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This is the complete list with all the winners of the NBA Season MVP, year by year
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This page features information about the NBA Regular Season MVP Award.

Current Season MVP:

NBA Awards: Season Most Valuable Player

 
Derrick Rose
Derrick Rose
2010-11 Season MVP

The 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 2005-06 Steve Nash joined Magic Johnson as the only point guards to have won the award at least twice. Then in 2006-07 Nash's former teammate 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 MVP award. In 2008-09 and 2009-10 Lebron James got his first two MVPs

  

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

NBA Season MVP Year by Year

Season Player Team Points Rebounds Assists
2010-11 Derrick Rose Chicago Bulls 25.0 4.1 7.7
2009-10 LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers 29.7 7.3 8.6
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
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
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
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.
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