Year      Winner 
1974-75   Wes Unseld, Washington 
1975-76   Slick Watts, Seattle 
1976-77   Dave Bing, Washington
1977-78   Bob Lanier, Detroit 
1978-79   Calvin Murphy, Houston 
1979-80   Austin Carr, Cleveland
1980-81   Mike Glenn, New York 
1981-82   Kent Benson, Detroit 
1982-83   Julius Erving, Philadelphia
1983-84   Frank Layden, Utah
1984-85   Dan Issel, Denver 
1985-86   Michael Cooper, Los Angeles Lakers
          Rory Sparrow, New York
1986-87   Isiah Thomas, Detroit 
1987-88   Alex English, Denver 
1988-89   Thurl Bailey, Utah 
1989-90   Doc Rivers, Atlanta
1990-91   Kevin Johnson, Phoenix
1991-92   Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers 
1992-93   Terry Porter, Portland 
1993-94   Joe Dumars, Detroit 
1994-95   Joe O'Toole, Atlanta
1995-96   Chris Dudley, Portland 
1996-97   P.J. Brown, Miami
1997-98   Steve Smith, Atlanta
1998-99   Brian Grant, Portland
1999-00   Vlade Divac, Sacramento
2000-01   Dikembe Mutombo, Philadelphia
2001-02   Alonzo Mourning, Miami
2002-03   David Robinson, San Antonio
2003-04   Reggie Miller, Indiana 
2004-05   Eric Snow, Cleveland
2005-06   Kevin Garnett, Minnesota
2006-07   Steve Nash, Phoenix
2007-08   Chauncy Billups, Detroit
2008-09   Dikembe Mutombo, Houston
2009-10   Samuel Dalembert, Philadelphia
2010-11   Ron Artest, Los Angeles Lakers
2011-12   Pau Gasol, Los Angeles Lakers
2012-13   Kenneth Fariad, Denver 
2013-14   Loul Deng, Cleveland 
2014-15   Joakim Noah, Chicago 
2015-16   Wayne Ellington, Brooklyn 
2016-17   Lebron James, Cleveland
2017-18   J.J. Barea, Dallas 
2018-19   Damian Lillard, Portland
2018-19   Damian Lillard, Portland
2019-20   Malcolm Brogdon Indiana
2020-21   No award
2021-22   No award
2022-23   Steph Curry     Golden State
2023-24   CJ McCollum     New Orleans