NBA Awards: Season MVP, Year by Year
This is the complete list of winners of the Season MVP Award, year by year.
Current Season MVP:
Nikola Jokic
2023-24 Season MVP NBA Awards: Season MVPThe Most Valuable Player of the Regular Season 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. In 2016 Stephen Curry joinned Steve Nash and Magic Johnson as the only point guards to have won the award more than once. In 2007 Dirk Nowitzki became the first European player to win it. In 2007-08, and after 12 seasons in the NBA, Kobe Bryant won his first and only Season MVP award. |
= NBA Champion that same year
NBA Season MVP Year by Year
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Season |
Player |
Team |
Points |
Rebounds | Assists | |
| 2023-24 | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets | 26.4 | 12.4 | 9.0 | |
| 2022-23 | Joel Embiid | Philadelphia 76ers | 33.1 | 10.2 | 4.2 | |
| 2021-22 | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets | 27.1 | 13.8 | 7.9 | |
| 2020-21 | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets | 26.4 | 10.8 | 8.3 | |
| 2019-20 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks | 29.5 | 13.6 | 5.6 | |
| 2018-19 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks | 27.7 | 12.5 | 5.9 | |
| 2017-18 | James Harden | Houston Rockets | 30.4 | 5.4 | 8.8 | |
| 2016-17 | Russell Westbrook | Oklahoma City Thunder | 31.6 | 10.7 | 10.4 | |
| 2015-16 | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors | 30.1 | 5.4 | 6.7 | |
| 2014-15 | Stephen Curry | |
Golden State Warriors | 23.8 | 4.3 | 7.7 |
| 2013-14 | Kevin Durant | Oklahoma City Thunder | 32.0 | 7.4 | 5.5 | |
| 2012-13 | LeBron James | |
Miami Heat | 26.8 | 8.0 | 7.3 |
| 2011-12 | LeBron James | |
Miami Heat | 27.1 | 7.9 | 6.2 |
| 2010-11 | Derrick Rose | Chicago Bulls | 25.0 | 4.1 | 7.7 | |
| 2009-10 | LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers | 29.7 | 7.3 | 8.6 |
Season |
Player |
Team |
Points |
Rebounds | Assists | |
| 2008-09 | LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers | 28.4 | 7.6 | 7.2 | |
| 2007-08 | Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers | 28.3 | 6.3 | 5.4 | |
| 2006-07 | Dirk Nowitzki | Dallas Mavericks | 24.6 | 8.9 | 3.4 | |
| 2005-06 | Steve Nash | Phoenix Suns | 18.8 | 4.2 | 10.5 | |
| 2004-05 | Steve Nash | Phoenix Suns | 15.5 | 3.3 | 11.5 | |
| 2003-04 | Kevin Garnett | Minnesota Timberwolves | 24.2 | 13.9 | 5.0 | |
| 2002-03 | Tim Duncan | |
San Antonio Spurs | 23.3 | 12.9 | 3.9 |
| 2001-02 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs | 25.5 | 12.7 | 3.7 | |
| 2000-01 | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia 76ers | 31.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | |
| 1999-00 | Shaquille O'Neal (1) | |
Los Angeles Lakers | 29.7 | 13.6 | 3.8 |
| 1998-99 | Karl Malone | Utah Jazz | 23.8 | 9.4 | 4.1 | |
| 1997-98 | Michael Jordan (1) | |
Chicago Bulls | 28.7 | 5.8 | 3.5 |
| 1996-97 | Karl Malone | Utah Jazz | 27.4 | 9.9 | 4.5 | |
| 1995-96 | Michael Jordan (1) | |
Chicago Bulls | 30.4 | 6.6 | 4.3 |
| 1994-95 | David Robinson | San Antonio Spurs | 27.6 | 10.8 | 2.9 | |
| 1993-94 | Hakeem Olajuwon | |
Houston Rockets | 27.3 | 11.9 | 3.6 |
| 1992-93 | Charles Barkley | Phoenix Suns | 25.6 | 12.2 | 5.1 |
Season |
Player |
Team |
Points |
Rebounds | Assists | |
| 1991-92 | Michael Jordan | |
Chicago Bulls | 30.1 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| 1990-91 | Michael Jordan (1) | |
Chicago Bulls | 31.5 | 6.0 | 5.5 |
| 1989-90 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers | 22.3 | 6.6 | 11.5 | |
| 1988-89 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers | 22.5 | 7.9 | 12.8 | |
| 1987-88 | Michael Jordan (1) | Chicago Bulls | 35.0 | 5.5 | 5.9 | |
| 1986-87 | Magic Johnson | |
Los Angeles Lakers | 23.9 | 6.3 | 12.2 |
| 1985-86 | Larry Bird | |
Boston Celtics | 25.8 | 9.8 | 6.8 |
| 1984-85 | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics | 28.7 | 10.5 | 6.6 | |
| 1983-84 | Larry Bird | |
Boston Celtics | 24.2 | 10.1 | 6.6 |
| 1982-83 | Moses Malone | |
Philadelphia 76ers | 24.5 | 15.3 | 1.3 |
| 1981-82 | Moses Malone | Houston Rockets | 31.1 | 14.7 | 1.8 | |
| 1980-81 | Julius Erving | Philadelphia 76ers | 24.6 | 8.0 | 4.4 | |
| 1979-80 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | |
Los Angeles Lakers | 24.8 | 10.8 | 4.5 |
| 1978-79 | Moses Malone | Houston Rockets | 24.8 | 17.6 | 1.8 | |
| 1977-78 | Bill Walton | Portland Trail Blazers | 18.9 | 13.2 | 5.0 | |
| 1976-77 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers | 26.2 | 13.3 | 3.9 | |
| 1975-76 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers | 27.7 | 16.9 | 5.0 |
Season |
Player |
Team |
Points |
Rebounds | Assists | |
| 1974-75 | Bob McAdoo (1) | Buffalo Braves | 34.5 | 14.1 | 2.2 | |
| 1973-74 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks | 27.0 | 14.5 | 4.8 | |
| 1972-73 | Dave Cowens | Boston Celtics | 20.5 | 16.2 | 4.1 | |
| 1971-72 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1) | Milwaukee Bucks | 34.8 | 16.6 | 4.6 | |
| 1970-71 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1) (2) | |
Milwaukee Bucks | 31.7 | 16.0 | 3.3 |
| 1969-70 | Willis Reed | |
New York Knicks | 21.7 | 13.9 | 2.0 |
| 1968-69 | Wes Unseld | Baltimore Bullets | 13.8 | 18.2 | 2.6 | |
| 1967-68 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers | 24.3 | 23.8 | 8.6 | |
| 1966-67 | Wilt Chamberlain | |
Philadelphia 76ers | 24.1 | 24.2 | 7.8 |
| 1965-66 | Wilt Chamberlain (1) | Philadelphia 76ers | 33.5 | 24.6 | 5.2 | |
| 1964-65 | Bill Russell | |
Boston Celtics | 14.1 | 24.1 | 5.3 |
| 1963-64 | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati Royals | 31.4 | 9.9 | 11.0 | |
| 1962-63 | Bill Russell | |
Boston Celtics | 16.8 | 23.6 | 4.5 |
| 1961-62 | Bill Russell | |
Boston Celtics | 18.9 | 23.6 | 4.5 |
| 1960-61 | Bill Russell | |
Boston Celtics | 16.9 | 23.9 | 3.4 |
| 1959-60 | Wilt Chamberlain (1) | Philadelphia Warriors | 37.6 | 27.0 | 2.3 | |
| 1958-59 | Bob Pettit (1) | St. Louis Hawks | 29.2 | 16.4 | 3.1 |
Season |
Player |
Team |
Points |
Rebounds | Assists | |
| 1957-58 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics | 16.6 | 22.7 | 2.9 | |
| 1956-57 | Bob Cousy | |
Boston Celtics | 20.6 | 4.8 | 7.5 |
| 1955-56 | Bob Pettit (1) | St. Louis Hawks | 25.7 | 16.2 | 2.6 |
(1) Also led the league in scoring
(2) When he won the award his name was Lew Alcindor. He changed it to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar after the 1970-71 season.