The 20 Greatest NBA Careers of Former Naismith College Player of the Year Award Winners

  1. 1984 — Michael Jordan, North Carolina
  2. 1969 — Lew Alcindor, UCLA (Kareem Abdul-Jabaar)
  3. 1979 — Larry Bird, Indiana State
  4. 1997 — Tim Duncan, Wake Forest
  5. 1970 — Pete Maravich, LSU
  6. 1985 — Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
  7. 1987 — David Robinson, Navy
  8. 1972, 73, 74 — Bill Walton, UCLA
  9. 1975 — David Thompson, N.C. State
  10. 1981, 82, 83 — Ralph Sampson, Virginia
  11. 2007 — Kevin Durant, Texas
  12. 1988 — Danny Manning, Kansas
  13. 1991 — Larry Johnson, UNLV
  14. 1994 — Glenn Robinson, Purdue
  15. 1996 — Marcus Camby, Massachusetts
  16. 1999 — Elton Brand, Duke
  17. 2000 — Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
  18. 2001 — Shane Battier, Duke
  19. 1998 — Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
  20. 1995 — Joe Smith, Maryland