From Jerry West in 1969 to Jaylen Brown in 2024, read through the list of every player to win NBA Finals MVP.
This award was introduced in 1969 and has been given to the best player at the conclusion of the NBA Finals ever since. The winner is determined by a set number of media members, who vote, and the player with the highest number of votes wins.
Continue reading for a list of every player who has won the NBA Finals MVP award.
Year | Finals MVP winner | Team |
2024 | Jaylen Brown | Boston Celtics |
2023 | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets |
2022 | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors |
2021 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks |
2020 | LeBron James | Los Angeles Lakers |
2019 | Kawhi Leonard | Toronto Raptors |
2018 | Kevin Durant | Golden State Warriors |
2017 | Kevin Durant | Golden State Warriors |
2016 | LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers |
2015 | Andre Iguodala | Golden State Warriors |
2014 | Kawhi Leonard | San Antonio Spurs |
2013 | LeBron James | Miami Heat |
2012 | LeBron James | Miami Heat |
2011 | Dirk Nowitzki | Dallas Mavericks |
2010 | Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers |
2009 | Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers |
2008 | Paul Pierce | Boston Celtics |
2007 | Tony Parker | San Antonio Spurs |
2006 | Dwayne Wade | Miami Heat |
2005 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
2004 | Chauncey Billups | Detroit Pistons |
2003 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
2002 | Shaquille O’Neal | Los Angeles Lakers |
2001 | Shaquille O’Neal | Los Angeles Lakers |
2000 | Shaquille O’Neal | Los Angeles Lakers |
1999 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
1998 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
1997 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
1996 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
1995 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets |
1994 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets |
1993 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
1992 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
1991 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
1990 | Isiah Thomas | Detroit Pistons |
1989 | Joe Dumars | Detroit Pistons |
1988 | James Worthy | Los Angeles Lakers |
1987 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers |
1986 | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics |
1985 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers |
1984 | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics |
1983 | Moses Malone | Philadelphia 76ers |
1982 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers |
1981 | Cedric Maxwell | Boston Celtics |
1980 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers |
1979 | Dennis Johnson | Seattle SuperSonics |
1978 | Westley Unseld | Washington Bullets |
1977 | Bill Walton | Portland Trail Blazers |
1976 | Joe White | Boston Celtics |
1975 | Rick Barry | Golden State Warriors |
1974 | John Havlicek | Boston Celtics |
1973 | Willis Reed | New York Knicks |
1972 | Wilt Chamberlain | Los Angeles Lakers |
1971 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks |
1970 | Willis Reed | New York Knicks |
1969 | Jerry West | Los Angeles Lakers |
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