NCAA College Basketball Final Four Most Outstanding Player Winners
Final Four Most Outstanding Player
| Year | Player | College |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Walter Clayton | Florida |
| 2024 | Tristen Newton | Connecticut |
| 2023 | Adama Sanogo | Connecticut |
| 2022 | Ochai Agbaji | Kansas |
| 2021 | Jared Butler | Baylor |
| 2019 | Kyle Guy | Virginia |
| 2018 | Donte DiVincenzo | Villanova |
| 2017 | Joel Berry | North Carolina |
| 2016 | Ryan Arcidiacono | Villanova |
| 2015 | Tyus Jones | Duke |
| 2014 | Shabazz Napier | Connecticut |
| 2013 | Luke Hancock | Louisville |
| 2012 | Anthony Davis | Kentucky |
| 2011 | Kemba Walker | Connecticut |
| 2010 | Kyle Singler | Duke |
| 2009 | Wayne Ellington | North Carolina |
| 2008 | Mario Chalmers | Kansas |
| 2007 | Corey Brewer | Florida |
| 2006 | Joakim Noah | Florida |
| 2005 | Sean May | North Carolina |
| 2004 | Emeka Okafor | Connecticut |
| 2003 | Carmelo Anthony | Syracuse |
| 2002 | Juan Dixon | Maryland |
| 2001 | Shane Battier | Duke |
| 2000 | Mateen Cleaves | Michigan State |
| 1999 | Richard Hamilton | Connecticut |
| 1998 | Jeffrey Sheppard | Kentucky |
| 1997 | Miles Simon | Arizona |
| 1996 | Tony Delk | Kentucky |
| 1995 | Ed O'Bannon | UCLA |
| 1994 | Corliss Williamson | Arkansas |
| 1993 | Donald Williams | North Carolina |
| 1992 | Bobby Hurley | Duke |
| 1991 | Christian Laettner | Duke |
| 1990 | Anderson Hunt | Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 1989 | Glen Rice | Michigan |
| 1988 | Danny Manning | Kansas |
| 1987 | Keith Smart | Indiana |
| 1986 | Pervis Ellison | Louisville |
| 1985 | Ed Pinckney | Villanova |
| 1984 | Patrick Ewing | Georgetown |
| 1983 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston |
| 1982 | James Worthy | North Carolina |
| 1981 | Isiah Thomas | Indiana |
| 1980 | Darrell Griffith | Louisville |
| 1979 | Magic Johnson | Michigan State |
| 1978 | Jack Givens | Kentucky |
| 1977 | Butch Lee | Marquette |
| 1976 | Kent Benson | Indiana |
| 1975 | Richard Washington | UCLA |
| 1974 | David Thompson | North Carolina State |
| 1973 | Bill Walton | UCLA |
| 1972 | Bill Walton | UCLA |
| 1971 | Howard Porter | Villanova |
| 1970 | Sidney Wicks | UCLA |
| 1969 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | UCLA |
| 1968 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | UCLA |
| 1967 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | UCLA |
| 1966 | Jerry Chambers | Utah |
| 1965 | Bill Bradley | Princeton |
| 1964 | Mahdi Abdul-Rahman | UCLA |
| 1963 | Art Heyman | Duke |
| 1962 | Paul Hogue | Cincinnati |
| 1961 | Jerry Lucas | Ohio State |
| 1960 | Jerry Lucas | Ohio State |
| 1959 | Jerry West | West Virginia |
| 1958 | Elgin Baylor | Seattle |
| 1957 | Wilt Chamberlain | Kansas |
| 1956 | Hal Lear | Temple |
| 1955 | Bill Russell | San Francisco |
| 1954 | Tom Gola | La Salle |
| 1953 | B.H. Born | Kansas |
| 1952 | Clyde Lovellette | Kansas |
| 1951 | Bill Spivey | Kentucky |
| 1950 | Irwin Dambrot | City College of New York |
| 1949 | Alex Groza | Kentucky |
| 1948 | Alex Groza | Kentucky |
| 1947 | George Kaftan | Holy Cross |
| 1946 | Bob Kurland | Oklahoma State |
| 1945 | Bob Kurland | Oklahoma State |
| 1944 | Arnie Ferrin | Utah |
| 1943 | Kenny Sailors | Wyoming |
| 1942 | Howie Dallmar | Stanford |
| 1941 | John Kotz | Wisconsin |
| 1940 | Marv Huffman | Indiana |
| 1939 | Jimmy Hull | Ohio State |
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