NBA Most Valuable Player or MVP Award is a award given to the player with the most oustanding performance at the end of the season.
- 1956 - Bob Pettit
- 1957 - Bob Cousy
- 1958 - Bill Russell
- 1959 - Bob Pettit
- 1960 - Wilt Chamberlain
- 1961 - Bill Russell
- 1962 - Bill Russell
- 1963 - Bill Russell
- 1964 - Oscar Robertson
- 1965 - Bill Russell
- 1966 - Wilt Chamberlain
- 1967 - Wilt Chamberlain
- 1968 - Wilt Chamberlain
- 1969 - Wes Unseld
- 1970 - Willis Reed
- 1971 - Lew Alcindor
- 1972 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- 1973 - Dave Cowens
- 1974 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- 1975 - Bob McAdoo
- 1976 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- 1977 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- 1978 - Bill Walton
- 1979 - Moses Malone
- 1980 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- 1981 - Julius Erving
- 1982 - Moses Malone
- 1983 - Moses Malone
- 1984 - Larry Bird
- 1985 - Larry Bird
- 1986 - Larry Bird
- 1987 - Magic Johnson
- 1988 - Michael Jordan
- 1989 - Magic Johnson
- 1990 - Magic Johnson
- 1991 - Michael Jordan
- 1992 - Michael Jordan
- 1993 - Charles Barkley
- 1994 - Hakeem Olajuwon
- 1995 - David Robinson
- 1996 - Michael Jordan
- 1997 - Karl Malone
- 1998 - Michael Jordan
- 1999 - Karl Malone
- 2000 - Shaquille O'Neal
- 2001 - Allen Iverson
- 2002 - Tim Duncan
- 2003 - Tim Duncan
- 2004 - Kevin Garnett
- 2005 - Steve Nash
- 2006 - Steve Nash
- 2007 - Dirk Nowitzki
- 2008 - Kobe Bryant
- 2009 - LeBron James
- 2010 - LeBron James
- 2011 - Derrick Rose