All-Time NBA Finals MVP winners List: Celtics' Jaylen Brown Wins 2024 Finals MVP, history since 1969..

The Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award (formerly known as the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1969 NBA Finals given to the Jerry West (Los Angeles Lakers).

Bill Russel is the 5-time winner of NBA Finals, but he did not win the NBA Finals MVP Award .

Since its inception, the award has been given to 31 players, Michael Jordan is the most successful player who won the record NBA Finals MVP Trophy with 6 times,
Followed by LeBron James has won the award four times, and Magic Johnson , Shaquille O'Neal , and Tim Duncan won three times each..

Derrick Rose is the Youngest NBA Final MVP player to win the Award at aged 22.

Previously NBA Finals MVP Trophy 2021-22 award winners is Stephan Curry from Golden State Warriors ...

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— From a 2024 postseason low to the ultimate high, Boston forward Jaylen Brown earned Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP on Monday with a 21-point performance that included eight rebounds and six assists in the Celtics’ 106-86 victory in Game 5 over the Dallas Mavericks.

Nikola Jokic wins the 2023 Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Trophy after the Serbian big man averaged 30.2 points, 14.0 rebounds and 7.2 assists after as the Nuggets beat the Miami Heat 94-89 leads the Denver to a first championship title at a seething Ball Arena to claim the best-of-seven Finals 4-1.

Full List of NBA Finals MVP's Winners from 1969-2024.

A Full year-by-year NBA Finals MVP Trophy Award winners List Since 1969, also it includes the Last 10 years NBA Finals MVP Trophy winners List till 2024.

YEAR — PLAYER — TEAM

2023-24 — Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics

2022-23 — Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets

2021-22 — Stephan Curry, Golden State Warriors

2020-21 — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee-Bucks

2019-20 — LeBron James Los Angeles Lakers

2018-19 — Kawhi Leonard Toronto Raptors

2017-18 — Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors

2016-17 — Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors

2015-16 — LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers

2014-15 — Andre Iguodala, Golden State Warriors

2013-14 — Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs

2012-13 — LeBron James, Miami Heat

2011-12 — LeBron James, Miami Heat

2010-11 — Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks

2009-10 — Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers

2008-09 — Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers

2007-08 — Paul Pierce, Boston Celtics

2006-07 — Tony Parker, San Antonio Spurs

2005-06 — Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat

2004-05 — Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs

2003-04 — Chauncey Billups, Detroit Pistons

2002-03 — Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs

2001-02 — Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers

2000-01 — Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers

1999-00 — Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers

1998-99 — Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs

1997-98 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls

1996-97 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls

1995-96 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls

1994-95 — Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets

1993-94 — Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets

1992-93 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls

1991-92 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls

1990-91 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls

1989-90 — Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons

1988-89 — Joe Dumars, Detroit Pistons

1987-88 — James Worthy, Los Angeles Lakers

1986-87 — Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers

1985-86 — Larry Bird, Boston Celtics

1984-85 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers

1983-84 — Larry Bird, Boston Celtics

1982-83 — Moses Malone, Philadelphia 76ers

1981-82 — Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers

1980-81 — Cedric Maxwell, Boston Celtics

1979-80 — Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers

1978-79 — Dennis Johnson, Seattle SuperSonics

1977-78 — Wes Unseld, Washington Bullets

1976-77 — Bill Walton, Portland Trail Blazers

1975-76 — Jo Jo White, Boston Celtics

1974-75 — Rick Barry, Golden State Warriors

1973-74 — John Havlicek, Boston Celtics

1972-73 — Willis Reed, New York Knicks

1971-72 — Wilt Chamberlain, Los Angeles Lakers

1970-71 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks

1969-70 — Willis Reed, New York Knicks

1968-69 — Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers

Who won the first ever NBA Finals MVP?

The first ever NBA Finals MVP was awarded to Jerry West in 1968-69. West suited up for the Los Angeles Lakers, who lost the series 4-3 to the Boston Celtics.

Has a losing player ever won NBA Finals MVP?

There has been only one losing player to win the NBA Finals MVP – Jerry West. It happened in the aforementioned series in which West and the Lakers lost 4-3 to the Celtics in the 1969 NBA Finals.

Who has won the most NBA Finals MVPs?

Michael Jordan has won the most NBA Finals MVPs with six, each coming with the Chicago Bulls.

LeBron James has won the award four times – the only player to do so on three different teams – while Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal and Tim Duncan all won it three times.

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