NBA MVP (Season Winner)
Here is the list of winners of the Most Valuable Player award (MVP) of the NBA season. The award is given to the best performing player of the regular NBA season, since the 1955–56 season. Originally, the MVP was selected by a vote of NBA players, though since the 1980–81 season the award is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the award a record six times, Bill Russell and Michael Jordan has won it five times. See also the MVP of the finals series.
| Season | Winner | Position | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Nikola Jokić | Center | Denver Nuggets |
| 2022–23 | Joel Embiid | Center | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2021–22 | Nikola Jokić | Center | Denver Nuggets |
| 2020–21 | Nikola Jokić | Center | Denver Nuggets |
| 2019–20 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Power forward | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2018–19 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Power forward | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2017–18 | James Harden | Shooting guard | Houston Rockets |
| 2016–17 | Russell Westbrook | Point guard | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2015–16 | Stephen Curry | Point guard | Golden State Warriors |
| 2014–15 | Stephen Curry | Point guard | Golden State Warriors |
| 2013–14 | Kevin Durant | Small forward | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2012–13 | LeBron James | Small forward | Miami Heat |
| 2011–12 | LeBron James | Small forward | Miami Heat |
| 2010–11 | Derrick Rose | Point guard | Chicago Bulls |
| 2009–10 | LeBron James | Small forward | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2008–09 | LeBron James | Small forward | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2007–08 | Kobe Bryant | Shooting guard | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2006–07 | Dirk Nowitzki | Power forward | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2005–06 | Steve Nash | Point guard | Phoenix Suns |
| 2004–05 | Steve Nash | Point guard | Phoenix Suns |
| 2003–04 | Kevin Garnett | Power forward | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 2002–03 | Tim Duncan | Power forward | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2001–02 | Tim Duncan | Power forward | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2000–01 | Allen Iverson | Shooting guard | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1999–00 | Shaquille O'Neal | Center | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1998–99 | Karl Malone | Power forward | Utah Jazz |
| 1997–98 | Michael Jordan | Shooting guard | Chicago Bulls |
| 1996–97 | Karl Malone | Power forward | Utah Jazz |
| 1995–96 | Michael Jordan | Shooting guard | Chicago Bulls |
| 1994–95 | David Robinson | Center | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1993–94 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Center | Houston Rockets |
| 1992–93 | Charles Barkley | Power forward | Phoenix Suns |
| 1991–92 | Michael Jordan | Shooting guard | Chicago Bulls |
| 1990–91 | Michael Jordan | Shooting guard | Chicago Bulls |
| 1989–90 | Magic Johnson | Point guard | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1988–89 | Magic Johnson | Point guard | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1987–88 | Michael Jordan | Shooting guard | Chicago Bulls |
| 1986–87 | Magic Johnson | Point guard | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1985–86 | Larry Bird | Small forward | Boston Celtics |
| 1984–85 | Larry Bird | Small forward | Boston Celtics |
| 1983–84 | Larry Bird | Small forward | Boston Celtics |
| 1982–83 | Moses Malone | Center | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1981–82 | Moses Malone | Center | Houston Rockets |
| 1980–81 | Julius Erving | Small forward | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1979–80 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Center | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1978–79 | Moses Malone | Center | Houston Rockets |
| 1977–78 | Bill Walton | Center | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1976–77 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Center | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1975–76 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Center | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1974–75 | Bob McAdoo | Center | Buffalo Braves |
| 1973–74 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Center | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1972–73 | Dave Cowens | Center | Boston Celtics |
| 1971–72 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Center | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1970–71 | Lew Alcindor | Center | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1969–70 | Willis Reed | Center | New York Knicks |
| 1968–69 | Wes Unseld | Center | Baltimore Bullets |
| 1967–68 | Wilt Chamberlain | Center | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1966–67 | Wilt Chamberlain | Center | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1965–66 | Wilt Chamberlain | Center | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1964–65 | Bill Russell | Center | Boston Celtics |
| 1963–64 | Oscar Robertson | Point guard | Cincinnati Royals |
| 1962–63 | Bill Russell | Center | Boston Celtics |
| 1961–62 | Bill Russell | Center | Boston Celtics |
| 1960–61 | Bill Russell | Center | Boston Celtics |
| 1959–60 | Wilt Chamberlain | Center | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 1958–59 | Bob Pettit | Power forward | St. Louis Hawks |
| 1957–58 | Bill Russell | Center | Boston Celtics |
| 1956–57 | Bob Cousy | Point guard | Boston Celtics |
| 1955–56 | Bob Pettit | Power forward | St. Louis Hawks |
Related Pages
- NBA Finals MVP — list of winners of the most valuable player of the NBA Final Series
- NBA Finals Trivia
- NBA Winners List
- All about the NBA Finals
- More basketball major events
- More about the sport of basketball
- Basketball events calendar
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