NBA Most Valuable Player
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The NBA Most Valuable Player is an annual National Basketball Association award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. Since the 2022–23 season, winners re
Bob McAdoo and his 1974–75 NBA Most Valuable Player trophy
Bill Russell (left) won the award five times in his NBA career. Wilt Chamberlain (center) won the award four times in his career.
Bob Pettit was the first player to win multiple MVP awards.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the award a record-setting six times in his career.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
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Shaivonte Aician Gilgeous-Alexander, also known by his initials SGA, is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association. He is a four-tim
NBA Most Valuable Player
…by fans through online voting. The player with the highest point total wins the award. As of the 2025–26 season, the current holder of the award is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Every player who has won this award and deemed eligible for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has been inducted…
Gilgeous-Alexander with Canada in 2023
Gilgeous-Alexander with the Los Angeles Clippers in 2018
Gilgeous-Alexander with the Oklahoma City Thunder in January 2022
Gilgeous-Alexander with Team Canada in 2023