Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
The Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an annual basketball award given to the Big Eight Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1956–57 season and concluded after the 1995–96 season. From 1960 through 1967 no award was given out. Wayman Tisdale of Oklahoma and Danny Manning of Kansas are the only players to have received the award three times. Manning was also the consensus National Player of the Year in 1988. Six other players won the award twice, last performed by Bryant Reeves of Oklahoma State.
Missouri claimed the most winners with eight, followed by Kansas, Kansas State and Oklahoma with seven apiece.
Key
Winners
Winners by school
| School | Winners | Years |
| Missouri | 8 | 1976, 1977†, 1982, 1983†, 1990, 1991†, 1992, 1994 |
| Kansas | 7 | 1970, 1971†, 1972, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1996 |
| Kansas State | 7 | 1958, 1959, 1973, 1974, 1977†, 1978, 1980 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 1975, 1979, 1983†, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1995† |
| Oklahoma State | 3 | 1991†, 1993, 1995† |
| Colorado | 2 | 1969, 1971† |
| Iowa State | 2 | 1957, 1968 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 1981 |