Prior to 2021, the winner received the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which was named in honor of the first commissioner (then president)[a] of the NBA, who served from 1946 until 1963. With the switch to the Michael Jordan Trophy, his name was moved to a new Maurice Podoloff Trophy given to the team with the best regular season record.[4] Until the 1979–80 season, the MVP was selected by a vote of NBA players. Since the 1980–81 season, the award is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada.
Each member of the voting panel casts a vote for first to fifth place selections. Each first-place vote is worth 10 points; each second-place vote is worth seven; each third-place vote is worth five, fourth-place is worth three and fifth-place is worth one. Starting from 2010, one ballot was cast by fans through online voting. The player with the highest point total wins the award.[5] As of the 2021–22 season, the current holder of the award is Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets. Jokić is the lowest draft pick to win the award, being selected 41st by Denver in the 2014 NBA draft.
Nikola Jokić won back to back MVP awards in 2020–21 and 2021–22. He became one of only two players to be selected in the second round of the NBA draft to win the award.
^The official title of the position was President until 1967 when it was changed to Commissioner.[3]
^ abHakeem Olajuwon was born in Nigeria, but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1993. He was the first ever international player to win the award.[10]
^ abcAlthough Duncan was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands and is a United States citizen,[11] the NBA considers him an international player.[12]
^ abcSteve Nash, who was born in South Africa, was raised in Canada.[13]
^Allen Iverson received the only other first-place vote in 2000, while Carmelo Anthony received the only other first-place vote in 2013.[8]
^Except for seasons affected by lockouts and COVID-19, when the schedule was shortened from the norm of 82 games. Karl Malone won in 1998–99 when Utah was 37–13 in 50 games, which projected to 60 wins in 82 games. James won in 2011–12 when the Miami Heat were 46–20 in 66 games, which projected to 57 wins. Nikola Jokić won in 2020–21 when Denver was 47–25 in 72 games, which projected to 54 wins in 82 games.
^ abcdefBefore the 1971–72 season, Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.[17]
^Malone, at 35 years and 284 days old at the end of the regular season, is the oldest MVP in NBA history.[18]
^Rose, at 22 years and 191 days old at the end of the regular season, is the youngest MVP in NBA history.[19]
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The National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award MVP is an annual National Basketball Association NBA award given since the 1955 56 season to the best performing player of the regular season Starting with the 2022 23 season winners receive the Michael Jordan Trophy named for the five time MVP often considered the best player in NBA history 1 2 NBA Most Valuable Player AwardSportBasketballLeagueNational Basketball AssociationAwarded forBest performing player in regular season of the National Basketball AssociationHistoryFirst award1955 56Most winsKareem Abdul Jabbar 6 Most recentNikola Jokic Denver Nuggets 2022 Prior to 2021 the winner received the Maurice Podoloff Trophy which was named in honor of the first commissioner then president a of the NBA who served from 1946 until 1963 With the switch to the Michael Jordan Trophy his name was moved to a new Maurice Podoloff Trophy given to the team with the best regular season record 4 Until the 1979 80 season the MVP was selected by a vote of NBA players Since the 1980 81 season the award is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada Each member of the voting panel casts a vote for first to fifth place selections Each first place vote is worth 10 points each second place vote is worth seven each third place vote is worth five fourth place is worth three and fifth place is worth one Starting from 2010 one ballot was cast by fans through online voting The player with the highest point total wins the award 5 As of the 2021 22 season the current holder of the award is Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets Jokic is the lowest draft pick to win the award being selected 41st by Denver in the 2014 NBA draft Every player who has won this award and has been eligible for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has been inducted Kareem Abdul Jabbar won the award a record six times 6 He is also the only player to win the award despite his team not making the playoffs back in the 1975 76 season Both Bill Russell and Michael Jordan won the award five times 7 while Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James won the award four times Russell and James are the only players to have won the award four times in five seasons 8 Moses Malone Larry Bird and Magic Johnson each won the award three times while Bob Pettit Karl Malone Tim Duncan Steve Nash Stephen Curry Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic have each won it twice 7 Russell Chamberlain and Bird are the only players to win the award in three consecutive years Only two rookies have won the award Chamberlain in the 1959 60 season and Wes Unseld in the 1968 69 season 9 Hakeem Olajuwon of Nigeria b Duncan of the U S Virgin Islands c Nash of Canada d Dirk Nowitzki of Germany Antetokounmpo of Greece and Jokic of Serbia are the only MVP winners considered international players by the NBA 12 Curry in 2015 16 is the only player to have won the award unanimously Shaquille O Neal in 1999 2000 and LeBron James in 2012 13 are the only two players to have fallen one vote shy of a unanimous selection both receiving 120 of 121 votes e 8 Since the 1975 76 season only three players have been named MVP for a season in which their team failed to win at least 50 regular season games Moses Malone twice 1978 79 and 1981 82 Russell Westbrook 2016 17 and Nikola Jokic 2021 22 f 14 15 Contents 1 Winners 2 Multi time winners 3 Teams 4 See also 5 Notes 6 ReferencesWinners Bill Russell left won the award five times in his NBA career Wilt Chamberlain center won the award four times in his career Bob Pettit was the first player to win multiple MVP awards Kareem Abdul Jabbar won the award a record setting six times in his career Larry Bird was the last player to win the award in three consecutive years Michael Jordan won the award five times in his career Hakeem Olajuwon right is one of three players to win the NBA MVP and the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in the same season LeBron James is a four time NBA MVP Derrick Rose became the youngest player to ever win the award at age 22 Stephen Curry won back to back MVP awards and was the first ever unanimous winner in the 2015 16 season 16 Giannis Antetokounmpo won back to back MVP awards in 2018 19 and 2019 20 He became the first player to win League MVP and the NBA Most Improved Player award Nikola Jokic won back to back MVP awards in 2020 21 and 2021 22 He became one of only two players to be selected in the second round of the NBA draft to win the award Denotes player who is still active in the NBA Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Denotes player whose team won championship that yearPlayer X Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that timeTeam X Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that timeSeason Player Position Nationality Team1955 56 Bob Pettit Power forward United States St Louis Hawks1956 57 Bob Cousy Point guard United States Boston Celtics1957 58 Bill Russell Center United States Boston Celtics 2 1958 59 Bob Pettit 2 Power forward United States St Louis Hawks 2 1959 60 Wilt Chamberlain Center United States Philadelphia Warriors1960 61 Bill Russell 2 Center United States Boston Celtics 3 1961 62 Bill Russell 3 Center United States Boston Celtics 4 1962 63 Bill Russell 4 Center United States Boston Celtics 5 1963 64 Oscar Robertson Point guard United States Cincinnati Royals1964 65 Bill Russell 5 Center United States Boston Celtics 6 1965 66 Wilt Chamberlain 2 Center United States Philadelphia 76ers1966 67 Wilt Chamberlain 3 Center United States Philadelphia 76ers 2 1967 68 Wilt Chamberlain 4 Center United States Philadelphia 76ers 3 1968 69 Wes Unseld Center United States Baltimore Bullets1969 70 Willis Reed Center United States New York Knicks1970 71 Lew Alcindor g Center United States Milwaukee Bucks1971 72 Kareem Abdul Jabbar g 2 Center United States Milwaukee Bucks 2 1972 73 Dave Cowens Center United States Boston Celtics 7 1973 74 Kareem Abdul Jabbar g 3 Center United States Milwaukee Bucks 3 1974 75 Bob McAdoo Center United States Buffalo Braves1975 76 Kareem Abdul Jabbar g 4 Center United States Los Angeles Lakers1976 77 Kareem Abdul Jabbar g 5 Center United States Los Angeles Lakers 2 1977 78 Bill Walton Center United States Portland Trail Blazers1978 79 Moses Malone Center United States Houston Rockets1979 80 Kareem Abdul Jabbar g 6 Center United States Los Angeles Lakers 3 1980 81 Julius Erving Small forward United States Philadelphia 76ers 4 1981 82 Moses Malone 2 Center United States Houston Rockets 2 1982 83 Moses Malone 3 Center United States Philadelphia 76ers 5 1983 84 Larry Bird Small forward United States Boston Celtics 8 1984 85 Larry Bird 2 Small forward United States Boston Celtics 9 1985 86 Larry Bird 3 Small forward United States Boston Celtics 10 1986 87 Magic Johnson Point guard United States Los Angeles Lakers 4 1987 88 Michael Jordan Shooting guard United States Chicago Bulls1988 89 Magic Johnson 2 Point guard United States Los Angeles Lakers 5 1989 90 Magic Johnson 3 Point guard United States Los Angeles Lakers 6 1990 91 Michael Jordan 2 Shooting guard United States Chicago Bulls 2 1991 92 Michael Jordan 3 Shooting guard United States Chicago Bulls 3 1992 93 Charles Barkley Power forward United States Phoenix Suns1993 94 Hakeem Olajuwon Center Nigeria b Houston Rockets 3 1994 95 David Robinson Center United States San Antonio Spurs1995 96 Michael Jordan 4 Shooting guard United States Chicago Bulls 4 1996 97 Karl Malone Power forward United States Utah Jazz1997 98 Michael Jordan 5 Shooting guard United States Chicago Bulls 5 1998 99 Karl Malone 2 h Power forward United States Utah Jazz 2 1999 00 Shaquille O Neal Center United States Los Angeles Lakers 7 2000 01 Allen Iverson Shooting guard United States Philadelphia 76ers 6 2001 02 Tim Duncan Power forward United States c San Antonio Spurs 2 2002 03 Tim Duncan 2 Power forward United States c San Antonio Spurs 3 2003 04 Kevin Garnett Power forward United States Minnesota Timberwolves2004 05 Steve Nash Point guard Canada d Phoenix Suns 2 2005 06 Steve Nash 2 Point guard Canada d Phoenix Suns 3 2006 07 Dirk Nowitzki Power forward Germany Dallas Mavericks2007 08 Kobe Bryant Shooting guard United States Los Angeles Lakers 8 2008 09 LeBron James Small forward United States Cleveland Cavaliers2009 10 LeBron James 2 Small forward United States Cleveland Cavaliers 2 2010 11 Derrick Rose i Point guard United States Chicago Bulls 6 2011 12 LeBron James 3 Small forward United States Miami Heat2012 13 LeBron James 4 Small forward United States Miami Heat 2 2013 14 Kevin Durant Small forward United States Oklahoma City Thunder2014 15 Stephen Curry Point guard United States Golden State Warriors 2 2015 16 Stephen Curry 2 Point guard United States Golden State Warriors 3 2016 17 Russell Westbrook Point guard United States Oklahoma City Thunder 2 2017 18 James Harden Shooting guard United States Houston Rockets 4 2018 19 Giannis Antetokounmpo Power forward Greece Milwaukee Bucks 4 2019 20 Giannis Antetokounmpo 2 Power forward Greece Milwaukee Bucks 5 2020 21 Nikola Jokic Center Serbia Denver Nuggets2021 22 Nikola Jokic 2 Center Serbia Denver Nuggets 2 Multi time winnersAwards Player Team s Years6 Kareem Abdul Jabbar Milwaukee Bucks 3 Los Angeles Lakers 3 1971 1972 1974 1976 1977 19805 Bill Russell Boston Celtics 1958 1961 1962 1963 1965Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls 1988 1991 1992 1996 19984 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia Warriors 1 Philadelphia 76ers 3 1960 1966 1967 1968LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers 2 Miami Heat 2 2009 2010 2012 20133 Moses Malone Houston Rockets 2 Philadelphia 76ers 1 1979 1982 1983Larry Bird Boston Celtics 1984 1985 1986Magic Johnson Los Angeles Lakers 1987 1989 19902 Bob Pettit St Louis Hawks 1956 1959Karl Malone Utah Jazz 1997 1999Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs 2002 2003Steve Nash Phoenix Suns 2005 2006Stephen Curry Golden State Warriors 2015 2016Giannis Antetokounmpo Milwaukee Bucks 2019 2020Nikola Jokic Denver Nuggets 2021 2022TeamsAwards Teams Years10 Boston Celtics 1957 1958 1961 1962 1963 1965 1973 1984 1985 19868 Los Angeles Lakers 1976 1977 1980 1987 1989 1990 2000 20086 Philadelphia 76ers 1966 1967 1968 1981 1983 2001Chicago Bulls 1988 1991 1992 1996 1998 20115 Milwaukee Bucks 1971 1972 1974 2019 20204 Houston Rockets 1979 1982 1994 20183 San Antonio Spurs 1995 2002 2003Phoenix Suns 1993 2005 2006Philadelphia Golden State Warriors 1960 2015 20162 St Louis Hawks now Atlanta Hawks 1956 1959Utah Jazz 1997 1999Cleveland Cavaliers 2009 2010Miami Heat 2012 2013Oklahoma City Thunder 2014 2017Denver Nuggets 2021 20221 Cincinnati Royals now Sacramento Kings 1964Baltimore Bullets now Washington Wizards 1969New York Knicks 1970Buffalo Braves now Los Angeles Clippers 1975Portland Trail Blazers 1978Minnesota Timberwolves 2004Dallas Mavericks 20070 Brooklyn Nets NoneCharlotte HornetsDetroit PistonsIndiana PacersMemphis GrizzliesNew Orleans PelicansOrlando MagicToronto RaptorsSee also Sports portalBill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award NBA Conference Finals Most Valuable Player Award NBA All Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award NBA G League Most Valuable Player Award NBL United States Most Valuable Player AwardNotes The official title of the position was President until 1967 when it was changed to Commissioner 3 a b Hakeem Olajuwon was born in Nigeria but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1993 He was the first ever international player to win the award 10 a b c Although Duncan was born in the U S Virgin Islands and is a United States citizen 11 the NBA considers him an international player 12 a b c Steve Nash who was born in South Africa was raised in Canada 13 Allen Iverson received the only other first place vote in 2000 while Carmelo Anthony received the only other first place vote in 2013 8 Except for seasons affected by lockouts and COVID 19 when the schedule was shortened from the norm of 82 games Karl Malone won in 1998 99 when Utah was 37 13 in 50 games which projected to 60 wins in 82 games James won in 2011 12 when the Miami Heat were 46 20 in 66 games which projected to 57 wins Nikola Jokic won in 2020 21 when Denver was 47 25 in 72 games which projected to 54 wins in 82 games a b c d e f Before the 1971 72 season Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul Jabbar 17 Malone at 35 years and 284 days old at the end of the regular season is the oldest MVP in NBA history 18 Rose at 22 years and 191 days old at the end of the regular season is the youngest MVP in NBA history 19 ReferencesGeneral NBA MVP Maurice Podoloff Trophy Marc Mellon Sculpture Studio Retrieved January 18 2022 Most Valuable Player NBA com Turner Sports Interactive Inc Archived from the original on May 28 2012 Retrieved July 4 2008 Most Valuable Player Award Winners basketball reference com Archived from the original on June 29 2011 Retrieved July 7 2008 Specific NBA unveils The Michael 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