NBA Most Valuable Player Award

National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955-1956 NBA season. Winners receive the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) [a] of the NBA who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1963. MVP vote took place immediately after the regular season. Until the 1979-1980 NBA season, the MVP vote was originally selected by NBA players. However, since the 1980-81 season, the award is decided by a panel and sports broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada, each of their first choice vote for fifth place. Each first place vote worth 10 points, each second-place vote is worth seven, each third place vote is worth five, fourth-place worth three-and fifth-place worth one. Starting from 2010, one ballot was cast by fans through online voting. The player with the highest points total wins the award. Since the 1982-83 season, every player who has won the award have been playing for a team with at least 50 regular-season wins (except for Karl Malone in 1998-99 lockout season-short, where the regular season only 50 games long).
Farmers Hall of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the award six times. Both Bill Russell and Michael Jordan won the award five times while Wilt Chamberlain won the award four times in his career. Hall of Fame player Moses Malone, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson each won the award three times, while Bob Pettit, Karl Malone, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash and LeBron James have each won twice. The most recent winner was LeBron James, who received 116 of 123 first place votes. Only two novice has won awards: Wilt Chamberlain in the 1959-60 season and Wes Unseld in the 1968-69 season  Hakeem Olajuwon of Nigeria [c], Duncan from the U.S. Virgin Islands , Nash from Canada.  and Dirk Nowitzki of Germany is the only MVP winner who was not raised in the United States. Duncan is an American citizen, but regarded as an international player by the NBA because he was not born in one of the fifty states or Washington, DC

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Team
1955–56	Pettit, BobBob Pettit*	Forward	United States	St. Louis Hawks
1956–57	Cousy, BobBob Cousy*	Guard	United States	Boston Celtics
1957–58	Russell, BillBill Russell*	Center	United States	Boston Celtics
1958–59	Pettit, BobBob Pettit* (2)	Forward	United States	St. Louis Hawks
1959–60	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain*	Center	United States	Philadelphia Warriors
1960–61	Russell, BillBill Russell* (2)	Center	United States	Boston Celtics
1961–62	Russell, BillBill Russell* (3)	Center	United States	Boston Celtics
1962–63	Russell, BillBill Russell* (4)	Center	United States	Boston Celtics
1963–64	Robertson, OscarOscar Robertson*	Guard	United States	Cincinnati Royals
1964–65	Russell, BillBill Russell* (5)	Center	United States	Boston Celtics
1965–66	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* (2)	Center	United States	Philadelphia 76ers
1966–67	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* (3)	Center	United States	Philadelphia 76ers
1967–68	Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain* (4)	Center	United States	Philadelphia 76ers
1968–69	Unseld, WesWes Unseld*	Center/Forward	United States	Baltimore Bullets
1969–70	Reed, WillisWillis Reed*	Center/Forward	United States	New York Knicks
1970–71	Alcindor, LewLew Alcindor*[b]	Center	United States	Milwaukee Bucks
1971–72	Abdul-Jabbar, KareemKareem Abdul-Jabbar*[b] (2)	Center	United States	Milwaukee Bucks
1972–73	Cowens, DaveDave Cowens*	Center	United States	Boston Celtics
1973–74	Abdul-Jabbar, KareemKareem Abdul-Jabbar*[b] (3)	Center	United States	Milwaukee Bucks
1974–75	McAdoo, BobBob McAdoo*	Forward/Center	United States	Buffalo Braves
1975–76	Abdul-Jabbar, KareemKareem Abdul-Jabbar*[b] (4)	Center	United States	Los Angeles Lakers
1976–77	Abdul-Jabbar, KareemKareem Abdul-Jabbar*[b] (5)	Center	United States	Los Angeles Lakers
1977–78	Walton, BillBill Walton*	Center	United States	Portland Trail Blazers
1978–79	Malone, MosesMoses Malone*	Center/Forward	United States	Houston Rockets
1979–80	Abdul-Jabbar, KareemKareem Abdul-Jabbar*[b] (6)	Center	United States	Los Angeles Lakers
1980–81	Erving, JuliusJulius Erving*	Forward	United States	Philadelphia 76ers
1981–82	Malone, MosesMoses Malone* (2)	Center/Forward	United States	Houston Rockets
1982–83	Malone, MosesMoses Malone* (3)	Center/Forward	United States	Philadelphia 76ers
1983–84	Bird, LarryLarry Bird*	Forward	United States	Boston Celtics
1984–85	Bird, LarryLarry Bird* (2)	Forward	United States	Boston Celtics
1985–86	Bird, LarryLarry Bird* (3)	Forward	United States	Boston Celtics
1986–87	Johnson, MagicMagic Johnson*	Guard	United States	Los Angeles Lakers
1987–88	Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan*	Guard	United States	Chicago Bulls
1988–89	Johnson, MagicMagic Johnson* (2)	Guard	United States	Los Angeles Lakers
1989–90	Johnson, MagicMagic Johnson* (3)	Guard	United States	Los Angeles Lakers
1990–91	Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan* (2)	Guard	United States	Chicago Bulls
1991–92	Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan* (3)	Guard	United States	Chicago Bulls
1992–93	Barkley, CharlesCharles Barkley*	Forward	United States	Phoenix Suns
1993–94	Olajuwon, HakeemHakeem Olajuwon*	Center	United States[c]	Houston Rockets
1994–95	Robinson, DavidDavid Robinson*	Center	United States	San Antonio Spurs
1995–96	Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan* (4)	Guard	United States	Chicago Bulls
1996–97	Malone, KarlKarl Malone*	Forward	United States	Utah Jazz
1997–98	Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan* (5)	Guard	United States	Chicago Bulls
1998–99	Malone, KarlKarl Malone* (2)	Forward	United States	Utah Jazz
1999–00	O'Neal, ShaquilleShaquille O'Neal^	Center	United States	Los Angeles Lakers
2000–01	Iverson, AllenAllen Iverson	Guard	United States	Philadelphia 76ers
2001–02	Duncan, TimTim Duncan^	Forward/Center	United States[d]	San Antonio Spurs
2002–03	Duncan, TimTim Duncan^ (2)	Forward/Center	United States[d]	San Antonio Spurs
2003–04	Garnett, KevinKevin Garnett^	Forward	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves
2004–05	Nash, SteveSteve Nash^	Guard	Canada	Phoenix Suns
2005–06	Nash, SteveSteve Nash^ (2)	Guard	Canada	Phoenix Suns
2006–07	Nowitzki, DirkDirk Nowitzki^	Forward	Germany	Dallas Mavericks
2007–08	Bryant, KobeKobe Bryant^	Guard	United States	Los Angeles Lakers
2008–09	James, LeBronLeBron James^	Forward	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers
2009–10	James, LeBronLeBron James^ (2)	Forward	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers