A year-by-year list of the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award winners:
2023-24 — Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets (Voting)
2022-23 — Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers (Voting)
2021-22 — Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets (Voting)
2020-21 — Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets (Voting)
2019-20 — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks (Voting)
2018-19 — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks (Voting)
2017-18 — James Harden, Houston Rockets (Voting)
2016-17 — Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder (Voting)
2015-16 — Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (Voting)
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 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 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