John R. Wooden Player of the Year Award History - Male
| Year | Player | College |
| 2007 | Kevin Durant | Texas |
| 2006 | J.J. Redick | Duke |
| 2005 | Andrew Bogut | Utah |
| 2004 | Jameer Nelson | Saint Joseph's |
| 2003 | T.J. Ford | Texas |
| 2002 | Jason Williams | Duke |
| 2001 | Shane Battier | Duke |
| 2000 | Kenyon Martin | Cincinnati |
| 1999 | Elton Brand | Duke |
| 1998 | Antawn Jamison | North Carolina |
| 1997 | Tim Duncan | Wake Forest |
| 1996 | Marcus Camby | Massachusetts |
| 1995 | Ed O'Bannon | UCLA |
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson | Purdue |
| 1993 | Calbert Cheaney | Indiana |
| 1992 | Christian Laettner | Duke |
| 1991 | Larry Johnson | UNLV |
| 1990 | Lionel Simmons | La Salle |
| 1989 | Sean Elliott | Arizona |
| 1988 | Danny Manning | Kansas |
| 1987 | David Robinson | Navy |
| 1986 | Walter Berry | St. John's |
| 1985 | Chris Mullin | St. John's |
| 1984 | Michael Jordan | North Carolina |
| 1983 | Ralph Sampson | Virginia |
| 1982 | Ralph Sampson | Virginia |
| 1981 | Danny Ainge | Brigham Young |
| 1980 | Darrell Griffith | Louisville |
| 1979 | Larry Bird | Indiana State |
| 1978 | Phil Ford | North Carolina |
| 1977 | Marques Johnson | UCLA |
