The Australian International Player of the Year (or Gaze Medal) is an award for the best player of the

Australia men's national basketball team The Australian men's national basketball team, known as the Boomers after the slang term for a male kangaroo, represents Australia in international basketball competition. Since the late 1980s, Australia has been placed among the world elite ...

, given annually between 1988 and 2012 and then sporadically during the rest of the 2010s. The voting for the award is done by the players after each international match and is named after father-son duo

Lindsay Gaze Lindsay John Casson Gaze (born 16 August 1936) is an Australian former basketball player and coach. He played for Australia in three Summer Olympics qualification tournaments, between 1960 and 1968, and was the head coach of the senior Austr ...

and

Andrew Gaze Andrew Barry Casson Gaze (born 24 July 1965) is an Australian former professional basketball player and coach. He played 22 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Melbourne Tigers from 1984 to 2005, winning the league's MVP a ...

. * 1988 Phil Smyth * 1989

Luc Longley Lucien James Longley (born 19 January 1969) is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player. He was the first Australian to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he played for four teams over 10 seasons. Long ...

* 1990

* 1991

Andrew Vlahov Andrew Mitchell Vlahov (born 1 April 1969) is an Australian retired professional basketball player. He played his entire eleven-year professional career for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL), with whom he won three cha ...

* 1992 Mark Bradtke * 1993 Andrew Vlahov * 1994 Andrew Gaze * 1995 Andrew Gaze * 1996 Andrew Gaze * 1997

Shane Heal Shane Douglas Heal (born 6 September 1970) is an Australian basketball coach and former player. Playing career International Heal's international career highlights include representing the Australian Boomers at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 20 ...

* 1998 Andrew Gaze * 1999 Mark Bradtke * 2000 Andrew Gaze * 2001 Brett Maher * 2002

Chris Anstey Christopher John Anstey (born 1 January 1975) is an Australian former professional basketball player. His career included stints in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers ...

* 2003

Matthew Nielsen Matthew Peter Nielsen (born 3 February 1978) is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He served as an as ...

* 2004 Shane Heal * 2005 C. J. Bruton * 2006

Sam Mackinnon Samuel Mackinnon (born 25 August 1976) is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is the general manager of basketball for the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League (NBL). His athleticism above the rim saw ...

* 2007

* 2008

Patty Mills Patrick Sammy Mills (born 11 August 1988) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Mills was born and raised in Canberra, and is of Torres Strait Islander and Aborigin ...

* 2009

Joe Ingles Joseph Howarth Ingles (born 2 October 1987) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Australian national team. He primarily plays at the small ...

* 2010 Patty Mills * 2011

Brad Newley Brad Newley (born 18 February 1985) is an Australian professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the National Basketball League (NBL). After starting his career in Australia, playing for the Australian Institute of Sport and the Tow ...

* 2012

* 2013 ''Unknown'' * 2014 ''Unknown'' * 2015 ''Unknown'' * 2016

Andrew Bogut Andrew Michael Bogut (born 28 November 1984) is an Australian former basketball player who spent the majority of his professional career playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The tall center was selected by the Milwaukee Buck ...

* 2017 ''Unknown'' * 2018 ''Unknown'' * 2019

Nick Kay Nicholas Colin Kay (born 3 August 1992) is an Australian professional basketball player who last played for Shimane Susanoo Magic of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Metro State Roadrunners before beginning his profe ...

and

Nathan Sobey Nathan Adam Sobey (born 14 July 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the University of Wyoming's Cowboys. He was a member of th ...

* 2020 ''Unknown'' * 2021 ''Unknown''

References

External links

Gaze Medal winners 1988–2010

Maher Medal winners 1988–2010

2011 Maher Medal winner

2008 Basketball Australia Annual Report

2009/2010 Basketball Australia Annual Report
{{Basketball in Australia

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