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. The award was first given following the conference's first basketball season of 1976–77. Four players have been selected twice (

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, Chico Fletcher, and R. J. Hunter), while no player has earned a three-time player of the year selection. Western Kentucky, which left the Sun Belt for

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in 2014, has the most all-time winners with seven. Among schools remaining in the Sun Belt beyond 2014,

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, the only charter member that has continuously been in the conference, has the most winners with six.

Key

Winners

;Notes

Winners by school

References

* {{Men's college basketball award navbox NCAA Division I men's basketball conference players of the year

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Awards established in 1977