List of NCAA Basketball Tournament MOPs (Most Outstanding Players)
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The award of Most Outstanding Player is given to the best player of the final fours. Associated Press decides the winner of the award and reveals the name at the end of the tournament. Jimmy Hull, of Ohio State was named the first MOP in 1939 while Kentucky’s Anthony Davis is the latest winner of this award. Below, we have listed all those players who received the MOP Award.
| Year | Player | Team |
| 1939 | Jimmy Hull | Ohio State |
| 1940 | Marvin Huffman | Indiana |
| 1941 | John Kotz | Wiscosin |
| 1942 | Howie Dallmar | Stanford |
| 1943 | Ken Sailors | Wyoming |
| 1944 | Arnie Ferrin | Utah |
| 1945 | Bob Kurland | Oklahoma State |
| 1946 | Bob Kurland | Oklahoma State |
| 1947 | George Kaftan | Holy Cross |
| 1948 | Alex Groza | Kentucky |
| 1949 | Alex Groza | Kentucky |
| 1950 | Irwin Dambrot | CCNY |
| 1951 | Bill Spivey | Kentucky |
| 1952 | Clyde Lovellette | Kansas |
| 1953 | B. H. Born | Kansas |
| 1954 | Tom Gola | La Salle |
| 1955 | Bill Russell | San Francisco |
| 1956 | Hal Lear | Temple |
| 1957 | Wilt Chamberlain | Kansas |
| 1958 | Elgin Baylor | Seattle |
| 1959 | Jerry West | West Virginia |
| 1960 | Jerry Lucas | Ohio State |
| 1961 | Jerry Lucas | Ohio State |
| 1962 | Paul Hogue | Cincinnati |
| 1963 | Art Heyman | Duke |
| 1964 | Walt Hazzard | UCLA |
| 1965 | Bill Bradley | Princeton |
| 1966 | Jerry Chambers | Utah |
| 1967 | Lew Alcindor | UCLA |
| 1968 | Lew Alcindor | UCLA |
| 1969 | Lew Alcindor | UCLA |
| 1970 | Sidney Wicks | UCLA |
| 1971 | none | |
| 1972 | Bill Walton | UCLA |
| 1973 | Bill Walton | UCLA |
| 1974 | David Thompson | North Carolina State |
| 1975 | Richard Washington | UCLA |
| 1976 | Kent Benson | Indiana |
| 1977 | Butch Lee | Marquette |
| 1978 | Jack Givens | Kentucky |
| 1979 | Earvin Johnson | Michigan State |
| 1980 | Darrell Griffith | Louisville |
| 1981 | Isiah Thomas | Indiana |
| 1982 | James Worthy | North Carolina |
| 1983 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston |
| 1984 | Patrick Ewing | Georgetown |
| 1985 | Ed Pinckney | Villanova |
| 1986 | Pervis Ellison | Louisville |
| 1987 | Keith Smart | Indiana |
| 1988 | Danny Manning | Kansas |
| 1989 | Glen Rice | Michigan |
| 1990 | Anderson Hunt | UNLV |
| 1991 | Christian Laettner | Duke |
| 1992 | Bobby Hurley | Duke |
| 1993 | Donald Williams | North Carolina |
| 1994 | Corliss Williamson | Arkansas |
| 1995 | ED O’Bannon | UCLA |
| 1996 | Tony Delk | Kentucky |
| 1997 | Miles Simon | Arizona |
| 1998 | Jeff Sheppard | Kentucky |
| 1999 | Richard Hamilton | Connecticut |
| 2000 | Mateen Cleaves | Michigan State |
| 2001 | Shane Battier | Duke |
| 2002 | Juan Dixon | Maryland |
| 2003 | Carmelo Anthony | Syracuse |
| 2004 | Emeka Okafor | Connecticut |
| 2005 | Sean May | North Carolina |
| 2006 | Joakim Noah | Florida |
| 2007 | Corey Brewer | Florida |
| 2008 | Mario Chalmers | Kansas |
| 2009 | Wayne Ellington | North Carolina |
| 2010 | Kyle Singler | Duke |
| 2011 | Kemba Walker | Connecticut |
| 2012 | Anthony Davis | Kentucky |
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