The USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year is an annual award issued by USA Basketball that honors the top American male basketball performer during the year's international competition. Kevin Durant has won the award a record three times (2010, 2016, 2021).
YearWinner Ref1980 Isiah Thomas 1981 Kevin Boyle 1982 Doc Rivers 1983 Michael Jordan1984 Michael Jordan (2) Sam Perkins 1985 Chuck Person 1986 David Robinson 1987 Danny Manning 1988 Dan Majerle 1989 Larry Johnson 1990 Alonzo Mourning 1991 Christian Laettner 1992 1992 Olympic team 1993 Michael Finley 1994 Shaquille O'Neal 1995 Ray Allen 1996 Scottie Pippen 1997 Earl Boykins 1998 Elton Brand 1999 Gary Payton 2000 Alonzo Mourning (2) 2001 Chris Duhon 2002 Reggie Miller 2003 Tim Duncan2004 Sean May Chris Paul 2005 Shelden Williams 2006 Carmelo Anthony 2007 Jason Kidd 2008 2008 Olympic team 2009 James Michael McAdoo 2010 Kevin Durant 2011 Jabari Parker 2012 LeBron James 2013 Aaron Gordon 2014 Kyrie Irving 2015 Jalen Brunson 2016 Carmelo Anthony (2) Kevin Durant (2) 2017 Jameel Warney 2018 Reggie Hearn 2019 Robbie Hummel 2020 No award due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Kevin Durant (3) 2022 Cooper Flagg 2023 Koa Peat 2024 Stephen Curry 2025 Mikel Brown Jr.
See also USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year
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