BAL Most Valuable Player


The Basketball Africa League Hakeem Olajuwon Most Valuable Player Award is an annual Basketball Africa League award given to the best player of a given season. The award is named after all-time great Hakeem Olajuwon. The award was first handed out in the inaugural season to Walter Hodge.
From the 2024 season, fan voting was introduced in the process with 25% of the score being determined by online fan votes. Fans could vote on a selected pool of players.
Five different players have won the award thus far.

Winners

SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityClubSelected statistics
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