NBA Sportsmanship Award

The National Basketball Association Sportsmanship Award is an award given by the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the 1995/96 season . The winner is considered a fair player with ethically correct behavior.

choice

Every year the head coaches of the NBA, currently 30, nominate one of their players for election. These players are limited to six by a selection of former Sportmanship Award winners, one from each division . At the end of the season, the NBA players then choose the winner by making a list for themselves.

The winner is the one who was able to accumulate the most points according to the following scheme:

Placement:	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place	5th place	6th place
Score:	11 points	9 points	7 points	5 points	3 points	1 point

The trophy received when it is won is named after the first winner of the NBA Sportmanship Awards , Joe Dumars .

In their over 20 year history, Grant Hill , Jason Kidd , Kemba Walker and Mike Conley, Jr. are the only multiple winners of this award. Four teams won this trophy multiple times, the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies three times each, the Seattle SuperSonics and the Phoenix Suns twice each. The Briton Luol Deng is the only non- US-American to date to receive this award.

winner

Legend
^	Refers to players who are still active in the NBA.
*	Denotes players who have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .
Winner (X)	The number in brackets indicates how often that player has won the award at the time.

season	player	nationality	team
1995/96	Joe Dumars	United States	Detroit Pistons
1996/97	Terrell Brandon	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers
1997/98	Avery Johnson	United States	San Antonio Spurs
1998/99	Hersey Hawkins	United States	Seattle SuperSonics
1999/00	Eric Snow	United States	Philadelphia 76ers
2000/01	David Robinson	United States	San Antonio Spurs
2001/02	Steve Smith	United States	San Antonio Spurs
2002/03	Ray Allen	United States	Seattle SuperSonics
2003/04	PJ Brown	United States	New Orleans Hornets
2004/05	Grant Hill	United States	Orlando Magic
2005/06	Elton Brand	United States	Los Angeles Clippers
2006/07	Luol Deng	United Kingdom	Chicago Bulls
2007/08	Grant Hill (2)	United States	Phoenix Suns
2008/09	Chauncey Billups	United States	Denver nuggets
2009/10	Grant Hill (3)	United States	Phoenix Suns
2010/11	Stephen Curry	United States	Golden State Warriors
2011/12	Jason Kidd	United States	Dallas Mavericks
2012/13	Jason Kidd (2)	United States	New York Knicks
2013/14	Mike Conley, Jr.	United States	Memphis grizzlies
2014/15	Kyle Korver	United States	Atlanta Hawks
2015/16	Mike Conley, Jr. (2)	United States	Memphis grizzlies
2016/17	Kemba Walker	United States	Charlotte Hornets
2017/18	Kemba Walker (2)	United States	Charlotte Hornets
2018/19	Mike Conley, Jr. (3)	United States	Memphis grizzlies

Web links

• nba.com: NBA Sportsmanship Award Winners (English)