LKL Finals Most Valuable Player Award

The LKL Finals Most Valuable Player Award is the annual award that is given by the professional Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL), to the Most Valuable Player of each season's LKL Finals.

Gintaras Einikis was the winner of the first Finals MVP award, in 1994. So far 4 players, Einikis, Arvydas Macijauskas, Tanoka Beard, and Paulius Jankūnas, have won multiple Finals MVP awards. To date, Beard is the only non-Lithuanian player to win multiple Finals MVP awards. The current holder of the award is Edgaras Ulanovas.

LKL Finals MVPs

Ramūnas Šiškauskas was the LKL Finals MVP in 2001.
Marcus Brown was the LKL Finals MVP in 2008.
Chuck Eidson was the LKL Finals MVP in 2009.
Paulius Jankūnas was the LKL Finals MVP in 2011 and 2014.
Mindaugas Kuzminskas was the LKL Finals MVP in 2013.
* Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
** Member of the FIBA Hall of Fame
*** Member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame
dagger Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has received the Finals MVP award
SeasonFinals MVPPositionNationalityClubRef.
1993–94 daggerGintaras Einikis
PF/C
 LithuaniaŽalgiris Kaunas
1994–95 daggerGintaras Einikis (2×)
PF/C
 LithuaniaŽalgiris Kaunas
1995–96 daggerRimas Kurtinaitis
SG
 LithuaniaŽalgiris Kaunas
1996–97
N/A
1997–98
N/A
1998–99
N/A
1999–00Eurelijus Žukauskas
C
 LithuaniaŽalgiris Kaunas
2000–01Ramūnas Šiškauskas
SG/SF
 LithuaniaLietuvos rytas Vilnius
2001–02 daggerArvydas Macijauskas
SG
 LithuaniaLietuvos rytas Vilnius
2002–03Arvydas Macijauskas (2×)
SG
 LithuaniaLietuvos rytas Vilnius
2003–04 daggerTanoka Beard
PF/C
 United StatesŽalgiris Kaunas
2004–05 daggerMindaugas Timinskas
SF/PF
 LithuaniaŽalgiris Kaunas
2005–06 daggerAndrius Šležas
SF/PF
 LithuaniaLietuvos rytas Vilnius
2006–07 daggerTanoka Beard (2×)
PF/C
 United StatesŽalgiris Kaunas
2007–08 daggerMarcus Brown
SG
 United StatesŽalgiris Kaunas
2008–09 daggerChuck Eidson
SG/SF
 United StatesLietuvos rytas Vilnius
2009–10 daggerMartynas Gecevičius
SG
 LithuaniaLietuvos rytas Vilnius
2010–11 daggerPaulius Jankūnas
PF/C
 LithuaniaŽalgiris Kaunas
2011–12 daggerTomas Delininkaitis
SG
 LithuaniaŽalgiris Kaunas
2012–13 daggerMindaugas Kuzminskas
SF
 LithuaniaŽalgiris Kaunas
2013–14 daggerPaulius Jankūnas (2×)
PF/C
 LithuaniaŽalgiris Kaunas
2014–15 daggerArtūras Milaknis
SG/SF
 LithuaniaŽalgiris Kaunas
2015–16 daggerJerome Randle
PG
 UkraineŽalgiris Kaunas[1]
2016–17 daggerEdgaras Ulanovas
SF
 LithuaniaŽalgiris Kaunas[2]
2017–18 daggerBrandon Davies
PF
 United StatesŽalgiris Kaunas[3]

Multi-time winners

PlayerTeam(s)No.Years
Lithuania Gintaras EinikisŽalgiris Kaunas
2
1994, 1995
Lithuania Arvydas MacijauskasLietuvos rytas Vilnius
2
2002, 2003
United States Tanoka BeardŽalgiris Kaunas
2
2004, 2007
Lithuania Paulius JankūnasŽalgiris Kaunas
2
2011, 2014

By player nationality

NumberCountry
16×
Lithuania Lithuania
4×
United States United States
1×
Ukraine Ukraine

By club

NumberTeam
15×
 Žalgiris Kaunas
6×
 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius

See also

References

  1. ↑ Congratulations Jerome Randle on being named...
  2. ↑ "LKL finalo MVP tapo Edgaras Ulanovas". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sezono uždarymo šventė: LKL titulai byrėjo žalgiriečiams". 15min.lt/24sek. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
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