76ers center Joel Embiid wins 2023 NBA MVP, Past Winners

76ers' Joel Embiid wins first NBA MVP award, List of NBA MVP Past Winners since 1956..

• The All-Star center and two-time league scoring champion, Embiid, who had long lobbied for the award, earned his first NBA MVP trophy Tuesday night, topping two-time winner Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets.

The 29-year-old from Yaoundé, Cameroon, averaged 33.1 points to win his second straight scoring title, averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a career high with 4.2 assists per game

Jokic finished runner-up in the MVP voting, and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks was third. Embiid received 73 first-place votes. Jokic received 15 first-place votes, and Antetokounmpo got 12.

• Joel Embiid is the first player to win the Kia NBA MVP Award with the 76ers since Allen Iverson in the 2000-01 season.

Last Year Winner: Denver Nuggest's center Nikola Jokic has won the 2021-22 NBA MVP award, taking the league's top individual honor for the second straight year.

Jokic's back-to-back MVP awards match the feat accomplished by fellow finalist Giannis Antetokounmpo during the 2018-19 and '19-20 seasons.




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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.

2021-22 Kia NBA MVP award winner is Nikola Jokic of Denver Nuggets (NBA MVP 2022).



NBA Finals MVP Past winners List.

NBA MVP Award Past Winners List, history from 1956 -2023.

Jokic joins rarefied company in winning for a second straight season.

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 -2023, year-by-year list, and also NBA MVPs List, Past winners of NBA MVPs List.





• 2023-24 —

• 2022-23 — Joel Embiid, Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers

• 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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