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NBA MVPs: Complete list of award winners by year

Updated Oct. 8, 2024 3:32 p.m. ET

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While the NBA dates its history back to 1946, the NBA MVP has only been awarded since the 1955-56 season. During the 2022-23 season, the NBA renamed the award after Michael Jordan. 

Check out the complete list of NBA MVP winners including their team below:

NBA MVPs

• 2023-24: Nikola Jokić (Denver Nuggets)
• 2022–23: Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers)
• 2021–22: Nikola Jokić (Denver Nuggets)
• 2020–21: Nikola Jokić (Denver Nuggets)
• 2019–20: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)
• 2018–19: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)
• 2017–18: James Harden (Houston Rockets)
• 2016–17: Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder)
• 2015–16: Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
• 2014–15: Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
• 2013–14: Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder)
• 2012–13: LeBron James (Miami Heat)
• 2011–12: LeBron James (Miami Heat)
• 2010–11: Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls)

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• 2009–10: LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• 2008–09: LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• 2007–08: Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)
• 2006–07: Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks)
• 2005–06: Steve Nash (Phoenix Suns)
• 2004–05: Steve Nash (Phoenix Suns)
• 2003–04: Kevin Garnett (Minnesota Timberwolves)
• 2002–03: Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs)
• 2001–02: Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs)
• 2000–01: Allen Iverson (Philadelphia 76ers)
• 1999–00 : Shaquille O'Neal (Los Angeles Lakers)
• 1998–99: Karl Malone (Utah Jazz)
• 1997–98 : Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls)
• 1996–97: Karl Malone (Utah Jazz)
• 1995–96: Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls)
• 1994–95: David Robinson (San Antonio Spurs)
• 1993–94: Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets)
• 1992–93: Charles Barkley (Phoenix Suns)
• 1991–92: Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls)
• 1990–91: Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls)
• 1989–90: Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers)
• 1988–89: Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers)
• 1987–88: Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls)
• 1986–87: Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers)
• 1985–86: Larry Bird (Boston Celtics)
• 1984–85: Larry Bird (Boston Celtics)
• 1983–84: Larry Bird (Boston Celtics)
• 1982–83: Moses Malone (Philadelphia 76ers)
• 1981–82: Moses Malone (Houston Rockets)
• 1980–81: Julius Erving (Philadelphia 76ers)
• 1979–80 : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers)
• 1978–79: Moses Malone (Houston Rockets)
• 1977–78: Bill Walton (Portland Trail Blazers)
• 1976–77: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers)
• 1975–76: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers)
• 1974–75: Bob McAdoo (Buffalo Braves)
• 1973–74: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee Bucks)
• 1972–73: Dave Cowens (Boston Celtics)
• 1971–72: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee Bucks)
• 1970–71: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee Bucks)
• 1969–70: Willis Reed (New York Knicks)
• 1968–69: Wes Unseld (Baltimore Bullets)
• 1967–68: Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers)
• 1966–67: Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers)
• 1965–66: Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers)
• 1964–65: Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)
• 1963–64: Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati Royals)
• 1962–63: Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)
• 1961–62: Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)
• 1960–61: Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)
• 1959–60: Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors)
• 1958–59: Bob Pettit (St. Louis Hawks)
• 1957–58: Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)
• 1956–57: Bob Cousy (Boston Celtics)
• 1955–56: Bob Pettit (St. Louis Hawks)

Who has the most NBA MVPs?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has won the most NBA MVP awards with six. Michael Jordan and Bill Russell are just behind him with five wins a piece. Below is a list of all the players with multiple MVP awards:

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 6
• Bill Russell - 5
• Michael Jordan - 5
• LeBron James - 4
• Wilt Chamberlain - 4
• Larry Bird - 3
• Magic Johnson - 3
• Moses Malone - 3
• Nikola Jokić - 3
• Bob Pettit - 2
• Giannis Antetokounmpo - 2
• Karl Malone - 2
• Steve Nash - 2
• Stephen Curry - 2
• Tim Duncan - 2

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