NBA Most Valuable Players

May 17, 2026 | 7:48 PM

2026 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City

2025 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City

2024 — Nikola Jokic, Denver

2023 — Joel Embiid, Philadelphia

2022 — Nikola Jokic, Denver

2021 — Nikola Jokic, Denver

2020 — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee

2019 — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee

2018 — James Harden, Houston

2017 — Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City

2016 — u-Stephen Curry, Golden State

2015 — Stephen Curry, Golden State

2014 — Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City

2013 — LeBron James, Miami

2012 — LeBron James, Miami

2011 — Derrick Rose, Chicago

2010 — LeBron James, Cleveland

2009 — LeBron James, Cleveland

2008 — Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers

2007 — Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas

2006 — Steve Nash, Phoenix

2005 — Steve Nash, Phoenix

2004 — Kevin Garnett, Minnesota

2003 — Tim Duncan, San Antonio

2002 — Tim Duncan, San Antonio

2001 — Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers

2000 — Shaquille O’Neal, L.A. Lakers

1999 — Karl Malone, Utah

1998 — Michael Jordan, Chicago

1997 — Karl Malone, Utah

1996 — Michael Jordan, Chicago

1995 — David Robinson, San Antonio

1994 — Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston

1993 — Charles Barkley, Phoenix

1992 — Michael Jordan, Chicago

1991 — Michael Jordan, Chicago

1990 — Magic Johnson, L.A. Lakers

1989 — Magic Johnson, L.A. Lakers

1988 — Michael Jordan, Chicago

1987 — Magic Johnson, L.A. Lakers

1986 — Larry Bird, Boston

1985 — Larry Bird, Boston

1984 — Larry Bird, Boston

1983 — Moses Malone, Philadelphia 76ers

1982 — Moses Malone, Houston

1981 — Julius Erving, Philadelphia 76ers

1980 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, L.A. Lakers

1979 — Moses Malone, Houston

1978 — Bill Walton, Portland

1977 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, L.A. Lakers

1976 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, L.A. Lakers

1975 — Bob McAdoo, Buffalo

1974 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee

1973 — Dave Cowens, Boston

1972 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee

1971 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee

1970 — Willis Reed, New York

1969 — Wes Unseld, Baltimore

1968 — Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers

1967 — Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers

1966 — Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers

1965 — Bill Russell, Boston

1964 — Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati

1963 — Bill Russell, Boston

1962 — Bill Russell, Boston

1961 — Bill Russell, Boston

1960 — Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors

1959 — Bob Pettit, St. Louis

1958 — Bill Russell, Boston

1957 — Bob Cousy, Boston

1956 — Bob Pettit, St. Louis

Jalen Brunson scores 30 and Knicks finish on 11-0 run, steal Game 1 from Spurs with 105-95 win

June 4, 2026 | 12:19 AM

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The New York Knicks' winning streak lives on, and they struck first in the NBA Finals. Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Knicks erased a 14-point second-half deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 in Game 1 of the finals on Wednesday night. OG Anunoby had 17 points for New York — which has won 12 consecutive playoff games, the seventh team to have such a streak in NBA history, and is the third to do it in a single season. Brunson scored 13 points in the fourth, only six fewer than San Antonio managed as a team in that quarter, and sealed it with a spinning jumper while falling to the court with 38 seconds left. “He's a gamer, man,” Knicks coach Mike Brown said. “In the biggest moments, he shows up. That's what MVPs are supposed to do.”

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