Most Valuable Player

2012-13

2011-12

LeBron James

LeBron James

Miami Heat

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 Warriors

1966-67

Wilt Chamberlain

Philadelphia Warriors

1965-66

Wilt Chamberlain

Philadelphia Warriors

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