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The '''National Basketball League Grand Final Most Valuable Player''' is an annual [[National Basketball League (Australia)|National Basketball League]] (NBL) award given since the league's [[1979 NBL season|inaugural season]] to the best performing player of the [[NBL Grand Final|Grand Final]] series. The winner receives the '''Larry Sengstock Medal''', which is named in honour of [[Larry Sengstock]], the winner of the league's first Grand Final MVP award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grand Final MVP|url=http://andthefoul.net/NBLwiki/index.php?Grand%20Final%20MVP|work=andthefoul.net|access-date=17 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320032831/http://andthefoul.net/NBLwiki/index.php?Grand%20Final%20MVP|archive-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> The league named the award after Sengstock in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=LARRY SENGSTOCK: THE MAN BEHIND THE MEDAL|url=http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/larry-sengstock-man-behind-medal/|work=NBL.com.au|date=10 June 2016|access-date=10 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613175832/http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/larry-sengstock-man-behind-medal/|archive-date=13 June 2016}}</ref>
== Winners ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Year !! Player !! Nationality !! Team
|-
| [[1979 NBL season|1979]]
| [[Larry Sengstock]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Southern Melbourne Saints|St. Kilda Saints]]
|-
| [[1980 NBL Finals|1980]]
| [[Rocky Smith]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Southern Melbourne Saints|St. Kilda Saints]]
|-
| [[1981 NBL Finals|1981]]
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| [[1982 NBL Finals|1982]]
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| [[1983 NBL Finals|1983]]
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| [[1984 NBL Finals|1984]]
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| [[1985 NBL Finals|1985]]
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| [[1986 NBL Finals|1986]]
| [[Mark Davis (basketball, born 1960)|Mark Davis]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Adelaide 36ers]]
|-
| [[1987 NBL Finals|1987]]
| [[Leroy Loggins]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Brisbane Bullets]]
|-
| [[1988 NBL Finals|1988]]
| [[Phil Smyth]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Canberra Cannons]]
|-
| [[1989 NBL Finals|1989]]
| [[Scott Fisher (basketball)|Scott Fisher]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[North Melbourne Giants]]
|-
| [[1990 NBL Finals|1990]]
| [[Ricky Grace]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Perth Wildcats]]
|-
| [[1991 NBL Finals|1991]]
| [[Peter Hansen (basketball)|Peter Hansen]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Perth Wildcats]]
|-
| [[1992 NBL Finals|1992]]
| [[Bruce Bolden]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[South East Melbourne Magic]]
|-
| [[1993 NBL Finals|1993]]
| [[Ricky Grace]] (2)
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Perth Wildcats]]
|-
| [[1994 NBL Finals|1994]]
| [[Paul Rees (basketball)|Paul Rees]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[North Melbourne Giants]]
|-
| [[1995 NBL Finals|1995]]
| [[Andrew Vlahov]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Perth Wildcats]]
|-
| [[1996 NBL Finals|1996]]
| [[Mike Kelly (basketball)|Mike Kelly]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[South East Melbourne Magic]]
|-
| [[1997 NBL Finals|1997]]
| [[Lanard Copeland]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Melbourne Tigers]]
|-
| [[1998 NBL Finals|1998]]
| [[Kevin Brooks (basketball)|Kevin Brooks]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Adelaide 36ers]]
|-
| [[1999 NBL Finals|1999]]
| [[Brett Maher (basketball)|Brett Maher]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Adelaide 36ers]]
|-
| [[2000 NBL Finals|2000]]
| [[Marcus Timmons]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Perth Wildcats]]
|-
| [[2001 NBL Finals|2001]]
| [[Glen Saville]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Illawarra Hawks|Wollongong Hawks]]
|-
| [[2002 NBL Finals|2002]]
| [[Brett Maher (basketball)|Brett Maher]] (2)
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Adelaide 36ers]]
|-
| [[2003 NBL Finals|2003]]
| [[Chris Williams (basketball)|Chris Williams]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Sydney Kings]]
|-
| [[2004 NBL Finals|2004]]
| [[Matthew Nielsen]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Sydney Kings]]
|-
| [[2005 NBL Finals|2005]]
| [[Jason Smith (basketball, born 1974)|Jason Smith]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Sydney Kings]]
|-
| [[2006 NBL Finals|2006]]
| [[Chris Anstey]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Melbourne Tigers]]
|-
| [[2007 NBL Finals|2007]]
| [[Sam Mackinnon]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Brisbane Bullets]]
|-
| [[2008 NBL Finals|2008]]
| [[Chris Anstey]] (2)
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Melbourne Tigers]]
|-
| [[2009 NBL Finals|2009]]
| [[Donta Smith]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[South Dragons]]
|-
| [[2010 NBL Finals|2010]]
| [[Kevin Lisch]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Perth Wildcats]]
|-
| [[2011 NBL Finals|2011]]
| [[Thomas Abercrombie (basketball)|Thomas Abercrombie]]
| {{Flagu|New Zealand}}
| [[New Zealand Breakers]]
|-
| [[2012 NBL Finals|2012]]
| [[C. J. Bruton]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[New Zealand Breakers]]
|-
| [[2013 NBL Finals|2013]]
| [[Cedric Jackson]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[New Zealand Breakers]]
|-
| [[2014 NBL Finals|2014]]
| [[Jermaine Beal]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Perth Wildcats]]
|-
| [[2015 NBL Finals|2015]]
| [[Cedric Jackson]] (2)
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[New Zealand Breakers]]
|-
| [[2016 NBL Finals|2016]]
| [[Damian Martin]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Perth Wildcats]]
|-
| [[2017 NBL Finals|2017]]
| [[Bryce Cotton]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Perth Wildcats]]
|-
| [[2018 NBL Finals|2018]]
| [[Chris Goulding]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Melbourne United]]
|-
| [[2019 NBL Finals|2019]]
| [[Terrico White]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Perth Wildcats]]
|-
| [[2020 NBL Finals|2020]]
| [[Bryce Cotton]] (2)
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Perth Wildcats]]
|-
| [[2021 NBL Finals|2021]]
| [[Jock Landale]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Melbourne United]]
|-
| [[2022 NBL Finals|2022]]
| [[Xavier Cooks]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Sydney Kings]]
|-
| [[2023 NBL Finals|2023]]
| [[Derrick Walton]]
| {{Flagu|United States}}
| [[Sydney Kings]]
|-
| [[2024 NBL Finals|2024]]
| [[Jack McVeigh]]
| {{Flagu|Australia}}
| [[Tasmania JackJumpers]]
|}
==See also==
{{Portal|Australia|Basketball}}
*[[WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{NBL Grand Final MVPs}}
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[[Category:Awards established in 1979]]
[[Category:National Basketball League (Australia) awards|Most Valuable Player]]