NBA Finals Most Valuable Player

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The Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (formerly known as the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1969 NBA Finals. The award is decided by a panel of eleven media members, who cast votes after the conclusion of the Finals. The person with the highest number of votes wins the award.[1] The award was originally a black trophy with a gold basketball-shaped sphere at the top, similar to the Larry O'Brien Trophy, until a new trophy was introduced in 2005.[2][3]

Since its inception, the award has been given 55 times to 34 players. Michael Jordan is a record six-time award winner.[4] LeBron James has won the award four times in his career, and Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, and Tim Duncan won three times each. Jordan and O'Neal are the only players to win the award in three consecutive seasons (Jordan accomplished the feat on two occasions). Johnson is the only rookie ever to win the award,[5] as well as the youngest at 20 years and 276 days old.[6][7] In 1985, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the oldest to win at 38 years and 54 days old.[8] Andre Iguodala is the only winner to have not started every game in the series.[9] Jerry West, the first awardee (1969), is the only person to win the award while being on the losing team.[4]

Willis Reed, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Template:Refn Larry Bird, Hakeem Olajuwon, Kobe Bryant, Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant won the award twice. Olajuwon, Durant, Bryant, and James have won the award in two consecutive seasons. James is the only player to have won the award with three different teams,[10] while he and Leonard are the only players to have won the award in both conferences.[11] Johnson, Moses Malone, Durant, and Leonard are the only players to have been named Finals MVP in their first season with a team.[12] Olajuwon of Nigeria (who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1993), Tony Parker of France, Dirk Nowitzki of Germany, Giannis Antetokounmpo of Greece, Nikola Jokić of Serbia, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Canada are the only international players to win the award. Duncan is an American citizen, but is considered an "international" player by the NBA because he was not born in one of the fifty states or Washington, D.C.[13] Parker, Nowitzki, Antetokounmpo and Jokić are the only winners to have been trained totally outside the U.S.; Olajuwon played college basketball at Houston, Duncan at Wake Forest, and Gilgeous-Alexander at Kentucky. Cedric Maxwell is the only Finals MVP winner eligible for the Hall of Fame who has not been voted in.[14]

On February 14, 2009, during the 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend in Phoenix, then-NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that the award would be renamed the "Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award" in honor of 11-time NBA champion Bill Russell.[15]

Winners

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Jerry West, the inaugural recipient, is the only player to win the award while being on the losing team.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who won twice in 1971 and 1985, holds the record for the longest gap between awards
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Magic Johnson is the only player to win the award as a rookie.
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Michael Jordan has won the award a record six times.
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Shaquille O'Neal is the only player other than Michael Jordan to have won the award three times consecutively.
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Tony Parker was the second player born outside the US to win the award, joining Hakeem Olajuwon.
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LeBron James is the only player to win the award with three different teams.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is the first player from Greece to win the award.
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Nikola Jokić is the first player from Serbia to win the award.
^ Denotes player who is still active in the NBA
* Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
§ 1st time eligible for Hall of Fame in 2026[16]
Template:Double-dagger Player's team lost the NBA Finals
Player (#) Denotes the number of times the player had received the Finals MVP award
Team (#) Denotes the number of times a player from this team has received the Finals MVP award
Year Player Position Nationality Team
1969 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Guard Template:Flagu Los Angeles Lakers Template:Double-dagger
1970 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Center/forward Template:Flagu New York Knicks
1971 Script error: No such module "Sort".*Template:Refn Center Template:Flagu Milwaukee Bucks
1972 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Center Template:Flagu Los Angeles Lakers (2)
1973 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (2) Center/forward Template:Flagu New York Knicks (2)
1974 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Forward/guard Template:Flagu Boston Celtics
1975 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Forward Template:Flagu Golden State Warriors
1976 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Guard Template:Flagu Boston Celtics (2)
1977 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Center Template:Flagu Portland Trail Blazers
1978 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Center/forward Template:Flagu Washington Bullets
1979 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Guard Template:Flagu Seattle SuperSonics
1980 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Guard Template:Flagu Los Angeles Lakers (3)
1981 Script error: No such module "Sort". Forward Template:Flagu Boston Celtics (3)
1982 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (2) Guard Template:Flagu Los Angeles Lakers (4)
1983 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Center Template:Flagu Philadelphia 76ers
1984 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Forward Template:Flagu Boston Celtics (4)
1985 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Refn (2) Center Template:Flagu Los Angeles Lakers (5)
1986 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (2) Forward Template:Flagu Boston Celtics (5)
1987 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (3) Guard Template:Flagu Los Angeles Lakers (6)
1988 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Forward Template:Flagu Los Angeles Lakers (7)
1989 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Guard Template:Flagu Detroit Pistons
1990 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Guard Template:Flagu Detroit Pistons (2)
1991 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Guard Template:Flagu Chicago Bulls
1992 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (2) Guard Template:Flagu Chicago Bulls (2)
1993 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (3) Guard Template:Flagu Chicago Bulls (3)
1994 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Center Template:FlaguTemplate:Refn Houston Rockets
1995 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (2) Center Template:Flagu[lower-alpha 1] Houston Rockets (2)
1996 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (4) Guard Template:Flagu Chicago Bulls (4)
1997 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (5) Guard Template:Flagu Chicago Bulls (5)
1998 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (6) Guard Template:Flagu Chicago Bulls (6)
1999 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Forward/center Template:FlaguTemplate:Refn San Antonio Spurs
2000 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Center Template:Flagu Los Angeles Lakers (8)
2001 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (2) Center Template:Flagu Los Angeles Lakers (9)
2002 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (3) Center Template:Flagu Los Angeles Lakers (10)
2003 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (2) Forward/center Template:Flagu[lower-alpha 2] San Antonio Spurs (2)
2004 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Guard Template:Flagu Detroit Pistons (3)
2005 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (3) Forward/center Template:Flagu[lower-alpha 2] San Antonio Spurs (3)
2006 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Guard Template:Flagu Miami Heat
2007 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Guard Template:FlaguTemplate:Refn San Antonio Spurs (4)
2008 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Forward Template:Flagu Boston Celtics (6)
2009 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Guard Template:Flagu Los Angeles Lakers (11)
2010 Script error: No such module "Sort".* (2) Guard Template:Flagu Los Angeles Lakers (12)
2011 Script error: No such module "Sort".* Forward Template:Flagu Dallas Mavericks
2012 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Forward Template:Flagu Miami Heat (2)
2013 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ (2) Forward Template:Flagu Miami Heat (3)
2014 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Forward Template:Flagu San Antonio Spurs (5)
2015 Script error: No such module "Sort".§ Forward/guard Template:Flagu Golden State Warriors (2)
2016 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ (3) Forward Template:Flagu Cleveland Cavaliers
2017 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Forward Template:Flagu Golden State Warriors (3)
2018 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ (2) Forward Template:Flagu Golden State Warriors (4)
2019 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ (2) Forward Template:Flagu Toronto Raptors
2020 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ (4) Forward Template:Flagu Los Angeles Lakers (13)
2021 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Forward Template:Flagu Milwaukee Bucks (2)
2022 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Guard Template:Flagu Golden State Warriors (5)
2023 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Center Template:Flagu Denver Nuggets
2024 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Forward/guard Template:Flagu Boston Celtics (7)
2025 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ Guard Template:Flagu Oklahoma City Thunder (2)

Multi-time winners

Awards Player Team(s) Years
6 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Chicago Bulls 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998
4 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Miami Heat (2), Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers 2012, 2013, 2016, 2020
3 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Los Angeles Lakers 1980, 1982, 1987
Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". 2000, 2001, 2002
Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". San Antonio Spurs 1999, 2003, 2005
2 Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". New York Knicks 1970, 1973
Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers 1971, 1985
Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Boston Celtics 1984, 1986
Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Houston Rockets 1994, 1995
Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Los Angeles Lakers 2009, 2010
Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". Golden State Warriors 2017, 2018
Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors 2014, 2019

Teams

Awards Teams Years
13 Los Angeles Lakers 1969, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2020
7 Boston Celtics 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1986, 2008, 2024
6 Chicago Bulls 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998
5 San Antonio Spurs 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014
Golden State Warriors 1975, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022
3 Detroit Pistons 1989, 1990, 2004
Miami Heat 2006, 2012, 2013
2 New York Knicks 1970, 1973
Houston Rockets 1994, 1995
Milwaukee Bucks 1971, 2021
Oklahoma City ThunderTemplate:Efn-lr 1979, 2025
1 Portland Trail Blazers 1977
Washington Bullets 1978
Philadelphia 76ers 1983
Dallas Mavericks 2011
Cleveland Cavaliers 2016
Toronto Raptors 2019
Denver Nuggets 2023
0 Atlanta Hawks None
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Indiana Pacers
Los Angeles Clippers
Memphis Grizzlies
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
Orlando Magic
Phoenix Suns
Sacramento Kings
Utah Jazz

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See also

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Notes

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