The Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Atlantic 10 Conference's (A-10) most outstanding player. The award was first given following the conference's inaugural 1976–77 season, when the conference was officially known as the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League but popularly known as the Eastern 8. David West of Xavier is the only player to have won the award three times (2001–2003). Four other players (James Bailey, Earl Belcher, Greg Jones and Steven Smith) have won the award twice. Three players have also won the award in the same season that they were named the Naismith College Player of the Year or received the John R. Wooden Award, the nation's two most prestigious men's college basketball awards: Marcus Camby in 1996, Jameer Nelson in 2004, and Obi Toppin in 2020.
As of 2026, Temple has the most all-time winners with 10, but the Owls left for the American Athletic Conference in July 2013. Among schools remaining in the conference beyond 2013, Saint Joseph's and UMass have the most winners, with five each. There have been four ties in the award's history (1983, 2005, 2018, 2024). Three current member schools have had no winners—Fordham, George Mason, and the league's newest member Loyola Chicago, which joined in 2022.
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 A-10 Player of the Year award at that point
Winners
Season Player School Position Class Reference 1976–77 Duquesne PG 1977–78 Rutgers F / C 1978–79 (2) Rutgers F / C 1979–80 F 1980–81 (2) F 1981–82 West Virginia PG 1982–83† Rutgers C (2) West Virginia PG 1983–84 Temple SG 1984–85 Temple C 1985–86 Saint Joseph's SF / SG 1986–87 Temple G 1987–88 Temple PF 1988–89 Temple SG 1989–90 Rhode Island C 1990–91 Rutgers PF 1991–92 UMass PF / C 1992–93 Temple PG / SG 1993–94 Temple SG 1994–95 UMass F 1995–96 * UMass C 1996–97 Temple C 1997–98 Rhode Island PG / SG 1998–99 George Washington PG 1999–00 Temple PG 2000–01 Xavier PF 2001–02 (2) Xavier PF 2002–03 (3) Xavier PF 2003–04 * Saint Joseph's PG 2004–05† Saint Joseph's SG La Salle SF 2005–06 (2) La Salle SF 2006–07 UMass PF 2007–08 UMass SF / SG 2008–09 Saint Joseph's PF / C 2009–10 Richmond PG 2010–11 Xavier PG 2011–12 PF 2012–13 Temple SG 2013–14 Saint Louis SG 2014–15 Davidson PG 2015–16 Saint Joseph's F 2016–17 Richmond F / C 2017–18† PG Davidson SF 2018–19 Davidson G 2019–20 * Dayton F 2020–21 VCU G 2021–22 Davidson PF 2022–23 VCU PG 2023–24† Dayton PF Richmond PG 2024–25 VCU PG / SG 2025–26 Saint Louis C
Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years Temple (1982) 10 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2013 Saint Joseph's (1982) 5 1986, 2004, 2005†, 2009, 2016 UMass (1976) 5 1992, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2008 Davidson (2014) 4 2015, 2018†, 2019, 2022 Rutgers (1976) 4 1978, 1979, 1983†, 1991 St. Bonaventure (1979) 4 1980, 1981, 2012, 2018† Xavier (1995) 4 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011 Richmond (2001) 3 2010, 2017, 2024† VCU (2012) 3 2021, 2023, 2025 Dayton (1995) 2 2020, 2024† La Salle (1995) 2 2005†, 2006 Rhode Island (1980) 2 1990, 1998 Saint Louis (2005) 2 2014, 2026 West Virginia (1976) 2 1982, 1983 Duquesne (1976) 1 1977 George Washington (1976) 1 1999 Butler (2012) 0 — Charlotte (2005) 0 — Fordham (1995) 0 — George Mason (2013) 0 — Loyola Chicago (2022) 0 —
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