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Basketball award in Serbia
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Awarded for | outstanding playing performance in a calendar year |
| Location | Vilnius |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Presented by | Basketball Federation of Lithuania |
| History | |
| First award | 2008 |
| Editions | 17 |
| First winner | Ramūnas Šiškauskas |
| Most wins | Jonas Valančiūnas (6x men), Gintarė Petronytė (7x women) |
| Most recent | Domantas Sabonis (2024) |
The Lithuanian Basketball Player of the Year award is established in 2008 to recognize the best basketball player of the year from Lithuania.[1][2][3] The winners are basketball players who have Lithuanian citizenship, and whose performances with its basketball club and/or national team throughout the year has reached the highest level of excellence. All players with Lithuanian citizenship, regardless of where they play in the world, qualify for the award. The inaugural recipient was Ramūnas Šiškauskas. The winners are selected by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation.
All-time award winners
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- ^
“Domantas Sabonis named best Lithuania Basketball Player of the Year”. basketnews.com. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ “Jonas Valanciunas named the best Lithuanian player of the year”. eurohoops.net. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ “Domantas Sabonis named Lithuanian basketball player of the year 2022”. basketnews.com. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ “Paskelbti geriausi Lietuvos metų krepšininkai”. Eurobasket.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ “Geriausi 2009 metų krepšininkai — L.Kleiza ir G.Petronytė”. DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ “2010 metų geriausi Lietuvos krepšininkai – S. Linkevičienė ir L. Kleiza”. TV3.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ “Geriausi 2011 metų Lietuvos krepšininkai – Jonas Valančiūnas ir Rima Valentienė”. 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 27 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ “23 tūkstančiai aistruolių nusprendė: Jonas Valančiūnas ir Sandra Linkevičienė – geriausi Lietuvos krepšininkai”. 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 11 December 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ “Geriausi 2013 metų Lietuvos krepšininkai – M. Kalnietis ir L. Pikčiutė!”. DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ “Išrinkti geriausi 2014 metų krepšininkai – Jonas Valančiūnas ir Gintarė Petronytė”. 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ “Geriausi 2015-ųjų Lietuvos krepšininkai – J. Mačiulis ir G. Petronytė”. DELFI. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ “Geriausi 2016-ųjų Lietuvos krepšininkai – M. Kuzminskas ir K. Nacickaitė”. Lithuanian National Radio and Television (in Lithuanian). 3 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ “Geriausi 2017 metų krepšininkai – Jonas Valančiūnas ir Kamilė Nacickaitė”. 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ Rimkus, Kęstas. “Domantas Sabonis nurungė Joną Valančiūną geriausio šalies krepšininko rinkimuose”. 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ “Paskelbti geriausi Lietuvos metų krepšininkai – Sabas dėkojo sūnaus vardu”. DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ “Trečius metus iš eilės geriausiu Lietuvos krepšininku išrinktas Sabonis”. DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ Gobikas, Mindaugas (7 February 2022). “2021 metų geriausieji – Jonas Valančiūnas ir Gintarė Petronytė”. Lietuvos krepšinis (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ “Sabonis ir Jocytė – geriausi 2022 metų Lietuvos krepšininkai”. Lithuanian National Radio and Television (in Lithuanian). 10 February 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ “Gintarė Petronytė ir Jonas Valančiūnas – geriausi 2023 m. Lietuvos krepšininkai”. Lithuanian National Radio and Television (in Lithuanian). 14 February 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ^ “Išrinkti geriausi Lietuvos metų krepšininkai, JV – trečias, Jocytė – antra”. Lithuanian National Radio and Television (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
