BAL Most Valuable Player

Basketball Africa League awards and honours
Individual awards
Honors
BAL Most Valuable Player Award
SportBasketball
LeagueBasketball Africa League
Awarded forBest performing player in the season of the Basketball Africa League
History
First award2021
Most wins4 players (1 each)
Most recentJo Lual-Acuil, Al Ahly Ly (2024)

The Basketball Africa League Hakeem Olajuwon Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Basketball Africa League (BAL) award given to the best player of a given season. The award is named after all-time great Hakeem Olajuwon. The award was first handed out in the inaugural season to Walter Hodge.[1]

From the 2024 season, fan voting was introduced in the process with 25% of the score being determined by online fan votes. Fans could vote on a selected pool of players.[2]

Three players have won the award thus far. Nuni Omot from South Sudan is the only African player to have won the award.[3]

  1. ^ "Zamalek are the champions of the inaugural Basketball Africa League". The BAL. 30 May 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Vote for Your 2024 BAL Most Valuable Player". The BAL. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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