NBA Rookies of the Year

This award has been given annually since 1953 to the most outstanding new player in the National Basketball Association.

• Alvin Adams
  • 1975-76 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Bob McAdoo
  • 1972-73 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Buck Williams
  • 1981-82 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Chris Webber
  • 1993-94 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Chuck Person
  • 1986-87 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Darrell Griffith
  • 1980-81 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Dave Cowens

  American basketball player.

  • 1970-71 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Dave Bing

  American basketball player.

  • 1966-67 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• David Robinson
  • 1989-90 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Derrick Coleman
  • 1990-91 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Don Meineke
  • 1952-53 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Earl ''The Pearl'' Monroe

  Basketball player.

  • 1967 and 1968 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Elgin Baylor

  American basketball player.

  • 1958-59 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Ernie DiGregorio
  • 1973-74 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Geoff Petrie
  • 1970-71 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Grant Hill
  • 1994-95 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Jason Kidd
  • 1994-95 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Jerry Ray ''Luke'' Lucas

  American basketball player.

  • 1963-64 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Keith Wilkes
  • 1974-75 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Larry Johnson
  • 1991-92 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Mark Jackson
  • 1987-88 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Maurice Stokes
  • 1955-56 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Mitch Richmond
  • 1988-89 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Oscar Robertson

  Basketball player.

  • 1960-61 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Patrick Ewing
  • 1985-86 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Phil Ford
  • 1978-79 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Ralph Sampson
  • 1983-84 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Ray Felix
  • 1953-54 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Richard ''Rick'' Barry

  American basketball player.

  • 1965-66 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Bob Pettit

  American basketball player.

  • 1954-55 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Shaquille O'Neal
  • 1992-93 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Sidney Wicks
  • 1971-72 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Terry Dischinger
  • 1962-63 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Terry Cummings
  • 1982-83 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Tom Heinsohn

  American basketball player.

  • 1956-57 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Walter ''Walt'' Bellamy

  American basketball player.

  • 1961-62 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Westley ''Wes'' Unseld

  American basketball player.

  • 1968-69 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Willis Reed, Jr.

  American basketball player.

  • 1964-65 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Wilton Norman (Wilt) Chamberlain (born 1936, died 1999)

  American basketball player.

  • 1959-60 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Woody Sauldsberry
  • 1957-58 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Michael Jordan (born 1962)

  American basketball and baseball player.

  • 1984-85 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Adrian Dantley (born 1955)

  Basketball player.

  • 1976-77 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947)

  American basketball player and actor.

  • 1969-70 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Larry Bird (born 1956)

  American basketball player.

  • 1979-80 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Damon Stoudamire

  Basketball player.

  • 1996 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year
• Allen Iverson
  • 1997 National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year