NBA Awards: Finals MVP, Grouped by Team

This is the complete list of winners of the Finals MVP Award, grouped by team.

Team with the Most Awards:

Los Angeles Lakers
13 times had the Finals MVP

NBA Awards: Finals MVP

The Most Valuable Player of the Finals is selected by a panel of pro basketball writters and broadcasters since 1981. The MVP winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named that way after the first commissioner of the NBA. From 1956 to 1980 the winner was selected by the NBA players.

The Lakers franchise had 8 players winning this award, with Magic Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal doing it three times each and Kobe Bryant twice.

Finals MVP: by Year / by Player / by Team

NBA Awards: All-time list of teams who had the winner of the Finals MVP award.

Awards	NBA Team	Player Season Player / Season
13	Los Angeles Lakers	Magic Johnson 1986-87, 1981-82, 1979-80 Shaquille O'Neal 2001-02, 2000-01, 1999-00 Kobe Bryant 2009-10, 2008-09 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1984-85 Wilt Chamberlain 1971-72 LeBron James 2019-20 Jerry West 1968-69 James Worthy 1987-88
7	Boston Celtics	Larry Bird 1985-86, 1983-84 Jaylen Brown 2023-24 John Havlicek 1973-74 Cedric Maxwell 1980-81 Paul Pierce 2007-08 Jo Jo White 1975-76
6	Chicago Bulls	Michael Jordan 1997-98, 1996-97, 1995-96, 1992-93, 1991-92, 1990-91
5	Golden State Warriors	Kevin Durant 2017-18, 2016-17 Rick Barry 1974-75 Stephen Curry 2021-22 Andre Iguodala 2014-15
5	San Antonio Spurs	Tim Duncan 2004-05, 2002-03, 1998-99 Kawhi Leonard 2013-14 Tony Parker 2006-07
3	Detroit Pistons	Chauncey Billups 2003-04 Joe Dumars 1988-89 Isiah Thomas 1989-90
3	Miami Heat	LeBron James 2012-13, 2011-12 Dwyane Wade 2005-06

Awards	NBA Team	Player Season Player / Season
2	Houston Rockets	Hakeem Olajuwon 1994-95, 1993-94
2	Milwaukee Bucks	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1970-71 Giannis Antetokounmpo 2020-21
2	New York Knicks	Willis Reed 1972-73, 1969-70
1	Cleveland Cavaliers	LeBron James 2015-16
1	Dallas Mavericks	Dirk Nowitzki 2010-11
1	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokic 2022-23
1	Oklahoma City Thunder	Dennis Johnson 1978-79 (Seattle Supersonics)
1	Philadelphia 76ers	Moses Malone 1982-83
1	Portland Trail Blazers	Bill Walton 1976-77
1	Toronto Raptors	Kawhi Leonard 2018-19
1	Washington Wizards	Wes Unseld 1977-78 (Washington Bullets)