Rookie of the Year Award Winners
Winners of the Rookie of the Year award receive the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy, named for the head coach of the Philadelphia Warriors who led them to a title in 1947. The award is voted upon by members of the media.
| Year | Player | Team |
| 2011-12 | Kyrie Irving | Cleveland |
| 2010-11 | Blake Griffin | L.A. Clippers |
| 2009-10 | Tyreke Evans | Sacramento |
| 2008-09 | Derrick Rose | Chicago |
| 2007-08 | Kevin Durant | Seattle |
| 2006-07 | Brandon Roy | Portland |
| 2005-06 | Chris Paul | New Orleans |
| 2004-05 | Emeka Okafor | Charlotte |
| 2003-04 | LeBron James | Cleveland |
| 2002-03 | Amare Stoudemire | Phoenix |
| 2001-02 | Pau Gasol | Memphis |
| 2000-01 | Mike Miller | Orlando |
| 1999-00 | Elton Brand | Chicago |
| Steve Francis | Houston | |
| 1998-99 | Vince Carter | Toronto |
| 1997-98 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio |
| 1996-97 | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia |
| 1995-96 | Damon Stoudamire | Toronto |
| 1994-95 | Grant Hill | Detroit |
| Jason Kidd | Dallas | |
| 1993-94 | Chris Webber | Golden State |
| 1992-93 | Shaquille O’Neal | Orlando |
| 1991-92 | Larry Johnson | Charlotte |
| 1990-91 | Derrick Coleman | New Jersey |
| 1989-90 | David Robinson | San Antonio |
| 1988-89 | Mitch Richmond | Golden State |
| 1987-88 | Mark Jackson | New York |
| 1986-87 | Chuck Person | Indiana |
| 1985-86 | Patrick Ewing | New York |
| 1984-85 | Michael Jordan | Chicago |
| 1983-84 | Ralph Sampson | Houston |
| 1982-83 | Terry Cummings | San Diego |
| 1981-82 | Buck Williams | New Jersey |
| 1980-81 | Darrell Griffith | Utah |
| 1979-80 | Larry Bird | Boston |
| 1978-79 | Phil Ford | Kansas City |
| 1977-78 | Walter Davis | Phoenix |
| 1976-77 | Adrian Dantley | Buffalo |
| 1975-76 | Alvan Adams | Phoenix |
| 1974-75 | Keith Wilkes | Golden State |
| 1973-74 | Ernie DiGregorio | Buffalo |
| 1972-73 | Bob McAdoo | Buffalo |
| 1971-72 | Sidney Wicks | Portland |
| 1970-71 | Dave Cowens | Boston |
| Geoff Petrie | Portland | |
| 1969-70 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee |
| 1968-69 | Wes Unseld | Baltimore |
| 1967-68 | Earl Monroe | Baltimore |
| 1966-67 | Dave Bing | Detroit |
| 1965-66 | Rick Barry | San Francisco |
| 1964-65 | Willis Reed | New York |
| 1963-64 | Jerry Lucas | Cincinnati |
| 1962-63 | Terry Dischinger | Chicago |
| 1961-62 | Walt Bellamy | Chicago |
| 1960-61 | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati |
| 1959-60 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia |
| 1958-59 | Elgin Baylor | Minneapolis |
| 1957-58 | Woody Sauldsberry | Philadelphia |
| 1956-57 | Tom Heinsohn | Boston |
| 1955-56 | Maurice Stokes | Rochester |
| 1954-55 | Bob Pettit | Milwaukee |
| 1953-54 | Ray Felix | Baltimore |
| 1952-53 | Don Meineke | Fort Wayne |
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