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| SEASON | MVP | TEAM | POSITION |
| 2024-25 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Oklahoma City Thunder | G |
| 2023-24 | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets | C |
| 2022-23 | Joel Embiid | Philadelphia 76ers | C |
| 2021-22 | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets | C |
| 2020-21 | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets | C |
| 2019-20 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks | F |
| 2018-19 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks | F |
| 2017-18 | James Harden | Houston Rockets | SG |
| 2016-17 | Russell Westbrook | Oklahoma City Thunder | PG |
| 2015-16 | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors | PG |
| 2014-15 | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors | PG |
| 2013-14 | Kevin Durant | Oklahoma City Thunder | PF |
| 2012-13 | LeBron James | Miami Heat | SF |
| 2011-12 | LeBron James | Miami Heat | SF |
| 2010-11 | Derrick Rose | Chicago Bulls | PG |
| 2009-10 | LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers | SF |
| 2008-09 | LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers | SF |
| 2007-08 | Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers | SG |
| 2006-07 | Dirk Nowitzki | Dallas Mavericks | PF |
| 2005-06 | Steve Nash | Phoenix Suns | PG |
| 2004-05 | Steve Nash | Phoenix Suns | PG |
| 2003-04 | Kevin Garnett | Minnesota Timberwolves | PF |
| 2002-03 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs | F |
| 2001-02 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs | F |
| 2000-01 | Allen Iverson | Philaelphia 76ers | G |
| 1999-00 | Shaquille O'Neal | Los Angeles Lakers | C |
| 1998-99 | Karl Malone | Utah Jazz | F |
| 1997-98 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | G |
| 1996-97 | Karl Malone | Utah Jazz | F |
| 1995-96 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | G |
| 1994-95 | David Robinson | San Antonio Spurs | C |
| 1993-94 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets | C |
| 1992-93 | Charles Barkley | Phoenix Suns | F |
| 1991-92 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | G |
| 1990-91 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | G |
| 1989-90 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers | G |
| 1988-89 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers | G |
| 1987-88 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls | G |
| 1986-87 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers | G |
| 1985-86 | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics | F |
| 1984-85 | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics | F |
| 1983-84 | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics | F |
| 1982-83 | Moses Malone | Philadelphia 76ers | C |
| 1981-82 | Moses Malone | Houston Rockets | C |
| 1980-81 | Julius Erving | Philadelphia 76ers | F |
| 1979-80 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers | C |
| 1978-79 | Moses Malone | Houston Rockets | C |
| 1977-78 | Bill Walton | Portland Trail Blazers | C |
| 1976-77 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers | C |
| 1975-76 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers | C |
| 1974-75 | Bob McAdoo | Buffalo Braves | C-F |
| 1973-74 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers | C |
| 1972-73 | Dave Cowens | Boston Celtics | C-F |
| 1971-72 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks | C |
| 1970-71 | Lew Alcindor | Milwaukee Bucks | C |
| 1969-70 | Willis Reed | New York Knickerbockers | C-F |
| 1968-69 | Wes Unseld | Baltimore Bullets | C |
| 1967-68 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers | C |
| 1966-67 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers | C |
| 1965-66 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers | C |
| 1964-65 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics | C |
| 1963-64 | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati Royals | G |
| 1962-63 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics | C |
| 1961-62 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics | C |
| 1960-61 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics | C |
| 1959-60 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors | C |
| 1958-59 | Bob Pettit | St. Louis Hawks | F-C |
| 1957-58 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics | C |
| 1956-57 | Bob Cousy | Boston Celtics | G |
| 1955-56 | Bob Pettit | St. Louis Hawks | F-C |