NBA MVP Winners List

The NBA MVP Award

The NBA MVP (most NBA Valuable Player Player Award) Award is given to the player that is voted as the most valuable player to their team, and also the league during the regular season NBA schedule.

NBA MVP winner recipients are awarded the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, named after the NBA first Commissioner.

From the leagues inception up until the 1979-80 season, the MVP award was decided via a voting balleott from the NBA players, these days however the NBA MVP award is decided via ballot by a selection of media personalities and sportswriters throughout the Canada and United States, with each casting votes in a 5,4,3,2,1 format.

Current NBA star player Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors is the only player to have won the award unanimously, in 2015-16. (Sorry LeBron).

Each player that is awarded the NBA MVP Trophy is eligible for the NBA Hall of Fame upon retirement.

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Who has the most MVP Trophys?

Below is a list of players who have won the most NBA MVP awards, including teams and years won.

Rank	Player	Team/s	MVP’s	MVP Years
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Milwaukee Bucks (3) / Los Angeles Lakers(3)	6	1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980
2	Bill Russell	Boston Celtics	5	1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965
	Michael Jordan	Chicago Bulls		1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998
4	Wilt Chamberlain	Philadelphia Warriors(1) / Philadelphia 76ers (3)	4	1960, 1966, 1967, 1968
	LeBron James	Cleveland Cavaliers(2) / Miami Heat (2)		2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
6	Moses Malone	Houston Rockets (2) / Philadelphia 76ers(1)	3	1979, 1982, 1983
	Larry Bird	Boston Celtics		1984, 1985, 1986
	Magic Johnson	Los Angeles Lakers		1987, 1989, 1990
9	Bob Pettit	St. Louis Hawks	2	1956, 1959
	Karl Malone	Utah Jazz		1997, 1999
	Tim Duncan	San Antonio Spurs		2002, 2003
	Steve Nash	Phoenix Suns		2005, 2006
	Stephen Curry	Golden State Warriors		2015, 2016

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NBA MVP Winners List

This list shows NBA MVP Award winners through history. Including the age of each winner, points per game, rebounds per game and assists per game during their NBA MVP seasons.

Season	Player	Age	Team	PTS	TRB	AST
2017-18	James Harden	28	OKC	30.4	5.4	8.8
2016-17	Russell Westbrook	28	OKC	31.6	10.7	10.4
2015-16	Stephen Curry	27	GSW	30.1	5.4	6.7
2014-15	Stephen Curry	26	GSW	23.8	4.3	7.7
2013-14	Kevin Durant	25	OKC	32.0	7.4	5.5
2012-13	LeBron James	28	MIA	26.8	8	7.3
2011-12	LeBron James	27	MIA	27.1	7.9	6.2
2010-11	Derrick Rose	22	CHI	25	4.1	7.7
2009-10	LeBron James	25	CLE	29.7	7.3	8.6
2008-09	LeBron James	24	CLE	28.4	7.6	7.2
2007-08	Kobe Bryant	29	LAL	28.3	6.3	5.4
2006-07	Dirk Nowitzki	28	DAL	24.6	8.9	3.4
2005-06	Steve Nash	31	PHO	18.8	4.2	10.5
2004-05	Steve Nash	30	PHO	15.5	3.3	11.5
2003-04	Kevin Garnett	27	MIN	24.2	13.9	5
2002-03	Tim Duncan	26	SAS	23.3	12.9	3.9
2001-02	Tim Duncan	25	SAS	25.5	12.7	3.7
2000-01	Allen Iverson	25	PHI	31.1	3.8	4.6
1999-00	Shaquille O’Neal	27	LAL	29.7	13.6	3.8
1998-99	Karl Malone	35	UTA	23.8	9.4	4.1
1997-98	Michael Jordan	34	CHI	28.7	5.8	3.5
1996-97	Karl Malone	33	UTA	27.4	9.9	4.5
1995-96	Michael Jordan	32	CHI	30.4	6.6	4.3
1994-95	David Robinson	29	SAS	27.6	10.8	2.9
1993-94	Hakeem Olajuwon	31	HOU	27.3	11.9	3.6
1992-93	Charles Barkley	29	PHO	25.6	12.2	5.1
1991-92	Michael Jordan	28	CHI	30.1	6.4	6.1
1990-91	Michael Jordan	€27	CHI	31.5	6	5.5
1989-90	Magic Johnson	30	LAL	22.3	6.6	11.5
1988-89	Magic Johnson	29	LAL	22.5	7.9	12.8
1987-88	Michael Jordan	24	CHI	35	5.5	5.9
1986-87	Magic Johnson	€27	LAL	23.9	6.3	12.2
1985-86	Larry Bird	29	BOS	25.8	9.8	6.8
1984-85	Larry Bird	28	BOS	28.7	10.5	6.6
1983-84	Larry Bird	27	BOS	24.2	10.1	6.6
1982-83	Moses Malone	27	PHI	24.5	15.3	1.3
1981-82	Moses Malone	26	HOU	31.1	14.7	1.8
1980-81	Julius Erving	30	PHI	24.6	8	4.4
1979-80	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	32	LAL	24.8	10.8	4.5
1978-79	Moses Malone	23	HOU	24.8	17.6	1.8
1977-78	Bill Walton	25	POR	18.9	13.2	5
1976-77	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	29	LAL	26.2	13.3	3.9
1975-76	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	28	LAL	27.7	16.9	5
1974-75	Bob McAdoo	23	BUF	34.5	14.1	2.2
1973-74	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	26	MIL	27	14.5	4.8
1972-73	Dave Cowens	24	BOS	20.5	16.2	4.1
1971-72	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	24	MIL	34.8	16.6	4.6
1970-71	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	23	MIL	31.7	16	3.3
1969-70	Willis Reed	27	NYK	21.7	13.9	2
1968-69	Wes Unseld	22	BAL	13.8	18.2	2.6
1967-68	Wilt Chamberlain	31	PHI	24.3	23.8	8.6
1966-67	Wilt Chamberlain	30	PHI	24.1	24.2	7.8
1965-66	Wilt Chamberlain	29	PHI	33.5	24.6	5.2
1964-65	Bill Russell	30	BOS	14.1	24.1	5.3
1963-64	Oscar Robertson	25	CIN	31.4	9.9	11
1962-63	Bill Russell	28	BOS	16.8	23.6	4.5
1961-62	Bill Russell	27	BOS	18.9	23.6	4.5
1960-61	Bill Russell	26	BOS	16.9	23.9	3.4
1959-60	Wilt Chamberlain	23	PHW	37.6	27	2.3
1958-59	Bob Pettit	26	STL	29.2	16.4	3.1
1957-58	Bill Russell	23	BOS	16.6	22.7	2.9
1956-57	Bob Cousy	28	BOS	20.6	4.8	7.5
1955-56	Bob Pettit	23	STL	25.7	16.2	2.6

This NBA MVP Winners list will be updated following the conclusion of each NBA MVP award ceremony.

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