ACB Best Young Player Award

The ACB Best Young Player Award, previously known as the ACB Rising Star Award, from 2005 to 2013, is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. The award has been given since the 2004–05 ACB season.


Liga ACB awards and honours
Individual awards

Currently, to be eligible for the award, players must be 22 years old or younger, and must have played in at least half of the league's games during the season, with an average playing time per game of at least 10 minutes.[1] An All-ACB Best Young Players Team is also chosen.

Rising Star award winners (2004–13)
Sergio Rodríguez was the Liga ACB Rising Star in 2005.
Ricky Rubio was the Liga ACB Rising Star in 2007.

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Rising Star Award winners.

  • Player nationalities by national team.
SeasonPlayerTeam
2004–05 Sergio RodríguezAdecco Estudiantes
2005–06 Carlos SuárezAdecco Estudiantes
2006–07 Ricky RubioDKV Joventut
2007–08 Mirza TeletovićTAU Cerámica
2008–09 Brad OlesonAlta Gestión Fuenlabrada
2009–10 Richard HendrixCB Granada
2010–11 Gustavo AyónBaloncesto Fuenlabrada
2011–12 Micah DownsAssignia Manresa
2012–13 Salah MejriBlu:sens Monbús

Best Young Player award winners (2013–present)

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Best Young Player Award winners.

  • Player nationalities by national team.
SeasonPlayerTeamRef.
2013–14 Guillem VivesFIATC Joventut[2]
2014–15 Dani DíezGipuzkoa Basket[3]
2015–16 Juancho HernangómezMovistar Estudiantes[4]
2016–17 Luka DončićReal Madrid[5]
2017–18 Luka Dončić (2)Real Madrid[6]
2018–19 Carlos AlocénTecnyconta Zaragoza
2019–20 Carlos Alocén (2)Casademont Zaragoza

All-ACB Best Young Players Team
  • Player nationalities by national team.
SeasonPlayersTeams
2013–14[7] Guillem VivesFIATC Joventut
Álex AbrinesFC Barcelona
Markus ErikssonLa Bruixa d'Or
Kristaps PorziņģisCajasol
Walter TavaresHerbalife Gran Canaria
2014–15[8] Guillem Vives (2)Valencia Basket
Álex Abrines (2)FC Barcelona
Dani DíezGipuzkoa Basket
Kristaps Porziņģis (2)Baloncesto Sevilla
Willy HernangómezBaloncesto Sevilla
2015–16[9] Ludde HåkansonBaloncesto Sevilla
Luka DončićReal Madrid
Santiago YustaRio Natura Monbus Obradoiro
Juancho HernangómezMovistar Estudiantes
Willy Hernangómez (2)Real Madrid
2016–17[10] Luka Dončić (2)Real Madrid
Alberto AbaldeDivina Seguros Joventut
Rolands ŠmitsMontakit Fuenlabrada
Sasha VezenkovFC Barcelona Lassa
Anžejs PasečņiksHerbalife Gran Canaria
2017–18 Sergi GarcíaValencia Basket
Luka Dončić (3)Real Madrid
Xabier López-ArosteguiDivina Seguros Joventut
Jonathan BarreiroTecnyconta Zaragoza
Simon BirganderDivina Seguros Joventut
2018–19 Carlos AlocénTecnyconta Zaragoza
Santiago Yusta (2)Real Madrid
Xabier López-Arostegui (2)Divina Seguros Joventut
Vlatko ČančarSan Pablo Burgos
Jordan SakhoBaxi Manresa
2019–20 Carlos Alocén (2)Casademont Zaragoza
Nenad DimitrijevićClub Joventut Badalona
Vít KrejčíCasademont Zaragoza
Arnoldas KulbokaRETAbet Bilbao Basket
Usman GarubaReal Madrid

See also

References
  1. Ya puedes votar el MVP Orange y el Mejor Joven; ACB.com, 30 April 2014
  2. "Guillem Vives, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2013-14" [Guillem Vives, Best Young of 2013-14 Endesa League]. acb.com (in Spanish). 20 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. "Dani Díez, Mejor Jugador Joven de la Liga Endesa 2014-15" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 19 May 2015.
  4. "Juancho Hernangómez, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2015-16" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 May 2016.
  5. "Luka Doncic, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2016-17" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 May 2017.
  6. "Luka Doncic, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2017-18" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 23 May 2017.
  7. Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2013-14; ACB.com, 20 May 2014
  8. Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2014-15; ACB.com, 19 May 2015
  9. Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2015-16; ACB.com, 16 May 2016
  10. "Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2016-17" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 May 2017.
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