We cover all you need to know about the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award, including the latest odds, past winners, when the award is announced, and more.
2024/25 NBA MVP Odds
Nikola Jokic | +350 |
Luka Doncic | +375 |
Joel Embiid | +550 |
Giannis Antetokounmpo | +600 |
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | +600 |
Anthony Edwards | +1400 |
Jayson Tatum | +1600 |
Jalen Brunson | +1800 |
Victor Wembanyama | +2800 |
Denver Nuggets center and reigning MVP Nikola Jokic is the early +350 favorite to win the award again in 2024/25. Jokic has won the NBA Award three times already, and a fourth would mean he has the same number of MVPs as LeBron James and Wilt Chamberlain, who are tied for the third-most in NBA history.
In the 2023/24 season, Jokic won MVP with per-game averages of 26.4 points, career-high 12.4 rebounds, 9.0 assists, 1.4 steals, and 0.9 blocks while shooting 58.3 percent from the field.
Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic is the second-favorite to win MVP at +375. He has yet to win an NBA MVP Award, but he'll enter the 2024/25 season motivated after he and the Mavericks lost to the Boston Celtics in five games in the 2024 NBA Finals.
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid won the award in the 2022/23 season and has the third-shortest odds at +550 to win it for the second time in his career in 2024/25.
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander have the joint-fourth-shortest odds to win the 2024/25 MVP Award as both are +600.
Antetokounmpo won consecutive MVPs in 2018/19 and 2019/20, and he has finished in the top five of the voting every year since.
Gilgeous-Alexander was a finalist for the award in 2023/24, finishing second in the voting after leading a young OKC team to the top seed in the Western Conference.
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards is sixth in the market at +1400. He developed into a superstar in 2023/24, finishing seventh in MVP voting with averages of 25.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.1 assists as the T-Wolves finished third in the West.
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, who helped lead his team to win the 2024 NBA Championship, has the seventh-shortest odds at +1600. He's followed by New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson at +1800 and San Antonio Spurs forward/center and reigning Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama at +2800.
NBA MVP Winners by Year
Year | Player | Position | Team |
2023/24 | Nikola Jokić | Center | Denver Nuggets |
2022/23 | Joel Embiid | Center | Philadelphia 76ers |
2021/22 | Nikola Jokić | Center | Denver Nuggets |
2020/21 | Nikola Jokić | Center | Denver Nuggets |
2019/20 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Power forward | Milwaukee Bucks |
2018/19 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Power forward | Milwaukee Bucks |
2017/18 | James Harden | Shooting guard | Houston Rockets |
2016/17 | Russell Westbrook | Point guard | Oklahoma City Thunder |
2015/16 | Stephen Curry | Point guard | Golden State Warriors |
2014/15 | Stephen Curry | Point guard | Golden State Warriors |
2013/14 | Kevin Durant | Small forward | Oklahoma City Thunder |
2012/13 | LeBron James | Small forward | Miami Heat |
2011/12 | LeBron James | Small forward | Miami Heat |
2010/11 | Derrick Rose | Point guard | Chicago Bulls |
2009/10 | LeBron James | Small forward | Cleveland Cavaliers |
2008/09 | LeBron James | Small forward | Cleveland Cavaliers |
2007/08 | Kobe Bryant | Shooting guard | Los Angeles Lakers |
2006/07 | Dirk Nowitzki | Power forward | Dallas Mavericks |
2005/06 | Steve Nash | Point guard | Phoenix Suns |
2004/05 | Steve Nash | Point guard | Phoenix Suns |
2003/04 | Kevin Garnett | Power forward | Minnesota Timberwolves |
2002/03 | Tim Duncan | Power forward | San Antonio Spurs |
2001/02 | Tim Duncan | Power forward | San Antonio Spurs |
2000/01 | Allen Iverson | Shooting guard | Philadelphia 76ers |
1999/00 | Shaquille O'Neal | Center | Los Angeles Lakers |
1998/99 | Karl Malone | Power forward | Utah Jazz |
1997/98 | Michael Jordan | Shooting guard | Chicago Bulls |
1996/97 | Karl Malone | Power forward | Utah Jazz |
1995/96 | Michael Jordan | Shooting guard | Chicago Bulls |
1994/95 | David Robinson | Center | San Antonio Spurs |
1993/94 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Center | Houston Rockets |
1992/93 | Charles Barkley | Power forward | Phoenix Suns |
1991/92 | Michael Jordan | Shooting guard | Chicago Bulls |
1990/91 | Michael Jordan | Shooting guard | Chicago Bulls |
1989/90 | Magic Johnson | Point guard | Los Angeles Lakers |
1988/89 | Magic Johnson | Point guard | Los Angeles Lakers |
1987/88 | Michael Jordan | Shooting guard | Chicago Bulls |
1986/87 | Magic Johnson | Point guard | Los Angeles Lakers |
1985/86 | Larry Bird | Small forward | Boston Celtics |
1984/85 | Larry Bird | Small forward | Boston Celtics |
1983/84 | Larry Bird | Small forward | Boston Celtics |
1982/83 | Moses Malone | Center | Philadelphia 76ers |
1981/82 | Moses Malone | Center | Houston Rockets |
1980/81 | Julius Erving | Small forward | Philadelphia 76ers |
1979/80 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Center | Los Angeles Lakers |
1978/79 | Moses Malone | Center | Houston Rockets |
1977/78 | Bill Walton | Center | Portland Trail Blazers |
1976/77 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Center | Los Angeles Lakers |
1975/76 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Center | Los Angeles Lakers |
1974/75 | Bob McAdoo | Center | Buffalo Braves |
1973/74 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Center | Milwaukee Bucks |
1972/73 | Dave Cowens | Center | Boston Celtics |
1971/72 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Center | Milwaukee Bucks |
1970/71 | Lew Alcindor | Center | Milwaukee Bucks |
1969/70 | Willis Reed | Center | New York Knicks |
1968/69 | Wes Unseld | Center | Baltimore Bullets |
1967/68 | Wilt Chamberlain | Center | Philadelphia 76ers |
1966/67 | Wilt Chamberlain | Center | Philadelphia 76ers |
1965/66 | Wilt Chamberlain | Center | Philadelphia 76ers |
1964/65 | Bill Russell | Center | Boston Celtics |
1963/64 | Oscar Robertson | Point guard | Cincinnati Royals |
1962/63 | Bill Russell | Center | Boston Celtics |
1961/62 | Bill Russell | Center | Boston Celtics |
1960/61 | Bill Russell | Center | Boston Celtics |
1959/60 | Wilt Chamberlain | Center | Philadelphia Warriors |
1958/59 | Bob Pettit | Power forward | St. Louis Hawks |
1957/58 | Bill Russell | Center | Boston Celtics |
1956/57 | Bob Cousy | Point guard | Boston Celtics |
1955/56 | Bob Pettit | Power forward | St. Louis Hawks |
NBA MVP announcement
The NBA MVP award is typically announced in May, after the regular season has ended and the playoffs have begun. However, there is no set date for the announcement, and the NBA may change the date each year.
For example, in 2023, the MVP award was announced on May 2 and in 2024, it was announced on May 8.
NBA MVP voting
The NBA MVP award is voted on by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Each voter casts a first-place ballot for their choice for MVP, a second-place ballot, and so on. The player with the most first-place votes wins the award.
NBA MVP trophy
The NBA's Most Valuable Player receives the Michael Jordan Trophy. Named after five-time MVP Michael Jordan, the trophy was newly designed and named in 2022.
The bronze trophy stands 23.6 inches tall and weighs 23.6 pounds, representing Jordan’s jersey number (23) and the number of NBA titles he won (6).
Odds displayed within this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.
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