NBA Awards
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player
Given to the best player of the NBA Finals since 1969. The first winner, Jerry West, is still the only one from a losing team. Since 2009 the award has carried Bill Russell's name.
| Season | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Jalen Brunson |
| 2024–25 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander |
| 2023–24 | Jaylen Brown |
| 2022–23 | Nikola Jokić |
| 2021–22 | Stephen Curry |
| 2020–21 | Giannis Antetokounmpo |
| 2019–20 | LeBron James |
| 2018–19 | Kawhi Leonard |
| 2017–18 | Kevin Durant |
| 2016–17 | Kevin Durant |
| 2015–16 | LeBron James |
| 2014–15 | Andre Iguodala |
| 2013–14 | Kawhi Leonard |
| 2012–13 | LeBron James |
| 2011–12 | LeBron James |
| 2010–11 | Dirk Nowitzki |
| 2009–10 | Kobe Bryant |
| 2008–09 | Kobe Bryant |
| 2007–08 | Paul Pierce |
| 2006–07 | Tony Parker |
| 2005–06 | Dwyane Wade |
| 2004–05 | Tim Duncan |
| 2003–04 | Chauncey Billups |
| 2002–03 | Tim Duncan |
| 2001–02 | Shaquille O'Neal |
| 2000–01 | Shaquille O'Neal |
| 1999–00 | Shaquille O'Neal |
| 1998–99 | Tim Duncan |
| 1997–98 | Michael Jordan |
| 1996–97 | Michael Jordan |
| 1995–96 | Michael Jordan |
| 1994–95 | Hakeem Olajuwon |
| 1993–94 | Hakeem Olajuwon |
| 1992–93 | Michael Jordan |
| 1991–92 | Michael Jordan |
| 1990–91 | Michael Jordan |
| 1989–90 | Isiah Thomas |
| 1988–89 | Joe Dumars |
| 1987–88 | James Worthy |
| 1986–87 | Magic Johnson |
| 1985–86 | Larry Bird |
| 1984–85 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1983–84 | Larry Bird |
| 1982–83 | Moses Malone |
| 1981–82 | Magic Johnson |
| 1980–81 | Cedric Maxwell |
| 1979–80 | Magic Johnson |
| 1978–79 | Dennis Johnson |
| 1977–78 | Wes Unseld |
| 1976–77 | Bill Walton |
| 1975–76 | Jo Jo White |
| 1974–75 | Rick Barry |
| 1973–74 | John Havlicek |
| 1972–73 | Willis Reed |
| 1971–72 | Wilt Chamberlain |
| 1970–71 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1969–70 | Willis Reed |
| 1968–69 | Jerry West |