2023 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award and Winners List
Since the 1955–56 league season, the NBA’s Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is given annually to who is featured in the NBA regular season as the best player. For the first time, Joel Embiid won the most valuable player in the 2022–23 NBA regular season, and the winner will be received the Maurice Podoloff Trophy. However, here we have broken down everything you need to know about the upcoming 2023 NBA Most Valuable Player Award “Michael Jordan Trophy” when, where, who won, and more below.
Who is winning the 2023 NBA Most Valuable Player Award?
Joel Embiid won the 2022-23 season’s MVP award with consecutive three in a row as the first player who was drafted in the second-round pick.
When is NBA MVP Award 2023?
The next NBA MVP awards will be given on May 2 before the 2023 NBA Finals.
NBA MVP Award Winners Full List
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the award hight six times and Michael Jordan was five times named the NBA MVP award winner. LeBron James wins 4 MVPs, last earned in 2013 for Miami.
| Year | Position | Winners | Team |
| 2023 | C | Joel Embiid | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2022 | C | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets |
| 2021 | C | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets |
| 2020 | F | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2019 | F | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2018 | G | James Harden | Houston Rockets |
| 2017 | G | Russell Westbrook | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2016 | G | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors |
| 2015 | G | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors |
| 2014 | F | Kevin Durant | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2013 | F | LeBron James | Miami Heat |
| 2012 | SF | LeBron James | Miami Heat |
| 2011 | PG | Derrick Rose | Chicago Bulls |
| 2010 | SF | LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2009 | SF | LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2008 | SF | Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2007 | F | Dirk Nowitzki | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2006 | PG | Steve Nash | Phoenix Suns |
| 2005 | PG | Steve Nash | Phoenix Suns |
| 2004 | PF | Kevin Garnett | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 2003 | C | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2002 | C | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2001 | SG | Allen Iverson | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2000 | C | Shaquille O’Neal | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1999 | PF | Karl Malone | Utah Jazz |
| 1998 | G | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1997 | PF | Karl Malone | Utah Jazz |
| 1996 | G | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1995 | C | David Robinson | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1994 | C | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets |
| 1993 | F | Charles Barkley | Phoenix Suns |
| 1992 | G | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1991 | G | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1990 | F | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1989 | F | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1988 | G | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls |
| 1987 | F | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1986 | F | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics |
| 1985 | F | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics |
| 1984 | F | Larry Bird | Boston Celtics |
| 1983 | C | Moses Malone | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1982 | C | Moses Malone | Houston Rockets |
| 1981 | F | Julius Erving | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1980 | C | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1979 | C | Moses Malone | Houston Rockets |
| 1978 | C | Bill Walton | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1977 | C | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1976 | C | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1975 | C | Bob McAdoo | Buffalo Braves |
| 1974 | C | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1973 | C | Dave Cowens | Boston Celtics |
| 1972 | C | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1971 | C | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1970 | C | Willis Reed | New York Knicks |
| 1969 | C | Westley Unseld | Baltimore Bullets |
| 1968 | C | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1967 | C | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1966 | C | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1965 | C | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics |
| 1964 | PG | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati Royals |
| 1963 | C | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics |
| 1962 | C | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics |
| 1961 | C | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics |
| 1960 | C | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 1959 | PF | Bob Pettit | St. Louis Hawks |
| 1958 | C | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics |
| 1957 | PG | Bob Cousy | Boston Celtics |
| 1956 | PF | Bob Pettit | St. Louis Hawks |