"Success
is peace of
mind which is a
direct result of
self-satisfaction in
knowing you made the
effort to become the best you
are capable of becoming."
The Player of the Year and All American Team members are selected each year by a hand-selected panel of voters. Voters are college basketball experts selected to collectively represent each of the 50 states.
The Awards' National Advisory Board seeds each National Ballot (men's and women's) with the top candidates for each award category. The National Advisory Board is charged with selecting those players who meet the Award criteria as established by the Award's founders. The Award criteria includes that the student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher throughout the candidate's college career. The players who are selected for the Final Ballot are announced prior to the NCAA Tournament and are listed on a ballot that is sent to nearly a 1,000 voters. Voting is opened to the national voting panel prior to the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.
Voters may vote via an online system that allows them to evaluate players up until just after the Third Round of the NCAA Tournament. The official accounting firm of the John R.Wooden Award, Deloitte, tabulates all votes.
Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award Trophy presented to "The Outstanding College Basketball Player in the United States," is given to the player who receives the most points in the annual balloting. A candidate's performance in the regular season, conference tournaments and postseason are taken into account by voters, as is the player's character.
Year | Player | School |
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2020 | Sabrina Ionescu | Oregon |
2019 | Sabrina Ionescu | Oregon |
2018 | A'ja Wilson | South Carolina |
2017 | Kelsey Plum | Washington |
2016 | Breanna Stewart | Connecticut |
2015 | Breanna Stewart | Connecticut |
2014 | Chiney Ogwumike | Stanford |
2013 | Brittney Griner | Baylor |
2012 | Brittney Griner | Baylor |
2011 | Maya Moore | Connecticut |
2010 | Tina Charles | Connecticut |
2009 | Maya Moore | Connecticut |
2008 | Candace Parker | University of Tennessee |
2007 | Candace Parker | University of Tennessee |
2006 | Seimone Augustus | Louisiana State University |
2005 | Seimone Augustus | Louisiana State University |
2004 | Alana Beard | Duke University |
Year | Player | School |
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2020 | Obi Toppin | Dayton |
2019 | Zion Williamson | Duke |
2018 | Jalen Brunson | Villanova |
2017 | Frank Mason III | Kansas |
2016 | Buddy Hield | Oklahoma |
2015 | Frank Kaminsky | Wisconsin |
2014 | Craig McDermott | Creighton |
2013 | Alfonso "Trey" Burke | Michigan |
2012 | Anthony Davis | Kentucky |
2011 | Jimmer Fredette | Brigham Young |
2010 | Evan Turner | Ohio State |
2009 | Blake Griffin | Oklahoma |
2008 | Tyler Hansbrough | University of North Carolina |
2007 | Kevin Durant | University of Texas |
2006 | J.J. Redick | Duke University |
2005 | Andrew Bogut | University of Utah |
2004 | Jameer Nelson | Saint Joseph's University |
2003 | T.J. Ford | University of Texas |
2002 | Jason Williams | Duke University |
2001 | Shane Battier | Duke University |
2000 | Kenyon Martin | University of Cincinnati |
1999 | Elton Brand | Duke University |
1998 | Antawn Jamison | University of North Carolina |
1997 | Tim Duncan | Wake Forest University |
1996 | Marcus Camby | University of Massachusetts |
1995 | Ed O'Bannon | UCLA |
1994 | Glenn Robinson | Purdue University |
1993 | Calbert Cheaney | Indiana University |
1992 | Christian Laettner | Duke University |
1991 | Larry Johnson | UNLV |
1990 | Lionel Simmons | La Salle University |
1989 | Sean Elliott | University of Arizona |
1988 | Danny Manning | University of Kansas |
1987 | David Robinson | United States Naval Academy |
1986 | Walter Berry | St. John's University |
1985 | Chris Mullin | St. John's University |
1984 | Michael Jordan | University of North Carolina |
1983 | Ralph Sampson | University of Virginia |
1982 | Ralph Sampson | University of Virginia |
1981 | Danny Ainge | Brigham Young University |
1980 | Darrell Griffith | University of Louisville |
1979 | Larry Bird | Indiana State University |
1978 | Phil Ford | University of North Carolina |
1977 | Marques Johnson | UCLA |