The John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award
The John Bunn Award is named for the first chairman of the Basketball Hall of Fame Committee (1949-69). The award, instituted by the Basketball Hall's Board of Trustees, annually honors an international or national figure who has contributed greatly to the game of basketball. Outside of Enshrinement, the John Bunn Award is the most prestigious award presented by the Basketball Hall of Fame.
2023
- Tom Konchalski
2022
- Reggie Minton
2021
- Carol Stiff
2020
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Timothy Nugent
2019
- Del Harris
- Harry Glickman
2018
- Harley Redin
- Jim Host
2017
- Dee Rowe
- Michael Goldberg
2016
- Jim Delany
2015
- Rod Thorn
2014
- Al Attles
2013
- George Raveling
2012
- Pat Williams
2011
- Brian McIntyre
2010
- Don Meyer
2009
- Johnny "Red" Kerr
2008
- Val Ackerman
2007
- Thomas "Satch" Sanders
2006
- Betty Jaynes
2005
- Marty Blake
2004
- Zelda Spoelstra
2003
- Joe O'Brien
2002
- Harvey Pollack
2001
- Tom Jernstedt
2000
- Meadowlark Lemon
1999
- The Harlem Globetrotters
1998
- Tex Winter
1997
- C.M. Newton
1996
- Vic Bubas
1995
- Pete Carlesimo
1994
- William Wall
1993
- Joe Vancisin
1992
- Will Robinson
1991
- Morgan B. Wootten
1990
- Pat Head Summitt
1989
- George E. Killian
1988
- Haskell Hillyard
1987
- David R. Gavitt
1986
- Grady W. Lewis
1985
- Lee Williams
1984
- Lawrence F. O'Brien
1983
- Robert J. Cousy
1982
- Daniel Biasone
1981
- Ray Meyer
1980
- Arnold "Red" Auerbach
1979
- Eddie Gottlieb
1978
- Curt Gowdy
1977
- Clifford B. Fagan
1976
- Henry P. Iba
1975
- J. Walter Kennedy
1974
- John Wooden
1973
- John Bunn