Who Won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award?
| Year | Winner | For |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |