Rigaudeau* (3) Guard  France Cholet
1992–93 Yann Bonato Forward  France Olympique Antibes
1993–94 Alain Digbeu Forward  France ASVEL
1994–95 Alain Digbeu (2) Forward  France ASVEL
1995–96 Fabien Dubos Forward  France Pau-Orthez
1996–97 Frédéric Weis Center  France Limoges CSP
1997–98 Willem Laure Forward  France JDA Dijon
1998–99 Frédéric Weis (2) Center  France Limoges CSP
1999–2000 David Gautier Forward  France Cholet
2000–01 Tony Parker Guard  France Racing Paris
2001–02 Boris Diaw Forward  France Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
2002–03 Pape-Philippe Amagou Guard  Ivory Coast[a] Le Mans
2003–04 Pape-Philippe Amagou (2) Guard  Ivory Coast[a] Le Mans
2004–05 Michael Mokongo Guard  Central Africa[b] Élan Chalon
2005–06 Ian Mahinmi Center  France STB Le Havre
2006–07 Nicolas Batum Forward  France Le Mans
2007–08 Nicolas Batum (2) Forward  France Le Mans
2008–09 Thomas Heurtel Guard  France Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez
2009–10 Andrew Albicy Guard  France Paris-Levallois
2010–11 Evan Fournier Guard  France Poitiers
2011–12 Evan Fournier (2) Guard  France Poitiers
2012–13 Livio Jean-Charles Forward  France ASVEL
2013–14 Clint Capela Center   Switzerland Cholet
2014–15 Petr Cornelie Forward  France Le Mans
2015–16 Frank Ntilikina Guard  France SIG Strasbourg
2016–17 Frank Ntilikina (2) Guard  France SIG Strasbourg
2017–18 Adam Mokoka^ Guard  France BCM Gravelines
2018–19 Théo Maledon Guard  France LDLC ASVEL
2019–20
Not awarded[c]
2020–21 Victor Wembanyama^ Center  France Nanterre 92
2021–22 Victor Wembanyama (2)^ Center  France LDLC ASVEL
2022–23 Victor Wembanyama (3)^ Center  France Metropolitans 92
  1. ^ a b Amagou, born in Maisons-Laffitte, also owns the French nationality.
  2. ^ Michael Mokongo, born in Bimbo, Central African Republic, also owns the French nationality.
  3. ^ There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

Awards by player

Player Total
Antoine Rigaudeau 3
Victor Wembanyama 3
Alain Digbeu 2
Pape-Philippe Amagou 2
Evan Fournier 2
Frank Ntilikina 2
Frédéric Weis 2

Awards by nationality

Player Total
 France 35
 Ivory Coast 2
  Switzerland 1
 Central Africa 1

References

  1. ^ "Victor Wembanyama becomes the youngest LNB MVP ever". Eurohoops. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-18.