NBA Awards
NBA Most Valuable Player
The league's top individual honor, first awarded for the 1955–56 season. Players voted on it until 1980; since then a panel of media members has chosen the winner. The trophy has been named after Michael Jordan since 2022–23.
| Season | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander |
| 2024–25 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander |
| 2023–24 | Nikola Jokić |
| 2022–23 | Joel Embiid |
| 2021–22 | Nikola Jokić |
| 2020–21 | Nikola Jokić |
| 2019–20 | Giannis Antetokounmpo |
| 2018–19 | Giannis Antetokounmpo |
| 2017–18 | James Harden |
| 2016–17 | Russell Westbrook |
| 2015–16 | Stephen Curry |
| 2014–15 | Stephen Curry |
| 2013–14 | Kevin Durant |
| 2012–13 | LeBron James |
| 2011–12 | LeBron James |
| 2010–11 | Derrick Rose |
| 2009–10 | LeBron James |
| 2008–09 | LeBron James |
| 2007–08 | Kobe Bryant |
| 2006–07 | Dirk Nowitzki |
| 2005–06 | Steve Nash |
| 2004–05 | Steve Nash |
| 2003–04 | Kevin Garnett |
| 2002–03 | Tim Duncan |
| 2001–02 | Tim Duncan |
| 2000–01 | Allen Iverson |
| 1999–00 | Shaquille O'Neal |
| 1998–99 | Karl Malone |
| 1997–98 | Michael Jordan |
| 1996–97 | Karl Malone |
| 1995–96 | Michael Jordan |
| 1994–95 | David Robinson |
| 1993–94 | Hakeem Olajuwon |
| 1992–93 | Charles Barkley |
| 1991–92 | Michael Jordan |
| 1990–91 | Michael Jordan |
| 1989–90 | Magic Johnson |
| 1988–89 | Magic Johnson |
| 1987–88 | Michael Jordan |
| 1986–87 | Magic Johnson |
| 1985–86 | Larry Bird |
| 1984–85 | Larry Bird |
| 1983–84 | Larry Bird |
| 1982–83 | Moses Malone |
| 1981–82 | Moses Malone |
| 1980–81 | Julius Erving |
| 1979–80 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1978–79 | Moses Malone |
| 1977–78 | Bill Walton |
| 1976–77 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1975–76 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1974–75 | Bob McAdoo |
| 1973–74 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1972–73 | Dave Cowens |
| 1971–72 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1970–71 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1969–70 | Willis Reed |
| 1968–69 | Wes Unseld |
| 1967–68 | Wilt Chamberlain |
| 1966–67 | Wilt Chamberlain |
| 1965–66 | Wilt Chamberlain |
| 1964–65 | Bill Russell |
| 1963–64 | Oscar Robertson |
| 1962–63 | Bill Russell |
| 1961–62 | Bill Russell |
| 1960–61 | Bill Russell |
| 1959–60 | Wilt Chamberlain |
| 1958–59 | Bob Pettit |
| 1957–58 | Bill Russell |
| 1956–57 | Bob Cousy |
| 1955–56 | Bob Pettit |