A year-by-year list of the NBA J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award winners. The honor, named after the NBA’s second commissioner, is presented annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association (PBWA) to a player, coach or athletic trainer who shows outstanding service and dedication to the community.
2023-24 — CJ McCollum, New Orleans Pelicans
2022-23 – Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
2021-22 – N/A (pandemic)
2020-21 – N/A (pandemic)
2019-20 — Malcolm Brogdon, Indiana Pacers
2018-19 — Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers
2017-18 — J.J. Barea, Dallas Mavericks
2016-17 — LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
2015-16 — Wayne Ellington, Brooklyn Nets
2014-15 — Joakim Noah, Chicago Bulls
2013-14 — Luol Deng, Cleveland Cavaliers
2012-13 — Kenneth Faried, Denver Nuggets
2011-12 — Pau Gasol, Los Angeles Lakers
2010-11 — Ron Artest, Los Angeles Lakers
2009-10 — Samuel Dalembert, Philadelphia 76ers
2008-09 — Dikembe Mutombo, Houston Rockets
2007-08 — Chauncey Billups, Detroit Pistons
2006-07 — Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns
2005-06 — Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves
2004-05 — Eric Snow, Cleveland Cavaliers
2003-04 — Reggie Miller, Indiana Pacers
2002-03 — David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
2001-02 — Alonzo Mourning, Miami Heat
2000-01 — Dikembe Mutombo, Philadelphia 76ers
1999-00 — Vlade Divac, Sacramento Kings
1998-99 — Brian Grant, Portland Trail Blazers
1997-98 — Steve Smith, Atlanta Hawks
1996-97 — P.J. Brown, Miami Heat
1995-96 — Chris Dudley, Portland Trail Blazers
1994-95 — Joe O’Toole, Atlanta Hawks
1993-94 — Joe Dumars, Detroit Pistons
1992-93 — Terry Porter, Portland Trail Blazers
1991-92 — Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
1990-91 — Kevin Johnson, Phoenix Suns
1989-90 — Doc Rivers, Atlanta Hawks
1988-89 — Thurl Bailey, Utah Jazz
1987-88 — Alex English, Denver Nuggets
1986-87 — Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons
1985-86 — Rory Sparrow/Michael Cooper, New York Knicks/Los Angeles Lakers
1984-85 — Dan Issel, Denver Nuggets
1983-84 — Frank Layden, Utah Jazz
1982-83 — Julius Erving, Philadelphia 76ers
1981-82 — Kent Benson, Detroit Pistons
1980-81 — Mike Glenn, New York Knicks
1979-80 — Austin Carr, Cleveland Cavaliers
1978-79 — Calvin Murphy, Houston Rockets
1977-78 — Bob Lanier, Detroit Pistons
1976-77 — Dave Bing, Washington Bullets
1975-76 — Slick Watts, Seattle SuperSonics
1974-75 — Wes Unseld, Washington Bullets
