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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
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

 



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