The Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Ivy League's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1974–75 season. There have been six players honored on two occasions: Craig Robinson, Kit Mueller, Jerome Allen, Ugonna Onyekwe, Ibrahim Jaaber and Justin Sears. No player has ever won the award three times.

There have been three ties for player of the year in the award's history: in 1981–82 (Paul Little of Penn and Craig Robinson of Princeton); in 1992–93 (Jerome Allen of Penn and Buck Jenkins of Columbia); and in 2019–20 (Paul Atkinson of Yale and A. J. Brodeur of Penn).

There was no 2021 award because the Ivy League canceled all winter sports for the 2020–21 season, including men's basketball, due to COVID-19 concerns.

Key † Co-Players of the Year* Awarded a national player of the year award that same season: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96)Oscar Robertson Trophy (1958–59 to present) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present) Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Ivy League Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season Player School Position Class Reference 1974–75 Penn PF 1975–76 Princeton PG 1976–77 Princeton SF 1977–78 Penn SF 1978–79 Penn F 1979–80 Brown F 1980–81 Dartmouth SF 1981–82† Penn F Princeton F 1982–83 (2) Princeton F 1983–84 Harvard SF 1984–85 Cornell C 1985–86 Brown C 1986–87 Penn G 1987–88 Yale PF 1988–89 Princeton SG / SF 1989–90 Princeton G 1990–91 (2) Princeton G 1991–92 Princeton SG 1992–93† Penn SG Columbia SF 1993–94 (2) Penn SG 1994–95 Penn SG 1995–96 Penn G 1996–97 Princeton G / F 1997–98 Princeton C 1998–99 Princeton SG 1999–00 Penn PG 2000–01 Columbia SF 2001–02 Penn PF 2002–03 (2) Penn PF 2003–04 Brown PG 2004–05 Penn SG 2005–06 Penn PG 2006–07 (2) Penn PG 2007–08 Cornell PG 2008–09 Dartmouth SF 2009–10 Cornell SF 2010–11 Harvard PF 2011–12 Penn PG 2012–13 Princeton SF 2013–14 Harvard SF 2014–15 Yale SF 2015–16 (2) Yale SF 2016–17 Princeton F 2017–18 Harvard F 2018–19 Yale SG 2019–20† Yale PF Penn PF 2020–21No Ivy League season held due to COVID-19 concerns2021–22 Princeton SF 2022–23 Penn SG 2023–24 Princeton SF 2024–25 Yale PG 2025–26 Yale PF

Winners by school School Winners Years Penn 18 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982†, 1987, 1993†, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2020†, 2023 Princeton 15 1976, 1977, 1982†, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2013, 2017, 2022, 2024 Yale 7 1988, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020†, 2025, 2026 Harvard 4 1984, 2011, 2014, 2018 Brown 3 1980, 1986, 2004 Cornell 3 1985, 2008, 2010 Columbia 2 1993†, 2001 Dartmouth 2 1981, 2009

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