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List of college basketball national players of the year, All-Americans: CBS Sports' archive of award-winners
List of college basketball national players of the year, All-Americans: CBS Sports' archive of award-winners By Apr 9, 2026 at 6:09 pm ET • 8 min read 2026-allamerican.jpg CBS Sports graphic

There are a number of awards, voting houses and different entities that hand out college basketball honors every year. Here on the digital side of CBS Sports, we've been contributing to these national decorations for more than two decades.

With that in mind, we thought it best to publish an archive of how CBSSports.com's college basketball staff has voted on national player of the year, coach of the year, freshman of the year and its All-America teams dating back to the mid-2000s. (The pre-2005 honors may well be lost in the internet ether.)

This living archive will get updated with postseason honors with every subsequent season. Have you ever wanted a quick reference to a specific season and which players were the standouts? We have you covered. Keep in mind, this is specific to CBS Sports; it does not include the likes of the United States Basketball Writers Association, Naismith, Associated Press or Wooden Awards. If you're looking for the history of all All-America teams dating back to the 1940s, Sports Reference has it right here

Notably, CBS Sports is proud to be the only mainstream outlet to have a longstanding policy of voting on its college basketball honors during the week of the Final Four, rather than at the end of the regular season or just before the start of the NCAA Tournament. In doing so, NCAA Tournament performance is taken into account, but not fully, as our awards are determined after the conclusion of the Elite Eight.

Here is a master list of every major recipient of CBS Sports' men's basketball awards dating back to the 2006-07 season.

2025-26

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Player of the Year

Cameron Boozer, Duke

Freshman of the Year

Cameron Boozer, Duke

Coach of the Year

Tommy Lloyd, Arizona

Transfer of the Year

Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan

All-America First Team

Darius Acuff Jr., Arizona Cameron Boozer, Duke AJ Dybantsa, BYU Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan Keaton Wagler, Illinois

All-America Second Team

Zuby Ejiofor, St. John's Kingston Flemings, Houston Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State Braden Smith, Purdue JT Toppin, Texas Tech

All-America Third Team

Jeremy Fears Jr., Michigan State Labaron Philon Jr., Alabama Bennett Stirtz, Iowa Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt Caleb Wilson, North Carolina

2024-25

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Player of the Year

Cooper Flagg, Duke

Freshman of the Year

Cooper Flagg, Duke

Coach of the Year

Kelvin Sampson, Houston

Transfer of the Year

JT Toppin, Texas Tech

All-America First Team

Cooper Flagg, Duke Johni Broome, Auburn Walter Clayton Jr., Florida JT Toppin, Texas Tech Braden Smith, Purdue

All-America Second Team

John Tonje, Wisconsin Mark Sears, Alabama Kam Jones, Marquette Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton PJ Haggerty, Memphis

All-America Third Team

Eric Dixon, Villanova LJ Cryer, Houston RJ Luis, St. John's Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue Zakai Zeigler, Tennessee

2023-24

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Player of the Year

Zach Edey, Purdue

Freshman of the Year

Reed Sheppard, Kentucky

Coach of the Year

Dan Hurley, Connecticut

Transfer of the Year

Dalton Knecht, Tennessee

All-America First Team

Zach Edey, Purdue Dalton Knecht, Tennessee RJ Davis, North Carolina Jamal Shead, Houston Tristen Newton, Connecticut

All-America Second Team

Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois Mark Sears, Alabama Tyler Kolek, Marquette Jaedon LeDee, San Diego State Kyle Filipowski, Duke

All-America Third Team

DaRon Holmes II, Dayton Hunter Dickinson, Kansas Baylor Scheierman, Creighton Caleb Love, Arizona Donovan Clingan, Connecticut

2022-23

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Player of the Year

Zach Edey, Purdue

Freshman of the Year

Brandon Miller, Alabama

Coach of the Year

Dusty May, FAU

Transfer of the Year

Kendric Davis, Memphis

All-America First Team

Zach Edey, Purdue Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana Jalen Wilson, Kansas Brandon Miller, Alabama Drew Timme, Gonzaga

All-America Second Team

Marcus Sasser, Houston Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA Markquis Nowell, Kansas State Jalen Pickett, Penn State Tyler Kolek, Marquette

All-America Third Team

Adama Sanogo, Connecticut Isaiah Wong, Miami Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona Keyontae Johnson, Kansas State Kris Murray, Iowa

2021-22

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Player of the Year

Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky

Freshman of the Year

Paolo Banchero, Duke

Coach of the Year

Kelvin Sampson, Houston

All-America First Team

Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky Keegan Murray, Iowa Johnny Davis, Wisconsin Ochai Agabji, Kansas Drew Timme, Gonzaga

All-America Second Team

Collin Gillespie, Villanova Paolo Banchero, Duke Jaden Ivey, Purdue Kofi Cockburn, Illinois Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

All-America Third Team

Bennedict Mathurin, Arizona E.J. Liddell, Ohio State Jabari Smith, Auburn James Akinjo, Baylor Armando Bacot, North Carolina

2020-21

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Player of the Year

Luka Garza, Iowa

Freshman of the Year

Cade Cunningham, Oklahoma State

Coach of the Year

Mark Few, Gonzaga

All-America First Team

Luka Garza, Iowa Ayo Dosunmu, Illinois Corey Kispert, Gonzaga Cade Cunningham, Oklahoma State Drew Timme, Gonzaga

All-America Second Team

Jared Butler, Baylor Jalen Suggs, Gonzaga Davion Mitchell, Baylor Evan Mobley, USC Kofi Cockburn, Illinois

All-America Third Team

Max Abmas, Oral Roberts Quentin Grimes, Houston Herb Jones, Alabama Hunter Dickinson, Michigan Cameron Krutwig, Loyola Chicago

2019-20

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Player of the Year

Obi Toppin, Dayton

Freshman of the Year

Vernon Carey Jr., Duke

Coach of the Year

Anthony Grant, Dayton

All-America First Team

Obi Toppin, Dayton Markus Howard, Marquette Payton Pritchard, Oregon Luka Garza, Iowa Udoka Azubuike, Kansas

All-America Second Team

Myles Powell, Seton Hall Devon Dotson, Kansas Vernon Carey Jr., Duke Malachi Flynn, San Diego State Filip Petrusev, Gonzaga

All-America Third Team

Cassius Winston, Michigan State Immanuel Quickley, Kentucky Jalen Smith, Maryland Tre Jones, Duke Daniel Oturu, Minnesota

2018-19

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Player of the Year

Zion Williamson, Duke

Freshman of the Year

Zion Williamson, Duke

Coach of the Year

Chris Beard, Texas Tech

All-America First Team

Zion Williamson, Duke Ja Morant, Murray State Cassius Winston, Michigan State RJ Barrett, Duke Grant Williams, Tennessee

All-America Second Team

Jarrett Culver, Texas Tech Carsen Edwards, Purdue Markus Howard, Marquette Brandon Clarke, Gonzaga Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga

(No Third Team this season)

2017-18

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Player of the Year

Jalen Brunson, Villanova

Freshman of the Year

Marvin Bagley III, Duke

Coach of the Year

John Beilein, Michigan

All-America First Team

Jalen Brunson, Villanova Marvin Bagley III, Duke Trae Young, Oklahoma Devonte' Graham, Kansas Deandre Ayton, Arizona

All-America Second Team

Trevon Bluiett, Xavier Mikal Bridges, Villanova Keenan Evans, Texas Tech Miles Bridges, Michigan State Keita Bates-Diop, Ohio State

(No Third Team vote this season)

2016-17

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Player of the Year

Frank Mason, Kansas

Freshman of the Year

Lonzo Ball, UCLA

Coach of the Year

Mark Few, Gonzaga

All-America First Team

Frank Mason, Kansas Lonzo Ball, UCLA Sindarius Thornwell, South Carolina Josh Hart, Villanova Caleb Swanigan, Purdue

All-America Second Team

Justin Jackson, North Carolina Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga Monte Morris, Iowa State Luke Kennard, Duke Josh Jackson, Kansas

All-America Third Team

De'Aaron Fox, Kentucky Malik Monk, Kentucky Bonzie Colson, Notre Dame Johnathan Motley, Baylor Ethan Happ, Wisconsin

2015-16

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Player of the Year

Buddy Hield, Oklahoma

Freshman of the Year

Ben Simmons, LSU

Coach of the Year

Chris Mack, Xavier

All-America First Team

Buddy Hield, Oklahoma Denzel Valentine, Michigan State Tyler Ulis, Kentucky Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia Brice Johnson, North Carolina

All-America Second Team

Kris Dunn, Providence Grayson Allen, Duke Georges Niang, Iowa State Perry Ellis, Kansas Jakob Poeltl, Utah

All-America Third Team

Yogi Ferrell, Indiana Jamal Murray, Kentucky Brandon Ingram, Duke Ben Simmons, LSU Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga

2014-15

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Player of the Year

Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin

Freshman of the Year

Jahlil Okafor, Duke

Coach of the Year

John Calipari, Kentucky

All-America First Team

Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin Jahlil Okafor, Duke Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky Jerian Grant, Notre Dame D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State

All-America Second Team

Delon Wright, Utah Buddy Hield, Oklahoma Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga Bobby Portis, Arkansas Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky

All-America Third Team

Fred VanVleet, Wichita State Kris Dunn, Providence Cameron Payne, Wichita State Stanley Johnson, Arizona Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa

2013-14

Player of the Year

Doug McDermott, Creighton

Freshman of the Year

Jabari Parker, Duke

Coach of the Year

Gregg Marshall, Wichita State

All-America First Team

Doug McDermott, Creighton Shabazz Napier, Connecticut Russ Smith, Louisville Jabari Parker, Duke Scottie Wilbekin, Florida

All-America Second Team

Kyle Anderson, UCLA Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati Nik Stauskas, Michigan Andrew Wiggins, Kansas Julius Randle, Kentucky 

All-America Third Team

Xavier Thames, San Diego State Nick Johnson, Arizona DeAndre Kane, Iowa State Cleanthony Early, Wichita State Cameron Bairstow, New Mexico

2012-13

Player of the Year

Otto Porter, Georgetown

Freshman of the Year

Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State

Coach of the Year

John Thompson III, Georgetown

All-America First Team

Otto Porter, Georgetown Trey Burke, Michigan Victor Oladipo, Indiana Doug McDermott, Creighton Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga

All-America Second Team

Shane Larkin, Miami Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State Mason Plumlee, Duke Jeff Withey, Kansas

All-America Third Team

Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse Ben McLemore, Kansas Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State Anthony Bennett, UNLV Cody Zeller, Indiana

2011-12

Player of the Year

Anthony Davis, Kentucky

Freshman of the Year

Anthony Davis, Kentucky

Coach of the Year

Tom Izzo, Michigan State

All-America First Team

Anthony Davis, Kentucky Thomas Robinson, Kansas Draymond Green, Michigan State Kendall Marshall, North Carolina Isaiah Canaan, Murray State

All-America Second Team

Trey Burke, Michigan Marcus Denmon, Missouri Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky Doug McDermott, Creighton Jared Sullinger, Ohio State

All-America Third Team

Tyshawn Taylor, Kansas Will Barton, Memphis Jae Crowder, Marquette John Henson, North Carolina Tyler Zeller, North Carolina

2010-11

Player of the Year

Jimmer Fredette, BYU

Freshman of the Year

Jared Sullinger, Ohio State

Coach of the Year

Mike Brey, Notre Dame

All-America First Team

Jimmer Fredette, BYU Nolan Smith, Duke Derrick Williams, Arizona Jared Sullinger, Ohio State JaJuan Johnson, Purdue

All-America Second Team

Kemba Walker, Connecticut Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin Ben Hansbrough, Notre Dame Kawhi Leonard, San Diego State Marcus Morris, Kansas

All-America Third Team

Tu Holloway, Xavier Charles Jenkins, Hofstra Jacob Pullen, Kansas State Jordan Hamilton, Texas Kenneth Faried, Morehead State

2009-10

Player of the Year

Evan Turner, Ohio State

Freshman of the Year

John Wall, Kentucky

Coach of the Year

Jim Boeheim, Syracuse

All-America First Team

Evan Turner, Ohio State John Wall, Kentucky Wesley Johnson, Syracuse Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky

All-America Second Team

Sherron Collins, Kansas Greivis Vasquez, Maryland James Anderson, Oklahoma State Darington Hobson, New Mexico Greg Monroe, Georgetown

All-America Third Team

Jon Scheyer, Duke Scottie Reynolds, Villanova E'Twaun Moore, Purdue Damion James, Texas Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest

2008-09

Player of the Year

Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

Freshman of the Year

Tyreke Evans, Memphis

Coach of the Year

Bill Self, Kansas

All-America First Team

Blake Griffin, Oklahoma DeJuan Blair, Pittsburgh Tyler Hansbrough, UNC Ty Lawson, UNC Stephen Curry, Davidson

All-America Second Team

Hasheem Thabeet, UConn Luke Harangody, Notre Dame James Harden, Arizona State Jodie Meeks, Kentucky Tyreke Evans, Memphis

All-America Third Team

Jordan Hill, Arizona Sherron Collins, Kansas Jerel McNeal, Marquette Talor Battle, Penn State Marcus Thornton, LSU

2007-08

Player of the Year

Michael Beasley, Kansas State

Freshman of the Year

Michael Beasley, Kansas State

Coach of the Year

Keno Davis, Drake

All-America First Team

Michael Beasley, Kansas State Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis DJ Augustin, Texas Kevin Love, UCLA

(No archival records found for Second Team)

2006-07

Player of the Year

Kevin Durant, Texas

Freshman of the Year

Kevin Durant, Texas

Coach of the Year

Tony Bennett, Washington State

(No archival records found for All-America teams)

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