NBA Awards: Finals MVP, Year by Year
This is the complete list of winners of the Finals MVP Award, year by year.
Current Finals MVP:
Jaylen Brown
2024 Finals MVP NBA Awards: Finals MVPThe Finals Most Valuable Player award was stablished in 1969, 14 years after the first Regular Season MVP. That first Finals MVP trophy went to the hands of Jerry West, who was so good that won the award despite the fact that the Lakers lost those Finals. He was the first and only player selected from the lossing team, after that the award always went to the best player of the winning team. Some facts: Michael Jordan leads all players with 6 Finals MVPs. LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kawhi Leonard are the only players who won the award with more than one franchise. LeBron is the only one who did it with 3 different teams. |
= NBA Champion that same year
NBA Finals MVP Year by Year
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Season |
Player |
Team |
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| 2023-24 | Jaylen Brown | |
Boston Celtics | |||
| 2022-23 | Nikola Jokic | |
Denver Nuggets | |||
| 2021-22 | Stephen Curry | |
Golden State Warriors | |||
| 2020-21 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | |
Milwaukee Bucks | |||
| 2019-20 | LeBron James | |
Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| 2018-19 | Kawhi Leonard | |
Toronto Raptors | |||
| 2017-18 | Kevin Durant | |
Golden State Warriors | |||
| 2016-17 | Kevin Durant | |
Golden State Warriors | |||
| 2015-16 | LeBron James | |
Cleveland Cavaliers | |||
| 2014-15 | Andre Iguodala | |
Golden State Warriors | |||
| 2013-14 | Kawhi Leonard | |
San Antonio Spurs | |||
| 2012-13 | LeBron James | |
Miami Heat | |||
| 2011-12 | LeBron James | |
Miami Heat | |||
| 2010-11 | Dirk Nowitzki | |
Dallas Mavericks | |||
| 2009-10 | Kobe Bryant | |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Season |
Player |
Team |
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| 2008-09 | Kobe Bryant | |
Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| 2007-08 | Paul Pierce | |
Boston Celtics | |||
| 2006-07 | Tony Parker | |
San Antonio Spurs | |||
| 2005-06 | Dwyane Wade | |
Miami Heat | |||
| 2004-05 | Tim Duncan | |
San Antonio Spurs | |||
| 2003-04 | Chauncey Billups | |
Detroit Pistons | |||
| 2002-03 | Tim Duncan | |
San Antonio Spurs | |||
| 2001-02 | Shaquille O'Neal | |
Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| 2000-01 | Shaquille O'Neal | |
Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| 1999-00 | Shaquille O'Neal | |
Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| 1998-99 | Tim Duncan | |
San Antonio Spurs | |||
| 1997-98 | Michael Jordan | |
Chicago Bulls | |||
| 1996-97 | Michael Jordan | |
Chicago Bulls | |||
| 1995-96 | Michael Jordan | |
Chicago Bulls | |||
| 1994-95 | Hakeem Olajuwon | |
Houston Rockets | |||
| 1993-94 | Hakeem Olajuwon | |
Houston Rockets | |||
| 1992-93 | Michael Jordan | |
Chicago Bulls |
Season |
Player |
Team |
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| 1991-92 | Michael Jordan | |
Chicago Bulls | |||
| 1990-91 | Michael Jordan | |
Chicago Bulls | |||
| 1989-90 | Isiah Thomas | |
Detroit Pistons | |||
| 1988-89 | Joe Dumars | |
Detroit Pistons | |||
| 1987-88 | James Worthy | |
Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| 1986-87 | Magic Johnson | |
Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| 1985-86 | Larry Bird | |
Boston Celtics | |||
| 1984-85 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | |
Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| 1983-84 | Larry Bird | |
Boston Celtics | |||
| 1982-83 | Moses Malone | |
Philadelphia 76ers | |||
| 1981-82 | Magic Johnson | |
Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| 1980-81 | Cedric Maxwell | |
Boston Celtics | |||
| 1979-80 | Magic Johnson | |
Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| 1978-79 | Dennis Johnson | |
Seattle Supersonics | |||
| 1977-78 | Wes Unseld | |
Washington Bullets | |||
| 1976-77 | Bill Walton | |
Portland Trail Blazers | |||
| 1975-76 | Jo Jo White | |
Boston Celtics |
Season |
Player |
Team |
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| 1974-75 | Rick Barry | |
Golden State Warriors | |||
| 1973-74 | John Havlicek | |
Boston Celtics | |||
| 1972-73 | Willis Reed | |
New York Knicks | |||
| 1971-72 | Wilt Chamberlain | |
Los Angeles Lakers | |||
| 1970-71 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1) | |
Milwaukee Bucks | |||
| 1969-70 | Willis Reed | |
New York Knicks | |||
| 1968-69 | Jerry West (2) | Los Angeles Lakers |
(1) When he won the award his name was Lew Alcindor. He changed it to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar after the 1970-71 season.
(2) Jerry West was the first Finals MVP and the only one selected from the losing team.