| Basketball Africa League awards and honours |
|---|
| Individual awards |
| Honors |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| League | Basketball Africa League |
| Awarded for | Best performing player in the season of the Basketball Africa League |
| History | |
| First award | 2021 |
| Most wins | 4 players (1 each) |
| Most recent | Jo Lual-Acuil, Al Ahly Ly (2024) |
The Basketball Africa League Hakeem Olajuwon Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Basketball Africa League (BAL) award given to the best player of a given season. The award is named after all-time great Hakeem Olajuwon. The award was first handed out in the inaugural season to Walter Hodge.[1]
From the 2024 season, fan voting was introduced in the process with 25% of the score being determined by online fan votes. Fans could vote on a selected pool of players.[2]
Three players have won the award thus far. Nuni Omot from South Sudan is the only African player to have won the award.[3]
- ^ "Zamalek are the champions of the inaugural Basketball Africa League". The BAL. 30 May 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Vote for Your 2024 BAL Most Valuable Player". The BAL. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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