NBA MVPs: Complete list of award winners by year

While the NBA dates from its history until 1946, the NBA MVP has only granted its 1955-56 season. Duration 2022-23, the NBA changed the name of the award after Michael Jordan. This year, the three finalists are below:

2024-25 NBA MVP finalists

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Nikola Jokić
Giannis Antetokounmpo

See the complete list of NBA MVP winners, including your team below:

NBA MVP

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)

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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 Iiverson (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: Male Malone (Philadelphia 76ers)
1981–82: Moses Malone (Houston Rockets)
1980–81: Julius Invention (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: Want Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers)
1966–67: Want Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers)
1965–66: Want 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: Want Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors)
1958–59: Bob Petit (St. Louis Hawks)
1957–58: Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)
1956–57: Bob Cousy (Boston Celtics)
1955–56: Bob Petit (St. Louis Hawks)

Who has more NBA MVP?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has won most NBA MVP awards with six. Michael Jordan and Bill Russell are only with five victories per piece. Below is a list of all players with multiple MVP awards: