| Most Valuable Player Award |
| Year |
Player |
Team |
| 2005-06 | Steve Nash | Phoenix |
| 2004-05 | Steve Nash | Phoenix |
| 2003-04 | Kevin Garnett | Minnesota |
| 2002-03 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio |
| 2001-02 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio |
| 2000-01 | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia |
| 1999-00 | Shaquille O'Neal | L.A. Lakers |
| 1998-99 | Karl Malone | Utah |
| 1997-98 | Michael Jordan | Chicago |
| 1996-97 | Karl Malone | Utah |
| 1995-96 | Michael Jordan | Chicago |
| 1994-95 | David Robinson | San Antonio |
| 1993-94 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston |
| 1992-93 | Charles Barkley | Phoenix |
| 1991-92 | Michael Jordan | Chicago |
| 1990-91 | Michael Jordan | Chicago |
| 1989-90 | Magic Johnson | L.A. Lakers |
| 1988-89 | Magic Johnson | L.A. Lakers |
| 1987-88 | Michael Jordan | Chicago |
| 1986-87 | Magic Johnson | L.A. Lakers |
| 1985-86 | Larry Bird | Boston |
| 1984-85 | Larry Bird | Boston |
| 1983-84 | Larry Bird | Boston |
| 1982-83 | Moses Malone | Philadelphia |
| 1981-82 | Moses Malone | Houston |
| 1980-81 | Julius Erving | Philadelphia |
| 1979-80 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles |
| 1978-79 | Moses Malone | Houston |
| 1977-78 | Bill Walton | Portland |
| 1976-77 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles |
| 1975-76 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles |
| 1974-75 | Bob McAdoo | Buffalo |
| 1973-74 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee |
| 1972-73 | Dave Cowens | Boston |
| 1971-72 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee |
| 1970-71 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee |
| 1969-70 | Willis Reed | New York |
| 1968-69 | Wes Unseld | Baltimore |
| 1967-68 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadlephia |
| 1966-67 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadlephia |
| 1965-66 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadlephia |
| 1964-65 | Bill Russell | Boston |
| 1963-64 | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati |
| 1962-63 | Bill Russell | Boston |
| 1961-62 | Bill Russell | Boston |
| 1960-61 | Bill Russell | Boston |
| 1959-60 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia |
| 1958-59 | Bob Pettit | St. Louis |
| 1957-58 | Bill Russell | Boston |
