NABC Player of the Year
The NABC Player of the Year is an award given annually by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to recognize the top player in men's college basketball across the four largest college athletic associations in the United States. The award has been given since the 1974–75 season to National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I basketball players and since 1982–83 to both Division II and Division III players. At the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and two-year schools' levels it has been awarded since 2007–08. The award is voted on by NABC member coaches across all divisions. Through approximately the [1998–99 NCAA NCAA Division I|Division I men's basketball season|1998–99 season], the Division I players were presented with the Eastman Award.
Through the 2024–25 college basketball season, there have been 14 multiple-time winners spanning the four associations. No player who has been a lower division player of the year has transferred to a higher-division school and become a repeat NABC player of the year.
Players of the Year
Two-year schools
Since two-year college players only attend for two years, these players are only either freshmen or sophomores. Afterwards, they move on to four-year universities to finish their last two seasons of NCAA eligibility. The University column reflects which team these players would play for following their two-year college careers.| Season | Player | Two-year school | Position | Class | University | Reference |
| 2007–08 | Mott | G | Ohio State | |||
| 2008–09 | Johnson County | G | Missouri State | |||
| 2009–10 | Howard (TX) | F | Marquette | |||
| 2010–11 | Lincoln (IL) | C | Florida State | |||
| 2011–12 | SUNY Sullivan | PF | Wichita State | |||
| 2012–13 | Northwest Florida State | G | Louisville | |||
| 2013–14 | Hutchinson | G | Arizona | |||
| 2014–15 | Phoenix | G | Loyola Marymount | |||
| 2015–16 | Gillette | F | Oregon | |||
| 2016–17 | Hutchinson | F | UNLV | |||
| 2017–18 | G | Utah | ||||
| 2018–19 | Northwest Florida State | G | Oregon | |||
| 2019–20 | John A. Logan | G | None | |||
| 2020–21 | Mineral Area | F | Bradley | |||
| 2021–22 | South Suburban | G | SIU Edwardsville | |||
| 2022–23 | John A. Logan | G | Missouri | |||
| 2023–24 | South Suburban | G | Cal State Bakersfield | |||
| 2024–25 | Snow | SF | Hawaii |
- Newspapers.com's most recent search results that find mentions of the NABC's player of the year being honored with the "Eastman Award" end in 1999, with Duke's Elton Brand.
- When Dominique Rambo won back-to-back NAIA Division I Player of the Year, Nelson University was known as Southwestern Assemblies of God University.
- On March 25, 2020, Scrubb declared for the 2020 NBA draft while maintaining his eligibility and did not immediately sign with an agent. On April 9, he announced that he would sign with an agent and forgo his remaining college basketball eligibility. Scrubb had previously committed to play for Louisville prior to changing his decision.