New Zealand NBL Kiwi MVP Award
# New Zealand NBL Kiwi MVP Award

National Basketball League awards and honors :

Championship :

NBL Trophy :

Individual awards :

Most Valuable Player

Finals MVP

Most Outstanding NZ Guard

Most Outstanding NZ F/C

Rebounding Champion

Coach of the Year

Youth Player of the Year

Kiwi MVP (defunct)

Most Outstanding Guard

Most Outstanding Forward

Scoring Champion

Assist Champion

Defensive Player of the Year

Most Improved Player :

Honours :

All-Star Five

Best Team Free Throws :

vte :

The National Basketball League Kiwi MVP was an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given to the best performing New Zealand player(s) of the regular season. With no MVP award given for the league's first two seasons, in 1984, the league named its first MVP in New Zealander John "Dutchie" Rademakers. The award then went on a six-year hiatus before being brought back in 1991. However, the league did not recognise imports, with only New Zealanders being able to win MVP honours. That was until 2003 when a league-wide MVP award was introduced alongside the Kiwi MVP to allow imports the opportunity to win. In 2019, the Kiwi MVP was not awarded for the first time since 1990.

## Winners

* Denotes players that also won the overall MVP that season.
* Denotes the year a separate New Zealand player won the overall MVP.

| Year | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 1984 | John Rademakers | Canterbury Rams |
| 1985 | N/A | N/A |
| 1986 | N/A | N/A |
| 1987 | N/A | N/A |
| 1988 | N/A | N/A |
| 1989 | N/A | N/A |
| 1990 | N/A | N/A |
| 1991 | Byron Vaetoe | New Plymouth Bulls |
| 1992 | Neil Stephens | Wellington Saints |
| 1993 | Pero Cameron | Waikato Warriors |
| 1994 | Pero Cameron (2) | Auckland Stars |
| 1995 | Pero Cameron (3) | Auckland Stars |
| 1996 | Phill Jones | Nelson Giants |
| 1997 | Pero Cameron (4) | Auckland Rebels |
| 1998 | Phill Jones (2) | Nelson Giants |
| 1999 | Pero Cameron (5) | Auckland Rebels |
| 2000 | Tony Rampton | Nelson Giants |
| 2001 | Phill Jones (3) | Nelson Giants |
| 2002 | Terrence Lewis | Canterbury Rams |
| 2003 | Dillon Boucher | Waikato Titans |
| 2004 | Adrian Majstrovich | Hawke's Bay Hawks |
| 2005 | Lindsay Tait | Auckland Stars |
| 2006 | Casey Frank | Auckland Stars |
| 2007 | Link Abrams | Taranaki Mountainairs |
| 2007 | Paora Winitana | Hawke's Bay Hawks |
| 2008 | Casey Frank (2) | Auckland Stars |
| 2009 | Phill Jones (4) | Nelson Giants |
| 2010 | Thomas Abercrombie | Waikato Pistons |
| 2011 | Alex Pledger | Waikato Pistons |
| 2012 | Nick Horvath | Manawatu Jets |
| 2013 | Lindsay Tait (2) | Wellington Saints |
| 2014 | Corey Webster | Wellington Saints |
| 2015 | Lindsay Tait (3) | Wellington Saints |
| 2016 | Marcel Jones | Canterbury Rams |
| 2017 | Corey Webster (2) | Wellington Saints |
| 2018 | Shea Ili | Wellington Saints |
