Perth’s Bryce Cotton wins third NBL MVP award

Bryce Cotton wins the Andrew Gaze Trophy for the league’s Most Valuable Player over the 2021 season.

The award makes it back-to-back wins for Cotton, who tallied 112 votes, and his third in four years as the American guard continues to solidify his place as one of the best players in NBL history.

Every 2021 NBL Award Winner:

MVP

Bryce Cotton (Perth) – 112 votes

Tyler Harvey (Illawarra) – 74 votes

Nathan Sobey (Brisbane) – 55 votes

Coach of the Year

Trevor Gleeson (Perth) – 56 votes

Brian Goorjian (Illawarra) – 42 votes

Dean Vickerman (Melbourne) – 35 votes

All-NBL First Team

John Mooney (Inside) – 46 votes

Jock Landale (Inside) – 42 votes

Bryce Cotton (Outside) – 48 votes

Nathan Sobey (Outside) – 47 votes

Tyler Harvey (Outside) – 46 votes

All-NBL Second Team

Mitch Creek (Inside) – 20 votes

Finn Delany (Inside) – 19 votes

Chris Goulding (Outside) – 28 votes

Casper Ware (Outside) – 16 votes

Mitch McCarron (Outside) – 16 votes

Rookie of the Year

Josh Giddey (Adelaide) – 64 votes

Dejan Vasiljevic (Sydney) – 35 votes

Justinian Jessup (Illawarra) – 27 votes

Best Sixth Man

Jo Lual-Acuil (Melbourne) – 38 votes

Scotty Hopson (Melbourne) – 33 votes

Kyle Adnam (South East Melbourne) – 27 votes

Most Improved Player

Sam Froling (Illawarra) – 50 votes

Jordan Hunter (Sydney) – 39 votes

Finn Delany (New Zealand) – 27 votes

Best Defensive Player

Justin Simon (Illawarra) – 56 votes

Tom Abercrombie (New Zealand) – 29 votes

Mitch Norton (Perth) – 26 votes

Executive of the Year

Mark Boyd (Melbourne)