NBA Finals MVP winners
Jalen Brunson was the 2025-26 NBA Finals MVP. Michael Jordan has won it more than anyone, 6 times, out of 58 seasons on record since 1968-69.
Every NBA Finals MVP winner by season
| Season | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Jalen Brunson · New York Knicks |
| 2024-25 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2023-24 | Jaylen Brown · Boston Celtics |
| 2022-23 | Nikola Jokić · Denver Nuggets |
| 2021-22 | Stephen 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 | Lew Alcindor · Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1969-70 | Willis Reed · New York Knicks |
| 1968-69 | Jerry West · Los Angeles Lakers |
Winners from Wikipedia's list of NBA Finals MVP winners. A name links to the player's page when the player is on file.