Karl Malone Award


The Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate power forward. Following the success of the Bob Cousy Award which had been awarded since 2004, the award was one of four new awards created as part of the inaugural College Basketball Awards show in 2015. It is named after Karl Malone, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who played the position. The inaugural winner was Montrezl Harrell of Louisville.

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolClassReference
2014–15Louisville
2015–16Iowa State
2016–17Baylor
2017–18Arizona
2018–19*Duke
2019–20*Dayton
2020–21Gonzaga
2021–22Iowa
2022–23Indiana
2023–24San Diego State
2024–25*Auburn