ACB Best Young Player

ACB Best Young Player, previously known as the ACB Rising Star award from 2005 to 2013, is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. The award has been given since the 2004–05 ACB season.

Currently, to be eligible for the award, players must be 22 years old or younger, and must have played in at least half of the league's games during the season, with an average playing time per game of at least 10 minutes.[1] An All-ACB Best Young Players Team is also chosen.

Rising Star award winners (2004–13)

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Rising Star award winners.

Season Player Team
2004–05 Sergio Rodríguez Adecco Estudiantes
2005–06 Carlos Suárez Adecco Estudiantes
2006–07 Ricky Rubio DKV Joventut
2007–08 Mirza Teletović TAU Cerámica
2008–09 Brad Oleson Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada
2009–10 Richard Hendrix CB Granada
2010–11 Gustavo Ayón Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
2011–12 Micah Downs Assignia Manresa
2012–13 Salah Mejri Blu:sens Monbús

Best Young Player award winners (2013–present)

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Best Young Player award winners.

Season Player Team Ref.
2013–14 Guillem Vives FIATC Joventut [2]
2014–15 Dani Díez Gipuzkoa Basket [3]
2015–16 Juancho Hernangómez Movistar Estudiantes [4]
2016–17 Luka Dončić Real Madrid [5]
2017–18 Luka Dončić (2) Real Madrid [6]
2018–19 Carlos Alocén Tecnyconta Zaragoza
2019–20 Carlos Alocén (2) Casademont Zaragoza
2020–21 Usman Garuba Real Madrid
2021–22 Joel Parra Joventut Badalona
2022–23 Jean Montero Real Betis
2023–24 Jean Montero (2) MoraBanc Andorra
2024–25 Jean Montero (3) Valencia Basket

All-ACB Best Young Players Team

Season Players Teams
2013–14[7] Guillem Vives FIATC Joventut
Álex Abrines FC Barcelona
Markus Eriksson La Bruixa d'Or
Kristaps Porziņģis Cajasol
Walter Tavares Herbalife Gran Canaria
2014–15[8] Guillem Vives (2) Valencia Basket
Álex Abrines (2) FC Barcelona
Dani Díez Gipuzkoa Basket
Kristaps Porziņģis (2) Baloncesto Sevilla
Willy Hernangómez Baloncesto Sevilla
2015–16[9] Ludde Håkanson Baloncesto Sevilla
Luka Dončić Real Madrid
Santiago Yusta Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro
Juancho Hernangómez Movistar Estudiantes
Willy Hernangómez (2) Real Madrid
2016–17[10] Luka Dončić (2) Real Madrid
Alberto Abalde Divina Seguros Joventut
Rolands Šmits Montakit Fuenlabrada
Sasha Vezenkov FC Barcelona Lassa
Anžejs Pasečņiks Herbalife Gran Canaria
2017–18 Sergi García Valencia Basket
Luka Dončić (3) Real Madrid
Xabier López-Arostegui Divina Seguros Joventut
Jonathan Barreiro Tecnyconta Zaragoza
Simon Birgander Divina Seguros Joventut
2018–19 Carlos Alocén Tecnyconta Zaragoza
Santiago Yusta (2) Real Madrid
Xabier López-Arostegui (2) Divina Seguros Joventut
Vlatko Čančar San Pablo Burgos
Jordan Sakho Baxi Manresa
2019–20 Carlos Alocén (2) Casademont Zaragoza
Nenad Dimitrijević Club Joventut Badalona
Vít Krejčí Casademont Zaragoza
Arnoldas Kulboka RETAbet Bilbao Basket
Usman Garuba Real Madrid
2020–21 Carlos Alocén (3) Real Madrid
Leandro Bolmaro FC Barcelona Lassa
Dino Radončić Acunsa GBC
Yannick Nzosa Unicaja
Usman Garuba (2) Real Madrid
2021–22 Rokas Jokubaitis FC Barcelona
Žiga Samar Urbas Fuenlabrada
Jaime Pradilla Valencia Basket
Joel Parra Joventut Badalona
Khalifa Diop Herbalife Gran Canaria
2022–23 Justus Hollatz Río Breogán
Jean Montero Real Betis
Michael Caicedo Covirán Granada
Khalifa Diop (2) Gran Canaria
Aday Mara Casademont Zaragoza
2023–24 Jean Montero (2) MoraBanc Andorra
Lucas Langarita Casademont Zaragoza
Yannick Kraag Joventut Badalona
Musa Sagnia Baxi Manresa
Juan Fernández Río Breogán
2024–25 Jean Montero (3) Valencia Basket
Mario Saint-Supery Baxi Manresa
Sergio de Larrea Valencia Basket
Hugo González Real Madrid
Thijs de Ridder Surne Bilbao Basket

See also

References

  1. ^ Ya puedes votar el MVP Orange y el Mejor Joven Archived 2014-06-29 at the Wayback Machine; ACB.com, 30 April 2014
  2. ^ "Guillem Vives, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2013-14" [Guillem Vives, Best Young of 2013-14 Endesa League]. acb.com (in Spanish). 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Dani Díez, Mejor Jugador Joven de la Liga Endesa 2014-15" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 19 May 2015. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Juancho Hernangómez, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2015-16" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 May 2016. Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Luka Doncic, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2016-17" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Luka Doncic, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2017-18" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 23 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. ^ Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2013-14 Archived 2014-07-26 at the Wayback Machine; ACB.com, 20 May 2014
  8. ^ Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2014-15 Archived 2015-05-21 at the Wayback Machine; ACB.com, 19 May 2015
  9. ^ Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2015-16 Archived 2016-05-23 at the Wayback Machine; ACB.com, 16 May 2016
  10. ^ "Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2016-17" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.