The Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual award given to the

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's (OVC) most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1962–63 season. Fifteen players in OVC history have claimed more than one player of the year award, the most recent of whom was

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. Among the repeat winners, only one— Clem Haskins of Western Kentucky—has been a three-time player of the year. Haskins achieved the feat from 1965 through 1967. Both of the schools with the most awards left the OVC in 2022. Murray State, which has dominated the award's selection, with its players having received the award 21 times (which at the Racers' departure was equal to the total of the next three programs on the list), joined the

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. Second-place Austin Peay, with eight awards, joined the

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. Among schools remaining in the OVC after 2022, Morehead State has the most awards with eight. Five current OVC members have yet to produce a winner, but three ( Lindenwood,

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) played their first OVC seasons in 2022–23 and

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played its first OVC season in 2023–24. Among former members, the only one that was a member during the award's existence that did not have a winner is East Tennessee State. Three ties have occurred for player of the year: 1976, 1983 and 2013. No OVC Men's Basketball Player of the Year has ever been selected as any national player of the year.

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Winners

Winners by school

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Awards established in 1963