Bobby Parks PBA Best Import of the Conference award

The Bobby Parks Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Best Import of the Conference award (formerly known as the PBA Best Import of the Conference award) is given to the most outstanding non-Filipino on a team's roster, frequently referred to as the "import." Since imports are restricted to certain conferences, the award is a conference-long award, not a season-long award. The award was renamed on March 31, 2013, after Bobby Parks, a seven-time winner of this award who died a day before due to laryngeal cancer.^[1]^[2]

Winners

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has received the award
Team (X)	Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

Season	Conference	Best Import	Team	Ref.
1981	Open	Andrew Fields	Toyota Super Diesels
1981	Reinforced Filipino	Russell Murray	YCO-Tanduay
1982	Reinforced Filipino	Norman Black	San Miguel Beermen
1982	Open	Donnie Ray Koonce	Toyota Super Corollas (2)
1983	Reinforced Filipino	Billy Ray Bates	Crispa Redmanizers
1983	Open	Billy Ray Bates (2)	Crispa Redmanizers (2)
1984	Invitational	Jeff Collins	Great Taste Coffee Makers
1985	Open	Norman Black (2)	Magnolia Ice Cream Makers (2)
1985	Reinforced	Michael Hackett	Ginebra San Miguel
1986	Reinforced	Rob Williams	Tanduay Rhum Makers (2)
1986	Open	Michael Young	Manila Beer Brewmasters
1987	Open	David Thirdkill	Tanduay Rhum Makers (3)
1987	Reinforced	Bobby Parks	San Miguel Beermen (3)
1988	Open	Jamie Waller	Ginebra San Miguel (2)
1988	Reinforced	Bobby Parks (2)	Shell Rimula X Diesel Oilers
1989	Open	Bobby Parks (3)	Formula Shell Zoom Masters (2)
1989	Reinforced	Carlos Briggs	Añejo Rum 65ers (3)
1990	First Conference	Bobby Parks (4)	Formula Shell Zoom Masters (3)
1990	Third Conference	Bobby Parks (5)	Shell Rimula X (4)
1991	First Conference	Bobby Parks (6)	Shell Rimula X (5)
1991	Third Conference	Wes Matthews	Ginebra San Miguel (4)
1992	First Conference	Bobby Parks (7)	Shell Rimula X (6)
1992	Third Conference	Tony Harris	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs
1993	Commissioner's	Ronnie Thompkins	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs (2)
1993	Governors'	Kenny Travis	San Miguel Beermen (4)
1994	Commissioner's	Kenny Redfield	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
1994	Governors'	Ronnie Coleman	Pepsi Mega Bottlers
1995	Commissioner's	Ronnie Grandison	Sunkist Orange Juicers (3)
1995	Governors'	Stevin Smith	Sunkist Orange Juicers (4)
1996	Commissioner's	Kenny Redfield (2)	Formula Shell Zoom Masters (7)
1996	Governors'	Sean Chambers	Alaska Milkmen
1997	Commissioner's	Jeff Ward	San Miguel Beermen (5)
1997	Governors'	Larry Robinson	San Miguel Beermen (6)
1998	Commissioner's	Devin Davis	Alaska Milkmen (2)
1998	Governors'	Silas Mills	Mobiline Phone Pals (2)
1999	Commissioner's	Terquin Mott	San Miguel Beermen (7)
1999	Governors'	Lamont Strothers	San Miguel Beermen (8)
2000	Commissioner's	Ansu Sesay	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2000	Governors'	Derrick Brown	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs (2)
2001	Commissioner's	Antonio Lang	Red Bull Thunder
2001	Governors'	Damian Owens	Sta. Lucia Realtors (2)
2002	Governors'	Derrick Brown (2)	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs (3)
2002	Commissioner's	Jerald Honeycutt	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals (3)
2003	Reinforced	Tee McClary	Coca-Cola Tigers
(2004)	Fiesta	Victor Thomas	Red Bull Barako (2)
2004–05	Fiesta	Jerald Honeycutt (2)	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals (4)
2005–06	Fiesta	Marquin Chandler	Purefoods Chunkee Giants (4)
2006–07	Fiesta	Rosell Ellis	Alaska Aces (3)
2007–08	Fiesta	Chris Alexander	Barangay Ginebra Kings (5)
2008–09	Fiesta	Gabe Freeman	San Miguel Beermen (9)
2009–10	Fiesta	Gabe Freeman (2)	San Miguel Beermen (10)
2010–11	Commissioner's	Nate Brumfield	Barangay Ginebra Kings (6)
2010–11	Governors'	Arizona Reid	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2011–12	Commissioner's	Denzel Bowles	B-Meg Llamados (5)
2011–12	Governors'	Jamelle Cornley	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2)
2012–13	Commissioner's	Robert Dozier	Alaska Aces (4)
2012–13	Governors'	Marqus Blakely	San Mig Coffee Mixers (6)
2013–14	Commissioner's	Richard Howell	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters (5)
2013–14	Governors'	Arizona Reid (2)	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (3)
2014–15	Commissioner's	Wayne Chism	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (4)
2014–15	Governors'	Romeo Travis	Alaska Aces (5)
2015–16	Commissioner's	Arinze Onuaku	Meralco Bolts
2015–16	Governors'	Allen Durham	Meralco Bolts (2)
2016–17	Commissioner's	Charles Rhodes	San Miguel Beermen (11)
2016–17	Governors'	Allen Durham (2)	Meralco Bolts (3)
2017–18	Commissioner's	Justin Brownlee	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (7)
2017–18	Governors'	Mike Harris	Alaska Aces (6)
2019	Commissioner's	Terrence Jones	TNT KaTropa (6)
2019	Governors'	Allen Durham (3)	Meralco Bolts (4)
2021	Governors'	Justin Brownlee (2)	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (8)
2022–23	Commissioner's	Justin Brownlee (3)	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (9)
2022–23	Governors'	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	TNT Tropang Giga (7)
2023–24	Commissioner's	Johnathan Williams	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	^[3]
2024–25	Governors'	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (2)	TNT Tropang Giga (8)	^[4]

Multiple-time winners

Total	Player
7	Bobby Parks
3	Justin Brownlee
3	Allen Durham
2	Billy Ray Bates
	Norman Black
	Derrick Brown
	Gabe Freeman
	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
	Jerald Honeycutt
	Kenny Redfield
	Arizona Reid

References

^ PBA: League names Best Import Award in Parks' honor, GMA News Online, March 31, 2013
^ PBA to name Best Import trophy after Bobby Parks Archived April 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, March 31, 2013
^ "Perez bags first BPC award, Williams clinches ArenaPlus Best Import honor". PBA.ph. February 9, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
^ "Fajardo, RHJ cop Governors' Cup individual awards". PBA.ph. November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.

[1] PBA: League names Best Import Award in Parks' honor, GMA News Online, March 31, 2013

[2] PBA to name Best Import trophy after Bobby Parks Archived April 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, March 31, 2013

[3] "Perez bags first BPC award, Williams clinches ArenaPlus Best Import honor". PBA.ph. February 9, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2024.

[4] "Fajardo, RHJ cop Governors' Cup individual awards". PBA.ph. November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.

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v t e PBA Best Import of the Conference Award
Commissioner's Cup	1993: Thompkins 1994: Redfield 1995: Grandison 1996: Redfield 1997: Ward 1998: Davis 1999: Mott 2000: Sesay 2001: Lang 2002: Honeycutt 2011: Brumfield 2012: Bowles 2013: Dozier 2014: Howell 2015: Chism 2016: Onuaku 2017: Rhodes 2018: Brownlee 2019: Jones 2022–23: Brownlee 2023–24: J. Williams
Governors' Cup	1993: K. Travis 1994: Coleman 1995: Smith 1996: Chambers 1997: Robinson 1998: Mills 1999: Strothers 2000: Brown 2001: Owens 2002: Brown 2011: Reid 2012: Cornley 2013: Blakely 2014: Reid 2015: R. Travis 2016: Durham 2017: Durham 2018: M. Harris 2019: Durham 2021: Brownlee 2023: Hollis-Jefferson 2024: Hollis-Jefferson
Inactive conferences
Open Conference	1981: Fields 1983: Bates 1985: Black 1986: Young 1987: Thirdkill 1988: Waller 1989: Parks
Reinforced Conference	1981: Murray 1985: Hackett 1986: R. Williams 1987: Parks 1988: Parks 1989: Briggs 2003: McClary
Reinforced Filipino Conference	1982: Black 1983: Bates
Invitational Conference	1982: Koonce 1984: Collins
First Conference	1990: Parks 1991: Parks 1992: Parks
Third Conference	1990: Parks 1991: Matthews 1992: T. Harris
Fiesta Conference	2004: Thomas 2005: Honeycutt 2006: Chandler 2007: Ellis 2008: Alexander 2009: Freeman 2010: Freeman