title: VTB United League Top Player
text: # VTB United League Top Player
  
  VTB United League awards and honours :
  
  Individual awards :
  
  MVP
  
  Playoffs MVP
  
  Top Scorer
  
  Defensive Player of the Year
  
  Sixth Man of the Year
  
  Supercup
  
  Top National Players
  
  Young Player of the Year
  
  Coach of the Year
  
  Hall of Fame
  
  All-Star Game :
  
  vte :
  
  The VTB United League Top Player is an annual VTB United League award that is given to one player from each country that is represented by the league's clubs. The award has been handed out since the 2012–13 season, and it is awarded by the player's citizenship, regardless of the player's club's location.
  
  In the league's countries with just one club, currently six (Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, and Finland), along with Poland in the past, the league itself gives the award. In Russia, which has 10 clubs, Russian news agency TASS (replacing RIA Novosti, from 2014–15), partners with the league to name the top Russian player. In the past, for clubs from Lithuania (three) and Ukraine (two), the league partnered with, respectively, basketnews.lt and basket-planet.com.
  
  ## Current awards
  
  ### Top Belarusian Player
  
  The best player from Belarus
  
  | Season | Player | Primary position | Team |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2012–13 | Vladimir Veremeenko | PF | UNICS Kazan |
  | 2013–14 | Vladimir Veremeenko (2×) | PF | UNICS Kazan |
  | 2014–15 | Artsiom Parakhouski | C | Nizhny Novgorod |
  | 2015–16 | Artsiom Parakhouski (2×) | C | UNICS Kazan |
  
  ### Top Estonian Player
  
  The best player from Estonia
  
  | Season | Player | Primary position | Team |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2012–13 | Tanel Sokk | PG | Kalev/Cramo |
  | 2013–14 | Rain Veideman | SG | Kalev/Cramo |
  | 2014–15 | Rain Veideman (2×) | SG | Kalev/Cramo |
  | 2015–16 | Gregor Arbet | SG | Kalev/Cramo |
  
  ### Top Kazakh Player
  
  The best player from Kazakhstan
  
  | Season | Player | Primary position | Team |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2012–13 | Anton Ponomarev | PF | Astana |
  | 2013–14 | Anatoly Kolesnikov | SF | Astana |
  | 2014–15 | Anatoly Kolesnikov (2×) | SF | Astana |
  | 2015–16 | Anton Ponomarev (2×) | PF | Astana |
  
  ### Top Latvian Player
  
  The best player from Latvia
  
  | Season | Player | Primary position | Team |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2012–13 | Kristaps Janičenoks | SF | VEF Rīga |
  | 2013–14 | Jānis Blūms | SG | Astana |
  | 2014–15 | Jānis Timma | SF | VEF Rīga |
  | 2015–16 | Jānis Timma (2×) | SF | Zenit |
  
  ### Top Russian Player
  
  The best player from Russia
  
  | Season | Player | Primary position | Team |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2012–13 | Victor Khryapa | PF | CSKA Moscow |
  | 2013–14 | Semyon Antonov | SF | Nizhny Novgorod |
  | 2014–15 | Andrey Vorontsevich | PF | CSKA Moscow |
  | 2015–16 | Alexey Shved | SG | Khimki |
  
  ## Past awards
  
  ### Top Czech Player
  
  The best player from the Czech Republic
  
  | Season | Player | Primary position | Team |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2012–13 | Petr Benda | C | ČEZ Nymburk |
  | 2013–14 | Vojtěch Hruban | SF | ČEZ Nymburk |
  | 2014–15 | Jiří Welsch | SF | ČEZ Nymburk |
  | 2015–16 | Vojtěch Hruban (2×) | SF | ČEZ Nymburk |
  
  ### Top Finnish Player
  
  The best player from Finland
  
  | Season | Player | Primary position | Team | References |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2014–15 | Petteri Koponen | SG | Khimki | |
  | 2015–16 | Petteri Koponen (2×) | SG | Khimki | |
  
  ### Top Georgian Player
  
  The best player from Georgia
  
  | Season | Player | Primary position | Team | References |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2015–16 | Irakli Chlaidze | SG | VITA Tbilisi | |
  
  ### Top Lithuanian Player
  
  The best player from Lithuania
  
  | Season | Player | Primary position | Team | References |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2012–13 | Mantas Kalnietis | PG | Lokomotiv Kuban | |
  | 2013–14 | Martynas Gecevičius | SG | Lietuvos rytas | |
  
  ### Top Polish Player
  
  The best player from Poland
  
  | Season | Player | Primary position | Team | References |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2012–13 | Aaron Cel | PF | Turów Zgorzelec | |
  | 2013–14 | Damian Kulig | C | Turów Zgorzelec | |
  
  ### Top Ukrainian Player
  
  The best player from Ukraine
  
  | Season | Player | Primary position | Team | References |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2012–13 | Oleksiy Pecherov | C | Azovmash Mariupol | |
  | 2013–14 | Kyrylo Natyazhko | C | Azovmash Mariupol | |
  