2024-25 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

2023-24 — Nikola Jokic

2022-23 — Joel Embiid

2021-22 — Nikola Jokic

2020-21 — Nikola Jokic

2019-20 — Giannis Antetokounmpo

2018-19 — Giannis Antetokounmpo

2017-18 — James Harden

2016-17 — Russell Westbrook

2015-16 — Stephen Curry

2014-15 — Stephen Curry

2013-14 — Kevin Durant

2012-13 — LeBron James

2011-12 — LeBron James

2010-11 — Derrick Rose

2009-10 — LeBron James

2008-09 — LeBron James

2007-08 — Kobe Bryant

2006-07 — Dirk Nowitzki

2005-06 — Steve Nash

2004-05 — Steve Nash

2003-04 — Kevin Garnett

2002-03 — Tim Duncan

2001-02 — Tim Duncan

2000-01 — Allen Iverson

1999-00 — Shaquille O’Neal

1998-99 — Karl Malone

1997-98 — Michael Jordan

1996-97 — Karl Malone

1995-96 — Michael Jordan

1994-95 — David Robinson

1993-94 —Hakeem Olajuwon

1992-93 — Charles Barkley

1991-92 — Michael Jordan

1990-91 — Michael Jordan

1989-90 — Magic Johnson

1988-89 — Magic Johnson

1987-88 — Magic Johnson

1986-87 — Magic Johnson

1985-86 — Larry Bird

1984-85 — Larry Bird

1983-84 — Larry Bird

1982-83 — Moses Malone

1981-82 — Moses Malone

1980-81 — Julius Erving

1979-80 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1978-79 — Moses Malone

1977-78 — Bill Walton

1976-77 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1975-76 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1974-75 — Bob McAdoo

1973-74 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1972-73 — David Cowens

1971-72 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1970-71 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1969-70 — Willis Reed

1968-69 — Wes Unseld

1967-68 — Wilt Chamberlain

1966-67 — Wilt Chamberlain

1965-66 — Wilt Chamberlain

1964-65 — Bill Russell

1963-64 — Oscar Robertson

1962-63 — Bill Russell

1961-62 — Bill Russell

1960-61 — Bill Russell

1959-60 — Wilt Chamberlain

1958-59 — Bob Pettit

1957-58 — Bill Russell

1956-57 — Bob Cousy

1955-56 — Bob Pettit

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