Philippine Basketball Association Rookie of the Year award

The Philippine Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) award given to the top rookie(s) of the season. The award was first given in 1976.

List of winners

Key

^	Denotes player who is still active in the PBA
*	Elected to the PBA Hall of Fame
DP #	Draft pick number
DY	Draft year
D	direct hire

Rookie of the Year

Season	Player	Position	Country of birth	Team	School	DP #	DY[lower-alpha 1]
1976	Cortez, GilGil Cortez	Forward/Center	Philippines	Toyota Super Corollas	San Beda	n/a	n/a
1977	Taguines, JimmyJimmy Taguines	Forward/Center	Philippines	Tanduay Rhum Makers	San Beda	n/a	n/a
1978	Manansala, JimmyJimmy Manansala	Forward/Guard	Philippines	Tanduay Rhum Makers	UE	n/a	n/a
1979	Tuadles, ArnieArnie Tuadles	Forward/Guard	Philippines	Tanduay Rhum Makers	UV	n/a	n/a
1980	Generalao, WillieWillie Generalao	Guard	Philippines	Gilbey's Gin Tonics	UV	n/a	n/a
1981	Sison, RafaelRafael Sison	Guard	Philippines	Presto Fun Drinks		n/a	n/a
1982	Saldaña, MarteMarte Saldaña	Guard	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen	FEU	n/a	n/a
1983	Brown, RicardoRicardo Brown*	Guard	United States	Great Taste Coffee Makers	Pepperdine	n/a	n/a
1984	Pearson, WillieWillie Pearson	Forward/Guard	United States	Crispa Redmanizers	Chaminade	n/a	n/a
1985	Austria, LeoLeo Austria	Guard	Philippines	Shell Azodrin Bugbusters	Lyceum	10	1985
1986	Ampalayo, DondonDondon Ampalayo	Forward	Philippines	Ginebra San Miguel	USJ-R	2	1986
1987	Caidic, AllanAllan Caidic*	Guard	Philippines	Great Taste Coffee Makers	UE	1	1987
1988	Lastimosa, JojoJojo Lastimosa	Forward/Guard	Philippines	Purefoods Hotdogs	Ateneo	D	1988
1989	Paras, BenjieBenjie Paras*	Center	Philippines	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	UP Diliman	1	1989
1990	Esplana, GerryGerry Esplana	Guard	Philippines	Presto Tivolis	FEU	9	1990
1991	Quilban, EugeneEugene Quilban	Guard	Philippines	Alaska Milkmen	SSC-R	3	1991
1992	Ravena, BongBong Ravena	Guard/Forward	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen	UE	5	1992
1993	Limpot, JunJun Limpot	Center	Philippines	Sta. Lucia Realtors	De La Salle	1	1993
1994	Victoria, BoybitsBoybits Victoria	Guard	Philippines	Swift Mighty Meaties	San Beda	3	1994
1995	Cariaso, JeffreyJeffrey Cariaso	Guard/Forward	United States	Alaska Milkmen	Sonoma State	6	1995
1996	Aquino, MarlouMarlou Aquino	Center	Philippines	Ginebra San Miguel	Adamson	1	1996
1997	Seigle, AndyAndy Seigle	Center	United States	Mobiline Cellulars	New Orleans	1	1997
1998	Ildefonso, DannyDanny Ildefonso	Center	Philippines	San Miguel Beermen	NU	1	1998
1999	Seigle, DannyDanny Seigle^	Forward/Guard	United States	San Miguel Beermen	Wagner	D	1999
2000	Harp, DavonnDavonn Harp	Center	United States	Batang Red Bull Energizers	Kutztown	D	2000
2001	Caguioa, MarkMark Caguioa^	Guard	Philippines	Barangay Ginebra Kings	Glendale Community College	3	2001
2002	Ritualo, Ren-RenRen-Ren Ritualo	Guard	Philippines	FedEx Express	De La Salle	8	2002
2003	Alapag, JimmyJimmy Alapag	Guard	United States	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	CSU San Bernardino	10	2003
2004–05	Alvarez, RichRich Alvarez	Forward	Japan	Shell Turbo Chargers	Ateneo	1	2004
2005–06	Fonacier, LarryLarry Fonacier^	Forward	Philippines	Red Bull Barako	Ateneo	14	2005
2006–07	Williams, KellyKelly Williams^	Forward	United States	Sta. Lucia Realtors	Oakland	1	2006
2007–08	Reyes, RyanRyan Reyes^	Forward	United States	Sta. Lucia Realtors	Cal State Fullerton	3	2007
2008–09	Norwood, GabeGabe Norwood^	Forward	United States	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	George Mason	1	2008
2009–10	Maierhofer, RicoRico Maierhofer^	Forward	Philippines	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	De La Salle	2	2009
2010–11	Al-Hussaini, RabehRabeh Al-Hussaini^	Center	Philippines	Petron Blaze Boosters	Ateneo	2	2010
2011–12	Lee, PaulPaul Lee^	Guard	Philippines	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	UE	2	2011
2012–13	Abueva, CalvinCalvin Abueva^	Guard	Philippines	Alaska Aces	SSC-R	2	2012
2013–14	Slaughter, GregGreg Slaughter^	Center	United States	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Ateneo	1	2013
2014–15	Pringle, StanleyStanley Pringle^	Guard	United States	GlobalPort Batang Pier	Penn State	1	2014
2015–16	Newsome, ChrisChris Newsome^	Guard	United States	Meralco Bolts	Ateneo	4	2015

Notes

1. The PBA draft was instituted in 1985