The Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the men's basketball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) voted as the most outstanding player. It has been presented since the league's first season, 1953–54, by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association, and from the 2012–13 season to the 2015–16 season also presented awards from separate voting by the league's head coaches. The award was first given to Dickie Hemric of Wake Forest, and the coaches' award was first presented in 2013 to Shane Larkin of Miami.
Two players have won the award three times: David Thompson of NC State and Ralph Sampson of Virginia. Hemric, Len Chappell, Larry Miller, John Roche, Len Bias, Danny Ferry, Tim Duncan and JJ Redick have won the award twice.
Key
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" align="center" | †
| Co-Players of the Year
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD;" align="center" |*
| Awarded a national player of the year award:<br />Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79)<br />UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96)<br />Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present)<br />John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
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| align="center" | M
| ACC media's selection (2013–2016)
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| align="center" | C
| ACC coaches' selection (2013–2016)
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| Player (X)
| Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the ACC Player of the Year award at that point
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Winners
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Season
! Player
! School
! Position
! Class
! class="unsortable" | Reference
|- align=center
| 1953–54
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| Wake Forest
| C
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|- align=center
| 1955–56
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| NC State
| C
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|- align=center
| 1956–57
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD;" | *
| North Carolina
| PF
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|- align=center
| 1957–58
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| North Carolina
| SF
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|- align=center
| 1958–59
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| NC State
| PG
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|- align=center
| 1959–60
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| North Carolina
| PF / C
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|- align=center
| 1960–61
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| Wake Forest
| PF / C
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|- align=center
| 1961–62
| (2)
| Wake Forest
| PF / C
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|- align=center
| 1963–64
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| Duke
| SF
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|- align=center
| 1964–65
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| North Carolina
| G / F
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|- align=center
| 1965–66
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| Duke
| PG
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|- align=center
| 1966–67
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| North Carolina
| SG
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|- align=center
| 1967–68
| (2)
| North Carolina
| SG
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|- align=center
| 1969–70
| (2)
| South Carolina
| PG / SG
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|- align=center
| 1970–71
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| Wake Forest
| G
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|- align=center
| 1971–72
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| Virginia
| SG
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|- align=center
| 1972–73
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| NC State
| SG / SF
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|- align=center
| 1976–77
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| Wake Forest
| PF
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|- align=center
| 1977–78
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" |*
| North Carolina
| PG
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|- align=center
| 1978–79
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| Duke
| C
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|- align=center
| 1979–80
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| Maryland
| G / F
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|- align=center
| 1980–81
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | *
| Virginia
| C
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|- align=center
| 1984–85
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| Maryland
| SF
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|- align=center
| 1985–86
| (2)
| Maryland
| SF
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|- align=center
| 1987–88
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| Duke
| C
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|- align=center
| 1988–89
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | * (2)
| Duke
| C
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|- align=center
| 1990–91
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| NC State
| SG
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|- align=center
| 1991–92
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | *
| |Duke
| C
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|- align=center
| 1992–93
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| Wake Forest
| SF
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|- align=center
| 1993–94
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| Duke
| SG / SF
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|- align=center
| 1994–95
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | *
| Maryland
| PF
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|- align=center
| 1995–96
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| Wake Forest
| C
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|- align=center
| 1996–97
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | * (2)
| Wake Forest
| C
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|- align=center
| 1998–99
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | *
| Duke
| C
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|- align=center
| 1999–00
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| Duke
| SG / SF
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|- align=center
| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" rowspan=2| 2000–01<sup>†</sup>
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | *
| Duke
| SF
|
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|- align=center
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| North Carolina
| SG
|
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|- align=center
| 2002–03
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| Wake Forest
| SF
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|- align=center
| 2003–04
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| NC State
| G/F
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|- align=center
| 2004–05
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| Duke
| SG
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|- align=center
| 2005–06
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | * (2)
| Duke
| SG
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|- align=center
| 2007–08
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | *
| North Carolina
| PF
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|- align=center
| 2008–09
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| North Carolina
| PG
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|- align=center
| 2009–10
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| Maryland
| PG
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|- align=center
| 2010–11
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| Duke
| PG
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|- align=center
| 2011–12
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| North Carolina
| C
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|- align=center
| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" rowspan=2| 2012–13<sup>†</sup>
| <sup>M</sup>
| Virginia Tech
| PG
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|- align=center
| 2014–15
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| Duke
| C
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|- align=center
| 2015–16
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| Virginia
| SG
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|- align=center
| 2016–17
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| North Carolina
| SF
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|- align=center
| 2017–18
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| Duke
| PF
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|- align=center
| 2018–19
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | *
| Duke
| PF
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|- align=center
| 2019–20
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| Duke
| PG
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|- align=center
| 2020–21
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| Georgia Tech
| PF
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|- align=center
| 2021–22
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| Wake Forest
| PG
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|- align=center
| 2022–23
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| Miami
| PG
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|- align=center
| 2023–24
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| North Carolina
| PG
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|- align=center
| 2024–25
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | *
| Duke
| SG / SF
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|- align=center
| 2025–26
| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | *
| Duke
| PF
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Winners by school
{|class="wikitable unsortable"
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! School (year joined) !! Winners !! Years
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| align=center| Duke (1953)|| align=center|20 || 1963, 1964, 1966, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001<sup>†</sup>, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2025, 2026
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| align=center| North Carolina (1953)||align=center|16 ||1957, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1998, 2001<sup>†</sup>, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2024
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| align=center| Wake Forest (1953) ||align=center|11 || 1954, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2022
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| align=center| NC State (1953)|| align=center|8 ||1956, 1959, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1991, 2004, 2014
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| align=center| Maryland (1953)||align=center|6 || 1980, 1985, 1986, 1995, 2002, 2010
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| align=center| Virginia (1953)||align=center|5 ||1972, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2016
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| align=center| Georgia Tech (1978)|| align=center|2 ||1990, 2021
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| align=center| Miami (2004) ||align=center|2 ||2013<sup>†</sup>, 2023
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| align=center| South Carolina (1953)|| align=center|2 || 1969, 1970
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| align=center| Boston College (2005)|| align=center|1 ||2007
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| align=center| Clemson (1953)|| align=center|1 ||1987
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| align=center| Virginia Tech (2004)|| align=center|1 ||2013<sup>†</sup>
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| align=center| California (2024)|| align=center|0 ||align=center| —
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| align=center| Florida State (1991)|| align=center|0 ||align=center| —
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| align=center| Louisville (2014) ||align=center|0 ||align=center| —
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| align=center| Notre Dame (2013) ||align=center|0 ||align=center| —
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| align=center| Pittsburgh (2013) ||align=center|0 ||align=center| —
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| align=center| SMU (2024) ||align=center|0 ||align=center| —
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| align=center| Stanford (2024) ||align=center|0 ||align=center| —
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| align=center| Syracuse (2013) ||align=center|0 ||align=center| —
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- Maryland left the ACC in 2014 to join the Big Ten Conference.
- South Carolina left the ACC in 1971.
See also
- Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
- List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams