The 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 MVP's. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the only one to win the MVP with 2 different teams. The players still active from this list are Tim Duncan, Shaquille O'Neal, Chauncey Billups, Dwyane Wade, Tony Parker, Paul Pierce and the reigning MVP Kobe Bryant.

About the NBA Finals MVP: MVP Year by Year / MVP by Player / MVP by Team