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Year Team                 Player                   School
2024 Atlanta              Zaccharie Risacher       France
2023 San Antonio          Victor Wembanyama        France
2022 Orlando              Paolo Banchero           Duke
2021 Detroit              Cade Cunningham          Oklahoma State
2020 Minnesota            Anthony Edwards          Georgia
2019 New Orleans          Zion Williamson          Duke
2018 Phoenix              DeAndre Ayton            Arizona
2017 Philadelphia         Markelle Fultz           Washington
2016 Philadelphia         Ben Simmons              LSU
2015 Minnesota            Karl Anthony Towns       Kentucky
2014 Cleveland            Andrew Wiggins           Kansas
2013 Cleveland            Anthony Bennett          UNLV
2012 New Orleans          Anthony Davis            Kentucky
2011 Cleveland            Kyrie Irving             Duke
2010 Washington           John Wall                Kentucky
2009 Clippers             Blake Griffin            Oklahoma
2008 Chicago              Derrick Rose             Memphis
2007 Portland             Greg Oden                Ohio State
2006 Toronto              Andrea Bargnani          Italy
2005 Milwaukee            Andrew Bogut             Utah
2004 Orlando              Dwight Howard            SW Atlanta Christian Academy
2003 Cleveland            LeBron James             St Vincent-St Marys
2002 Houston              Yao Ming                 China
2001 Washington           Kwame Brown              Glynn Academy
2000 New Jersey           Kenyon Martin            Cincinnati
1999 Chicago              Elton Brand              Duke
1998 Clippers             Micheal Olowokandi       Pacific
1997 San Antonio          Tim Duncan               Wake Forrest
1996 Philadelphia         Allen Iverson            Georgetown
1995 Golden State         Joe Smith                Maryland
1994 Milwaukee            Glenn Robinson           Purdue
1993 Orlando              Chris Webber             Michigan
1992 Orlando              Shaquille Oneal          LSU
1991 Charlotte            Larry Johnson            UNLV
1990 New Jersey           Derrick Coleman          Syracuse
1989 Sacramento           Pervis Ellison           Louisville
1988 Clippers             Danny Manning            Kansas
1987 San Antonio          David Robinson           Navy
1986 Clevland             Brad Daugherty           North Carolina
1985 New York             Patrick Ewing            Georgetown
1984 Houston              Akeem Olajuwon           Houston
1983 Houston              Ralph Sampson            Virginia
1982 Los Angeles          James Worthy             North Carolina
1981 Dallas               Mark Aguirre             DePaul
1980 Golden State         Joe Barry Carrol         Purdue
1979 Los Angeles          Erving "Magic" Johnson   Michigan State
1978 Portland             Mycheal Thompson         Minnesota
1977 Milwaukee            Kent Benson              Indiana
1976 Houston              John Lucas               Maryland
1975 Atlanta              David Thompson           NC State
1974 Portland             Bill Walton              UCLA
1973 Philadelphia         Doug Collins             Illinois State
1972 Portland             LaRue Martin             Loyola-Chicago
1971 Clevland             Austin Carr              Norte Dame
1970 Detroit              Bob Lanier               St Bonaventure
1969 Milwaukee            Lew Alcindor             UCLA
1968 San Diego            Elvin Hayes              Houston
1967 Detroit              Jimmy Walker             Providence
1966 New York             Cazzie Russell           Michigan
1965 San Francisco        Fred Hetzel              Davidson
1964 New York             Jim Barnes               Texas Western
1963 New York             Art Heyman               Duke
1962 Chicago              Bill McGill              Utah
1961 Chicago              Walt Bellamy             Indiana
1960 Cincinnati           Oscar Robertson          Cincinnati
1959 Cincinnati           Bob Boozer               Kansas State
1958 Minneoplis           Elgin Baylor             Seattle
1957 Cincinnati           Rod Hunley               West Virginia
1956 Rochester            Shiugo Green             Duquesne
1955 Milwaukee            Dick Ricketts            Duquesne
1954 Baltimore            Frank Selvey             Ferman
1953 Philadelphia         Ernie Beck
1952 Milwaukee            Mark Workman
1951 Baltimore            Gene Melchoiree          Bradley
1950 Boston               Charlie Share
1949 Providance           Howie Shannon
1948 Providance           Andy Tonkovich
1947 Pittsburg            Clifton Neeley

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