<P> The most recent Rookie of the Year winner is Malcolm Brogdon . Twenty - one winners were drafted first overall . Sixteen winners have also won the NBA Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) award in their careers ; Wilt Chamberlain and Wes Unseld earning both honors the same season . Nineteen of the forty two non-active winners have been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . Three seasons had joint winners -- Dave Cowens and Geoff Petrie in the 1970 -- 71 season , Grant Hill and Jason Kidd in the 1994 -- 95 season , and Elton Brand and Steve Francis in the 1999 -- 2000 season . Five players won the award unanimously ( by capturing all of the first - place votes ) -- Ralph Sampson , David Robinson , Blake Griffin , Damian Lillard , and Karl - Anthony Towns . </P>
<P> The most recent Rookie of the Year winner is Malcolm Brogdon . Twenty - one winners were drafted first overall . Sixteen winners have also won the NBA Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) award in their careers ; Wilt Chamberlain and Wes Unseld earning both honors the same season . Nineteen of the forty two non-active winners have been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . Three seasons had joint winners -- Dave Cowens and Geoff Petrie in the 1970 -- 71 season , Grant Hill and Jason Kidd in the 1994 -- 95 season , and Elton Brand and Steve Francis in the 1999 -- 2000 season . Five players won the award unanimously ( by capturing all of the first - place votes ) -- Ralph Sampson , David Robinson , Blake Griffin , Damian Lillard , and Karl - Anthony Towns . </P>
who won the nba rookie of the year
who won the nba rookie of the year
Malcolm Brogdon
Malcolm Brogdon