VTB United League Top Player

The VTB United League Top Player is an annual VTB United League award that is given to one player from each country that is represented by the league's clubs. The award has been handed out since the 2012–13 season, and it is awarded by the player's citizenship, regardless of the player's club's location.[1]

In the league's countries with just one club, currently six (Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, and Finland), along with Poland in the past, the league itself gives the award. In Russia, which has 10 clubs, Russian news agency TASS (replacing RIA Novosti, from 2014–15), partners with the league to name the top Russian player. In the past, for clubs from Lithuania (three) and Ukraine (two), the league partnered with, respectively, basketnews.lt and basket-planet.com.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "Tanel Sokk – League's top Estonian player". VTB United League. 23 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Jiri Welsch named League's top Czech player". VTB United League. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.