A year-by-year list of the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Award winners:
YEAR PLAYER TEAM
2023-24: Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics
2022-23: Nikola Jokic, 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: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks
1969-70: Willis Reed, New York Knicks
1968-69: Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers
