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LNB Pro A Best Young Player

The LNB Pro A Best Young Player Award (French: Meilleur Jeune de LNB Pro A) is an annual LNB Pro A award given to the top player under the age of 22 years old.

Antoine Rigaudeau and Victor Wembanyama jointly hold the record for most awards as they both won three awards.[1]

Winners

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Yann Bonato won the award in 1993
 
Guard Evan Fournier won the award in 2011 and 2012
 
Clint Capela was the first Swiss player to win the award in 2014
 
Frank Ntilikina won the award in 2017 and 2018
^ Denotes player who is still active in the Pro A
* Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame or the French Basketball Academy
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
Season Player Position Nationality Team
1982–83 Valéry Demory Guard   France Stade Français
1983–84 Stéphane Ostrowski* Forward   France Le Mans
1984–85 Valéry Demory (2) Guard   France Stade Français
1985–86 Christian Garnier Forward   France Monaco
1986–87 Didier Gadou Forward   France Pau-Orthez
1987–88 Hugues Occansey Forward   France Limoges CSP
1988–89 Jim Bilba Forward   France Cholet
1989–90 Antoine Rigaudeau* Guard   France Cholet
1990–91 Antoine Rigaudeau* (2) Guard   France Cholet
1991–92 Antoine Rigaudeau* (3) Guard   France Cholet
1992–93 Yann Bonato Forward   France Olympique Antibes
1993–94 Alain Digbeu Forward   France ASVEL
1994–95 Alain Digbeu (2) Forward   France ASVEL
1995–96 Fabien Dubos Forward   France Pau-Orthez
1996–97 Frédéric Weis Center   France Limoges CSP
1997–98 Willem Laure Forward   France JDA Dijon
1998–99 Frédéric Weis (2) Center   France Limoges CSP
1999–2000 David Gautier Forward   France Cholet
2000–01 Tony Parker Guard   France Racing Paris
2001–02 Boris Diaw Forward   France Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
2002–03 Pape-Philippe Amagou Guard   Ivory Coast[a] Le Mans
2003–04 Pape-Philippe Amagou (2) Guard   Ivory Coast[a] Le Mans
2004–05 Michael Mokongo Guard   Central Africa[b] Élan Chalon
2005–06 Ian Mahinmi Center   France STB Le Havre
2006–07 Nicolas Batum Forward   France Le Mans
2007–08 Nicolas Batum (2) Forward   France Le Mans
2008–09 Thomas Heurtel Guard   France Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez
2009–10 Andrew Albicy Guard   France Paris-Levallois
2010–11 Evan Fournier Guard   France Poitiers
2011–12 Evan Fournier (2) Guard   France Poitiers
2012–13 Livio Jean-Charles Forward   France ASVEL
2013–14 Clint Capela Center    Switzerland Cholet
2014–15 Petr Cornelie Forward   France Le Mans
2015–16 Frank Ntilikina Guard   France SIG Strasbourg
2016–17 Frank Ntilikina (2) Guard   France SIG Strasbourg
2017–18 Adam Mokoka^ Guard   France BCM Gravelines
2018–19 Théo Maledon Guard   France LDLC ASVEL
2019–20
Not awarded[c]
2020–21 Victor Wembanyama^ Center   France Nanterre 92
2021–22 Victor Wembanyama (2)^ Center   France LDLC ASVEL
2022–23 Victor Wembanyama (3)^ Center   France Metropolitans 92
  1. ^ a b Amagou, born in Maisons-Laffitte, also owns the French nationality.
  2. ^ Michael Mokongo, born in Bimbo, Central African Republic, also owns the French nationality.
  3. ^ There was no awarding in the 2019–20, because the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

Awards by player

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Player Total
Antoine Rigaudeau 3
Victor Wembanyama 3
Alain Digbeu 2
Pape-Philippe Amagou 2
Evan Fournier 2
Frank Ntilikina 2
Frédéric Weis 2

Awards by nationality

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Player Total
  France 35
  Ivory Coast 2
   Switzerland 1
  Central Africa 1

References

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  1. ^ "Victor Wembanyama becomes the youngest LNB MVP ever". Eurohoops. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
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