Awards

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Award winners and history.

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Michael Jordan Trophy

NBA Most Valuable Player

The regular-season MVP is the league’s top individual honor, presented as the Michael Jordan Trophy.

Season	Winner
2025-26	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
2024-25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
2023-24	Nikola Jokić
2022-23	Joel Embiid
2021-22	Nikola Jokić
2020-21	Nikola Jokić
2019-20	Giannis Antetokounmpo
2018-19	Giannis Antetokounmpo
2017-18	James Harden
2016-17	Russell Westbrook
2015-16	Stephen Curry
2014-15	Stephen Curry
2013-14	Kevin Durant
2012-13	LeBron James
2011-12	LeBron James
2010-11	Derrick Rose
2009-10	LeBron James
2008-09	LeBron James
2007-08	Kobe Bryant
2006-07	Dirk Nowitzki
2005-06	Steve Nash
2004-05	Steve Nash
2003-04	Kevin Garnett
2002-03	Tim Duncan
2001-02	Tim Duncan
2000-01	Allen Iverson
1999-00	Shaquille O’Neal
1998-99	Karl Malone
1997-98	Michael Jordan
1996-97	Karl Malone
1995-96	Michael Jordan
1994-95	David Robinson
1993-94	Hakeem Olajuwon
1992-93	Charles Barkley
1991-92	Michael Jordan
1990-91	Michael Jordan
1989-90	Magic Johnson
1988-89	Magic Johnson
1987-88	Michael Jordan
1986-87	Magic Johnson
1985-86	Larry Bird
1984-85	Larry Bird
1983-84	Larry Bird
1982-83	Moses Malone
1981-82	Moses Malone
1980-81	Julius Erving
1979-80	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1978-79	Moses Malone
1977-78	Bill Walton
1976-77	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1975-76	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1974-75	Bob McAdoo
1973-74	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1972-73	Dave Cowens
1971-72	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1970-71	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1969-70	Willis Reed
1968-69	Wes Unseld
1967-68	Wilt Chamberlain
1966-67	Wilt Chamberlain
1965-66	Wilt Chamberlain
1964-65	Bill Russell
1963-64	Oscar Robertson
1962-63	Bill Russell
1961-62	Bill Russell
1960-61	Bill Russell
1959-60	Wilt Chamberlain
1958-59	Bob Pettit
1957-58	Bill Russell
1956-57	Bob Cousy
1955-56	Bob Pettit