While the NBA dates its history back to 1946, the NBA MVP has only been awarded since the 1955-56 season. During the 2022-23 season, the NBA renamed the award after Michael Jordan. This year, the three finalists are below:
2024-25 NBA MVP Finalists
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- Nikola Jokić
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
Check out the complete list of NBA MVP winners including their team below:
NBA MVPs
- 2023-24: Nikola Jokić (Denver Nuggets)
- 2022–23: Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers)
- 2021–22: Nikola Jokić (Denver Nuggets)
- 2020–21: Nikola Jokić (Denver Nuggets)
- 2019–20: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)
- 2018–19: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)
- 2017–18: James Harden (Houston Rockets)
- 2016–17: Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder)
- 2015–16: Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
- 2014–15: Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
- 2013–14: Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder)
- 2012–13: LeBron James (Miami Heat)
- 2011–12: LeBron James (Miami Heat)
- 2010–11: Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls)
- 2009–10: LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
- 2008–09: LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
- 2007–08: Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)
- 2006–07: Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks)
- 2005–06: Steve Nash (Phoenix Suns)
- 2004–05: Steve Nash (Phoenix Suns)
- 2003–04: Kevin Garnett (Minnesota Timberwolves)
- 2002–03: Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs)
- 2001–02: Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs)
- 2000–01: Allen Iverson (Philadelphia 76ers)
- 1999–00 : Shaquille O’Neal (Los Angeles Lakers)
- 1998–99: Karl Malone (Utah Jazz)
- 1997–98 : Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls)
- 1996–97: Karl Malone (Utah Jazz)
- 1995–96: Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls)
- 1994–95: David Robinson (San Antonio Spurs)
- 1993–94: Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets)
- 1992–93: Charles Barkley (Phoenix Suns)
- 1991–92: Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls)
- 1990–91: Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls)
- 1989–90: Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers)
- 1988–89: Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers)
- 1987–88: Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls)
- 1986–87: Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers)
- 1985–86: Larry Bird (Boston Celtics)
- 1984–85: Larry Bird (Boston Celtics)
- 1983–84: Larry Bird (Boston Celtics)
- 1982–83: Moses Malone (Philadelphia 76ers)
- 1981–82: Moses Malone (Houston Rockets)
- 1980–81: Julius Erving (Philadelphia 76ers)
- 1979–80 : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers)
- 1978–79: Moses Malone (Houston Rockets)
- 1977–78: Bill Walton (Portland Trail Blazers)
- 1976–77: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers)
- 1975–76: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers)
- 1974–75: Bob McAdoo (Buffalo Braves)
- 1973–74: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee Bucks)
- 1972–73: Dave Cowens (Boston Celtics)
- 1971–72: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee Bucks)
- 1970–71: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee Bucks)
- 1969–70: Willis Reed (New York Knicks)
- 1968–69: Wes Unseld (Baltimore Bullets)
- 1967–68: Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers)
- 1966–67: Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers)
- 1965–66: Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers)
- 1964–65: Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)
- 1963–64: Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati Royals)
- 1962–63: Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)
- 1961–62: Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)
- 1960–61: Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)
- 1959–60: Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors)
- 1958–59: Bob Pettit (St. Louis Hawks)
- 1957–58: Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)
- 1956–57: Bob Cousy (Boston Celtics)
- 1955–56: Bob Pettit (St. Louis Hawks)
Who has the most NBA MVPs?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has won the most NBA MVP awards with six. Michael Jordan and Bill Russell are just behind him with five wins a piece. Below is a list of all the players with multiple MVP awards:
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – 6
- Bill Russell – 5
- Michael Jordan – 5
- LeBron James – 4
- Wilt Chamberlain – 4
- Larry Bird – 3
- Magic Johnson – 3
- Moses Malone – 3
- Nikola Jokić – 3
- Bob Pettit – 2
- Giannis Antetokounmpo – 2
- Karl Malone – 2
- Steve Nash – 2
- Stephen Curry – 2
- Tim Duncan – 2
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