Oklahoma City Thunder Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins first NBA MVP award, Past Winners since 1956..
Gilgeous-Alexander was announced Wednesday as the NBA’s Most Valuable Player, his first time winning the award. It’s now seven straight years that a player born outside the U.S. won MVP, extending the longest such streak in league history.
It ultimately was a two-person race. Gilgeous-Alexander got 71 first-place votes and 29 second-place votes; Denver’s Nikola Jokic got the other 29 first-place votes and the other 71 second-place votes.
Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo was third, getting 88 of the 100 possible third-place votes.
Gilgeous-Alexander — the No. 11 pick in the 2018 draft — averaged 32.7 points, 6.4 assists and five rebounds per game this season, leading the Thunder to a 68-14 record. The Thunder outscored teams by 12.9 points per game, the biggest margin in league history.
He becomes the second Canadian to win MVP; Steve Nash won it twice.
And Gilgeous-Alexander is the first guard to win MVP since James Harden in 2018.
Jokic — a winner of three of the last four MVP awards — was second, despite a season for the ages. He averaged 29.6 points, 12.7 rebounds and 10.2 assists per game, the first center to average a triple-double and the first player since all those stats were tracked to finish in the NBA’s top three in all three of those categories.
It was the sixth instance of a player finishing a season averaging a triple-double — at least 10 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds per game. Russell Westbrook did it four times and Oscar Robertson once, but only one of those triple-double seasons led to an MVP win.
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NBA Most Valuable Player Award (MVP), History, Stats, Facts.
The National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual NBA MVP award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season.
The winner gets the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar is the Most successful NBA MVP player who win the record NBA MVP award 6 times, Bill Russel & Michael Jordan won the NBA MVP award 5th times each.
LeBron James won the NBA MVP award 4 times.
2024-25 Kia NBA MVP award winner is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City.
NBA Finals MVP Past winners List.
NBA MVP Award Past Winners List by year, history from 1956 -2025.
Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Wins NBA MVP for first time.
The other players to win two in a row include Antetokounmpo, Stephen Curry, LeBron James (twice), Steve Nash, Tim Duncan, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Moses Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (twice).
Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell each won the award in three straight seasons.
Here is Look at the Every NBA MVP award winners Since 1956 -2025, year-by-year list, and also NBA MVPs List, Past winners of NBA MVPs List.
• 2025-26 —
• 2024-25 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
• 2023-24 — Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggest
• 2021-22 — Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets
• 2020-21 — Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets
• 2019-20 — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
• 2018-19 — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
• 2017-18 — James Harden, Houston Rockets
• 2016-17 — Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder
• 2015-16 — Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
• 2014-15 — Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
• 2013-14 — Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
• 2012-13 — LeBron James, Miami Heat
• 2011-12 — LeBron James, Miami Heat
• 2010-11 — Derrick Rose, Chicago Bulls
• 2009-10 — LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
• 2008-09 — LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
• 2007-08 — Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
• 2006-07 — Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks
• 2005-06 — Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns
• 2004-05 — Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns
• 2003-04 — Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves
• 2002-03 — Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
• 2001-02 — Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
• 2000-01 — Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers
• 1999-00 — Shaquille O’Neal, Los Angeles Lakers
• 1998-99 — Karl Malone, Utah Jazz
• 1997-98 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
• 1996-97 — Karl Malone, Utah Jazz
• 1995-96 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
• 1994-95 — David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
• 1993-94 — Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
• 1992-93 — Charles Barkley, Phoenix Suns
• 1991-92 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
• 1990-91 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
• 1989-90 — Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
• 1988-89 — Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
• 1987-88 — Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
• 1986-87 — Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
• 1985-86 — Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
• 1984-85 — Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
• 1983-84 — Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
• 1982-83 — Moses Malone, Philadelphia 76ers
• 1981-82 — Moses Malone, Houston Rockets
• 1980-81 — Julius Erving, Philadelphia 76ers
• 1979-80 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
• 1978-79 — Moses Malone, Houston Rockets
• 1977-78 — Bill Walton, Portland Trail Blazers
• 1976-77 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
• 1975-76 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers
• 1974-75 — Bob McAdoo, Buffalo Braves
• 1973-74 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks
• 1972-73 — Dave Cowens, Boston Celtics
• 1971-72 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks
• 1970-71 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks
• 1969-70 — Willis Reed, New York Knicks
• 1968-69 — Wes Unseld, Baltimore Bullets
• 1967-68 — Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers
• 1966-67 — Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers
• 1965-66 — Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers
• 1964-65 — Bill Russell, Boston Celtics
• 1963-64 — Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals
• 1962-63 — Bill Russell, Boston Celtics
• 1961-62 — Bill Russell, Boston Celtics
• 1960-61 — Bill Russell, Boston Celtics
• 1959-60 — Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors
• 1958-59 — Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks
• 1957-58 — Bill Russell, Boston Celtics
• 1956-57 — Bob Cousy, Boston Celtics
• 1955-56 — Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks
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