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