FIBA Basketball World Cup MVPs: Dennis Schroder joins full list including Kyrie Irving, Ricky Rubio

After more than two weeks of play, the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup has come to a close.

32 countries entered the tournament, and Germany emerged as the champion by winning its first-ever gold. Some of the best players in the world went head-to-head with a chance to win the Naismith Trophy.

While the tournament MVP award usually goes to a player from the team that wins it all, that hasn't always been the case at the FIBA World Cup.

After leading Germany to a championship, Dennis Schröder has been crowned MVP in 2023. Who were the players to win the award before him?

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Complete list of FIBA Basketball World Cup MVPs

Schröder most recently received the FIBA World Cup MVP after Germany's win over Serbia to win gold in 2023. Ricky Rubio, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant were the previous winners.

Rubio's crown came in 2019 while Irving and Durant earned the honors after leading USA to a gold medal in back-to-back FIBA World Cups in 2014 and 2010, respectively.

Of the 19 FIBA World Cup MVPs awarded, only six players did not lead their country to a gold medal. Dirk Nowitzki was the last MVP not to win gold, earning a bronze medal for Germany in 2002.

Drazen Petrovic (Yugoslavia), Doc Rivers (USA), Dragan Kicanovic (Yugoslavia), Sergei Belov (Soviet Union) and Ivo Daneu (Yugoslavia) are the only other players to be named MVP without leading their country to a gold medal. No player has ever repeated as FIBA World Cup MVP.

You can find the complete list of FIBA World Cup MVPs below.