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NBA Rookie of the Year Award Winners

Take a look back at every Kia Rookie of the Year award winner in NBA history.

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A year-by-year list of the Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Award winners:

2023-24 — Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs (Voting)

2022-23 — Paolo Banchero, Orlando Magic (Voting)

2021-22 — Scottie Barnes, Toronto Raptors (Voting)

2020-21 — LaMelo Ball, Charlotte Hornets (Voting)

2019-20 — Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies (Voting)

2018-19 — Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks (Voting)

2017-18 — Ben Simmons, Philadelphia 76ers (Voting)

2016-17 — Malcolm Brogdon, Milwaukee Bucks (Voting)

2015-16 — Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota Timberwolves (Voting)

2014-15 — Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota TImberwolves

2013-14 — Michael Carter-Williams, Philadelphia 76ers

2012-13 — Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers

2011-12 — Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers

2010-11 — Blake Griffin, LA Clippers

2009-10 — Tyreke Evans, Sacramento Kings

2008-09 — Derrick Rose, Chicago Bulls

2007-08 — Kevin Durant, Seattle SuperSonics

2006-07 — Brandon Roy, Portland Trail Blazers

2005-06 — Chris Paul, New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets

2004-05 — Emeka Okafor, Charlotte Bobcats

2003-04 — LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers

2002-03 — Amar’e Stoudemire, Phoenix Suns

2001-02 — Pau Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies

2000-01 — Mike Miller, Orlando Magic

1999-00 — Steve Francis, Elton Brand, Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls

1998-99 — Vince Carter, Toronto Raptors

1997-98 — Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs

1996-97 — Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers

1995-96 — Damon Stoudamire, Toronto Raptors

1994-95 — Jason Kidd, Grant Hill, Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons

1993-94 — Chris Webber, Golden State Warriors

1992-93 — Shaquille O’Neal, Orlando Magic

1991-92 — Larry Johnson, Charlotte Hornets

1990-91 — Derrick Coleman, New Jersey Nets

1989-90 — David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs

1988-89 — Mitch Richmond, Golden State Warriors

1987-88 — Mark Jackson, New York Knicks

1986-87 — Chuck Person, Indiana Pacers

1985-86 — Patrick Ewing, New York Knicks

1984-85 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls

1983-84 — Ralph Sampson, Houston Rockets

1982-83 — Terry Cummings, San Diego Clippers

1981-82 — Buck Williams, New Jersey Nets

1980-81 — Darrell Griffith, Utah Jazz

1979-80 — Larry Bird, Boston Celtics

1978-79 — Phil Ford, Kansas City Kings

1977-78 — Walter Davis, Phoenix Suns

1976-77 — Adrian Dantley, Buffalo Braves

1975-76 — Alvan Adams, Phoenix Suns

1974-75 — Jamaal Wilkes, Golden State Warriors

1973-74 — Ernie DiGregorio, Buffalo Braves

1972-73 — Bob McAdoo, Buffalo Braves

1971-72 — Sidney Wicks, Portland Trail Blazers

1970-71 — Geoff Petrie, Dave Cowens, Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics

1969-70 — Lew Alcindor, Milwaukee Bucks

1968-69 — Wes Unseld, Baltimore Bullets

1967-68 — Earl Monroe, Baltimore Bullets

1966-67 — Dave Bing, Detroit Pistons

1965-66 — Rick Barry, San Francisco Warriors

1964-65 — Willis Reed, New York Knicks

1963-64 — Jerry Lucas, Cincinnati Royals

1962-63 — Terry Dischinger, Chicago Zephyrs

1961-62 — Walt Bellamy, Chicago Packers

1960-61 — Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals

1959-60 — Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors

1958-59 — Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis Lakers

1957-58 — Wood Sauldsberry, Philadelphia Warriors

1956-57 — Tom Heinsohn, Boston Celtics

1955-56 — Maurice Stokes, Rochester Royals

1954-55 — Bob Pettit, Milwaukee Hawks

1953-54 — Ray Felix, Baltimore Bullets

1952-53 — Don Meineke, Fort Wayne Pistons

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