Korisliiga Most Valuable Player

In the Korisliiga, the top Finnish professional basketball league, two awards are considered the Most Valuable Player award. The first, the Player of the Year, goes to the best Finnish player in the league. The second, is the Best Foreigner (in Finnish, vuoden ulkomaalaisvahvistus).

Legend

Key

Player (X)	Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)

Import Players

Damon Williams won the award twice

Season	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	Ref(s)
1996–97	Lee, KurkKurk Lee		United States	Torpan Pojat
1997–98	Gatewood, JamesJames Gatewood		United States	Torpan Pojat
1998–99	Abraham, FaisalFaisal Abraham		U.S. Virgin Islands	Salon Vilpas
1999–00	Grant, MarcusMarcus Grant		United States	Namika Lahti
2000–01	Williams, DamonDamon Williams		United States	Pyrbasket
2001–02	Cooper, LonnieLonnie Cooper		United States	Espoon Honka
2002–03	Grant, MarcusMarcus Grant (2×)		United States	Espoon Honka
2003–04	Grant, MarcusMarcus Grant (3×)		United States	Kouvot
2004–05	Kisner, TimTim Kisner		United States	Salon Vilpas
2005–06	Lalugba, BoakaiBoakai Lalugba		Liberia[lower-alpha 1]	UU Korihait
2006–07	Fields, JeraldJerald Fields		United States	KTP-Basket
2007–08	Smith, CoreyCorey Smith		United States	Kouvot
2008–09	Nixon, RayRay Nixon		United States	Namika Lahti
2009–10	Moye, A.J.A.J. Moye		United States	Kouvot
2010–11	Williams, DamonDamon Williams (2×)		United States	Tampereen Pyrintö
2011–12	Blue, TimTim Blue	F	United States	KTP-Basket
2012–13	Zeno, MartinMartin Zeno	G	United States	Nilan Bisons
2013–14	Fogg, KyleKyle Fogg	PG	United States	Korikobrat	[1]
2014–15	Arnold, RobertRobert Arnold	SF	United States	Joensuun Kataja

Finnish Players

Teemu Rannikko is a three-times award winner

Season	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	Ref(s)
1986–87	Salmi, MikaelMikael Salmi		Finland	Helsingin NMKY
1987–88	Pehkonen, SakariSakari Pehkonen		Finland	Helsingin NMKY
1988–89	Markkanen, PekkaPekka Markkanen		Finland	Urheilijat
1989–90	Nieminen, PetteriPetteri Nieminen		Finland	Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat
1990–91	Pounds, LarryLarry Pounds		Finland	KTP-Basket
1991–92	Niiranen, PetriPetri Niiranen		Finland	Helsingin NMKY
1992–93	Klinga, Kari-PekkaKari-Pekka Klinga		Finland	Torpan Pojat
1993–94	Niiranen, PetriPetri Niiranen (2×)		Finland	Helsingin NMKY
1994–95	Klinga, Kari-PekkaKari-Pekka Klinga (2×)		Finland	Torpan Pojat
1995–96	Larkio, MarkkuMarkku Larkio		Finland	New Wave
1996–97	Tahvanainen, Mika-MattiMika-Matti Tahvanainen		Finland	Lahden NMKY
1997–98	Riihelä, PasiPasi Riihelä		Finland	Kouvot
1998–99	Rannikko, TeemuTeemu Rannikko		Finland	Piiloset
1999–00	Rannikko, TeemuTeemu Rannikko (2×)		Finland	Piiloset
2000–01	Mäkelä, RoopeRoope Mäkelä		Finland	Espoon Honka
2001–02	Toijala, JukkaJukka Toijala		Finland	Joensuun Kataja
2002–03	Virtanen, PetriPetri Virtanen		Finland	BC Jyväskylä
2003–04	Riihelä, PasiPasi Riihelä		Finland	Lappeenrannan NMKY
2004–05	Riihelä, PasiPasi Riihelä (2×)		Finland	Lappeenrannan NMKY
2005–06	Virtanen, PetriPetri Virtanen (2×)		Finland	Joensuun Kataja
2006–07	Lehtoranta, SamiSami Lehtoranta (2×)		Finland	Joensuun Kataja
2007–08	Koponen, PetteriPetteri Koponen		Finland	Espoon Honka
2008–09	Nikkilä, AnttiAntti Nikkilä		Finland	Tampereen Pyrintö
2009–10	Kotti, TuukkaTuukka Kotti		Finland	Espoon Honka
2010–11	Kaunisto, VilleVille Kaunisto		Finland	Kouvot
2011–12	Lehtoranta, SamiSami Lehtoranta (2×)	PF	Finland	Joensuun Kataja
2012–13	Haanpää, SamuelSamuel Haanpää	SG	Finland	Korikobrat
2013–14	Lehto, AnteroAntero Lehto	PG	Finland	Tampereen Pyrintö	[2]
2014–15	Rannikko, TeemuTeemu Rannikko (3×)	PG	Finland	Joensuun Kataja

Notes

1. Boakai Lalugba also owns the United States' nationality

References

1. "Kyle Fogg MVP". Arizona.247sports.com. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
2. "Lehto, Williams ja Poikola Korisliigan kauden parhaat - Suomen Koripalloliitto ry". Basket.fi. 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2014-06-21.