title: New Zealand NBL Most Outstanding Kiwi Guard Award
text: # New Zealand NBL Most Outstanding Kiwi Guard Award
  
  National Basketball League awards and honors :
  
  Championship :
  
  NBL Trophy :
  
  Individual awards :
  
  Most Valuable Player
  
  Finals MVP
  
  Most Outstanding NZ Guard
  
  Most Outstanding NZ F/C
  
  Rebounding Champion
  
  Coach of the Year
  
  Youth Player of the Year
  
  Kiwi MVP (defunct)
  
  Most Outstanding Guard
  
  Most Outstanding Forward
  
  Scoring Champion
  
  Assist Champion
  
  Defensive Player of the Year
  
  Most Improved Player :
  
  Honours :
  
  All-Star Five
  
  Best Team Free Throws :
  
  vte :
  
  The National Basketball League Most Outstanding Kiwi Guard is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the 1985 New Zealand NBL season to the best performing New Zealand guard(s) of the regular season. The winner receives the John Macdonald Trophy, which is named in honour of Macdonald, a New Plymouth native and a former captain of the New Zealand men's national basketball team.
  
  ## Winners
  
  * Denotes players that also won the overall Most Outstanding Guard that season.
  
  | Year | Player | Team |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1985 | Tony Smith | Hamilton |
  | 1986 | John Rademakers | Canterbury Rams |
  | 1987 | Tony Smith (2) | North Shore |
  | 1988 | Byron Vaetoe | Auckland |
  | 1989 | Byron Vaetoe (2) | Auckland |
  | 1990 | Byron Vaetoe (3) | New Plymouth Bulls |
  | 1991 | Byron Vaetoe (4) | New Plymouth Bulls |
  | 1992 | Warwick Meehl | Waitakere Rangers |
  | 1993 | Byron Vaetoe (5) | Hawke's Bay Hawks |
  | 1994 | Chris Tupu | Canterbury Rams |
  | 1995 | Ralph Lattimore | Auckland Stars |
  | 1996 | Phill Jones | Nelson Giants |
  | 1997 | Phill Jones (2) | Nelson Giants |
  | 1998 | Phill Jones (3) | Nelson Giants |
  | 1999 | Kirk Penney | North Harbour Kings |
  | 2000 | Tony Brown | Waikato Warriors |
  | 2001 | Phill Jones (4) | Nelson Giants |
  | 2002 | Terrence Lewis | Canterbury Rams |
  | 2003 | Lindsay Tait | Auckland Stars |
  | 2004 | Lindsay Tait (2) | Auckland Stars |
  | 2005 | Lindsay Tait (3) | Auckland Stars |
  | 2006 | Paora Winitana | Hawke's Bay Hawks |
  | 2007 | Hayden Allen | Harbour Heat |
  | 2007 | Lindsay Tait (4) | Auckland Stars |
  | 2008 | Phill Jones (5) | Nelson Giants |
  | 2009 | Phill Jones (6) | Nelson Giants |
  | 2010 | Lindsay Tait (5) | Wellington Saints |
  | 2011 | Lindsay Tait (6) | Wellington Saints |
  | 2012 | Lindsay Tait (7) | Auckland Pirates |
  | 2013 | Lindsay Tait (8) | Wellington Saints |
  | 2014 | Corey Webster | Wellington Saints |
  | 2015 | Lindsay Tait (9) | Wellington Saints |
  | 2016 | Shea Ili | Wellington Saints |
  | 2017 | Corey Webster (2) | Wellington Saints |
  | 2018 | Shea Ili (2) | Wellington Saints |
  | 2019 | Shea Ili (3) | Wellington Saints |
  | 2020 | N/A | N/A |
  | 2021 | Dion Prewster | Wellington Saints |
  | 2022 | Corey Webster (3) | Franklin Bulls |
  | 2023 | Derone Raukawa | Hawke's Bay Hawks |
  