Relación de los jugadores que han recibido el galardón de Novato ("rookie") del Año de la NBA, el último de ellos el español Pau Gasol (Memphis Grizzlies):

1952-53 Don Meineke (Fort Wayne)

1953-54 Ray Felix (Baltimore)

1954-55 Bob Pettit (Milwaukee)

1955-56 Maurice Stokes (Rochester)

1957-58 Woody Sauldsberry (Philadelphia)

1958-59 Elgin Baylor (Minneapolis)

1959-60 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia)

1960-61 Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati)

1961-62 Walt Bellamy (Chicago)

1962-63 Terry Dischinger (Chicago)

1963-64 Jerry Lucas (Cincinnati)

1964-65 Willis Reed (New York)

1965-66 Rick Barry (San Francisco)

1966-67 Dave Bing (Detroit)

1967-68 Earl Monroe (Baltimore)

1968-69 Wes Unseld (Baltimore)

1969-70 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee)

1970-71 Dave Cowens (Boston) y Geoff Petrie (Portland)

1971-72 Sidney Wicks (Portland)

1972-73 Bob McAdoo (Buffalo)

1973-74 Ernie DiGregorio (Buffalo)

1974-75 Jamaal Wilkes (Golden State)

1975-76 Alvan Adams (Phoenix)

1976-77 Adrian Dantley (Buffalo)

1977-78 Walter Davis (Phoenix)

1978-79 Phil Ford (Kansas City)

1979-80 Larry Bird (Boston)

1980-81 Darrell Griffith (Utah)

1981-82 Buck Williams (New Jersey)

1982-83 Terry Cummings (San Diego)

1983-84 Ralph Sampson (Houston)

1984-85 Michael Jordan (Chicago)

1985-86 Patrick Ewing (New York)

1986-87 Chuck Person (Indiana)

1987-88 Mark Jackson (New York)

1988-89 Mitch Richmond (Golden State)

1989-90 David Robinson (San Antonio)

1990-91 Derrick Coleman (New Jersey)

1991-92 Larry Johnson (Charlotte)

1992-93 Shaquille O'Neal (Orlando)

1993-94 Chris Webber (Golden State)

1994-95 Grant Hill (Detroit) y Jason Kidd (Dallas)

1995-96 Damon Stoudamire (Toronto)

1996-97 Allen Iverson (Philadelphia)

1997-98 Tim Duncan (San Antonio)

1998-99 Vince Carter (Toronto)

1999-2000 Elton Brand (Chicago) y Steve Francis (Houston)

2000-01 Mike Miller (Orlando)

2001-02 Pau Gasol (Memphis).