NBA Basket League MVP

NBA Basket League MVP award winners

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

Multiple NBA Basket League MVP award winners

Player	Number of League MVP awards
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	6
Michael Jordan	5
Bill Russell	5
LeBron James	4
Wilt Chamberlain	4
Magic Johnson	3
Nikola Jokic	3
Larry Bird	3
Moses Malone	3
Steve Nash	2
Tim Duncan	2
Karl Malone	2
Stephen Curry	2
Giannis Antetokounmpo	2
Bob Pettit	2

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was voted MVP in a record number of 6 seasons

Bill Russell is second highest selected player about the number of MVP seasons (5)