ACB Best Young Player Award

The ACB Best Young Player Award, previously known as the ACB Rising Star Award, from 2005 to 2013, is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. The award has been given since the 2004–05 ACB season.

Currently, to be eligible for the award, players must be 22 years old or younger, and must have played in at least half of the league's games during the season, with an average playing time per game of at least 10 minutes.^[1] An All-ACB Best Young Players Team is also chosen.

Rising Star award winners (2004–13)

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Rising Star Award winners.

Season	Player	Team
2004–05	Sergio Rodríguez	Adecco Estudiantes
2005–06	Carlos Suárez	Adecco Estudiantes
2006–07	Ricky Rubio	DKV Joventut
2007–08	Mirza Teletović	TAU Cerámica
2008–09	Brad Oleson	Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada
2009–10	Richard Hendrix	CB Granada
2010–11	Gustavo Ayón	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
2011–12	Micah Downs	Assignia Manresa
2012–13	Salah Mejri	Blu:sens Monbús

Best Young Player award winners (2013–present)

The following is a list of the all-time ACB Best Young Player Award winners.

Season	Player	Team	Ref.
2013–14	Guillem Vives	FIATC Joventut	[2]
2014–15	Dani Díez	Gipuzkoa Basket	[3]
2015–16	Juancho Hernangómez	Movistar Estudiantes	[4]

All-ACB Best Young Players Team

Season	Players	Teams
2013–14[5]	Guillem Vives	FIATC Joventut
	Álex Abrines	FC Barcelona
	Markus Eriksson	La Bruixa d'Or
	Kristaps Porziņģis	Cajasol
	Walter Tavares	Herbalife Gran Canaria
2014–15[6]	Guillem Vives (2x)	Valencia Basket
	Álex Abrines (2x)	FC Barcelona
	Dani Díez	Gipuzkoa Basket
	Kristaps Porziņģis (2x)	Baloncesto Sevilla
	Willy Hernangómez	Baloncesto Sevilla
2015–16[7]	Luka Dončić	Real Madrid
	Ludde Håkanson	Baloncesto Sevilla
	Santiago Yusta	Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro
	Juancho Hernangómez	Movistar Estudiantes
	Willy Hernangómez (2x)	Real Madrid

See also

• ACB Most Valuable Player Award
• ACB Finals Most Valuable Player Award
• All-ACB Team

References

1. Ya puedes votar el MVP Orange y el Mejor Joven; ACB.com, 30 April 2014
2. "Guillem Vives, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2013-14" [Guillem Vives, Best Young of 2013-14 Endesa League]. acb.com (in Spanish). 20 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
3. "Dani Díez, Mejor Jugador Joven de la Liga Endesa 2014-15" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 19 May 2015.
4. "Juancho Hernangómez, Mejor Joven de la Liga Endesa 2015-16" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 17 May 2016.
5. Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2013-14; ACB.com, 20 May 2014
6. Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2014-15; ACB.com, 19 May 2015
7. Mejor Quinteto Joven de la Liga Endesa 2015-16; ACB.com, 16 May 2016

External links

• Spanish League Official Website (Spanish)