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The Rookie of the Year award is given by a number of sports leagues, mainly in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, to the top first-time professional athlete of a season.
honor is awarded annually to the top rookie performers in:

rookie of the year awards exist outside North America.

While the North American college sports system delays athletes entry into professional sports until the best of them are ready to make a major impact in their first season in other parts of the world it is usual for clubs to train their own players and introduce them into the first team gradually.

To reflect this difference Young player of the year awards with an upper age limit usually somewhere in the early 20s, are more common elsewhere, e.g.






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The Rookie of the Year award is given by a number of sports leagues, mainly in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, to the top first-time professional athlete of a season.

Principal sports making award

The honor is awarded annually to the top rookie performers in:
  • Major League Baseball
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
  • National Football League
    National Football League

    The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
  • National Basketball Association
    National Basketball Association

    The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
  • National Hockey League
    National Hockey League

    The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
  • Indianapolis 500
    Indianapolis 500

    The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or commonly known simply as The 500, is an USA automobile auto racing, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
  • NASCAR
    NASCAR

    The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
  • Major League Soccer
    Major League Soccer

    Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league based in the United States, overseen by the United States Soccer Federation. The league is comprised of 15 teams, 14 in the U.S....
  • Major League Lacrosse
    Major League Lacrosse

    Major League Lacrosse is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of 5 teams in the United States and 1 team in Canada. The league currently has all six teams in one conference....


Award outside North America

Some rookie of the year awards exist outside North America.

While the North American college sports system delays athletes entry into professional sports until the best of them are ready to make a major impact in their first season in other parts of the world it is usual for clubs to train their own players and introduce them into the first team gradually.

To reflect this difference Young player of the year awards with an upper age limit usually somewhere in the early 20s, are more common elsewhere, e.g. soccer's FIFPro World Young Player of the Year.

However golf's European Tour has the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award, and Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Grand Prix motorcycle racing

* In 2005, fuel tank capacity was reduced by 2 litres to 24 litres* In 2006, fuel tank capacity was reduced by a further 2 litres to 22 litres* From 2007 onwards and for a minimum period of five years, FIM has regulated in MotoGP class that two-stroke bikes will no longer be allowed, and engines will be limited to 800cc four-strokes....
 also awards the top rookie of each class.

Sports Rookie of the Year awards


Auto Racing

  • Champ Car Racing
    Champ Car

    Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of automobiles used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race....
  • Indianapolis 500
    List of Indianapolis 500 Rookies of the Year

    Winners of the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Award, first awarded in 1952. No award was given from 1911-1951, even though at least one rookie starter has been present in every running of the Indianapolis 500....
  • Indy Racing League
    Indy Racing League

    The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
  • NASCAR
    NASCAR Rookie of the Year

    The NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season in a NASCAR season. Each of NASCAR's national and regional touring series selects a RotY winner each year....
  • Grand Prix motorcycle racing
    Grand Prix motorcycle racing

    * In 2005, fuel tank capacity was reduced by 2 litres to 24 litres* In 2006, fuel tank capacity was reduced by a further 2 litres to 22 litres* From 2007 onwards and for a minimum period of five years, FIM has regulated in MotoGP class that two-stroke bikes will no longer be allowed, and engines will be limited to 800cc four-strokes....

Baseball

  • Major League Baseball
  • Sporting News
    The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award

    The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award was established in 1946 in sports by The Sporting News .*In 1947-48, and again in 1950, a single award was given for all of Major League Baseball....


Basketball

  • National Basketball Association
    NBA Rookie of the Year Award

    The National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual National Basketball Association award given since the 1952?53 NBA season, to the top rookie of the regular season....
  • Women's National Basketball Association
    WNBA Rookie of the Year Award

    The Women's National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association award given since the 1998 WNBA season, to the top rookie of the regular season....
  • National Basketball League (Australia)
    NBL (Australia) Rookie of the Year

    * 1983 Jamie Kennedy * 1984 Andrew Gaze * 1985 Mike McKay * 1986 Steve Lunardon * 1987 Greg Hubbard * 1988 Shane Heal * 1989 Justin Withers * 1990 Justin Cass ...
  • Philippine Basketball Association
    Philippine Basketball Association Rookie of the Year award

    This is a list of the Philippine Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year awardees:...
  • Greek A1 League
    A1 Ethniki

    The A1 Ethniki , often referred to as the Greek League, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by the Hellenic Basketball Association and is considered to be one of the top leagues in European basketball....

Football (American)

  • National Football League
    NFL Rookie of the Year Award

    Since 1967 The Associated Press has given two annual Rookie of the Year Awards to NFL American football players: one for an offensive player and one for a defensive player....

Golf

  • Ladies European Tour
    Ladies European Tour

    The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1979. It is based in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal structure which enables it to focus on maximising returns to its members through prize money, rather than on making profits for investors....
  • LPGA Tour
    LPGA

    The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters are in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that runs from Feb...
  • PGA Tour
    PGA Tour

    The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida....
  • PGA European Tour
    PGA European Tour

    The PGA European Tour is an organisation which operates the three leading men's professional golf professional golf tourss in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour....

Hockey

  • Canadian Hockey League
    CHL Rookie of the Year

    The CHL Rookie of the Year Award is given out annually to the top rookie in the Canadian Hockey League....
  • Central Hockey League
    Ken McKenzie Trophy

    The Ken McKenzie Trophy is awarded annually to the Central Hockey League's leading points scorer in the regular season. The award is named for Ken McKenzie, the co-founder and longtime president and publisher of The Hockey News....
  • International Hockey League
    Ken McKenzie Trophy

    The Ken McKenzie Trophy is awarded annually to the Central Hockey League's leading points scorer in the regular season. The award is named for Ken McKenzie, the co-founder and longtime president and publisher of The Hockey News....
  • National Hockey League
    Calder Memorial Trophy

    The Calder Memorial Trophy is an annual National Hockey League awards given "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League." The award has been awarded 71 times since its beginnings in 1936-37 NHL season....
  • Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
    RDS Cup

    The RDS Cup is awarded annually by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to the overall Rookie of the Year . The Cup was known as the Molson Cup from 1991 to 1994, and the New Face Cup from 1994 to 1996....

Lacrosse

  • Major League Lacrosse
    Major League Lacrosse Rookie of the Year Award

    The Cascade Major League Lacrosse Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to the top first-time athlete of the season.Cascade began sponsorship of the award in 2003....

Soccer

  • Major League Soccer
    MLS Rookie of the Year Award

    In the United States, Major League Soccer has handed out a Rookie of the Year Award since its inception in 1996. MLS, as opposed to other American sports leagues like Major League Baseball, only designates a player as a rookie if the player has had no prior professional experience....