The Naismith College Player of the Year Award is given annually by the Naismith Board of Selectors. The first award was given in 1983.
| Year | Winner | For |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Caitlin Clark | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| 2022-23 | Caitlin Clark | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| 2021-22 | Aliyah Boston | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| 2020-21 | Paige Bueckers | Connecticut Huskies |
| 2019-20 | Sabrina Ionescu | Oregon Ducks |
| 2018-19 | Megan Gustafson | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| 2017-18 | A'ja Wilson | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| 2016-17 | Kelsey Plum | Washington Huskies |
| 2015-16 | Breanna Stewart | Connecticut Huskies |
| 2014-15 | Breanna Stewart | Connecticut Huskies |
| 2013-14 | Breanna Stewart | Connecticut Huskies |
| 2012-13 | Brittney Griner | Baylor Bears |
| 2011-12 | Brittney Griner | Baylor Bears |
| 2010-11 | Maya Moore | Connecticut Huskies |
| 2009-10 | Tina Charles | Connecticut Huskies |
| 2008-09 | Maya Moore | Connecticut Huskies |
| 2007-08 | Candace Parker | Tennessee Volunteers |
| 2006-07 | Lindsey Harding | Duke Blue Devils |
| 2005-06 | Seimone Augustus | LSU Tigers |
| 2004-05 | Seimone Augustus | LSU Tigers |
| 2003-04 | Diana Taurasi | Connecticut Huskies |
| 2002-03 | Diana Taurasi | Connecticut Huskies |
| 2001-02 | Sue Bird | Connecticut Huskies |
| 2000-01 | Ruth Riley | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| 1999-00 | Tamika Catchings | Tennessee Volunteers |
| 1998-99 | Chamique Holdsclaw | Tennessee Volunteers |
| 1997-98 | Chamique Holdsclaw | Tennessee Volunteers |
| 1996-97 | Kate Starbird | Stanford Cardinal |
| 1995-96 | Saudia Roundtree | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 1994-95 | Rebecca Lobo | Connecticut Huskies |
| 1993-94 | Lisa Leslie | USC Trojans |
| 1992-93 | Sheryl Swoopes | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| 1991-92 | Dawn Staley | Virginia Cavaliers |
| 1990-91 | Dawn Staley | Virginia Cavaliers |
| 1989-90 | Jennifer Azzi | Stanford Cardinal |
| 1988-89 | Clarissa Davis | Texas Longhorns |
| 1987-88 | Sue Wicks | Rutgers Scarlet Knights |
| 1986-87 | Clarissa Davis | Texas Longhorns |
| 1985-86 | Cheryl Miller | USC Trojans |
| 1984-85 | Cheryl Miller | USC Trojans |
| 1983-84 | Cheryl Miller | USC Trojans |
| 1982-83 | Anne Donovan | Old Dominion Monarchs |