The Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year is a basketball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding freshman player. The award was first given following the 1985–86 season.
Indiana has the record for the most winners with twelve.
Key †Co-Freshman of the Year *Declared for NBA draft after freshman year
Winners
SeasonPlayerSchool Reference 1985–86 Michigan 1986–87 Indiana 1987–88 Indiana 1988–89 Indiana 1989–90 Ohio State 1990–91 Indiana 1991–92 Michigan 1992–93 Ohio State 1993–94 Iowa 1994–95 Michigan 1995–96 Wisconsin 1996–97 Indiana 1997–98 Ohio State 1998–99 Illinois 1999–00† Illinois Michigan 2000–01 Indiana 2001–02 Minnesota 2002–03 Michigan 2003–04 * Minnesota 2004–05 Indiana 2005–06 Penn State 2006–07 * Ohio State 2007–08 * Indiana 2008–09 Ohio State 2009–10 Illinois 2010–11 Ohio State 2011–12 Indiana 2012–13 Michigan State 2013–14 * Indiana 2014–15 * Ohio State 2015–16 Wisconsin 2016–17 Michigan State 2017–18 * Michigan State 2018–19 * Michigan 2019–20 Illinois 2020–21 Michigan 2021–22 * Ohio State 2022–23 * Indiana 2023–24† Indiana Iowa 2024–25 * Maryland 2025–26 * Illinois
Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years Indiana (1900) 12 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2023, 2024† Ohio State (1912) 8 1990, 1993, 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2022 Michigan (1896) 7 1986, 1992, 1995, 2000†, 2003, 2019, 2021 Illinois (1896) 5 1999, 2000†, 2010, 2020, 2026 Michigan State (1953) 3 2013, 2017, 2018 Iowa (1900) 2 1994, 2024† Minnesota (1896) 2 2002, 2004 Wisconsin (1896) 2 1996, 2016 Maryland (2014) 1 2025 Penn State (1993) 1 2006 Nebraska (2011) 0 — Northwestern (1896) 0 — Oregon (2024) 0 — Purdue (1896) 0 — Rutgers (2014) 0 — UCLA (2024) 0 — USC (2024) 0 — Washington (2024) 0 —
Footnotes During the 1986-1987 season Garrett was not a freshman but was a junior college transfer. Webber's selection was later vacated as a result of sanctions due to NCAA violations.
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