Some sports call it a Most Valuable Player Award, and others call it the Player of the Year. Either way, this award, named after long-time sportscaster Chris Schenkel, is given to the top bowler on Tour every year.
Chris Schenkel PBA Players of the Year
| Year | PBA Player of the Year |
| 2012 | Sean Rash |
| 2011 | Mika Koivuniemi |
| 2010 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr. |
| 2009 | Wes Malott |
| 2008 | Chris Barnes |
| 2007 | Doug Kent |
| 2006 | Tommy Jones |
| 2005 | Patrick Allen |
| 2004 | Mika Koivuniemi |
| 2003 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr. |
| 2002 | Parker Bohn, III |
| 2000 | Norm Duke |
| 1999 | Parker Bohn, III |
| 1998 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr. |
| 1997 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr. |
| 1996 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr. |
| 1995 | Mike Aulby |
| 1994 | Norm Duke |
| 1993 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr. |
| 1992 | Dave Ferraro |
| 1991 | David Ozio |
| 1990 | Amleto Monacelli |
| 1989 | Amleto Monacelli |
| 1988 | Brian Voss |
| 1987 | Marshall Holman |
| 1986 | Walter Ray Williams, Jr. |
| 1985 | Mike Aulby |
| 1984 | Mark Roth |
| 1983 | Earl Anthony |
| 1982 | Earl Anthony |
| 1981 | Earl Anthony |
| 1980 | Wayne Webb |
| 1979 | Mark Roth |
| 1978 | Mark Roth |
| 1977 | Mark Roth |
| 1976 | Earl Anthony |
| 1975 | Earl Anthony |
| 1974 | Earl Anthony |
| 1973 | Don McCune |
| 1972 | Don Johnson |
| 1971 | Don Johnson |
| 1970 | Nelson Burton, Jr. |
| 1969 | Billy Hardwick |
| 1968 | Jim Stefanich |
| 1967 | Dave Davis |
| 1966 | Wayne Zahn |
| 1965 | Dick Weber |
| 1964 | Bob Strampe |
| 1963 | Billy Hardwick |
