| 2025-26 |  Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2024-25 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2023-24 |  Nikola Jokić · Denver Nuggets |
| 2022-23 |  Joel Embiid · Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2021-22 | Nikola Jokić · Denver Nuggets |
| 2020-21 | Nikola Jokić · 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 | Lew Alcindor · 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 |