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.
YEAR PLAYER(S) TEAM(S)
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
