A number of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players have been honored with various
Southeastern Conference and national awards.
Banner honorees
Forty-three former
Kentucky men's basketball players, coaches, and contributors are honored in
Rupp Arena with banners representing their
numbers hung from the rafters. With the streamlining of jersey numbers by the NCAA, the jerseys are retired but the numbers remain active. To have a banner hung, the athlete must be elected to the UK Athletics Hall of Fame.[1]
The UK players listed here received at least one NCAA-recognized national player of the year award.
Oscar Tshiebwe is the first UK player to receive all of the NCAA-recognized national player of the year awards in a single season, doing so in 2021–22.
The following is a list of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players who have been named either SEC Freshman of the Year (awarded by the league's head coaches, and open only to freshmen) or SEC Newcomer of the Year (awarded by the
AP and open to any player in his first year at an SEC school, including transfers).
All listed players won both awards except for the following:
One of the NCAA's main student-athlete awards is the Elite 90 Award (previously the Elite 88 and Elite 89), presented at the site of each of the NCAA's 90 annual championship finals. In Division I men's basketball, eligible individuals are those on the playing squads of all Final Four participants who have played at least two seasons at their current school. The recipient is the eligible player with the highest grade point average, with completed credit hours as a tiebreaker if needed.
^Wiltjer transferred to
Gonzaga after the 2012–13 season.
^Lee transferred to
California after the 2015–16 season.
^Travis began his college career at
Stanford, playing there through the 2017–18 season. He graduated from Stanford with a year of remaining athletic eligibility and transferred to UK for the 2018–19 season.
^Killeya-Jones transferred to
NC State after the 2017–18 season.
^Geeen transferred to
Washington after the 2017–18 season.
^Tshiebwe began his college career at
West Virginia, transferring to Kentucky after the 2020 fall semester. He began play at UK in 2021–22.
^Bradshaw transferred to
Ohio State after the 2023–24 season.
A number of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players have been honored with various
Southeastern Conference and national awards.
Banner honorees
Forty-three former
Kentucky men's basketball players, coaches, and contributors are honored in
Rupp Arena with banners representing their
numbers hung from the rafters. With the streamlining of jersey numbers by the NCAA, the jerseys are retired but the numbers remain active. To have a banner hung, the athlete must be elected to the UK Athletics Hall of Fame.[1]
The UK players listed here received at least one NCAA-recognized national player of the year award.
Oscar Tshiebwe is the first UK player to receive all of the NCAA-recognized national player of the year awards in a single season, doing so in 2021–22.
The following is a list of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players who have been named either SEC Freshman of the Year (awarded by the league's head coaches, and open only to freshmen) or SEC Newcomer of the Year (awarded by the
AP and open to any player in his first year at an SEC school, including transfers).
All listed players won both awards except for the following:
One of the NCAA's main student-athlete awards is the Elite 90 Award (previously the Elite 88 and Elite 89), presented at the site of each of the NCAA's 90 annual championship finals. In Division I men's basketball, eligible individuals are those on the playing squads of all Final Four participants who have played at least two seasons at their current school. The recipient is the eligible player with the highest grade point average, with completed credit hours as a tiebreaker if needed.
^Wiltjer transferred to
Gonzaga after the 2012–13 season.
^Lee transferred to
California after the 2015–16 season.
^Travis began his college career at
Stanford, playing there through the 2017–18 season. He graduated from Stanford with a year of remaining athletic eligibility and transferred to UK for the 2018–19 season.
^Killeya-Jones transferred to
NC State after the 2017–18 season.
^Geeen transferred to
Washington after the 2017–18 season.
^Tshiebwe began his college career at
West Virginia, transferring to Kentucky after the 2020 fall semester. He began play at UK in 2021–22.
^Bradshaw transferred to
Ohio State after the 2023–24 season.