Year
 
 2008  Blake Griffin, Oklahoma
 2007  Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
 2006  Kevin Durant, Texas
 2005  JJ Redick, Duke
 2004  Andrew Bogut, Utah      
 2003  Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's   
 2002  David West, Xavier       
 2001  Jason Williams, Duke     
 2000  Shane Battier, Duke       
 1999  Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati     
 1998  Elton Brand, Duke        
 1997  Antawn Jamison, North Carolina  
 1996  Tim Duncan, Wake Forest     
 1995  Marcus Camby, Massachusetts    
 1994  Ed O'Bannon, UCLA    
 1993  Glenn Robinson, Purdue    
 1992  Calbert Cheaney, Indiana     
 1991  Christian Laettner, Duke     
 1990  Larry Johnson, Nevada-Las Vegas  
 1989  Lionel Simmons, LaSalle     
 1988  Danny Ferry, Duke       
 1987  Hersey Hawkins, Bradley     
 1986  David Robinson, Navy    
 1985  Walter Berry, St. John's   
 1984  Chris Mullin, St. John's      
 1983 Michael Jordan, North Carolina    
 1982  Ralph Sampson, Virginia    
 1981  Ralph Sampson, Virginia   
 1980  Ralph Sampson, Virginia  
 1979  Mark Aguirre, DePaul    
 1978  Larry Bird, Indiana State   
 1977  Phil Ford, North Carolina   
 1976  Marques Johnson, UCLA   
 1975  Adrian Dantley, Notre Dame
 1974  David Thompson, NC State
 1973  Bill Walton, UCLA
 1972  Bill Walton, UCLA
 1971  Bill Walton, UCLA
 1970  Sidney Wicks, UCLA
 1969  Pete Maravich, Louisiana State
 1968  Lew Alcindor, UCLA
 1967  Elvin Hayes, Houston
 1966  Lew Alcindor, UCLA
 1965  Cazzie Russell, Michigan
 1964  Bill Bradley, Princeton
 1963  Walt Hazzard, UCLA
 1962  Art Heyman, Duke
 1961  Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
 1960  Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
 1959  Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
 1958  Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati