NBA Awards
NBA Rookie of the Year
The best first-year player of the regular season, awarded since 1952–53. Three seasons have ended in a tie and produced co-winners. Since 2022–23 winners receive the Wilt Chamberlain Trophy.
| Season | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Cooper Flagg |
| 2024–25 | Stephon Castle |
| 2023–24 | Victor Wembanyama |
| 2022–23 | Paolo Banchero |
| 2021–22 | Scottie Barnes |
| 2020–21 | LaMelo Ball |
| 2019–20 | Ja Morant |
| 2018–19 | Luka Dončić |
| 2017–18 | Ben Simmons |
| 2016–17 | Malcolm Brogdon |
| 2015–16 | Karl-Anthony Towns |
| 2014–15 | Andrew Wiggins |
| 2013–14 | Michael Carter Williams |
| 2012–13 | Damian Lillard |
| 2011–12 | Kyrie Irving |
| 2010–11 | Blake Griffin |
| 2009–10 | Tyreke Evans |
| 2008–09 | Derrick Rose |
| 2007–08 | Kevin Durant |
| 2006–07 | Brandon Roy |
| 2005–06 | Chris Paul |
| 2004–05 | Emeka Okafor |
| 2003–04 | LeBron James |
| 2002–03 | Amar'e Stoudemire |
| 2001–02 | Pau Gasol |
| 2000–01 | Mike Miller |
| 1999–00 | Elton Brand & Steve Francis |
| 1998–99 | Vince Carter |
| 1997–98 | Tim Duncan |
| 1996–97 | Allen Iverson |
| 1995–96 | Damon Stoudamire |
| 1994–95 | Grant Hill & Jason Kidd |
| 1993–94 | Chris Webber |
| 1992–93 | Shaquille O'Neal |
| 1991–92 | Larry Johnson |
| 1990–91 | Derrick Coleman |
| 1989–90 | David Robinson |
| 1988–89 | Mitch Richmond |
| 1987–88 | Mark Jackson |
| 1986–87 | Chuck Person |
| 1985–86 | Patrick Ewing |
| 1984–85 | Michael Jordan |
| 1983–84 | Ralph Sampson |
| 1982–83 | Terry Cummings |
| 1981–82 | Buck Williams |
| 1980–81 | Darrell Griffith |
| 1979–80 | Larry Bird |
| 1978–79 | Phil Ford |
| 1977–78 | Walter Davis |
| 1976–77 | Adrian Dantley |
| 1975–76 | Alvan Adams |
| 1974–75 | Jamaal Wilkes |
| 1973–74 | Ernie DiGregorio |
| 1972–73 | Bob McAdoo |
| 1971–72 | Sidney Wicks |
| 1970–71 | Dave Cowens & Geoff Petrie |
| 1969–70 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1968–69 | Wes Unseld |
| 1967–68 | Earl Monroe |
| 1966–67 | Dave Bing |
| 1965–66 | Rick Barry |
| 1964–65 | Willis Reed |
| 1963–64 | Jerry Lucas |
| 1962–63 | Terry Dischinger |
| 1961–62 | Walt Bellamy |
| 1960–61 | Oscar Robertson |
| 1959–60 | Wilt Chamberlain |
| 1958–59 | Elgin Baylor |
| 1957–58 | Woody Sauldsberry |
| 1956–57 | Tom Heinsohn |
| 1955–56 | Maurice Stokes |
| 1954–55 | Bob Pettit |
| 1953–54 | Ray Felix |
| 1952–53 | Don Meineke |