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NBA MVP Winners (1956–2025)
| Year | MVP | Team |
|---|
| 2025 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2024 | Nikola Jokić | Denver Nuggets |
| 2023 | Joel Embiid | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2022 | Nikola Jokić | Denver Nuggets |
| 2021 | Nikola Jokić | Denver Nuggets |
| 2020 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2019 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2018 | James Harden | Houston Rockets |
| 2017 | Russell Westbrook | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2016 | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors |
| 2015 | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors |
| 2014 | Kevin Durant | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2013 | LeBron James | Miami Heat |
| 2012 | LeBron James | Miami Heat |
| 2011 | Derrick Rose | Chicago Bulls |
| 2010 | LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2009 | LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2008 | Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2007 | Dirk Nowitzki | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2006 | Steve Nash | Phoenix Suns |
| 2005 | Steve Nash | Phoenix Suns |
| 2004 | Kevin Garnett | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 2003 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2002 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2001 | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2000 | Shaquille O’Neal | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1999 | Karl Malone | Utah Jazz |
| 1998 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1997 | Karl Malone | Utah Jazz |
| 1996 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1995 | David Robinson | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1994 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets |
| 1993 | Charles Barkley | Phoenix Suns |
| 1992 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1991 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1990 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1989 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1988 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1987 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1986 | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics |
| 1985 | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics |
| 1984 | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics |
| 1983 | Moses Malone | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1982 | Moses Malone | Houston Rockets |
| 1981 | Julius Erving | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1980 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1979 | Moses Malone | Houston Rockets |
| 1978 | Bill Walton | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1977 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1976 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1975 | Bob McAdoo | Buffalo Braves |
| 1974 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1973 | Dave Cowens | Boston Celtics |
| 1972 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1971 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1970 | Willis Reed | New York Knicks |
| 1969 | Wes Unseld | Baltimore Bullets |
| 1968 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1967 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1966 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1965 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics |
| 1964 | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati Royals |
| 1963 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics |
| 1962 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics |
| 1961 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics |
| 1960 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 1959 | Bob Pettit | St. Louis Hawks |
| 1958 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics |
| 1957 | Bob Cousy | Boston Celtics |
| 1956 | Bob Pettit | St. Louis Hawks |
🏆 Most MVP Awards by Player
| Player | MVPs |
|---|
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 6 |
| Michael Jordan | 5 |
| Bill Russell | 5 |
| LeBron James | 4 |
| Wilt Chamberlain | 4 |
| Nikola Jokić | 3 |
| Moses Malone | 3 |
| Larry Bird | 3 |
| Magic Johnson | 3 |